Murder Most Moe
We are gradually bearing down on the release of Spike Chunsoft’s murder compendiumDanganronpa Decadence, which will package together four titles from Kazutaka Kodaka’s cute, compelling, and chaotic murder-mystery franchise for the Nintendo Switch platform. The publisher released a brief Japanese overview trailer spotlighting this quartet of games.
As a quick reminder,Danganronpa Decadencewill include the Anniversary Editions ofDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc,Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, andDanganronpa V3: Killing Harmonyin one handy Nintendo Switch release. Also included in the collection is a brand new title,Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp, which sees the huge cast of heroes and villains from all previous titles reunite for a sun-soaked, tabletop-style adventure. As previously reported,Danganronpa Sis a real love letter to the entireDanganronpafranchise, with the return of many popular characters and some lovely new artwork. It is, however, powered byboth microtransactions and gacha mechanics.
Spike Chunsoft openly embraces this mechanic in its most recent information dump for the title, using the example of a player wanting a “Swimsuit Nagato” card simply being able to visit the Nintendo eShop and purchasing it outright, rather than spend their time grinding for it. Cards will retail for $0.99 USD each, or three cards for $1.99, or five cards for $2.99. Finally seeing all of these characters interact with each other — in a brand new format, no less — is a delight, but it’s a real shame to see that this exciting new franchise entry is revealing itself to be little more than a fan-fest storefront.
Regardless, this does not take away from the greatness that is theDanganronpatrilogy. And it will certainly be neat to have these classic titles on the Switch.Danganronpa Decadencewill launch in North America and Europe December 3.
