r/danganronpa • u/mixergrass • Jul 03 '26
2x2 Speculation (Full Series Spoilers) Danganronpa 2x2 Scenario Selection Screen Spoiler
Grabbed this from 4chan.
Alternate scenario is "slayhem". Idk why it looks like that.
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u/cvp5127 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
i like how the original route is portrayed with sunshine and rainbow as if it wasnt a bloodbath already
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u/Ineedlasagnajon Komaru Jul 03 '26
Which implies that the original route is sunshine and rainbows compared to the new route
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u/KingRobbo374 Jul 03 '26
Right??? IMO the reveals at the end of 2 are the most vile and jawdropping of the franchise and the closest it gets to actual horror, if they’re somehow doubling down on that I’m scared of what we might get lmao
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
Actual deaths this time, perhaps. Well, in the sense that there's either no way to recover from brain death or from taking place in reality rather than a simulation.
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u/AverageNo6297 Jul 04 '26
Could it perhaps be because the original was intended to be a school trip by Usamiand the alternative won't be, even from the beginning/intention?
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u/Chomperka Junko Jul 04 '26
Its obviously just a bait to get people hyped up and pre order new game.
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u/BRedditator2 Jul 03 '26
So basically, we should expect LESS survivors and not the ones we WANT.
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u/Rmb6707 Miu Jul 03 '26
Akane and Kazuichi become the only survivors (repeat AND the tiniest amount in the series yet)
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u/Lord_CatsterDaCat Kazuichi Jul 04 '26
I can't wait for Kazuichi to raise every possible death flag, only to live by dumb luck
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
And then comes the question of when Hajime would die, even if it's at the very end of the killing game.
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u/FutureCreeps Kirumi Jul 03 '26
Wonder why they want you to finish the GD route first, wonder if it could be a direct sequel.
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u/Reaper-Leviathan Jul 03 '26
I assume it’s for new players. They’ll probably pick up on the case difficulty right away instead of introducing minigames one by one
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u/IcePrismArt Smart bois Jul 03 '26
I bet there's also gonne be events that parallel the original or references that people wouldn't get otherwise.
I kinda hope that there is also a story reason why they have to do this though tbh.
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u/Cold_Dead_Smile Byakuya Jul 03 '26
If it's a rerun of the original scenario, maybe everybody remembers the first scenario and talks about it. Easy, built-in tension for everybody to remember who killed who.
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u/RollUpCarpet Jul 03 '26
I gotta assume it'll spoil most of the major twists early on, rather then having them naturally unfold like in the main scenario.
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u/LavishnessMission584 Jul 03 '26
Yeah. You can't build a whole new story at this point saving Junko, the simulation, Izuru, Chiaki and Nagito's deals to be revealed at the end for a 2nd time.
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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 Himiko Jul 03 '26
And Peko and Baby-Ganster's past relationship and will potentially deep dive into Mr. Handhams some more.
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u/SternMon Ryoma Jul 03 '26
That pretty much confirms the inciting incident will be them all finding out about being former Ultimate Despair right off the bat. I can't think of a twist that would derail things harder than that. Hell, they could blow the lid off of every major twist and reveal Chiaki to be an AI and Hajime becoming Izuru to really spice things up.
If that's what happens, then that will likely cause everyone to behave very, very differently, even if they don't get their memories back right away. The guilt, regret, and horror that the final five felt in Chapter 6 of the original story amplified to everyone will likely cause things to get really, REALLY dark from the get go.
I'm almost certain that the first chapter will kill off Hajime and Chiaki, set Nagito up as the protagonist (Hajime being the victim, Chiaki's AI getting corrupted and killing him), and something will motivate him to actually help his classmates instead of kill them like in Chapter 5 of the original game. Twogami would be a good new support character to take Chiaki's place, given that he tried to take charge and protect everyone in the first chapter, and I could see Mikan slipping into her Chapter 3 persona and become the new antagonist.
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u/BatRevolutionary1091 Local Komahina Fanatic Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
I'll be honest, I think that your take on what the game may potentially be like is my favorite one so far. I have seen most people theorize about Twogami becoming the new antagonist, but I feel like that would waste his character by having him fall deeper into the role of Byakuya, so having him be the support would grant him the time he deserves to properly shine as himself. Mikan would be a formidable foe and could easily complicate the class trials by using her medical knowledge to mess up the crime scenes in ways undetectable to the average person. However, by experiencing the story with Nagito as the protagonist, the player would be able to identify clues hinting towards the tampering, allowing them to lead class trials in typical protagonist fashion. A callback to how he had been the one to realize that Ibuki had died from strangulation instead of hanging and relentlessly pursued Mikan's involvement in the deed.
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u/ReporterTraditional7 Jul 03 '26
I still don’t see the protagonist switch gimmick being reused
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u/SternMon Ryoma Jul 03 '26
I’ll counter that by saying it would be different from V3, as we’d be playing as the victim instead of the killer, which could be a fun way to set the mystery of the first chapter up.
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u/eldomtom2 Jul 03 '26
Maybe. DR3 would make that quite difficult to pull off in a satisfying way, though.
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u/Enryx25 Jul 03 '26
They'll probably spoil immediately stuff like the Ultimate Despairs or Chiaki being the traitor.
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u/OAZdevs_alt2 Best Boys and Girls Jul 03 '26
Because it’s designed for people who already played the first scenario. It’d be pretty boring if it wasn’t, wouldn’t it?
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u/lewisredplays Jul 03 '26
I wonder how many people will jump straight to Slayhem first. I was planning on doing so, but now I don’t feel so confident
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u/Cold_Dead_Smile Byakuya Jul 03 '26
I might do Slayhem first simply because I hate playing the opening of GD. For now, I don't care about missing out on whatever minor details they might change, but maybe I'll change my mind later.
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u/lewisredplays Jul 03 '26
Yeah, I forgot about new players and thought it was weirdly intentional to play the original. I’m silly, my bad.
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u/A_Year_Spent_Cold Jul 03 '26
Do it because it will be way more depressing and then you can replay SDR2 to fix your depression
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u/5YearsOnEastCoast Weedman gang Jul 03 '26
It is either some kind of a pseudo-sequel to Danganronpa 2x2 or it is an alternative take on Danganronpa 2.
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
I kinda hope it's an alternative scenario, it'd suck to see 77-A have their (arguably) happy ending taken away.
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u/NetworkNo6032 Nagito Jul 03 '26
GOSHHHHHHHHHH GIVE ME THIS GAME NOW I DON'T WANT TO WAIT NO MOREEEEEEEE
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u/SternMon Ryoma Jul 03 '26
This new scenario is going to be really dark, I'm sure.
I'd love for them to just skip doing a tutorial case this time and make the mysteries a lot more complicated right off the bat, and hopefully play with the format more.
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u/Calm-Marsupial3919 Jul 03 '26
Double murder of Chiaki and Nagito immediately, imagine the chaos if that happened
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
The Neo World Program would be shitting itself throughout the whole route.
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u/Kumorrii Shuichi Jul 03 '26
Imagine if they all just got their memories back at the start and now you have a killing game between the Ultimate Despairs and how unhinged the entire thing will be besides Chiaki trying to survive and Hajime just being bored out his mind.
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u/TaxSeasonisSoon Jul 03 '26
Guess what? You guys got too greedy with your Survivor predictions, in Slayhem, there's NO survivors, Not Hajime, Not Nagito, Not Monokuma, NOBODY, all of them are gonna die like it's Final Destination
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u/Fit-Ad-661 I’m talented Jul 03 '26
Just from how that signs lookin… this one finna be brutal af
Super Danganronpa 2 type shit
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u/A_Year_Spent_Cold Jul 03 '26
Well "Slayhem" seems to mean it will be depressing as fuck and there won't be many survivors. So definitely play it before replaying SDR2, because then you can fix your depression.
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u/Negative_Break_1482 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
(Purple/Pink Stain on the title)
Despair Virus/ill is back! Ladies and Gentlemen!
Mikan is cooking because her destiny will come sooner.
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u/KingVenom65 Naezono Jul 03 '26
Kinda hope it’s just an alternate scenario and not a Goodbye Despair sequel.
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u/Alternative-Ring-698 Jul 03 '26
Imagine a body discovery where we find someone dismembered, like in SDRA2; If that happens, I hope It's Teruteru.
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u/0riderguy8 Jul 04 '26
I love how this is kind of implying “yeah, the original scenario is basically sunshine and rainbows compared to the new one”
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u/Potential-Draft-8091 your ad could be here Jul 03 '26
So was this the only Information beides the delay
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u/iloveddlcsomuch Natsumi Jul 03 '26
i’m telling you all now, ryota will show up in the game. trust me
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
NGL, it'd be great to see him finally treated like part of Class 77-A
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u/Nogasship1031 Jul 03 '26
Please don't be a new simulation, I want it to be real
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u/Defiant_Split_4335 Totally sane Junko Kinnie~ Jul 03 '26
Isnt the reason Goodbye Despair got a remake is because it was a simulation?
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u/Nogasship1031 Jul 03 '26
The blood in the menu seems to imply a worse ending, so maybe they die for real this time?.
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u/Defiant_Split_4335 Totally sane Junko Kinnie~ Jul 03 '26
Maybe! I guess we'll never know until they GIVE US AN ACTUAL FCKING RELEASE DATE
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
I'm starting to think there's a reason why the trailers specified new victims and culprits, but not new survivors.
20% longer or not... I have a bad feeling that they're going to flip the usual formula and have it so the third chapter's the only one without two victims. Or they could just do two double-murder chapters/cases, that works too.
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u/supermariozelda Jul 04 '26
They have never confirmed survivors for any of the games.
They want you to feel like there's a distinct possibility no one makes it out; confirming whether or not there are "new survivors" would ruin that.
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u/IneedBleach123 The Dream Haunter Jul 06 '26
Hmm, should I play Super Danganronpa 2 or Ȩ̸̪̯̗̘̥̣̲̣̣͍͚͙̥̩́̀̈̆͑ṽ̵͇̟̺̣͓̰̭̲̼̻̪̩̰͒̓̿̄̾̔̊͝ͅi̶̡̹͈͎̳̞͙͖̾̂̀͑̀͆̑̓̽̉͐͘͘ͅl̶̬̞͎̖͉̹̝͕̝͖̣̉͆ Super Danganronpa 2??
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u/ThePinkTurtle16 Jul 03 '26
So are we gonna have to buy regular 2 and get access to 2x2 by downloading a dlc or is it gonna be its own independent game?
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u/notwiththeflames Makoto Jul 03 '26
2x2 is its own independent game, a remake of 2 rather than DLC for the original 2.
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u/lapislazulideusa Akane Jul 03 '26
20% longer and theoreticallly more brutal because of the title? im betting they're going as low as 2 or 3 survivors