Danganronpa V3: The Phantom Pain
Two newDanganronpaprojects have just been announced and I have no idea how I feel about either of them. For one,Danganronpa 3is actually not a video game. It’s an anime, subtitledThe End of Hope’s Peak, and will hypothetically bring the story ofDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc‘s survivors to a close.
Based on the teaser image for the anime, it appears Makoto Naegi will be answering for his actions inDanganronpa 2, which I won’t spoil because A) you should really play the best game of 2014 & B) we do not have enough bandwidth on the site for me to explain the story ofDanganronpa. According to a Famitsu translationposted on NeoGAF, the show will “satisfy fans of the series, [using] tricks that can only be done in anime.”
We also have a handful of new details regardingNew Danganronpa V3,the next video game in this franchise. The same GAF translation notes thatV3will focus on bluffing as a player mechanic. “The trials this time will rely on lying to take down your opponent’s arguments,” GAF user GSR writes.
Every robot animal seen in the games to date will appear, including Monomi (which doesn’t make sense, see previous comments regardingDanganronpa 2) and series mascot Monokuma.New Danganronpa V3will be coming to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in 2016, according to a previous announcement.
What little I gleaned from therespectivetrailersseems to indicate Ultimate Despair will be the arc villains going forward, with the Hope’s Peak gang left behind. I can get behind that; it’s hard to shoehorn high schoolers into the same situation over and over, but I’d still like to see the original crew in a support role going forward. Also, is that a robot clone of Makoto headliningV3? Hell yeah, actually.
