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NEWS: Spike Chunsoft Announces Danganronpa 2x2 Game With New Alternate Scenario for 2026




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Soulwarfare



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 3:35 pm Reply with quote
Alternate scenario idea is so cool

Hope they eventually do Danganronpa 1 Remake as well. Would've love an alternate scenario for that too
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Tanteikingdomkey



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 4:02 pm Reply with quote
Update. Kodaka is listed as a supervisor, and that he is doing some writing for the game so he is at the very least getting paid to put his name on the game.


......I mean I do want to see the work the new team puts into the game, it does actually look interesting.

That said rebooting the franchise with the game in the series that is by far the most popular and adding an "alternative timeline?" To it after the original team that management faught tooth and nail against when making this game and the previous one and only carried about when the series became internationally popular..... that is a choice...

Especially when the original team ended the series with a possible reading of the text being. LET THIS SERIES DIE ALREADY. That I would call a choice that makes all the suspect alarm bells in my brain go off

Ps The original team already did an alternative timeline for the original game and its called another end


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ZelosZoidberg



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 5:34 pm Reply with quote
Just when the Game Grumps thought they were done with the series.

This along with Fire Emblem were the highlights of the direct for me. I sadly have concerns for Metroid Prime 4.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:37 pm Reply with quote
Personally I'm definitely inclined to think this is actually going to be a stealth sequel, between the title potentially being read as 2 Times 2 (and the X isn't just filler in this case, they pronounce it as "by" in the Japanese trailer too), and the fact that spoiler[it would make sense in-universe for them to be remaking 2 as an attempt to revive the franchise.]
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Tanteikingdomkey



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:22 pm Reply with quote
Update. Kodaka is listed as a supervisor, and that he is doing some writing for the game so he is at the very least getting paid to put his name on the game.

Lizuka wrote:
Personally I'm definitely inclined to think this is actually going to be a stealth sequel, between the title potentially being read as 2 Times 2 (and the X isn't just filler in this case, they pronounce it as "by" in the Japanese trailer too), and the fact that spoiler[it would make sense in-universe for them to be remaking 2 as an attempt to revive the franchise.]

That is absolutely what I am very worried about when looking at this. Now if they actually were going to do this they would take all the characters minus teru teru who never got a proper spot light. Like for example imposter, peko peko yama, kazuhichi, akane and nekamaru, Sonia nevermind, absolutely Mahiru Koizumi, Hiyoko Saiyonji, Mikan Tsumiki,
Ibuki Mioda and gundham tanaka

Characters they should absolutely sideline and reduce but never would be allowed to Junko enoshima, she has died many times now to point of it being a major joke. Let her STAY dead! No spiritual successor, no ai junior, no copy cat.
Chiaki, komeda, and hajime or spoiler all need to be focused on less. Seriously they have had their time in the spotlight, and unless they really show a very different side to both of them I really want them to focus on the others.
Also not focusing on monokuma and monomi would be nice.


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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 9:19 pm Reply with quote
Tanteikingdomkey wrote:
Ps The original team already did an alternative timeline for the original game and its called another end


Was never implemented in the original game.

https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Danganronpa_Another_End

You simply have the ending for that route.
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:20 am Reply with quote
I wonder if they'll be an upgrade path for those who already own the second game...
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BalmungHHQ



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:32 am Reply with quote
Covnam wrote:
I wonder if they'll be an upgrade path for those who already own the second game...

They won't do that, this is a totally new game with different assets.
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2025 4:32 pm Reply with quote
BalmungHHQ wrote:

They won't do that, this is a totally new game with different assets.


I'm not really expecting them to, because they'll get more money that way, but it's not totally new:
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a version of its Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game that includes the original title as well as a new alternate scenario

It's an "enhanced" port with new content. They definitely could do something for those who already own it.
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BalmungHHQ



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2025 7:49 pm Reply with quote
Covnam wrote:
I'm not really expecting them to, because they'll get more money that way, but it's not totally new:
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a version of its Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game that includes the original title as well as a new alternate scenario

It's an "enhanced" port with new content. They definitely could do something for those who already own it.

That's poor wording on the part of this specific article.
Danganronpa 2x2 does include the original Danganronpa 2 storyline in it, but it's all recreated with the new assets and game system. This is a full remake, not a port. That's what I meant when I said it's "totally new". Anime smile + sweatdrop

Of course the main appeal will be the new scenario, which the website is saying is just lengthy as the original story. That kind of stuff goes far beyond the scope of any potential "enhancement patch".
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:16 pm Reply with quote
Impressed they're making such an effort instead of just porting/remastering 2.
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