Danganronpa [PSP] - Game discussion

[marvelB]

And now for the final chapter 4 update!

Spoiler:

So Sakura's death wasn't in vain after all. And we got the name of the 16th student, who's known as "SHSL Despair"....

[marvelB]

And now here's the beginning of chapter 5:


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Spoiler:

Heh, we already got a glimpse of the latest murder smack-dab in the beginning of the chapter. Also, gotta love more of those zany conspiracy theories of Hagakure's!

BTW, on a somewhat unrelated note, I've actually started playing through the sequel myself since this past weekend (don't bother asking me about plot spoilers, though.... even if I wanted to post them, my limited knowledge of Japanese prevents me from doing do). Right now I'm at the third chapter's trial. The only thing I will say about it right now that it actually somehow manages to succeed in being CRAZIER than the first game......

[marvelB]

It's been a while, but here's some more KER-AYZY updates!


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No spoiler talk for me this time, though I've gotta say it was awesome to see Monobear making a shameless plug for a Kenka Banchou game.

[Natsuki Hyuga]

Eh... We have Danganronpa thread here?! I have never known about this...!

Anyway, seeing you guys have the LP from orenoren, I'll just have a complete zip on my lips and see how you guys react in the last climax Though... Yeah, I think I'm gonna see some backlash when the translation is fully done...

And just for the record, 2nd installment was GLORIOUS. And no, I'm not spoiling for that since there is no way you are gonna enjoy it if you are spoiled of the elements. And I hath no regret in pre-ordering the 2nd Box set as well this time. >v</ (Though lol @ Amazon not giving me the Usami strap, not that I mind since my Monokuma strap is scary lol)

P.S: Pimping that the game is actually available in JP iStore and Google Play now Anyone with iPad or compatible android, just grab the game and follow orenoren's translation--it's worth all the excitement that cannot be translated into just reading the LP and listening to the voices while looking at screenshots! (Though iunno about crashes, some reported that there are iPhone users that just hanged in the middle... *shrugs*)

[marvelB]

^Hey, we could always use more DR fans. After all, the series is Super High School Levels of awesome!


But first off, the last few updates that occurred since my last post:


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Anyways, I want to say that I also finished the sequel recently and found it really awesome (though admittedly my lack of Japanese knowledge prevents me from finding it even MORE awesome than I did during my time playing it.... but thankfully, oren already confirmed that he'll get to work on the sequel after finishing the first game's LP ). Naturally, you aren't gonna hear any spoilers from me either, but I WILL say that my favorite characters from the sequel are Tanaka and Nidai, no contest.


It's also cool how it has a lot more unlockable content than the first game did (for instance, after beating the game once you unlock an in-game novel called "Danganronpa IF"..... which I believe is supposed to be a "what-if" story of sorts that's written by the author of Durarara. Sounds real interesting. Can't wait to see that translated too (along with DR Zero, the novel that serves as a prequel to the series).) But for now, I'll just patiently wait for oren to finish his LP of the first title.....

[Natsuki Hyuga]

Originally Posted by marvelB

It's also cool how it has a lot more unlockable content than the first game did (for instance, after beating the game once you unlock an in-game novel called "Danganronpa IF"..... which I believe is supposed to be a "what-if" story of sorts that's written by the author of Durarara. Sounds real interesting. Can't wait to see that translated too (along with DR Zero, the novel that serves as a prequel to the series).) But for now, I'll just patiently wait for oren to finish his LP of the first title.....

Ahah... To not spoil much about it, Narita basically emulates all the characters' personality from 1 quite well (subjectively said, I'll say that it's almost perfect characterization lol). And it has so much awesome fighting scenes ^o^

As for the content:

Spoiler for Non-character mentioning ('cept Naegi) spoiler:

It basically takes a stand at what if a certain character in episode 1 did not die, and Naegi actually obtained the cheat tool super rare present from the MonoMachine gachas: the exit switch. (lol no this is not plot related item--it's the present you get for a 'bonus' movie (well, very short movie........) for the ending.) Oh and Naegi being the real heroine of DR1

[marvelB]

^Cool, thanks for the summary. Now I really want to see that novel get translated (even if it'll probably be a long time before that happens). Also, about another of DR2's unlockables that I really enjoyed (it's not really a big spoiler but I'll put it in tags anyway):

Spoiler for DR2 content:

The Usami/Monomi minigame! I love how goofy it is (and the way you kill enemies by running rings around them kinda makes me think of Sega's "Nights Into Dreams"). It's also really cool that those robots Monobear summoned in the main story are the bosses.....


And speaking of Monomi, her theme music is easily one of my top favorite (new) tracks in the game. I still like Monobear's theme better, but Monomi's sure comes darned close!

[RRW]

http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/...n-project.html

[marvelB]

^Well, that's not really surprising (for me at least) since there were talks about making a TL patch for this game in the LP thread.


Anyhoo, may as well use this opportunity to post a new update! While the reveal here is certainly a huge one, it's kind of predictable since many of us guessed this one early on in the LP. But other than that:

Spoiler:

Hahaha! Long time no see, you little shits!


Oh man, I think this is easily my favorite Monobear moment by far.

[marvelB]

And now for the last few updates before the fifth trial starts. After that, only one more chapter to go!


And goddamn, is Box 16 one sweet track.

[marvelB]

Trial time:


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Spoiler:

Welp, stick a fork in 'er, this game is done.


Also, gotta love how Hagakure's earlier prediction about him and Naegi actually became true.

[marvelB]

Hey now, you didn't really think that last update was the end now, did you?

Spoiler for Chapter 5:

Now that we've reached this point, I guess I should talk a little about my experience here when I first played the title. See, despite me having limited knowledge of Japanese, my gut feelings compelled me to betray Kirigiri (even if I couldn't read much of the text, I can at least follow the context). And goodness gracious me, was I ever shocked by that bad ending! I was pretty amazed by Naegi's execution vid when I first saw it, too. Though I still wonder even now: Did Kirigiri's execution all take place in Naegi's mind? Because if so, it's kind of amazing that he knew exactly which execution method Monobear would use.....




Anyways, I'm sure that all the Chihiro fans out there are feeling pretty gleeful right about now.

Edit: LOL, another update appeared just around the time I was typing this post.

[Natsuki Hyuga]

Originally Posted by marvelB

Spoiler for Chapter 5:

Though I still wonder even now: Did Kirigiri's execution all take place in Naegi's mind? Because if so, it's kind of amazing that he knew exactly which execution method Monobear would use.....

Spoiler for Chapter 5:

Personally, I think the bad ending and the Kirigiri's punishment is kind of like a meta rather than taking in place in Naegi's mind. It's supposed to tell the players to trust Kirigiri, even if it endangers Naegi's life in the exchange since this is case really the perperator's (Monokuma's) set up just to frame someone.

Of course, the writer might just want to show the CERO-D implication of the bad ending.

There might be an explanation somewhere in either the fanbook or the exclusive interviews with the writer, but I hath not the visual fanbook nor have the incentive to search for the interviews Maybe once I got to replay DR1...

On another note, official Spoiler Talk Session for SDR2 today!(4gamers report, Famitsu report Some spoiler-ish images warning!). Many despair were created when this spoiler talk show attendance is pretty much decided by random lottery :heh"

Spoiler for Putting this in spoiler box just because this is the sequel:

HAH. THIS ZETSUBOU FEEL WHEN WE CANNOT GET SPOILER DETAILS IN THE TALK SESSION AND HAVE TO RELY ON SUMMED UP REPORT. ///@ヮ@///

Some fairly nice information though:

>> Character Popularity votes is out here! Results:

Spoiler for Vote results:

Overall votes:
1. Nanami
2. Komaeda
3. Tanaka
4. Mioda
5. Hinata
6. Tsumiki
7. Souda
8. Kuzuryuu
9. Saionji
10. Koizumi
11. Sonia
12. Pekoyama
13. Togami
14. Hanamura
15. Owari
16. Nidai

Male voters:
1. Nanami
2. Tsumiki
3. Mioda
4. Komaeda (?!)
5. Tanaka
6. Hinata
7. Koizumi
8. Saionji
9. Sonia
10. Souda
11. Togami
12. Kuzuryuu
13. Peko
14. Hanamura
15. Owari
16. Nidai

Female
1. Komaeda
2. Gundam
3. Nanami
4. Hinata
5. Souda
6. Mioda
7. Kuzuryuu
8. Tsumiki
9. Peko
10. Togami
11. Sonia
12. Saionji
13. Koizumi
14. Hanamura
15. Owari
16. Nidai

Obvious most popular two is obvious, of course

What shocks me is how Komaeda actually can get a first place if it is only a one-person-vote And how he actually surpass Gundam in the male voters division, I absolutely have no idea wwwwww

And lo, Kodaka admitted that he didn't think Komaeda will be this popular when he wrote the script, and totally jabs at Ogata's performance being the big booster for his current popularity lol

FYI, my ballot is Komaeda > Nanamin > Gundam. I kinda regret putting Gundam as my third since Hinata is in 5th now, as opposed to original series' Naegi in the 3rd but ah well!

>> The comic serialization's image samples are out, Dangan Koubai blog has the sample images. Just like its predecessor, the main manga is in Comic Clear (Famitsu's manga division iirc). This time though, we have 3 other types of manga from Mag-Garden (already tweeted yesterday, actually) as well. One has Nanami as the PoV character, one has Komaeda as the PoV character and one takes place in Island-verse.

>> GOODSMILE IS MAKING DANGANRONPA FIGURE (Nendroid to be precise). I have a feeling it is Monokuma, though hoho...

I'd scour the net for some spoilerish info, but then I realized that waiting for the official fanbook is easier than flipping through 2ch and twitters for scarce infos so... I'd rather wait for Halloween~

Hopefully, it's okay to talk about this here, lol, I swear making another thread for SDR2 is troublesome... ;;

[marvelB]

Wow, looking at the first game's poll results:

Spoiler for DR1 polls:

I'm actually pretty surprised that Fukawa is ranked 7th. I figured that she'd at least make 4 or 5. It's cool to see that Ishimaru's pretty high up there, though.... I guess his SSJ transformation into "Ishida" had a lot to do with it, heh.


Otherwise, it's mostly pretty much how I'd expect it to turn out (Nidai's ranking already gave me an idea of how well Mondo would fare, sadly. And while I like Yamada, I was dead certain that a goofy fat otaku wouldn't be popular with most people). Though I am slightly surprised at Celes and Togami's ranks.... I'd have figured they'd be higher, as well. But anyways, thanks for sharing the polls!

Originally Posted by Natsuki Hyuga

Spoiler for @Character popularity comment:

Nidai's low rank is mostly thanks to how much 'shita neta' (or dirty joke, if I can translate that) lobbed through the guy. See, he basically spent chapter 1 doing "KUSO GAAAAA", the kuso being literal. And he hardly have contribution to the class trials or even investigations. By the time his plot twist happen, no one had too much investment on him. That and Tanaka overshadowed him by miles in chapter 4 lol.

I personally don't dislike Nidai, but I can see why he is not popular just like both Owari and Teruteru. Something more of 'there are better characters for me *points at other 10* than this character' and 'too much of dirty jokes tyvm' than 'I dislike the guy'.

And to add vote of confidence, Kodaka (the writer) and the artist whose name escape me atm do like Nidai a lot!

(Trivial details include the staffs making a jab on who is more popular: Tanaka or his Four Darkry) BAH TOO LONG, 4 HAMSTERS KINGS. Sugita is an awesome chuuni, period. \o/)

Spoiler for DR2:

Heh, if it's about dirty jokes, then I wonder why Fukawa wasn't ranked dead last in the previous game's poll?


But yeah, putting that aside, it still sort of doesn't surprise me that Nidai's ranked so low. The "big, manly"-type characters never seem to be that popular among the youngsters (probably because they consider them too ugly or something, I dunno). Oh well, at least it's great to know that the game's staff liked the character....

BTW, another interesting thing to point out: At the SA thread, oren had mentioned that Spike Chunsoft held a survey for the fans and one of the questions asked was about what other game genre people would want to see the DR cast appear in. Apparently the answers included genres like fighting games, puzzlers and RPGs. Personally, considering the whole gun theme behind the trial segments, I feel that a shmup spinoff wouldn't go amiss (though I gotta admit that I'm real tempted by that fighting game idea, as well).....

[marvelB]

And now we're at the beginning.... of the end.



Also, that is one awesome chapter title, I gotta say!

[Seitsuki]

SA seems to need compulsory registration now. Which costs money. Which.. kinda sucks.

What a cliffhanger to finish on orz

[Cosmic Eagle]

What's.....SA?

[marvelB]

^Something Awful forums, which is where the LP for this game is posted.


Anyway, this is actually a pretty normal occurrence for anyone who's lurked around SA for some time. It should last for about a week if we're lucky and a month if we're not. Either way, the lurker lockout isn't permanent, so just have patience (because I sure as hell ain't gonna pay no 10 bucks to join a forum )....

[Kleeyook]

^^ I never know SA would do this. I regret following that thread. Now I can only curse at the site and myself while enduring my burning desire to read what's going on with that series.

Considering that it's the only thread in that entire site I consider worthy of following. Jcafe24, Animesuki, Sakurahana, etc all offer free membership where we can read all spoilers to our heart's content...

This is a dick move pulling by them. I wonder if the one who started the thread to provide us the delicious summary even got paid from this.

I hope it's not permanent. I hate to be viewed as lurkers when all I need is to read the posts, posted there by someone there, not even downloading files.

[marvelB]

^So I assume you didn't read my previous post or perhaps just skimmed through it. Because if you paid attention:

Originally Posted by marvelB

Anyway, this is, actually a pretty normal occurrence for anyone who's lurked around SA for some time. It should last for about a week if we're lucky and a month if we're not. Either way, the lurker lockout isn't permanent, so just have patience....