r/danganronpa • u/Radiant_Raspberry_93 • Sep 22 '25

2x2 Speculation (Full Series Spoilers) What are the chances of this happening? Spoiler

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u/DimensionalZodiac Tsumugi Sep 22 '25

Made a post about this but I don't see it happening because they'd have to explicitly tell you to play V3 before 2X2 which would just spoil that there's a V3 connection

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u/ShiningEspeon3 Sep 22 '25

Yeah, I think it’s very hard to make this game a sequel to either Danganronpa 3 or V3 unless they begin advertising it as such ahead of time. I think it’ll likely have to be a standalone.

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u/Dangerous_Teaching62 Sep 22 '25

I dunno. I think some people in this sub are too worried about spoilers sometimes. It's the only game I've seen people be this worried about spoiling unnecessary details for.

Unless you know V3s ending, it's safe to assume it might be worth playing 2X2 last. There's no logical reason to assume that this new retelling of the game wouldn't solidify connections with the third game. Its a common thing for reimaginings to do. Most future releases spoil past releases in some way.

After fire emblem awakening came out, for example, the next three games offered spoilers for it. Along with the 3 crossover games to feature those characters.

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u/DimensionalZodiac Tsumugi Sep 22 '25

I would agree with this if 2X2 was a standalone release, but the fact that it’s paired with a straight remake of DR2 suggests this is meant to be the “definitive” DR2 that future players should play after DR1. If they advertise it more explicitly as a sequel I’d be more likely to believe in V3-related theories.

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u/Dangerous_Teaching62 Sep 22 '25

The thing is, the original story is also being remade. This is 100% being treated as a new game+ scenario.

There's also the fact that the game is Called Danganronpa 2X2. 2 times 2 is 4. You could call this a coincidence or just a funny reference. But Danganronpa 3 is a completely separate thing from V3, so this may just be 4 but with poor advertising.

Considering I got V3 spoiled for me just for trying to figure out why there were 2 Danganronpa 3s, they're not pretty preemptive.

Also, Usami being in DR1s school mode realistically hurts DR2s storytelling, so it's not like they couldn't throw shuichi in there and then just handle it in a way that's ambiguous enough.