Danganronpa author Kazutaka Kodaka’s new studio had to take out a mortgage to fund its subsequent large recreation, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, which was revealed throughout June 2024’s Nintendo Direct.
Talking to Famitsu and translated by Automaton, Kodaka mentioned his workforce at Too Kyo Video games was “risking their lives” for the sport due to monetary and psychological stress, although a publishing accomplice has since been secured in Aniplex.
Growth began off rocky, nonetheless, after a take care of an preliminary writer fell by means of after “quite a few difficulties.” Work on The Hundred Line was then restarted however what started as an “indie scale recreation” rapidly grew and demanded extra funds.
“We determined to make the leap and take out a mortgage,” Kodaka mentioned, a transfer which is uncommon for recreation builders who’re historically funded by publishers. Aniplex finally got here by means of for Too Kyo Video games although, and Media Imaginative and prescient and Jet Studio joined as co-developers.
“It was powerful each financially and mentally, however I could by no means have one other alternative to put this a lot effort into a undertaking,” Kodaka mentioned.
The Hundred Line places followers of Danganronpa in a comparable setting: a hellish highschool stuffed with despair. They tackle the function of Takumi Sumino, who lived an unremarkable life till he was pressured to switch to the Last Defense Academy.
Gamers should defend the college from mysterious enemies referred to as College Invaders for 100 days by means of tactical role-playing fight and delve into the “enigmatic fact of the college” alongside 15 companions, every wanting to reclaim their misplaced on a regular basis lives.
The Nintendo Direct was stuffed with different main video games too, with a model new Zelda introduced alongside Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood. The present ended with the re-reveal of Metroid Prime 4, now subtitled Past, seven years after it was first introduced. Examine each announcement, large and small, in our All the pieces Introduced article.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.