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Tricky I Shadow · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
But didn't Junpei

recognize the voice recording? That means he was still a survivor and after all there are only bad endings, because we have yet to reach a or the good ending.

Dang, now I don't know what the hell to believe. One things for sure - I really need to replay 999 and VLR.

EDIT:

Wait, Phi remembered a different timeline in VLR, maybe Junpei can remember stuff from different endings too?

EDIT 2:

Junpei has actually remembered stuff from different timelines. Remember the safe combination?

Bowlie · Feb 17, 2016

For new page (and thread):

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 17, 2016

Bowlie said:
For new page (and thread):

They look fantastic all lined up like that.

mStudios · Feb 17, 2016

When was participant 3 revealed?

Lusankya · Feb 17, 2016

Tricky I Shadow said:
Dang, now I don't know what the hell to believe. One things for sure - I really need to replay 999 and VLR.

EDIT:

Wait, Phi remembered a different timeline in VLR, maybe Junpei can remember stuff from different endings too?

EDIT 2:

Junpei has actually remembered stuff from different timelines. Remember the safe combination?

Damn, that's true. Okay, so Junpei can be a participant without contradicting VLR. Although I won't be suprised if he turns out not to be one.

Dangerous1992 · Feb 17, 2016

participant 1 and 9 are really similar in my opinion, interesting

NotLiquid · Feb 17, 2016

I don't think it's necessary for Junpei to be an active participant of the actual game in order to still be involved with the Mars Mission Test Site. Just like the Nonary Games there are a whole bunch of outside factors and side characters to consider. Rather than being a test site subject though the actual evidence in VLR implies that

he's most likely going to be one of the staffers helping set up the ordeal.

Also I find it somewhat highly funny that while VLR had

Junpei

be a jaded old fart, ZTD is going to have

Sigma

being a jaded old fart.

Actually, food for thought - what are the odds of any of the characters so far being the player character?

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 17, 2016

mStudios said:
When was participant 3 revealed?

See post 103.

Hylian7 · Feb 17, 2016

mStudios said:
When was participant 3 revealed?

Last night. She was this week's participant.

For those that haven't been following as closely, they are showing one per week, and there are 3 left, with 3 more weeks until GDC, which is when we get a trailer and the event Uchikoshi is traveling to SF for.

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 17, 2016

I just noticed something about the character profiles. Notice how all the 'Participant' titles are on the right hand side for the guys and on the left for all the girls? Well participant 1's title is on the left. Him being Left secretly confirmed? That or he's really a cross-dresser.

I swear I'm not going crazy.

Lusankya · Feb 17, 2016

NotLiquid said:
Also I find it somewhat highly funny that while VLR had

Junpei

be a jaded old fart, ZTD is going to have

Sigma

being a jaded old fart.

But only

Sigma's consciousness

will be old, though.

Btw. according to VLR'S ending there should be another known character.

Kyle is supposed to be in ?'s body and he should play a key role. Technically he could even be in the body of a woman.

Tricky I Shadow said:
I just noticed something about the character profiles. Notice how all the 'Participant' titles are on the right hand side for the guys and on the left for all the girls? Well participant 1's title is on the left. Him being Left secretly confirmed? That or he's really a cross-dresser.

I swear I'm not going crazy.

Or just because there is not enough space on his right side.

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
Or just because there is no space left on his right side.

Foiled!

I think it's time for me to go to bed!

NotLiquid · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
But only

Sigma's consciousness

will be old, though.

Btw. according to VLR'S ending there should be another known character.

Kyle is supposed to be in ?'s body and he should play a key role. Technically he could even be in the body of a woman.

So really we're looking at a main cast of characters that includes

Sigma, Diana, Phi, K and ? considering the latter is supposedly going to "go back in time" as well... Really not a lot of room for new characters when you think about it. But in that case what body are they going to inhabit? But then doesn't another consciousness need to be jettisoned for this to work?

In the words of Mr. Plinkett; "I'm so confused...."

Lusankya · Feb 17, 2016

NotLiquid said:
So really we're looking at a main cast of characters that includes

Sigma, Diana, Phi, K and ? considering the latter is supposedly going to "go back in time" as well... Really not a lot of room for new characters when you think about it. But in that case what body are they going to inhabit? But then doesn't another consciousness need to be jettisoned for this to work?

In the words of Mr. Plinkett; "I'm so confused...."

I don't know in what way ? will participate. While it's technically supposed to be the player it also has a physical body in the game and usually the players were controlling Junpei or Sigma. So I am really unsure how Uchikoshi will make ?'s presence work.

Funyarinpa · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
But only

Sigma's consciousness

will be old, though.

Btw. according to VLR'S ending there should be another known character.

Kyle is supposed to be in ?'s body and he should play a key role. Technically he could even be in the body of a woman.

Or just because there is not enough space on his right side.

Participant 2 is just some guy kidnapped from some office and ?'s consciousness is in his body.

Lee Chaolan · Feb 17, 2016

Hylian7 said:
https://twitter.com/_crash_keys_/status/699769722816954368?s=09

Now we have Siggy and Phido! Can't wait xD

Bjoern the Smexy · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
Btw. according to VLR'S ending there should be another known character.

Kyle is supposed to be in ?'s body and he should play a key role. Technically he could even be in the body of a woman.

We don't know at what time Kyle is in ?'s body, though. Could be before, after or sometime during ZTD. Maybe we won't even get to see him at all.

EDIT:

Also since K is in ?'s body and ? is us (the player) that probably means we won't even meet K at all, since we can assume that, as soon as ? returned to his/her own, K's conciousness returned to his body in the future (shortly after the events of VLR), unless there is more crazy jumping around in time, like what happened with Sigma and Phi. K being a clone of Sigma could at least imply this.

grim-tales · Feb 17, 2016

The art for Siggy and Phido looks so good.
Something interests me though. All the others seem to wear clothing that makes them blend in, so to speak whereas Sigma is wearing a shirt that has loads of markings and numbers on it.
Those glasses really suit Phi

Syntsui · Feb 17, 2016

Any book or incredibly detailed guide where I can recap the story from 999 to VLR? I can't play 999 anymore and there are a lot of details I don't remember anymore.

LordGorchnik · Feb 17, 2016

Syntsui said:
Any book or incredibly detailed guide where I can recap the story from 999 to VLR? I can't play 999 anymore and there are a lot of details I don't remember anymore.

The wikia does a pretty good job on the individual characters pages or if you look up Second Nonary game, etc.

Obviously massive spoilers blah, blah, blah. The wiki hides nothing behind tags.

zeroescape.wikia.com/

Bjoern the Smexy · Feb 17, 2016

grim-tales said:
The art for Siggy and Phido looks so good.
Something interests me though. All the others seem to wear clothing that makes them blend in, so to speak whereas Sigma is wearing a shirt that has loads of markings and numbers on it.
Those glasses really suit Phi

Well, Siggy's outfit in VLR had all sorts of different symbols on it. I think he's sort of attracted to clothes that stand out.

Syntsui said:
Any book or incredibly detailed guide where I can recap the story from 999 to VLR? I can't play 999 anymore and there are a lot of details I don't remember anymore.

For 999 you could also get the iOS version if you only want to touch up on events.

Harothewanderer · Feb 17, 2016

God Phis design looks sooo good.

cbq · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
Damn, that's true. Okay, so Junpei can be a participant without contradicting VLR. Although I won't be suprised if he turns out not to be one.

I don't think Junpei

can jump between timelines like Sigma and Phi. Phi remembered timelines that her conciousnes experienced. Junpei only remembered code to the safe because Akane "told" him. And besides it would be hard to remember something that hasn't yet happened

Akane can see multiple timelines at once, and she haven't seen one where Radical-6 is stopped, so she doesn't know how to do it.

enigmatic_alex44 · Feb 17, 2016

Loving these new designs (except for Participant #2, he looks like a jackass. Hope he's the first to go).

Participant #1 looks like Chris Evans/Steve Rogers so instant fave.

Plus I see Phi is still the best woman in this series.

Dandy Crocodile · Feb 17, 2016

cbq said:
I don't think Junpei

can jump between timelines like Sigma and Phi. Phi remembered timelines that her conciousnes experienced. Junpei only remembered code to the safe because Akane "told" him. And besides it would be hard to remember something that hasn't yet happened Akane can see multiple timelines at once, and she haven't seen one where Radical-6 is stopped, so she doesn't know how to do it.

It's mostly because Junpei

has weaker abilities than Sigma and Phi who in turn are weaker than Akane. Clover and Snake are probably under Sigma and who knows where others like Santa or Nona and Ennea lie.

Kyonashi · Feb 17, 2016

Tricky I Shadow said:
I just noticed something about the character profiles. Notice how all the 'Participant' titles are on the right hand side for the guys and on the left for all the girls? Well participant 1's title is on the left. Him being Left secretly confirmed? That or he's really a cross-dresser.

I swear I'm not going crazy.

Would love a well-done trans character in this series. Persona played with gender in interesting ways, would be cool to see more games do it.

Storm Chamber · Feb 17, 2016

Bowlie said:
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Excuse me, but where are the obligatory loli and hot chick with giant tits? It's just not Zero Escape without those archetypes.

Jotamide · Feb 17, 2016

PSA: Amazon Canada has a 20% off preorders sale and ZE3 is part of it, can't link cause I'm on mobile. It finishes tomorrow!

Dandy Crocodile · Feb 17, 2016

Storm Chamber said:
Excuse me, but where are the obligatory loli and hot chick with giant tits? It's just not Zero Escape without those archetypes.

We've still got three more characters to be revealed!
Just wait for "Clover back again somehow but this time she's bulky to fill the K/Seven archetype" "A dakimakura with a bra on it" and "Dog" to be shown.

Lusankya · Feb 17, 2016

Dandy Crocodile said:
It's mostly because Junpei

has weaker abilities than Sigma and Phi who in turn are weaker than Akane. Clover and Snake are probably under Sigma and who knows where others like Santa or Nona and Ennea lie.

I think it's time to get a DBZ style power rating.

Alec · Feb 17, 2016

Remember when we were all scared that ZE3 wasn't even going to get made?

These are happier times.

Bjoern the Smexy · Feb 17, 2016

Lusankya said:
I think it's time to get a DBZ style power rating.

Junpei is 2.4 Lights, Phi is 5.3 Lights, Sigma 5.7 Lights and Akane is 9000.1 Lights, because she's obviously the Goku in this whole situation.

Bowlie · Feb 17, 2016

Storm Chamber said:
Excuse me, but where are the obligatory loli and hot chick with giant tits? It's just not Zero Escape without those archetypes.

Hah, I was thinking "where's the kid" when I posted that too.

Bjoern the Smexy said:
Junpei is 2.4 Lights, Phi is 5.3 Lights, Sigma 5.7 Lights and Akane is 9000.1 Lights, because she's obviously the Goku in this whole situation.

and Snake is 1 Light?

sorry

Seth Balmore · Feb 17, 2016

Phido is looking cute with glasses.

Everyone's eager to see the rest of the participants and a first glimpse of gameplay, but I also can't wait to listen to Shinji Hosoe's music for ZTD. There better be another Unary Game/Ambidexterity style track!

Bjoern the Smexy · Feb 17, 2016

Bowlie said:
and Snake is 1 Light?

sorry

No need to be sorry, that's what I actually was going for

cosmicblizzard · Feb 17, 2016

Funyarinpa said:
Sorry will edit.

Don't sweat it, I know more than most ZE fans that Uchikoshi reuses twists. It's not a big deal.

enigmatic_alex44 · Feb 17, 2016

Alec2DaBreen said:
Remember when we were all scared that ZE3 wasn't even going to get made?

These are happier times.

Not only that, but we're getting a retail release!

The day ZE3 was announced was a bigger deal to me than FFVII Remake, Shenmue 3 and Last Guardian combined.

grim-tales · Feb 17, 2016

Harothewanderer said:
God Phis design looks sooo good.

Think theyre going for a "sexy/cute bookworm" look with Phi somehow (can't believe I said that)

Now where's Mr. Mountain and hot Boob Chick?

Bowlie · Feb 17, 2016

Bjoern the Smexy said:
No need to be sorry, that's what I actually was going for

Oh, I thought it was some power measure, dummy me

Linkstrikesback · Feb 17, 2016

I wonder what the odds are that the cast has more than 9 players. After all, it's not a nonary game any more. Could be pulling the wool over our eyes deliberately by announcing 1-9 then drop a participant 10+ surprise.

grim-tales · Feb 17, 2016

That's a good point
Maybe

There will be more because Uchikoshi said something about "multiple games"

The Last Lombax · Feb 17, 2016

about Phi/Santa

What if Phi is actually a vessel for Santa like Kyle?

R_thanatos · Feb 18, 2016

D-Man said:
Speaking of Junpei, I had a thought last night. In VLR, during the

Tenmyouji

ending,

he mentions before he escapes that he knows Zero Sr. real well. Obviously he made the connection that Sigma = Zero Sr. when he saw the hologram, but if both Sigma and Junpei were part of the Mars Mission Test Site, shouldn't he have recognized Sigma when he introduced himself? Is that why he says that he knows Zero Sr. real well? What if Sigma actually goes by a different name in ZTD, similar to how Junpei went by a different name in VLR?

That's because of 2 things

First ,

during VLR junpei is forced to obey zero rule of not talking about him.

Second ,

no doubt that the sigma that travelled back in order to participate is NOT the sigma that spend 40+ years of his life trying to prevent the apocalypse... the surely have much different attitude , since sigma ahd a much needed laid-back attitude during the first part of VLR.

Third ,

quite a bit of time have passed since the 2 events , so you can't blame the poor little jumpei from not making the connexiion between the 2 given what became of his life.

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 18, 2016

Linkstrikesback said:
I wonder what the odds are that the cast has more than 9 players. After all, it's not a nonary game any more. Could be pulling the wool over our eyes deliberately by announcing 1-9 then drop a participant 10+ surprise.

I hope it's only 9 characters. It's tradition!

Hylian7 · Feb 18, 2016

Tricky I Shadow said:
I hope it's only 9 characters. It's tradition!

Well, having a participant 0 isn't completely out of the cards, but I doubt it.

UberTag · Feb 18, 2016

Tricky I Shadow said:
I hope it's only 9 characters. It's tradition!

How about two games with 9 characters a piece?

Tricky I Shadow · Feb 18, 2016

UberTag said:
How about two games with 9 characters a piece?

I would accept that.

Funyarinpa · Feb 18, 2016

Someone on my Twitter just found that DC Douglas (Resident Evil's Wesker apparently) is voicing in ZE3!

http://www.dcdouglas.com/dc-douglas-con/

(scroll down a little)

Hylian7 · Feb 18, 2016

Funyarinpa said:
Someone on my Twitter just found that DC Douglas (Resident Evil's Wesker apparently) is voicing in ZE3!

http://www.dcdouglas.com/dc-douglas-con/

(scroll down a little)

I'm going to guess Participant 1 maybe?

Lusankya · Feb 18, 2016

Hylian7 said:
I'm going to guess Participant 1 maybe?

Yeah, his Rufus voice from Trails of Cold Steel (although not as friendly) would really fit.

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