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[redhood56]

Ditching the old formula of a character talking with a background is very interesting. Now I am really excited to see these "cinema" parts.

 

[mStudios]

So these are the names right?

That guy looks too much like a Carlos, and the other too much like an Eric.

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Also there looks like pure murder behind Eric's eyes

Do you have any twitter? I uploaded the pic on my twitter and it has 100+ retweets, I want to give you credit.

https://twitter.com/MagnaStudios/status/707172254896033792

 

[arue]

THIS IS THE ZTD NEWS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

I can't wait for the game. Also a dog? the game just got 100% better.

 

[Kyonashi]

Do you have any twitter? I uploaded the pic on my twitter and it has 100+ retweets, I want to give you credit.

https://twitter.com/MagnaStudios/status/707172254896033792

hah thanks

 

[slash3584]

Shit it has been so long since I beat VLR and 999.

Reading all these spoilers and i'm like

Don't know if I should read a plot analysis or just play them again.

 

[redhood56]

So maybe the deadly situations could be

Spoiler

team vs team? In the concept we see Diana with a gun to sigmas head but maybe they have to solve a puzzle before the other teams to stop the gun from going off? And the person in the chair who is on the last team to finish dies?

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Don't know if I should read a plot analysis or just play them again.

Once we've got a release date for ZTD I'll have a GAF Plays thread up for 999 and VLR about a month before so we can all catch up/play for the first time together.

 

[Skii]

If this game doesn't end with Junpei and Akane together, I'm going to riot.

But I'm assuming Junpei

Spoiler

doesn't forgive Akane

because of the events in VLR.

I'm so confused.

 

[Ushojax]

If this game doesn't end with Junpei and Akane together, I'm going to riot.

But I'm assuming Junpei

Spoiler

doesn't forgive Akane

because of the events in VLR.

I'm so confused.

I don't think the Junpei of ZTD has any knowledge of the events in VLR. Only Akane, Sigma, Phi and possibly Kyle/? Have jumped between streams.

 

[grim-tales]

The screenshots are clearly 3D renders.

OK I havent really seen them yet.

 

[Spieler Eins]

.

Have you not noticed the spoiler tags in here? Also, it's not about what Junpei knows in this game.

Anyway, that shlocky animu love plot was really bad in 999. Even more so for me, since I already called the twist the game was leading up to, so I was only left with that kitsch in the end - easily one of the reasons VLR was a far superior story.
(Team C confirmed trash tier - but maybe it's a different Akane in some ways).

 

[GSR]

Bah, for some reason I read the teams as C-B-A. They are indeed C-D-Q according to the leaks. Sorry about that!

 

[blacksark]

Waiting has been so much worth it,the times when it got cancelled, all the #4infinity expectations and the day it got revealed with the streaming not working, the character reveals.. And we are getting a full release, physical in the us for vita and 3ds,with the tone of 999 and lots of people dying. I can't ****ing wait Now!

 

[Skii]

I don't think the Junpei of ZTD has any knowledge of the events in VLR. Only Akane, Sigma, Phi and possibly Kyle/? Have jumped between streams.

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No, I meant that because of what we know from VLR, it's likely that Junpei never forgave Akane during these games as he was still deeply upset by the person she had become.

But because this is essentially a different timeline now with different minds in certain characters, maybe their relationship can be changed. That's what I'm banking on.

 

[The Silver]

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No, I meant that because of what we know from VLR, it's likely that Junpei never forgave Akane during these games as he was still deeply upset by the person she had become.

But because this is essentially a different timeline now with different minds in certain characters, maybe their relationship can be changed. That's what I'm banking on.

Of course

Spoiler

it's going to be changed, we're going to a future where humanity doesn't go nearly extinct, anything can happen. The future where VLR happens is only one possibility

.

 

[GSR]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive by her own measure.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

 

[Zolo]

• Q is good-hearted despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive.

Well, this should be a fun group.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

If Q doesn't have a

Spoiler

Zero III

stuffed animal,I'll be furious.

 

[lucablight]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive.
• Diana joined the DCom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

Only 80% done when the game is due out in a few months?

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.

It's totally gonna be some Chinese Room experiment thing, then.
I hope this pulls more lesser-used thought experiments from the past games.

 

[Soulflarz]

Only 80% done when the game is due out in a few months?

This seems about right
*This game hasn't been in dev that long, if I have that correct from people who told me about it early and then confirmed 4infinity.

Those percentages japanese devs give out never mean anything.

Always true, lol


Heey, if 6 must die....MAYBE THESE LEAKS ARE CONTROLLER
*make your fan theories now zzz

 

[Mistouze]

Only 80% done when the game is due out in a few months?

Those percentages japanese devs give out never mean anything.

 

[TheSuperSakura]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

6 people must die!?!?! Oh boy...time to start thinking about who I'll sacrifice.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Only 80% done when the game is due out in a few months?

Not unusual. Etrian Odyssey V is said to be "60% done" and it's launching in August.

When they speak of percentages, they're likely not talking about the entirety of the development cycle, but at least when it went into active development.

 

[Soulflarz]

Not unusual. Etrian Odyssey V is said to be "60% done" and it's launching in August.

When they speak of percentages, they're likely not talking about the entirety of the development cycle, but at least when it went into active development.

Yeah
Or else this one has been going on for 4 years.

 

[corn_fest]

In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.

Man, this is pretty fucking dark. IIRC, in 999 and VLR, none of the participants have to die

Spoiler

in any timeline

just to solve the Nonary Game (except perhaps the 9th man).
Glad to see the game is far from VLR's somewhat-sanitized tone.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

6 people must die!?!?! Oh boy...time to start thinking about who I'll sacrifice.

Wait so the true ending doesnt involve you saving everyone like 999 and VLR?

 

[Sumio Mondo]

Oh yeah only 3 survivors, I can imagine that will make things hellish for the cast with such a bleak outcome for them. This was supposed to be the most brutal game according to what was said in VLR, now I can see why, yikes.

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Wait so the true ending doesnt involve you saving everyone like 999 and VLR?

Nobody knows at this point. As with VLR, though, it will likely involve

Spoiler

hopping between timelines after people die so you can collect all the passwords. Somebody different can die each time so there's a chance you can get everybody out alive.

 

[asagami_]

Oh, so when the woman (Diana I guess) said that 6 died she was referring to this event.

Still...

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Phi, Sigma and Diana survived the event, but what about Akane and Junpei?Maybe the recording is from a timeline different from the one we know, and VLR timeline was a kind of "good" ending where at least 5 people survived.

btw, the mechanic of use the three groups at same time open a new world of possibilities, I wonder how many endings will have the game o______O

 

[corn_fest]

Wait so the true ending doesnt involve you saving everyone like 999 and VLR?

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I was interpreting it as having to reach at least 6 possible futures where people die (like finding the bomb codes in VLR) in order to save everyone.

But maybe not...? If so, that's pretty grim.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Passwords should be easy with morphogenic fields, but since I'm sure it isn't that easy, it's going to suck when we find out they won't work for some reason.

 

[Soriku]

Question...isn't the Mars Test Site originally supposed to be a simulation for an actual mission to Mars? How does it turn into a deathtrap? lol.

Anyway I suppose since

Spoiler

Sigma and Phi can jump timelines, they'll be getting the passwords the same way they got the bomb passwords. They might all have to die in the process, but what can you do?

 

[Sumio Mondo]

Wonder how the puzzles will play out this time and how the decisions at the end of each round play out, how the voting will go etc?

 

[Byronic Hero]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, if 6 people die then the groups can escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive by her own measure.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

News overload, it's almost time for me to go on a media blackout for this game. I want to go in the same way I did with 999. All of this is good stuff though. GOTY 2016 right here. Plus we may get DRV3 & Ace Attorney 6, this is the year of the VN.

 

[MegaMelon]

I just hope that someone will upload the solutions to the puzzles online for launch day. I suck at the puzzles in this game. Or hopefully there'll be an easy mode.

 

[Hylian7]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive by her own measure.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

Okay, so this must be why Diana thought 6 people were dead, because she couldn't ever see them.

I like the ideas in this one, I do hope in some cases the groups actually meet though. I would like to see some of the cross-group interactions of these characters.

 

[Leezard]

I'm guessing that since the dog is supposed to be a message bearer,

Spoiler

someone is likely to plant specific messages to disrupt the groups. Zero, or someone who wants to manipulate the game.

 

[Spieler Eins]

You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.

That would be a decent addition of interactivity outside of puzzle rooms. Since I don't expect the gameplay to open up otherwise, like Danganronpa or Hotel Dusk.

 

[Thoraxes]

So from Hokanko, like upthread:



So yeah, three protags; from the way it's written, most likely Carlos, Diana, and Q(? - based on the character layouts, since his group is all new).

Good to see Hosoe there. His music is a well-integrated part of theseries for me.

 

[The Silver]

Oh, so when the woman (Diana I guess) said that 6 died she was referring to this event.

Still...

Spoiler

Phi, Sigma and Diana survived the event, but what about Akane and Junpei?Maybe the recording is from a timeline different from the one we know, and VLR timeline was a kind of "good" ending where at least 5 people survived.

btw, the mechanic of use the three groups at same time open a new world of possibilities, I wonder how many endings will have the game o______O

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Akane possibly manages to save herself and Junpei with her powers, since Diana isn't in this group she probably just assumes they died.

Though at the same time I find it hard to believe no one from Diana's group died, it could be Sigma and Phi use time travel shenanigans to save themselves and Akane and Junpei survive normally.

 

[Takuhi]

Okay, so this must be why Diana thought 6 people were dead, because she couldn't ever see them.

Goddamn, you guys are too good at guessing these twists in advance. Uchikoshi has created a monster.

I'm gonna have to go dark on this discussion before the whole game gets spoiled based on character art and Google translations of PR interviews...

 

[redhood56]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive by her own measure.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

I really like this all except the switching of protagonists, i really don't want to look at guides to get the true end if it requires certain time spent with each group. Also I wonder if the timeline is coming back.
Edit: wait, if they bring the timeline back or something like it would solve the problems with the switching that I have. It would skip the parts that we've already seen, I am very hyped to see what they do about this.

 

[NotLiquid]

I'm still thinking into the fact that Junpei and Akane are being paired, and with the secret ending from VLR showing how

Spoiler

Junpei has completely given up hope on Akane after realizing what she's become.

Considering how much of an "ending" that is to their particular arc it seems a little suspect to me that they're going to revisit the dynamic of these two, as I don't buy it simply being for convenience or fan service.

I'm wondering whether or not Akane is going to finally face some much due fire about her behavior from Junpei. Perhaps the character quote is implying that her plans are finally starting to blow up on her. I can see a situation wherein she could be forced to admit to Junpei how she's effectively strung along the world for so long, and although in VLR

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Junpei had, with age, given up on even trying to make her realize her inadequacies after the weight of everything and things actually going in her favor

, I could see an angrier, cynical and younger Junpei in a timeline that hasn't played out yet, snapping at her for it.

The fact that Akane's personality is also described as "Machiavellian" makes me also think that she'll probably cut the goody two shoes act around him as well if there's no recourse available.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Another possible leak with more details:

• Carlos, Diana, and Q are indeed the leaders of their groups and the protagonists.
• You can switch protagonists at any time and advance the stories individually.
• In order to escape, the groups must use 6 passwords. But a password is revealed when somebody dies. In other words, 6 people need to die for the groups to escape.
• Carlos is a firefighter.
• Q is good-hearted and honest despite his strange appearance.
• Eric is ordinarily cheerful, but in times of crisis he quickly loses his calm.
• Mila rarely shows her emotions and is fairly insensitive by her own measure.
• Diana joined the Dcom simulation on the recommendation of her boss.
• Gab is used by the players to send messages via a small pouch around his neck.
• There is of course still an "escape part" in addition to the "cinema part" but the details of that will be announced later.
• Development is 80% done (this was in the other leak as well)

Not really familiar with this source so I won't add it to the OP just yet, but this all seems reasonable.

Holy shit this all sounds so good! I totally called Carlos being a firefighter. Also I love how you can switch protagonists at any time GTA V style. It should make for some very interesting situations.

 

[Hylian7]

https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/707333226633625600

Hold the phone guys

 

[Shouta]

I am ready for this. I'm going back into media blackout though.

 

[Feep]

Once we've got a release date for ZTD I'll have a GAF Plays thread up for 999 and VLR about a month before so we can all catch up/play for the first time together.

yessssss

 

[GSR]

https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/707333226633625600

Hold the phone guys

Heh, also good to note. I actually added to my Tumblr post that my initial pass was a quick translation ten minutes after waking up, so I would honestly be surprised if there weren't errors, especially given I was working off a summary.

May as well add this to the OP.

 

[redhood56]

https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/707333226633625600

Hold the phone guys

I don't know what to believe anymore. Well I'll just wait for the official word from aksys. I'm also working on a big ass overview post from the last 2 games for people who don't have the time to replay both.