Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - Anniversary Edition

2020

point-and-click
adventure
visual novel
mystery
single player

The story

Danganronpa arrives on Nintendo Switch to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Danganronpa 10th Anniversary Release: Part 1! This Anniversary edition comes with a gallery feature that allows you to view event illustrations, scenes, and listen to voiced dialogue!

What it’s like

Bright, saturated anime-style character art sits against stark, cartoonish settings: a candy-coloured school courtyard, hallways lit flat and clean, and the jarring white-and-pink menace of a stuffed bear mascot. Its sound design leans on bouncy, synth-driven J-pop and sudden cymbal-and-bass stings when a secret is exposed, with voiced dialogue that snaps between jokey banter and shrieking panic. The game is played mostly through still, speech-bubbled panels, long stretches of reading and tapping through conversation, and quick investigative "Class Trial" sequences where you flick and shoot at contradictions in testimony, so the rhythm alternates between lazy chatter and sharp bursts of tension. Its vibe is playful dread, a gleefully lurid mix of cute and grim. Violence is present and occasionally graphic, with bloody deaths shown in stylised art and frequent murder-mystery stakes, though the presentation is more cartoonish than gory. It suits a late-evening puzzle session or a playful weekend with a cup of tea, and it is for people who enjoy whodunit mysteries, eccentric ensemble casts, and horror that is more theatrical than harrowing.

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