Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
New Danganronpa V3: is an upcoming visual novel game in the Danganronpa series, developed by Spike Chunsoft . It's the third main title in the game series and it's both a sequel and something new for the series.
Like the title "New" implies, the game has a completely different storyline, characters and environment than the first three games (the "Hope's Peak Academy" storyline ends with an anime series), with only the series' mascot Monokuma returning. Furthermore, the "V" in the title doesn't mean just "Version", as it's mentioned to have more than one meaning, such as "Victory" and "Violence".
The overall theme is mentioned to be "psycho cool", unlike the "psycho pop" and "psycho tropical" themes of the first two games. The visual style will have a "cool adult-like image" and the Class Trials will have "high-speed reasoning action". While the storyline and the sixteen new characters are different, the gameplay is similar to the earlier games, including exploration, talking with other characters and the Class Trials. It will have notable additions and improvements, though, like the possibility to use your own lies to defeat opponents during the trials.
The game features sixteen new characters and a new setting called 'Gifted Inmates Academy.' The high school (and hotel) is in a garden surrounded by a cage. It's implied that the story is set in the future.
It's planned to be released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on January 12th, 2017 in Japan.
Development
The game is in the early stages of development. It's currently being developed for the Playstation Vita as well as the Playstation 4, making it the first time a Danganronpa title has appeared on a home console.
In March 2015, in an interview, the writer Kazutaka Kodaka talked about Danganronpa 3 and the possibility of doing a sci-fi story set in the future, "If I were to do something sci-fi, the rules of nature could change. In the present day, you can't go through walls and these laws of nature can't be broken. But, maybe with a future setting those laws can be bent or altered. Then I could develop murders and tricks based on what technology could be possible in the future".
At the time, he mentioned that his current plan is something like Back to the Future: Part III, "I said Back to the Future just because I like the movies, but I guess to think more about it… Do you remember Back to the Future: Part III? Even though they go to the Wild West the story ends up being a story about the future. I like that idea of being able to play with timelines as a narrative idea". This has lead to some fans speculating that the third game will include time travel.
The game was first teased at the end of the first trailer for Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, followed by another teaser and a full reveal of the game during the Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia press conference on September 15, 2015.
In November 2015, Weekly Famitsu revealed new information about the game: Like the title "New" implies, the world view of New Danganronpa V3 is completely new, and it doesn't follow the characters and Hope's Peak Academy setting featured in the series thus far. The series' mascot Monokuma and its basic systems, however, will be carried over.
In December 2, 2015 Spike Chunsoft held an event where they announced more new information about the game. The new setting was revealed to be Gifted Inmates Academy.
Characters
There is
currently limited information on the new cast of the game. The only returning
character is confirmed to be the series mascot Monokuma. Weekly Famitsu
confirmed that no other previous characters will appear in the game.
In the
announcement trailer, a scene taking place in the Class Trial location revealed
16 podiums, meaning a possible new cast of 16 students, similar to the other
two main entries.
In November
2015, Weekly Famitsu revealed screenshots from the new game, giving players a
first look at 3 new characters which would later be revealed to be Kiibo, Kaito
Momota, and Maki Harukawa.
A teaser
trailer in December 2, 2015 revealed the silhouettes of 16 characters.
Another
teaser, in September 13, 2016 revealed the design of those silhouettes, but no
name or talent was given. The teaser also confirmed the new protagonist of the
game, Kaede Akamatsu, and her CV will be Sayaka Kanda.
Along with
introducing Kaede, the new antagonists called the Children of Monokuma ( Monokuma no kodomo) were introduced
as well, the first being Monotarou.
On September
28th, 2016, Weekly Fanmitsu revealed the 16 students' names and talents, along
with the other four members of the Children of Monokuma.
Students
The list of
currently known characters and their names are....
Kaede
Akamatsu (Ultimate Pianist )
Kiibo (Ultimate Robot)
Kaito Momota (Ultimate Astronaut)
Maki
Harukawa (Ultimate Nursery School Teacher )
Tenko
Chabashira (Ultimate Aikidou Master)
Kokichi Oma
(Ultimate Supreme Ruler)
Shuichi
Saihara (Ultimate Detective)
Ryoma Hoshi (Ultimate Tennis Player )
Tsumugi
Shirogane (Ultimate Cosplayer )
Rantaro Amami (Ultimate ???)
Miu Iruma (Ultimate Inventor)
Gonta Gokuhara (Ultimate Entomologist)
Himiko Yumeno (Ultimate Magician)
Korekiyo Shinguji (Ultimate Folklorist)
Angie
Yonaga (Ultimate Fine Artist)
Kirumi Tojo
(Ultimate Maid)
Children of
Monokuma
Monotarou (Children of Monokuma)
Monosuke (Children of Monokuma )
Monofunny (Children of Monokuma)
Monokid (Children of Monokuma)
Monodam (Children of Monokuma)
Monokuma (Father)
Monotarou (Brother)
Monokid (Brother)
Monodam (Brother)
Monofunny (Sister)
Sonia is a tall, young woman with knee-length blonde hair with pale skin and light green eyes. During game-play, she wears a green and white dress with a large red ribbon on the chest and a dark green, almost black, ribbon in her hair. She also has a diamond barrette.(to the left)
