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[dakkumauji]

Hope's Peak Academy is a government-funded private high school recognized all across the nation as the cradle of hope and prosperity, providing a complete education for "ultimate" students of all stripes.

Thanks to a national lottery, one extremely lucky but otherwise ordinary student—Makoto Naegi—has been chosen to attend this prestigious institution.

But when Makoto arrives for his first day of class, he suddenly falls unconscious, and when he wakes up he finds himself in a classroom within the school—with the windows barred and the doors locked. As he explores the abandoned, dirty halls, it becomes clear that something is very wrong. He and his new classmates make their way to the gymnasium, where a demented robotic bear, calling himself Monokuma and claiming to be the school's headmaster, makes a declaration: "You're all going to be living here from now on. If you want to go free, your only choice...is murder."

And so...fifteen high school students gathered from across the country have been imprisoned. Their strength, their commitment, their very humanity will be tested time and time again. Why must they clash in these class trials? Who's the mastermind behind it all? And what is this shadowy figure really after? The battle against the looming, invisible enemy known only as despair is about to begin...

Developer: Spike. Spike Chunsoft
Publisher: NIS America
Platforms: Vita
Release Date:
Japan: October 10, 2013
USA: February 11, 2014
EU/AUS: February 14, 2014
MSRP: 39.99 USD/ 29.99 GBP/ 39.99 EUR/
Website: http://nisamerica.com/games/danganronpa/
Packaging (Regular Edition/ NISA Limited Edition):

Daily Life:

• Interact with characters, build relationships, collect Monokuma Medals, explore Hope's Peak Academy

Deadly Life:

• Invesigate for evidence and clues to solve the murder

Class Trials:

• Nonstop Debate: Use Truth Bullets to shoot down contradiciting evidence being brought up by your classmates
• Hangman's Gambit: Shoot down letters to form an important clue
• Bullet Talk Battle: Take part in a rhythm debate against another student
• Closing Argument: Figure out what exactly happened by piecing together the clues

School Life:

• A new mode exclusive to the Vita version where you can build relationships with your favorite character without no silly murder plot getting in the way

Note: Trailer 2 have spoilers in them. Don't watch if you don't want to get hinted at plot developments.

Gamesradar - 4/5
Gamingtrend - 85/100
Hardcore Gamer - 4/5
EGM - 9/10
ZTGD - 9/10
Game Informer - 8.5/10
PushSquare - 8/10
PSNStores - 5/5
Awesomegames - 9/10
ExpansiveDLC - 9.5/10
Twinfinite - 5/5
Japanator - 9/10
RPGFan - 90/100
RPGsite - 10/10
Destructoid - 8.5/10

Didn't Japan get two games in their Vita release?
Yes, but they also got the two games originally on the PSP while the West didn't. Localizing two games for the price of one just wouldn't be smart.

So will Super Danganronpa 2 get localized?
Depends on the sales of this game!
NISA has already announced that they are localizing the second game as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and will be releasing this fall. This is how we should all be feeling now.

What's the difference between this game and the original Vita version?
Updated graphics, touchscreen functions and also School Life mode which cuts out the whole murder and despair from the game and lets you befriend your favorite characters instead.

Is there dual audio in this game?
Yep! Listen to whichever voices you want!

I see there's an anime of this. Should I watch it?
If you really want to fully experience this, the anime isn't a worthwhile to watch. It's more of a abridged cliff-notes version of the game that focuses nothing but on the plot.

Present Guide?
Present Guide! CONTAINS POST CHAPTER 2 SPOILERS

Upupupupupu?
Upupupupupu~

NOTE: PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND SPOIL TAG PLOT AND CHARACTER RELATED THINGS

You wouldn't want Monokuma to get you for breaking a rule. upupupupu~

Monokuma also welcomes you to visit the sexy Monokuma approved spoiler thread for all your spoiling needs without black-bars.

Super Duper Thanks to Cha for making the banners better and color correct than before!

 

[Lemstar]

upupupu

 

[Acid08]

Very excited for this! Have managed to stay unspoiled too.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

YEAR OF CHIHIRO

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I hope you all enjoy this great game.

 

[Sandfox]

I don't really like the translations they chose for the character titles.

 

[CrackPebbles]

Hyped, I think I have avoided spoliers, dunno...twitch chat can be full of trolls.

 

[Rarutos]

Great OT, dakku! Really hoping this does well in the west.

I like to describe this game as Ace Attorney + 999 in some ways, and the story and characters are just lovely!

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Good thread title. Might not attract as much attention as one that mentions Zero Escape and Ace Attorney, but still good.

 

[dakkumauji]

I'll probably fix all those edges in the characters images and whatever else I messed up on tomorrow.

I only saw them when I was uploading them and I really didn't want to put 16 images back into photoshop.

 

[Augemitbutter]

count me in.

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

I preordered at Gamestop because there's no room left on my memory card and I can't afford a 64gb right now. I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[Tohsaka]

I hope you all enjoy this great game.

Best girl.

 

[gribbles]

Don't know much about the game but I love it just for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpcl_P9ZTw

 

[ramyeon]

Hyped for this! Not long to go now.

I really hope people just refrain from discussing the game if they've played the PSP version. Spoiler bars aren't enough, just don't do it. Please.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Best girl.

I know, Fukawa is love.

 

[Silky]

gets me so hot

--

Fukawa's a peach. Her and Asahina <3

 

[Matt Attack]

Good OT, excellent choice for the title! I'm hoping this sells well enough for SDR2!

 

[SolarKnight]

Hurray the best title was chosen. I can't have the game because of it being for Vita, but I'll still be around here for the same reasons someone would lurk a Zero Escape or Ace Attorney thread long after beating the game. Other people's reactions are the best thing.

Also, god damn it, looking at just the first 40 or so seconds of trailer #3 they REALLY did not give a fuck about spoilers -.-

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Pretty hyped for this! Hope I'll love it as much as the zero escape games!

Anyone knows what size the game is?

 

[Zeranium]

Hoo yeah!
Got my LE preordered and everything. Already played the PSP version but am excited to go through it all over again and have some chuckles with the School Life

 

[Cha]

Nice OT. Title is pretty outstanding and makes it easy to find. This game is definately on my radar. I've already read up/watched the game in it's entirety a while back. But still, I can't wait to have a first hand go with it (when I gets some monies :/).

upupupu

I'm glad this made first post.

 

[Silky]

School Life mode better let me bro it up with Ishimaru and Mondo

 

[Feep]

Oh man so hype

 

[SolarKnight]

Oh right, almost forgot this obligatory gif

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Oh right, almost forgot this obligatory gif

The only good thing to come out of the awful anime.

 

[Milennia]

So hyped.
Cant wait for this game, finally.

 

[SolarKnight]

The only good thing to come out of the awful anime.

Well if by only good thing you mean animated Monokuma in general then I find it hard to disagree.

 

[Poltergust]

I hope you all enjoy this great game.

Sort of spoiler:

Spoiler

Is this fan art? I don't remember Fukawa ever smiling in any of her sprites.

 

[Thoraxes]

Can't wait to get some Asahina in my veins along with Lightning next Tuesday.

It's gonna be a great day.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Sort of spoiler:

Spoiler

Is this fan art? I don't remember Fukawa ever smiling in any of her sprites.

Spoiler

yeah, I think it's fanmade.

 

[SolarKnight]

Sort of spoiler:

Spoiler

Is this fan art? I don't remember Fukawa ever smiling in any of her sprites.

Actual spoiler:

Spoiler

I think it's a Syo sprite? Or at least it reminds me of a specific moment in the final trial with her.

 

[Silky]

<3 <3 <3

 

[$h@d0w]

http://asia.playstation.com/hk/en/newsdetail?id=1782

The second one is being localized into Chinese for Spring release as the Japanese package was split for an Asian release like the English one.

So they are open to bringing out the second one separately.

 

[Poltergust]

Actual spoiler:

Spoiler

I think it's a Syo sprite? Or at least it reminds me of a specific moment in the final trial with her.

Spoiler

No, her genocider personality always has her tongue out.

Speaking of which, I hope it's spelled "Shou" instead of "Syo". The latter just looks weird.

 

[derwalde]

so is this like 999/VLR in a way? sounds tempting...

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

so is this like 999/VLR in a way? sounds tempting...

It's similar, not as good as 999/VLR imo, but still really good and totally worth it.


I really hope it does well enough because I want the 2nd game.

 

[Labrys]

it looks like trailers 2 and 3 are the same exact trailer.

other than that, good OT. i'm excited even though i've already played the first game like 4 times, the English voices sound really nice.

i hope we get sdr2 over here as well, it's really good

 

[Tizoc]

Neat subtitle.
I've avoided as MUCH info as possible about the game and its setting. My friend and brother watched the anime, but I should get this by the end of the month or by the 3rd week of Feb.

 

[Lemstar]

Spoiler

Speaking of which, I hope it's spelled "Shou" instead of "Syo". The latter just looks weird.

They uh... didn't go with either of those.

 

[SolarKnight]

They uh... didn't go with either of those.

Really? What did they do then?

 

[Labrys]

oh also! do not watch the second/third trailer if you're avoiding spoilers.

first 30 or so seconds reveals a plot point and later in the video while trying to emulate the japanese trailer they flat out reveal the first murder.

in the japanese trailer they just showed the demo footage, which had another character

Spoiler

(Yasuhiro Hagakure)

murdered in order to keep the legitimate murder hidden.

Really? What did they do then?

Spoiler

Genocide Jack. Jack is from Jack the Ripper, as Syo was from a Japanese serial killer.

 

[nikos]

Slept on the LE, unfortunately, but still in on day one! I'm not even sure what to expect from the game, but it really appeals to me.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Really nice thread..good work OP

 

[Clov]

<3 <3 <3

Chihiro is love. Bless Chihiro.

Really excited to finally play this game! While I already know the story from the Let's Play, experiencing it first hand will be great. Plus I'll get to see those executions on the Vita's glorious screen. I'll get to despair all over again, and I can't wait!

 

[SolarKnight]

oh also! do not watch the second/third trailer if you're avoiding spoilers.

first 30 or so seconds reveals a plot point and later in the video while trying to emulate the japanese trailer they flat out reveal the first murder.

in the japanese trailer they just showed the demo footage, which had another character

Spoiler

(Yasuhiro Hagakure)

murdered in order to keep the legitimate murder hidden.

Spoiler

Genocide Jack. Jack is from Jack the Ripper, as Syo was from a Japanese serial killer.

It really amazes me how they went at such lengths in Japan to avoid spoilers, even in the anime trailer, and here they are like "fuck it how many things can we spoil without people noticing".

Re: the spoiler
Huh, well it makes sense at least?

 

[Poltergust]

Spoiler

Genocide Jack. Jack is from Jack the Ripper, as Syo was from a Japanese serial killer.

Spoiler

Huh? That's... odd. Did they temporarily forget that this game takes place in Japan or something? Why localize one name but not any of the others? It's not like they call Monokuma "Monobear" or something like that.

 

[Labrys]

Spoiler

I was a bit uh shocked at the change at first, but according to houk on the nisa forums all localization decisions (including dropping o and u from names and keeping monokuma's name) went through spike chunsoft before being implemented, so there's apparently good reason for it.

 

[michaelius]

Hmm guys could you find some other thread to discuss spoilers a week before game actually releases ?

Some people haven't played fan translation/japanise orginals/watched anime yet.

 

[Clov]

Spoiler

Huh? That's... odd. Did they temporarily forget that this game takes place in Japan or something? Why localize one name but not any of the others? It's not like they call Monokuma "Monobear" or something like that.

Spoiler

Now that there's precedent, if they bring over SDR2 they can change Gundam Tanaka's name to Megatron Smith.

Spoiler

I'm sorry