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DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Spoiler Thread - Farewell, spoiler tags of despair!
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ScraftyDevil
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I'd be okay with that so long as it wasn't on AMC. That network has the habit of sucking the life out of every show which they wholly own just to make a profit.
It'd be neat to see it on HBO or Netflix, though.
It'd be neat to see it on HBO or Netflix, though.
I had a dream last night this game was adapted into a Live Action AMC television series. Character were adults and it wasn't set in a school (it was either an abandoned shopping mall or casino) but the basic premise was the same.
And now I want it to actually be a thing
Eh, I think about 1/3 of the fun of Dangan Ronpa is the setting and characters. You'd be losing a large part of the charm.
Eh, I see it as the opposite. Nanami best, Ibuki second best. Both are really cute, though.
Well those would work too. I'd ideally see it take 4 or 5 episodes to go from "free time" to murder to investigation to completion of the trial, so 2 or 3 seasons to complete the "game".
And if the writing and acting was spot on, new characters and a location could totally work.
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Focus on maxing out the report card / buying the tool upgrades. They're vital to succeeding in this mode.
Hours Left
Member
Don't even worry about building back-ups in the first run through. Focus on getting the Report Cards filled, and raising the collection level of everyone as high as you can. (Also make 2 dedicated cleaners, and raise their levels up.)
One you get through that, all other playthroughs are a breeze. Just make sure to make all the tools each time too, they help a lot.
cj_iwakura
Member
Finished earlier. The endgame made up for a lot of things, but I loathed not knowing what(if anything) happened to the world.
Does school life add much to the story, or is it just social link shenanigans?
Does school life add much to the story, or is it just social link shenanigans?
Hours Left
Member
Not to the overall narrative, but you get to learn more about the characters themselves. It's especially cool for ones that don't get a lot of screentime in the main game.
The true ending of School Mode has a cool surprise too.
dakkumauji
Member
Also leaves you in despair, etc, etc cause it isn't canon.
The Bankslammer
Member
hiro is a 10/10 would give vital organs to
aside from the fact that i like hiro and am not really so keen on sayaka, i don't think anything on the scale of the buildup to sayaka's death could've been accomplished with hiro as the first victim
deep down you know that it had to be this way~
aside from the fact that i like hiro and am not really so keen on sayaka, i don't think anything on the scale of the buildup to sayaka's death could've been accomplished with hiro as the first victim
deep down you know that it had to be this way~
cj_iwakura
Member
Also, whoever did Junko's voice deserves an award or something.
dakkumauji
Member
Well I didn't really like Maizono or Hiro.
But considering how completely useless Hiro was in the game, I would be completely fine if he died at the start.
And hey, who's to say Maizono doesn't end up getting killed midway either~
But considering how completely useless Hiro was in the game, I would be completely fine if he died at the start.
And hey, who's to say Maizono doesn't end up getting killed midway either~
I.. don't even remember what that was, lol.
dakkumauji
Member
Usagi shows up to beat up Monokuma and let them escape from the school so they can fullfilll their hopes and dreams.
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But you love non canon things!
chie
Oh, THAT'S the true ending?
I thought it was something different.
Half of them anyway.
cj_iwakura
Member
Which one?
Hours Left
Member
Sayaka could of been the first killer. Makoto having to eventually reveal that she was the killer would of been pretty dramatic. (Especially if she tried to frame him.)
Then Leon could of died instead of Taka in Chapter 3.
Perfection.
Edit: Also, Byakuya could of filled Hiro's role in Chapter 4 of mistakenly thinking he killed Sakura. Then we could see how he copes with trying to advert suspicion from himself when he actually thinks he's the killer, instead of molesting dead bodies for "fun".
dakkumauji
Member
Your head canon should be the real canon.
Hours Left
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It also could of portrayed an interesting dynamic between Sayaka and Kyoko, as they both try to pull Makoto in different directions. Sayaka using her past connection with Makoto to try and cloud his judgement and she continues to crack under the pressure, while Kyoko has to subtly try and make Makoto tap into his true potential instead of just dumping all the knowledge on him at once like she does originally.
The Bankslammer
Member
Sayaka as the first killer would be a pretty interesting dynamic. I just think that they really wanted to make the first death have a lot of punch (I mean, it even has way more buildup and is probably the bloodiest of all of them), and I don't think Hiro's corpse would elicit quite the same reaction.
The victims are always the (supposedly) friendly characters you're supposed to like! Except when it's Hifumi, but that's why they have Taka die too!
Hours Left
Member
Well, I think Hiro is supposed to be friendly, even though he's actually stupid and awful.
They could of given him some more "aw shucks" moments earlier in the game to increase his lovable dope factor. He should of been portrayed as a hippie peacemaker, who is only interested in good karma and unity. That would of given his death some punch.
And I think the trade-off of having Sayaka revealed as the first killer would be even more surprising, and worth the wait. Leon's reveal is a big ho-hum, because he has almost no personality, and his motive is pretty lame. It's his execution that's most memorable, not Leon himself.
Plus, having Sayaka be executed would be extremely tense and shocking. Watching Makoto, who is still reeling from having to convict his childhood crush of murder, (in which she tried to frame him), having to witness her elaborate death just moments later would be a crazy way to start off the game.
Oh well.
Saddening, until I realized digital and limited editions weren't included. Sales might be much higher.
Crash Station
Member
We need Houk to tell us if those sales are good or not.
Unless of course he's not allowed to say anything since that's technically a leak.
Unless of course he's not allowed to say anything since that's technically a leak.
Niche game gets sales of a niche game. That's better than the sub-10K I expected as the worst.
I'm kinda hoping they put up the first game on PS+ before SDR2 releases so it gets people buying SDR2 due to interest in DR1. Though that could cut off the sales they can get from the legs and word of mouth the game may get.
I'm kinda hoping they put up the first game on PS+ before SDR2 releases so it gets people buying SDR2 due to interest in DR1. Though that could cut off the sales they can get from the legs and word of mouth the game may get.
Hours Left
Member
If those numbers are correct, I don't think they are bad. And NISA is obviously satisfied in the reception of the game to have already greenlighted the sequel.
I think the game is doing just what it needs to do.
I think the game is doing just what it needs to do.
Hours Left
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Crash Station
Member
Works for me.
Maybe we shouldn't be talking about leaked numbers here. Wouldn't want to get cream in trouble. Of course, I'm sure publisher people keep their eye on the NPD thread, so it's probably fine.
Maybe we shouldn't be talking about leaked numbers here. Wouldn't want to get cream in trouble. Of course, I'm sure publisher people keep their eye on the NPD thread, so it's probably fine.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
That's, uh... pretty dismal-sounding. But then, how much of total sales does digital usually represent with a niche game? This isn't something you could readily buy at Best Buy and the like, so maybe digital sales were higher than usual simply because that was the most convenient way for some people to get it.
Or maybe I just think sales were good because I hope this game succeeded in the West.
The Bankslammer
Member
I definitely think that these sorts of scenarios would be really effective and super cool to see (yet another alternate reality retelling of the game with the killing game going through with different murders and victims would be neat), I just think that in deconstructing the cute female sidekick role, they decided that brutally murdered ex-assistant (perhaps the most sympathy-inducing she could possible get) to attempted murderer is a more effective shift than assistant to murderer. Though having to watch your assistant get executed as the first (student) execution of the game would be pretty crazy.
but I mean I guess this is just me trying to reason the writers's intent in my head. There's definitely a ton of different ways it could've gone that'd still be cool. Though Sayaka was pretty much born to die, heh. I guess who she ends up taking down with her is pretty flexible.
dakkumauji
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That would definitely be very interesting for the first trial and a lot better than what does 11037 means!!!!!111
It would make it less of a chore and actually give decent character development for Makoto to pick a side instead of just being shocked at the whole thing.
Well having Sayaka as the first murderer would be pretty much a punch as well. And hey, they could have made Hiro a bit more friendly in the first chapter and dun dun dun, friendly character suddenly dies and it was due to your crush.
Just as dramatic as Sayaka dying but for different reasons. And Hiro would have served a purpose.
Superior head canon over regular canon.
I do agree Leon being the murderer was pretty much a so what? If you ignored him (which is very likely since the game forces Sayaka onto you), you wouldn't have cared that he killed someone. It is tragic due to what happens but the first time through, you just don't care about him.
And I think it would have been cool to see Sayaka get eaten by a stage.
I think maybe not including sales from the NISA store would definitely mean it sold more since the LE set sold out there.
Hours Left
Member
NISA just said the sales are good. 6 posts above you.
Personally, I believe her role as Makoto's childhood crush is far more prominant that her role as his "assistant". She pretty much did zero assisting.
Having the assistant turn out to be a killer would be pretty cool/shocking too, but they would require them actually building a "work" relationship. Makoto and Sayaka did not have that. They both had preconceived notions of each other based on their shared childhood together. That's what could of been explored more if Sayaka was the killer instead of the vicitim.
Man I must've been the only guy who really loved Yasuhiro ;_;
He made me laugh a lot and I loved his voice actor. He was one of the few characters I liked having around from the beginning of the game, he didn't have to grow on me like basically everyone else did. Him and Byakuya were my favorites that got to make it out, too bad all the other characters I liked a lot had to go and get themselves killed/go and kill others :'|
Hope wins and despair loses!
yes I know I'm not the only one lol
Hope wins and despair loses!
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I also liked Yasuhiro. I mean, he wasn't my favorite in the cast or anything, but he was a stupid character that wasn't so stupid that he was annoying.
And yeah. The hair.
The Bankslammer
Member
oh that reminds me, i recently discovered that apparently sakura's revenge was originally one of a few web commercials for the original release of danganronpa. the rest aren't particularly interesting, but i mean, if you want to watch monokuma do that thing where you spin around on a bat except with a knife then it's here in the movie (ムービー
sectionThough I guess she never really gets around to doing any actual helping (there wasn't really much to help with while she's alive, after all), she does state that she'll be the Ultimate Assistant. I'm not sure if this was intended or not, but one thing the translator of the Something Awful LP theorized was that Sayaka's psychic shtick was also meant to draw parallels to Maya from Ace Attorney (though mind reading and channeling the dead are of very different natures, I guess the underlying idea is that they're both psychic powers). So I think the player was at least intended to believe that she would be your partner character throughout the game.
oh, but having Sayaka alive when Makoto finds out that she's actually a loony who set him up would definitely be really cool and is something that the actual scenario lacks
Glad to hear. I never play any of the series before but consider you get a new customer for the time being. Will have to wait until I'm free up from my workload in June.
Speaking as someone who enjoyed Hiro's presence, I definitely would have preferred this scenario.
It would have been on a whole other level "flipping the standard conventions on its head." I mean Sayaka attempting to murder someone was shocking enough as is, but having her actually pull it off? And Makoto being somewhat complicit in the crime? Maximum Despair right there.
Her freakout would have been glorious.
dakkumauji
Member
Well it still would be Makoto's word vs. Sayaka's over if they actually switched rooms or not.
I mean that was originally the plan that Sayaka had. Kill someone in Makoto's room and blame the crime on him.
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