Danga Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc!

[Satoshi Ookami]

I really want to play it (especially SDR2) but I don't have a Vita ;~; I don't see myself getting one anytime soon, so it looks like I'll just have to sit this one out. I still haven't seen/read/whatever SDR2 so maybe I should get on to that first :)

Well... you can probably try playing an emulated PSP version if it ever gets translation like the first one.

Hmm. The English voice acting is pretty okay, I do like some of them, mainly Toko's and Asahina's, but the rest sound odd to me. This is probably only because I actually watched a playthrough of DR with English text and Japanese VAs on youtube and the anime with those same voice actors, so I've just associated the voices with the faces ;~; But they're not that bad! Just odd sounding to me.

How can anyone like Fukawa's voice when her seiyuu is Sawashiro Miyuki... xD

 

[Spinosaurus]

I personally find japanese voice acting more cringe worthy than English, especially since I know what they're actually saying. (Learning Japanese.)

They're normally so exaggerated.

 

[Sheep]

My friend works at GameStop and has really been hyping the game for me. I plan to pick it up sometime next month - super glad I have a Vita now, good choice. B') I checked out some videos for the English voice acting and am liking what I see (hear?) so far haha. Admittedly the anime series was largely why I decided to give this a try but from what I've seen it looks pretty good.

 

[Nah]

My friend works at GameStop and has really been hyping the game for me. I plan to pick it up sometime next month - super glad I have a Vita now, good choice. B') I checked out some videos for the English voice acting and am liking what I see (hear?) so far haha. Admittedly the anime series was largely why I decided to give this a try but from what I've seen it looks pretty good.

I'm certain you'll like it. It's better than the anime; the anime was a rushed, condensed version of the game, so you get more character interaction/development in the game, and you get to figure out all the cases yourself too.

Though since you've seen the anime already, you kinda already know what happens in the game, and I guess that diminshes the impact of some things a bit.

....But I'm sure it'll still be great.

 

[thedestinedblade]

Just bought the game today, and I'm on the prologue right now. :) Will give my thoughts when I give the game a bit more playing time.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Though since you've seen the anime already, you kinda already know what happens in the game, and I guess that diminshes the impact of some things a bit.

Agree with this... pretty much all class trials will have less of an impact because the culprit will be obvious from the start.
When I was playing the PSP version the only obvious culprit was the first one (11037, yeah, right...)

 

[Nah]

When I was playing the PSP version the only obvious culprit was the first one (11037, yeah, right...)

I lol'd so much at the whole 11037 thing. Guys, it's so obvious that's not what it says. The funny thing is that at the time I still wasn't able to put a name to everyone's faces, so when I first saw it, I was like "uh, who was that again?". XD

 

[Altairis]

Hiding for spoilers.

Spoiler:

It doesn't make sense when you're playing Dangan Ronpa in English, but I think 11037 makes perfect sense in a Japanese game! If the scenario was flipped and the characters were English and Leon was written in kanji, everyone would be like "Duh! Scribbles!" since they can't recognize English words as good as we can.

But yeah, it does seem kinda silly when it's translated into English. Oh well. I'll think about getting a vita, especially because I want to play SDR2 ;~;

 

[Nah]

Hiding for spoilers.

Spoiler:

It doesn't make sense when you're playing Dangan Ronpa in English, but I think 11037 makes perfect sense in a Japanese game! If the scenario was flipped and the characters were English and Leon was written in kanji, everyone would be like "Duh! Scribbles!" since they can't recognize English words as good as we can.

But yeah, it does seem kinda silly when it's translated into English. Oh well. I'll think about getting a vita, especially because I want to play SDR2 ;~;

Ya know, that is a good point. Though you then have to wonder why its written in English in the first place...

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Ya know, that is a good point. Though you then have to wonder why its written in English in the first place...

Because writing katakana (yep, it wouldn't be in kanji. Leon is (was? xD) most likely half or something) would be harder and since Leon is the only one with English sounding name, it makes sense it was in English.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Jesus christ I already found out the first culprit because of you guys. :/

Spoiler:

Any clue with numbers make me flip them first and I read Leon, and the whole name in Katakana talk when he's the only guy with an English name pretty much sealed it. :/

Put these things in spoilers please.

 

[thedestinedblade]

Ah, good stuff. Played Saturday, and most of yesterday. {:3} Just about to start the class trial on the third chapter. Some of the trial gameplay took some getting use to it (they even throw in a rhythm game, lol), and while it's not Ace Attorney, it's still fun and fast-paced. Not many complaints so far; visuals, characters, OST, and story have all been great. A few VA's seem off, but you get use to it.

 

[Nah]

A question for those of you who've played some of the North American version of the game:

What color is the blood?

 

[thedestinedblade]

^lol, for some reason it's pink. Why? Is it red in the original version?

 

[Nah]

^lol, for some reason it's pink. Why? Is it red in the original version?

:3

No, its pink in the Japanese version as well. It's a quirk of Japanese game rating. Despite the fact that the Japanese are really chill about language and sexual themes, they apparently aren't too fond of having blood in games. So Spike Chunsoft made the blood pink to get around that.

I thought they would change it to red for the North American release since blood doesn't bother people as much here, but it seems they didn't.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

:3

No, its pink in the Japanese version as well. It's a quirk of Japanese game rating. Despite the fact that the Japanese are really chill about language and sexual themes, they apparently aren't too fond of having blood in games. So Spike Chunsoft made the blood pink to get around that.

I thought they would change it to red for the North American release since blood doesn't bother people as much here, but it seems they didn't.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Pink blood is the representation of Dangan!
But I think it's more like joke on developers' part than actual quirk =D'cause the whole game is pretty much parody =D
You are right about Japanese games not giving a ♥♥♥♥ about sexual themes and bad language but hate blood in games, though.

 

[thedestinedblade]

Finished the game last night and I eagerly await the second game's Western release. Some unexpected twists and revelation at the end made up for some stale parts in the middle. {:3} You even get an extra mode once you finish the game once.

Spoiler:

A "what if scenario" if no one had to take part in the killing game.

Also,

Spoiler:

I feel a bit bad for Mukuro, but christ, Junko is effed up. Seems after the credits she might be entirely "dead" though.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

You even get an extra mode once you finish the game once.

Spoiler:

A "what if scenario" if no one had to take part in the killing game.

You mean school mode or actually "what if" scenario that adapts "what if" Dangan novel?

 

[Alternative]

I've played this, finished it, played the original, I guess you could say I really got heavily into the fandom haha (which is not recommended btw). Supposedly I played this more for the english adaptation, as I'm a huge sucker for english dubs when it comes to original japanese products, so really I just played it for that. But again, it was kind of refreshing to replay this nice little game.

I know for a fact that the second installment for this game got announced for Q3 this year, or at least I'm pretty sure Sean Chiplock (Kiyotaka Ishimaru's VA) tweeted something about it. So yeah looking forward to that. Personally I hope to see Liam O'Brien get a role in it but it's only wishful thinking haha.

Hmm... as far as VA's go I loved Celeste's, whoever did her (I can't find it for the life of me who voiced her x_x) and Kaiji Tang on Yasuhiro Hagakure, I'm blown away that he did that so well. I'm comparing him to some of his other roles, like Owain in Fire Emblem Awakening and I genuinely find it difficult to tell if it's the same person. If I had any real complaints with VA's in particular I'd say Jason Wishnov's role of Byakuya Togami but that's just me. He doesn't sound as pretentious or well, connected to what I believe Togami was to be in the original version.

Spoiler:

There's also the issue of me not really liking Erin Fitzgerald's role as Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack, it's like when I listen to her voice all I can hear is Chie Satonaka, it's the same with Junko Enoshima towards the end.

I'll try my best not to spoil any part of it for anyone.

 

[Nah]

I know for a fact that the second installment for this game got announced for Q3 this year, or at least I'm pretty sure Sean Chiplock (Kiyotaka Ishimaru's VA) tweeted something about it. So yeah looking forward to that.

Yeah, Super Dangan Ronpa 2 has been confirmed for a Western release later this year. I think I posted a link about it somewhere on this thread...

Hmm... as far as VA's go I loved Celeste's, whoever did her (I can't find it for the life of me who voiced her x_x) and Kaiji Tang on Yasuhiro Hagakure, I'm blown away that he did that so well. I'm comparing him to some of his other roles, like Owain in Fire Emblem Awakening and I genuinely find it difficult to tell if it's the same person.

lmfao! Hagakure and Owain have the same voice actor? XD They don't sound the same...not like I've heard much of their voices.

Spoiler:

There's also the issue of me not really liking Erin Fitzgerald's role as Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack, it's like when I listen to her voice all I can hear is Chie Satonaka, it's the same with Junko Enoshima towards the end.

I'll try my best not to spoil any part of it for anyone.

Erin Fitzgerald is in Dangan Ronpa? How did I not pick up on that?