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orenronen posted:assuming her books are canon.[/spoiler] To be fair I wouldn't blame anyone if they decided otherwise.
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Anatharon posted:To be fair I wouldn't blame anyone if they decided otherwise. Why? Are the books that bad or is it just the standard 'tie-in that is only partially canon at best' thing that happens to series sometimes?
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On the subject of DR: Another Episode Asahina's little brother also shows up and there's a magazine scan for the woman who shares a surname with Hagakure, but it's apparently not clear if she's his sister or mother. Honestly I find this to be kind of lazy. Why have all these random siblings come out of nowhere? To give them more motivation to work with Naegi's sister? She was already shown as early as chapter 1 but I don't remember any mention of siblings from Hagakure, Asahina or Chihiro. I would really prefer characters that had little to no connection with the original cast, but oh well.
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Hopeford posted:Why? Are the books that bad or is it just the standard 'tie-in that is only partially canon at best' thing that happens to series sometimes? I believe they are meant to be completely canon. They aren't written by Kodaka, but he's consulting on them. I commented on them elsewhere, but I find them to be very strange reads. They're fun as gimmicky difficult but fair murder mysteries, and I like the way Kirigiri herself is portrayed (as well as the narrating character), but pretty much every other character in the books is just played as a complete cliche, and not even interesting cliches at that. Most of them are horrible people, too. The books also tend to be excessively grotesque (even in DR terms), which was offputting sometimes, especially with a 12 year old Kirigiri in the middle of all of all of it.
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I've read that a lot of people are thinking the fujisaki person might be chihiro's dad? Wasn't it said in the first game that chihiro's father was a programmer too, or am I imagining it? edit: I guess there is always the possibility of someone being the shsl impostor. But that wouldn't make sense for this character, since doesn't everyone know chihiro is dead? Corvus corone fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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lotus circle posted:On the subject of DR: Another Episode Honestly, if literally every single one is a sibling, it's probably going to be a plot point.
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Continuing the topic of siblings I wouldn't be suprised if some(if not all) of these simbling characters turn out to be evil and the evil elemetary students are just a red herring for the villains of the game. Well they might not be evil but just the fact that all of these "relatives of DR1 characters" are being revealed like this makes me think they aren't what they appear to be.
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orenronen posted:I believe they are meant to be completely canon. They aren't written by Kodaka, but he's consulting on them. Ah, that's interesting, thanks for the information. I'm a sucker for fair murder mysteries, but I'm also a huge, unapologetic baby when it comes to grotesque and graphic murders so maybe I should stay away from it for the most part. Kind of neat that they have murder mysteries in them though, for some reason I was thinking it would be more about the character than anything else.
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Hopeford posted:Ah, that's interesting, thanks for the information. I'm a sucker for fair murder mysteries, but I'm also a huge, unapologetic baby when it comes to grotesque and graphic murders so maybe I should stay away from it for the most part. Kind of neat that they have murder mysteries in them though, for some reason I was thinking it would be more about the character than anything else. The author is an award winning mystery novelist, and likes to do things like put detailed diagrams of the murder scenes next to the text.
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orenronen posted:I believe they are meant to be completely canon. They aren't written by Kodaka, but he's consulting on them. Do either of the books go into the incident with Kirigiri's scars? I might work up the nerve to read them then!
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Volt Catfish posted:Do either of the books go into the incident with Kirigiri's scars? I might work up the nerve to read them then! Not yet, but that's where the series seems to be leading.
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I finished watching SDR2 today. I thought I couldn't hate Junko any more, but her influence was so powerful that a bunch of kids mutilated themselves and killed others. How wasn't her body crushed by the giant weight at the end of DR1? Violet_Sky fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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Aug 31, 2014 01:49
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Violet_Sky posted:I finished watching SDR2 today. It was!
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Violet_Sky posted:I finished watching SDR2 today. It was. That's Cyber-Junko. I am not making this up.
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Well, according to the game, people stole her body parts (including her hand) and even tried to have children with her corpse which is a bit hard if it 's a mushed mutilated wreck.
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ImpAtom posted:
Some people are into weird stuff, man. Wait why are we doing this in spoilers.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Some people are into weird stuff, man. The game is just about to come out in the US and these are major end-game spoilers for the game.
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Perhaps because it is a major spoiler for a game that has not been released for the majority of people in the thread, and even most of the people who are discussing it probably haven't played it. 
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Yeah, good point. Man I hate that this thing is on a console, I want to play it properly so bad but I cannot justify buying a Vita for it.
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orenronen posted:These two are the same character, who had already been announced - it's the one with the last name Hagakure. None of them have actually been confirmed as siblings, though I guess that's likely. In any case, Kirigiri is a confirmed only child, assuming her books are canon. Upon thinking about it, and taking a closer look at the character sprite, I'm getting the feeling that my first instinct may not be entirely off.  There's still the possibility that this person actually is Kyouko Kirigiri in disguise. The big warning sign to me is that she appears to be wearing white gloves, which would hide the burns on her hands that would give her true identity away. Besides, the resemblance just seems to be a bit too uncanny. Another point to mention is that if a high-school aged girl was trying to pass herself off as the sister of a Hope's Peak student, then Hagakure would be the most likely candidate because he was held back in school and is older than the rest. Thus, it'd be believable for him to have a sister of high school age. Of course, this raises further questions. If Kirigiri is hiding her identity, then why isn't Fukawa? They should both be part of the same organization, right?  Then again, this could be the writers pulling another Komaeda and loving with us again.
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I think you're overthinking it. The woman has a completely different body build from Kirigiri in every way. The eyes are different, the hair color isn't the same (Kirigiri's hair is more purple-white while this woman is a pale pink) and this woman appears naturally taller. I'm also not seeing the gloves you're mentioning on her sprite. Moreover if Naegi's sister and Fukawa are involved, I see no reason Kirigiri would decide to hide her identity from them. These "new character is actually an existing character" theories have never been true in any case, especially when solely based off how a character looks.
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lotus circle posted:I think you're overthinking it. On the sprites where they're visible, her hands look paler than the rest of her body. That's why I assumed those were gloves. The 2D sprite has her hands in her pockets, so I couldn't get a clearer look at whether or not she was wearing gloves. I admit that I might be overthinking it. Based off of SDR2, it's probably too soon to speculate on these things just going off the character design.
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Another trailer for DR:AE has been leaked, though it hasn't been posted on the official site yet. You can watch it here for now. It does look like the Warriors of Hope will be fought in boss battles; kudos to everyone who guessed right on that. Edit: Hunted around some more; it looks like the trailer was footage shown at the SCEJA Press Conference. Bloody Emissary fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Bloody Emissary posted:Another trailer for DR:AE has been leaked, though it hasn't been posted on the official site yet. You can watch it here for now. Yes, that's where it's from. It was the very first game shown, and was followed by announcement of a AE theme for the new theme functionality in the upcoming Vita software update and a DR-themed Vita. In other unrelated news, here's the food selection from the DR event that's up this month at Namco Namja Town. I think I'll go check that out on a weekend soon. 
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I can't stop laughing at what seems to be Junko with skewers. That's terrible. Looks like they're using a lot of the characters that didnt get food items at the event I went to this time last year, although some have returned. Do you know what the 'game' will be this time? The place that does these character-based foods, Namja Town, usually incoorporates a game where you can win special prizes (its like an indoor amusement park); last year it was a simulated school trial.
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Torino posted:I can't stop laughing at what seems to be Junko with skewers. That's terrible. It's that again, but it's being replaced with a secret Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo attraction once the game is released at the end of the month.
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My copy of DR2 just arrived today. The collector's edition is better this time around. The box is bigger, but mine came in a little crushed on the front-middle. The music selection on the soundtrack is much better, including more than just the opening and the execution theme. The artbook is still small, but it includes some rough sketches of the characters, and some item artwork in the back or something. Two Monokuma stickers are included, if that's your jam. The coin is nice, and it comes in a little case. My favorite thing, however, are the sunglasses. They're rad as gently caress and bet your rear end I'm wearing them in public.
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I just when I got my copy. Though I am going in half blind as I only know up to what the LP got to. I have only got spoiled on possibly two things this entire time. The reason behind Togami be in this on and the chapter 3 murder (maybe, they were just sentences I saw a long while back)
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Okay, I'm playing through the prologue, and I just watched the animation where Monomi gets swiss-cheesed by the Monobeasts. Uhm... is the audio quality supposed to be horrendous during that video? Because it was awful and muffled compared to the rest of the audio.
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I think I remember that being a problem, or at least a problem I had, with Dangan Ronpa 1.
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Oh man, Ibuki's nickname for Togami is Booyakasha. I think I'm going to be able to forgive a lot of things in this translation now. The sound effects really do make everything so much better, I gotta say. The part where they first get transported to the island was muuuuch funnier than I remember it being. I hadn't caught that Gundam uses "ore-sama" any of the times I read through oren's LP, either, though in retrospect it seems like the obvious choice.
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No loving shop in my city had this game. I'm beyond mad. I ordered directly from NISA, here's hoping they ship fast.
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So are the truth blade segments supposed to be so infuriating? I have no idea how i'm succeeding at the first step of the very first sequence but the second part I have no idea what to do.
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Dj Meow Mix posted:So are the truth blade segments supposed to be so infuriating? I have no idea how i'm succeeding at the first step of the very first sequence but the second part I have no idea what to do. Slash down the middle of the statements. The first one is easy; all the statements are upright, so you can just slash vertically downwards. Later on you just have to angle your slashes with the statements. After you clear a round, if you have decisively pushed your opponent away, you'll automatically go to the next round if there is one. If it's a bare advantage, you'll have to mash X otherwise repeat the round. Otherwise you'll repeat the round or be forced to retreat a round if you're severely disadvantaged. When you see weak points, press triangle to shoot the correct one. If it's not a weak point you want, they just need one slash to disappear. Later on statements become more durable and need more slashes. Get Super Sharp Sword from Monomi to help that.
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It might be awhile until anyone gets to this but in the second to last chapter what's Monomi's little speech supposed to be? I couldn't understand like any of it.Butt Ghost posted:My copy of DR2 just arrived today. The collector's edition is better this time around. The box is bigger, but mine came in a little crushed on the front-middle. The music selection on the soundtrack is much better, including more than just the opening and the execution theme. The artbook is still small, but it includes some rough sketches of the characters, and some item artwork in the back or something. Two Monokuma stickers are included, if that's your jam. The coin is nice, and it comes in a little case. My favorite thing, however, are the sunglasses. They're rad as gently caress and bet you're rear end I'm wearing them in public. That almost seems like it's worth getting.
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Anatharon posted:It might be awhile until anyone gets to this but in the second to last chapter what's Monomi's little speech supposed to be? I couldn't understand like any of it. I got the game last week, so my memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I think pretty much everything makes sense in context after the last chapter. Unless you've already beaten it.
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When I went to pick up my copy this morning. The EB games had 3 copies. Which is triple the number of copies they had of the first one at launch. So perhaps that's promising. I might wait to start it up until I get Layton vs. Wright out of the way. I really hope it does well enough to get a localization of Despair Girls.
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ApplesandOranges posted:I got the game last week, so my memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I think pretty much everything makes sense in context after the last chapter. Unless you've already beaten it. I finished the game in Japanese but a combination of my middling Japanese ability/rush to see what happened next I didn't really get what was going on. 
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