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Happy Lotus day edition
8 days until release, how are you coping?
What platform are you planning on playing ZTD on?
http://www.strawpoll.me/10532964
Last few threads reached bump limit, lets keep it up!
Continued from >>342076687
EIGHT FUCKING DAYS
Stay strong, dear fellows.
>>342151049
>Lotus day
?
>>342151235
Lotus = 8 in 999
I want to play it on 3DS since I played 999 and VLR on it, but the steam version will look way better than the 3DS one.
This will probably be my last thread, going to be busy soon and won't be able to play it before 4 days after release anyway. Have to get used to staying off the internet.
>packing about 9 inches
>it will double
Reminder that Zero is blind.
>>342151604
we need a new version of this image with Sigma going even further beyond
>>342151648
Cite your sources niggerlover.
WHERE
IS
THE
FUCKING
CIA
LEAK
YOU
GOD
DAMN
NIGGERS
milf end where?
The picture of Phi being groped makes me feel something deep inside but there are no other good lewds.
>>342151814
there are if you know where to look
>>342151442
no 3d. no point in the 3ds version now
THAT DOES IT
MY 4CHAN GOLD ACCOUNT HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR DAYS
DAYS
I HAVE GIVEN YOU LONG ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A LEAK
I HAVE SPOKEN TO MY BROTHER
AND HE HAS PLACED ALL OF YOU INTO A TIMELINE
THAT ONLY ENDS BY PAINFUL, GRUESOME ASS-FUCKING FOR ALL ETERNITY
FAIR WARNING.
It's time to leave now if you don't want to be spoiled.
Minor spoilers are liable to be posted from this point of the post forward.
Major spoilers will start coming out as of the 22nd.
But for right now...
MAJOR (minor) SPOILERS BELOW, DO NOT READ!So, these aren't spoilers that are naming names, more just stuff that you'll generally want to watch out for. Still, if you don't want to know anything, don't look any lower.Akane's motivation is more than just "I want to stop Brother from destroying the world". Whether it's good or ill natured though, is a bit more questionable.Some of you have already caught on to this, but Zero's butterfly lapel is a very specific butterfly. Yes, it's meant to symbolize the "butterfly effect", but any old butterfly could be used for that. The Monarch and Viceroy were chosen very specifically for what they represent. So wait, is Zero the Monarch or the Viceroy? Well, it gets even better when you consider that Monarchs and Viceroys don't follow the Batesian mimicry model, but rather the Mullerian model. I can't say much more with literally giving the entire thing away."Brother"'s identity, when revealed, is a huge twist. But it's dwarfed by what "Brother" reveals immediately after that. This will likely send you reeling, and I can't imagine how anyone could see it coming - thought it does make perfect sense in hindsight.Probably the biggest spoiler I'll put out before the game releases: Q's Mask. It is literally Schrodinger's Box, and inside is the cat. In most fragments, it's one specific result. However, the identity can be and IS the second result in very specific circumstances. This is all pretty much expected at this point. However, while even the second identity will probably not a huge twist, it's not supposed to be - the REAL twist, is the first identity's location when the second identity is in Q's place.
I just want 999 junpei back. why did he have to grow up
>>342152058
You can't lose 【Hope】, anon
>>342151734
Dr. Kline, I'm C.I.A.
LOTTA LOYALTY FOR A HIRED REVIEWER
>>342152035
So what does become of Junpei and Akane's relationship anon? Are they mortal enemies now? Does Junpei cash in his money in the bank briefcase?
>>342151049
Should've made it multi-option.
I'm planning on buying Vita/PC
>>342152168
BANE?
What do you think?
Spoilers from the previous game
>>342152428
IF I LEAK THIS GAME, WILL THE SERIES DIE?
Obligatory Snake isBrotherpost
This threads still safe? I'd figure something would have leaked by now.
>>342152231
If I pull that watch off, will you die?
>>342151884
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to draw several HD sprites and some key scenes?
I'm not feeling these models nor the animation.
>ZTD releases atendofJune
>>342152497
IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL
>>342152532
only minor things, likeEric being shot
>>342152452
Add q to the last one
>>342152532
Q Ending 1 was leaked kinda. We got a Vita screenshot ofEric dead. So I think we should be okay for now. Just hop on the ride and get off once real spoilers hit
>>342152585
No, it's much more work to draw a bunch of scenes rather than just set the models up. Same goes for sprites if you want them to have many animations.
Been replaying 999 and I remember now just how suspicious I was of Lotus my first time.
>when you get locked in the freezer, she seems totally unconcerned
>suggests she/Junpei/Akane/7 ditch the Snake search and find the 9 door
>suggest someone sacrifice themselves in the hospital room
I know the last one seemed necessary to them at the time, but the narration keeps mentioning how Junpei's sure she doesn't feel bad for leaving Ace, and her sympathy seemed like an act to me too.
>>342151867
None of the stuff on paheal does it for me, and I'm not sure where else to look
entire series is a dream
you're a cat the whole time.
All right, it's been fun but I can't keep risking it. It's time for me to stay the fuck out these threads and /v/ in general. See you, lads.
>>342152452
For "beauty and the genius", Q-team scans said Mira is a bookworm, and her highlighted quote was some shit about transporting koi, so she'll probably be that.
>>342152452
>Shock and looking hands
I got nothin
>Everyone is dead except the one who is merely pretending
some Team D endALL SIX BILLION
>Oh no! The MC...
No comment
>The mastermind is someone we know very well
(You)
>The missing one syndrome
Pass. Quark missing wasn't as similar to Snake's situation, nor as significant.
>Plot twist reflection
(you)
>Plot twist prosthetic limbEIGHTEEN INCHES
>Beauty and the genius
Gee I wonder
>Book of the secretsBrother's diary
>The amnesiac
Everyone
Quick!
Post your favorite BGM!
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE LEAK
>>342153218
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msjVdrDswgA
Nothing better.
>>342153284
We've had Eric leak, Zero is blind leak, Q can be 2 separate people leak, and Akane murders Junpei with a chansaw while infected by R6, and then kills herself.
I bought the watch edition on 3DS so I'm going to keep that, but I'm still playing VLR so i'mma end up playing it on steam.
>>342153436
THAT LAST PART, WHAT
>>342153218
Biotope baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKKOpiKJGY
>>342153284
One group has a key to obtaining the game early... but no door to use it on.
Another group has a door to getting the game early, but no key to unlock it.Life is simply unfair, don't you think?
>>342153436
All without credible sources
>>342153436
Calling bullshit on that last one, we've never seen anyone with Radical-6 go ballistic on anyone else, only themselves
>>342152921
Yeah, even in retrospect, Lotus gives off sketchy vibes. She ended up as one of my favorite characters though, antagonism aside.
>>342153503
One of the bad endings. Akane gets infected by R6 and murders Junpei. She then realizes what she did, and kills herself.
>>342153547
my fucking nigga
>>342153436
SOURCE NIGGER
>>342153384
I never noticed how much of a banger this song was in-game.
>>342153436
the screenshot sure, [Citation Needed], possible, [Citation Needed]
>>342151049
I doubt it will make much difference but I want to play on my PC for maximum graphix.
People from the last thread were saying Diana's hair pin (looks like Phi's brooch, but they're very different. Here's Diana's, for reference >>342099560
>>342153731
My esper.I never see Biotope in these threads unless I link it myself, it's seriously underrated.
So what are Junpei's stakes in this game? We know he wanted to find Akane, but the way he's been presented, and his weird "secret detective infiltrating a weird organization" makes it look like he has his own reason for being in test site, aside from saving Akane from herself.
I wonder if he's a double agent. He's supposed to be a spy for Free the Soul, to stop Akane and Crash Keys, but he's actually working for a third party spear headed by Lotus and Seven.
That's my speculation at least
>>342153874
I wound up getting too absorbed in the puzzles/story and missed a lot of the OST, desu.
Once I heard those whistling arrows, though, I had to listen to it again outside of game.
>>342154049
He probably thinks he's on yet another ruse cruise, so doesn't take it seriously in the first scene. Of course he seems as serious and edgy as ever later, but thats the vibe I got from the comparison videos.
"Yeah sure, 6 will die, sure they will buddy."
Anon falls in love with a game.
Unable to leak, he is gifted with a deus ex machina with the game's title ID. Never minding the strange region, he immediately begins to input the title ID and is overjoyed to find out that the game is downloading.
But, the next day, when he recounts the previous day’s download on his 3DS, the game loops the bootup screen. After some investigation, he finds out that the game's seed is missing. In fact, it doesn’t exist in this region at all. It is the game's alternate region counterpart, which has the seed, but is blissfully unaware of the game's title ID.
Hijinks ensue as the two strike up a deal to leak each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip the other with the weapons they need to conquer the game of their other region. While the two chase their respective leaked ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of LEAKS.
>>342154049
Well, the mars mission was a normal thing until Zero came, so maybe he just went there because Akane was there.
>>342154450
OH COME ON, EVEN ON /v/?
>>342154605
Don't give it attention.It was a newfag thing to begin with; of course it would be on /v/.
>>342151814
Post the pic
I posted this >>342077474 yesterday and decided to fix it up a bit.
>>342153384
Isn't this the track that plays on the last room of most routeswhen youre about to die?
When I was playing, after a couple runs this would fill me with some dread.
>The main plot twist is the fact that the Radical-6 outbreak was nothing but a ruse.
>Everything was planned in advance to ensure that Akane would summon a fourth dimension being (the player) to the Test Site
>Brother wants to change consciences with you, the player.
>Brother is Snake.
>>342153436
Literally the only one of those that are confirmed is the Eric thing. Literally anyone can go on 4chan.org/v/ and pretend to leak shit, like this for example:HEllo everyone I'm an cynical asshole and will leak the game, Sigma switched bodies with the dog and you find out when he starts growling and woofing instead of doing cat jokes.Trust me, I know how to use spoiler tags.
>>342154049
He probably didn't know the Mars mission would be another death game. I assume he joined all that shady shit in search of Akane, probably learning something about Crash Keys and Free the Soul in the process. I'm not sure what his goal is though, even regarding Akane, what does he expect to happen when he finds her? How is it worth becoming an underground detective/assassin/other shady shit for that?
>>342154316
>He probably thinks he's on yet another ruse cruise
He sure looks like it. The occasional blinks make me laugh even more than the static screencap, so I had to make a shitty gif of it
>>342155117
I mean theories are one thing but somehow some people think un-cited sources and parroting 'leaks' as truth have a larger credence.
>>342155091
It plays in the last room of every route, before the number 9 door is foundor before the Sub is found if you go down that way.
It's at that perfect moment in the game where the tension is so palpable it feels like it's about to explode through your screen.
>>342155117
HOLY SHIT WHAT
Ok so thanks to this new leak, lets think of some theories.
I think sigma may try to skew what messages go where when he is in the dogs body. So, maybe bringing the "Carlos Here!" message to carlos when in reality its Q team trying to ruse D team. But honestly this leak changes EVERYTHING.
>>342155234
I wonder if Kyle briefed him on everything that would happen, and that's why he joined the secret organization?
if zero is blind how can he see what side the coin landed on?
Check mate snake boys
>>342155308
Because we're so desperate for the game that some people believe it. I went back to catch up in the last thread,where the same "leaks" were posted, and people not only bought it, but egged them on by asking them for more
>>342155549
Gab obviously learn to read god
>>342151884
Is it provided by Carlos and Sigma? Then uh, sign me up
>>342152608
IT"S A BIG SERIES
>There is a timeline where Project Bluebird was unsuccessful in getting ZE3 confirmed
>>342155775
>Carlos AND Sigma
Don't do this to me anon
>>342156119
There's millions of timelines like that. This timeline is the weird and wonderful one.
>>342156119
>there's a timeline where ZTD leaked last week
>>342156463
What if we just unknowingly switched our consciousnesses to the one timeline where it was confirmed? The one that was ACTUALLY in this timeline gets shafted.
>>342156697
Fuck that guy.
>>342152509
I like the idea of there being two Snakes
>>342156697
>Implying I'm not willing to screw over countless versions of myself to get to the ideal timeline I want
>>342156697
Morphogenetic field is real. project bluebird got enough normal people together to get esper powers!
>>342151049
the game will be released on 30, why is 8 days today?
In two weeks we'll all have finished the game.
It's a bit sad as well
>>342157157
Its out on the 28th, 29th on pc, 30th in Japan as thats essentially the 29th
>>342157157
>the game will be released on 30
Stop crosstimlining.
>>342157157
Thats for the Japanese Anon, we get it the 28th. And then the 29th (30th for the Japanese) is when Steam Release is
Someone said the 3DS version is likely to leak tomorrow. Their reasoning is: tomorrow is the last EU eshop update before release, so if the game is going up for pre-load like it did in Japan, it'll happen tomorrow. Does that sound legit?
>>342156984
The Snake from 999 was not the real Snake, it was the medic.
>>342157362
It doesn't matter if it goes up for preload in the US or EU. The preload .cia is encrypted and will need a seed file that will only be available when it gets officially released on the eShop.
The only way ZTD will leak early is if it breaks the street date and someone rips the .cia (most likely) or if someone with a review copy uploads it (unlikely).
what if its chiko under the mask and the Q stands for Quiet
>>342157778
But we have the seeds for USA and EUR versions of ZTD.
>>342157778
But we have the EU seed surely
Anyway, a leak is looking less and less likely, so I'm thinking it's about time for me to leave these threads. See you fags on the other sideProbably not though because the temptation will pull me back and I'll PHI IS ZERO
lets real talk now about leak chances when do most retailers get games before releases?when i worked at toys r us we used to get tuesday releases on thursdaysand what are the odds of mom and pop stores breaking street dates on something like this
>>342155549
>Seven.jpg
>>342158358
its funny you say that, i was just sketching out an edit but I didnt think anyone would find it funny.
>>342158337
Mine breaks street dates constantly, but that's because I live in the middle of nowhere in Canada. It also helps that I'm good friends with the owner as well as the rest of his employees so I get early access to games if they've already arrived a few days before.
Did Amazon run out of Physical copies or something? It's not giving me a delivery estimate
>>342158773
Are you USA or EU?
>>342158502
Do it, new content is never a bad thing
Let's see if this garners a response this time.
>>342158641
>Sanford N Son
My nigga
>>342158870
USA
>>342159206
USA
Give me a summary of the events of VLR fags.
Forgot where the cast is travelling to in the timeline.
>>342158641
>Trayvonica
>>342159372
https://youtu.be/s8oN6XBE7SU
There's your summary
>>342159241
USA
>>342159542
Why haven't we gotten an english version of this yet?
Post more Lotus
>>342159372Everyone has bullet time flu. They were on the moon. Sigma had his consciousness swapped with his older self to practice how to jump around timelines with the hopes that can stop the calamity of bullet time flu. Phi can also jump timelines.
Man, this is such a good game series.
>>342160149
Probably same reason we don't have the other trailer
No Narrator available
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_cross
Interesting, I wonder how this relates to the X Door.
DAILY REMINDER THAT AKANE CAN PHYSICALLY MOVE THROUGH TIMELINES WITH HER WHOLE FUCKING BODY, AND THIS ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE UCHI WROTE HIMSELF INTO A CORNER
Brother's also heavily implied to be able to do the same thing.
>buying the Vita version because I snagged the watch bundle
>gonna get it on PC as well if I feel like replaying it
Why you would ever go 3DS aside from collection purposes is beyond me. A Vita TV is $40 or so and Spike Chunsoft hinted at 999 Vita
>>342160592
I'll narrate itI sound like VLR's young Akane though
>>342160763
I think Brother was outright stated to be able to do the same.
>>342160763
>heavily implied
I'm reading the VLR Q&A right now, and Uchi literally says " According to one theory, there are rumors that his body as a whole had time slipped to another time."
P sure he's gone ahead and jumped to Mars Test Land
>>342159092
lel
>>342160764
I'm tempted to get the Vita version over the PC version cause it's out a day early.
But then there's also cost because I've got spare cash on Steam.
But then again PC version looks great over Vita.What do /v/?
>>342161091
I'd say get it on PC unless you want to have it on the go. It's one day.
I'd get PC but I already have the watch bundle on order so I'm gonna get it for replay purposes/to get Steam goodies
>>342160764
>Why you would ever go 3DS aside from collection purposes is beyond me.
Please don't bully, the 3DS is my only option.
> The feelings [Junpei] has towards Akane is beyond just romantic feelings.
What does he mean by this
(Not memeing)
>>342160947
>>342160961
It's not straight up confirmed, but coming from Uchi he may as well have said "Brother time hops will nilly with his body all the time."
>>342161245
You don't have the money to spare for a PSTV?
Also post specs
>>342161246
We'd never understand
We're not newtypes like them
>>342160763
>>342160961
He's misinterpreting.
Here's the thing, the below spoiler is the most likely pseudoscientific answer.Space-Time Quantum Teleportation.
>>342157245
>>342157253
>>342157337
so i can get it 28 on vita? feels good man
>>342161215
>It's one day.
You can tell who hasn't been waiting as long for ZTD.
>>342161245
Not even a PC for Min specs?
>>342161475
Oh no, I've been waiting a fucking while. But one day on top of it wouldn't kill me
Now if it were an additional week...
>>342160961
>Brother's hopped to the mission test site
Brother's also implied to be able to take possession of psyches, just like Akane did with Junpei.
You know what?
I'm willing to bet that in some timelines, Q is actually Brother. It's only in the true fragment that Q ends up being Kyle, and that's how you start to defeat Brother.
>>342161246
Q93: Did Jumpei get to talk more with Akane off-screen, and if so, what about?
>For Junpei there are 45 years worth of feelings, and for Akane, a million years worth of feelings and emotions, resonating within them both.
>There is no way I can write them all here. But what I think is that there was a tranquil and majestic silence between the two of them.
>Maybe just looking into one another’s eyes was enough for them.
>>342161246
I'd guess he's also kinda mad. It also says that he wants to free her of some burden he learns about in the testing site, it's probably related to that.
>>342161332
Uchi literally said Akane moved out of 999's safe ending by moving her whole body to a different timeline.
I guess what you said would explain it though
>>342161557
I couldn't handle waiting another day.
But I also don't know how much it'll cost.
>>342161734
Here's the kickerHe's used this mechanic before, and it's explained in-detail about how it works
>>342161332
>Yfw the game explains how we all got to Mars: the "Mars Test Site" is not a testing ground for habiation on mars but rather for long-distance teleportation technology
>yfw the whole cast was tp'ed there and many of them have made up memories from being tp'ed over such a long distance
>yfw all the "they were never there" shit in VLR is because of this memory shit altering their memories after they were tp'ed back
>>342161851
I'm so glad you capped that, that post had me in tears
>Tfw the horrible animations actually make Eric and Junpei far more entertaining
>>342161813
where?
Now then, allow me to explain the rules to you. Each of your team members are sitting in separate glass boxes, we will call them the "shrodingers cat boxes"
As it stands, they all are both dead and alive at the same time. That is to say, the poison in the boxes will have a 50% chance to kill each one. However, once a "cat" is observed, you can guarantee their survival at the expense of the other. If you choose not to open a box, they all have a separate 50% chance of dying, but they both have a separate 50% chance of living as well. If you open a box though, the one of whom you didn't open will surely die. The gamble will occur within 2 minutes, you have until then to observe one of the cats.
_______, are you willing to gamble with their lives? Or will you sacrifice one to save the other. Their lives are in your hands. You have 2 minutes starting now.
>ITS TIME TO DECIDE
>>342161813
This makes sense, but then are you saying that he wrote himself into that corner...
...on purpose?
>>342162282
Take the 50/50 chance, every time.
>>342162241
In another time, another space... All you have to do, is remember...11.
>>342162292
Bitch you underestimate his capacities.
>>342161813
How does it work?
>>342162282
So what you're saying is.If I press the button, a random person will die and I'll get 1 million dollars?
>>342162395
remember 11 isnt a part of the Zero escape series. UCHI wouldnt explain something in a seperate series!
>>342154450
This reminds me of the
"A loves B.
But C who loves A and wants to be with her will go back in time and become their mother, something something, etc." copypaste, does anybody have that one?
>>342161307
>>342161475
I have an old toaster of a laptop w/ integrated Directx 10 graphics card
I preordered for 3DS last year, it'd be really financially irresponsible of me now to shell out another $40-70 for another version of the game.
>>342162282
Hold on
I GET IT
EACH FUCKING TEAM IS IN A SHRODINGER'S BOX
THE DOG IS OPENING THE BOX TO THE OTHER TEAMS
Well shit, this explains everything about the fragments. We're opening the box every time we look at a new fragment. Sometimes they're dead, sometimes they're not. Sometimes they succeeded, sometimes they didn't.
And at some point, we'll be interfering with the result through more than just observation.
>>342162880
Well you canpirate it.
>>342162128
where's bestboy.webm? i havent seen it posted in literal weeks
>>342152604
JUNE DIES?
...So, team c all lived together in this space for around 6 days. /v/, what happened? B)
>>342162990I might, if only to see how it runs
>>342162395
So uchi's either batshit crazy, or he's a batshit crazy genius?
>>342163130
Money's on both.
>>342163071
bet theres some fucking secret doors! Theres a path inbetween the infermary and rec room in one of the other wards!
>>342162404
I'll short-hand it.
Imagine you, right now, right here, this very instant. You live in the now, as you are and always have been.
All of a sudden, say, your power cuts out. Okay, so you go check what's up. Nothing. You try calling the electrician, but your phone says it's a disconnected number. So you wonder what the fuck is going on and decide to go out and take a look.
Nothing surrounding your house looks the same. A circle around the house clearly denotes the difference in pavement. Everything else seems decrepit and old.
So you explore for a while. It's completely desolate.
Then you decide you'd rather stay near your house, but by the time you're back, there's another circle surrounding a house, different from yours, but in the same place.
So you decide to enter the house, because it's where your house just was. The structure of the house is the exact same, just more pristine.
Nothing inside, it's as if it was just built. You hadn't realized it until a while later that you pick up the sound of birds chirping and car horns, and you look outside to see old timey cars driving up and down the road, and people clad in another era's clothes.
The 'transfer' never happens again.
That's a general gist of it.
Little bit off, but the concept is understandable.
>>342163043
She's already died in a bunch of timelines.
Mind you, those deaths also caused the destruction of said timelines, but still.
Is there a site with a summary of the first two games? I've already forgotten much of the story and characters.
>>342163240
Except Akane and her mechanics are different from his other works, since her past and future self's can talk to each other and have been doing so for a long, long time.
She can also jump at will, which makes it even weirder.
>>342163481
This should help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABGiqizwCso
>>342152035
I know you're full of shit, but I'll believe it just now
So
>Mülleran mimicry
So you're saying Zero is not exactly Zero, but is still Zero nonetheless?Zero is fucking Santa this time around?
>>342163481
999:You're a little girl in an incinerator who's looking into the future by possessing the mind of your childhood crush in order to have him solve a puzzle so that you don't burn to a crisp, and after you're safe you have to set up that exact situation you just saw so that you can exist.
VLR:You're an old grumpy man
>>342163824That ganon's probably full of shit, but the Zero and butterfly thing is pretty well known. General consensus is that the Zero's are likely Santa and Snake.
Does anyone elsewant Junpei to get cucked and not just for fetish reasons? It'd just be interesting to see how he'd react. I honestly doubt Uchi is that insidious, but imagine if Akane was the one who came onto Carlos and not the other way around. While he did feel betrayed by Akane before, imagine how much worse he'd feel if she did that. Would he snap and try killing them? Or...?
>>342163684
There's a part two of this, mind you.
Draw a parallel line to this explanation and, say, Clover and Alice in 2074.
Space-Time transfer like the explanation would enable both mind and body to move through time.
Them denotingSchroedinger's Catis purely them existing alongside their kidnapped state until Crash Keys moves them away, after which Alice and Clover can 'take their own place' with their original body and mind intact in two places at once in the same time and space.
Now, here's where things get a little fucky.
Say you have a way to move a body and conscience to a set time in history, and you also have the power to swap conscience.
How would you go about abusing this to, say... live an extremely long amount of time?
>>342163240
Thanks
>>342164189
>Say you have a way to move a body and conscience to a set time in history, and you also have the power to swap conscience.
>How would you go about abusing this to, say... live an extremely long amount of time?
That's exactly what he was hinting at with Brother living a long ass time, right?
He's not in the same body he started with?Is Brother Snake? Or Q?
wait a second does it comes out worldwide or only japan?
>>342164172
Not really, mostly because Akane's character would be even more confusing than she already are. I'm interested in seeing what situations that might have them killing each other, though.
>>342160195
EIGHT LOTUS HACKING
SEVEN KIDS A SAVING
SIX JUNES PERSUADING
FIVE JUMPY DOLLS
FOUR CLOVERS CRY
THREE SANTA'S
TWO SNAKES ARE BLIND
AND A HONGOU THAT CAN'T TELL A FACE
>>342164410
My take is more or less known already, theories and all, and debating other theories is just energy consuming.
But it's very possible that Brother is manually doing what Sigma and Phi was put under stress to achieve; swapping their own conscience with their own body in another time.
He's just taking it a step further...He's keeping himself at his peak body age, but mentally he could be thousands and thousands of years old
>>342161734
Guys, what's the Erick leak?
>>342164728
vita screenie of a post-decision, no biggie.
>>342164702
Akane's already a million years old mentally, so mentally that makes sense for Brother.So you're saying he's basically retaking over his younger body over and over and over again, then hoping forward with his younger body when he feels like it?
>>342164728
Eric isJunpei
>>342164814
Yeah, but what does it shows? Him being deader than disco?
Is that even a leak? Out of all the teams, team Q is easily the most volatile one.
>>342164172
Considering the fact that he goes on to chase her for 45 years, and she mopes about wanting to be with him in VLR, I highly doubt there's going to be any kind of romantic triangle implied in team C's story.
I do expect bad end where Akane starts to get all flirty with Carlos, and then just stabs him to death when he gets close.
If Brother can jump to any body, why doesn't he just jump to high ranking government officials and launch nukes
>>342165025
he wants to jump into the player!
>>342164728
Erik dies in Q-Ending-1.
There's a legit screenshot showing Mina and Q standing over a dead Erik.
4/5 people with trophies (when the leak occured) had already completed Q-Ending-1, and 3/5 had ONLY completed Q-Ending-1 (the other person hadn't completed any endings). Considering how many went for Q first, and that there's others with the game that haven't gone online but probably went Q first as well, it's super, SUPER likely that Erik dieing (which happens for SURE) happens in Q-Ending-1.
>>342165025
His plan is to jump into a fourth dimension being (in this case, the player).
That's why this entire game happens.
>>342165019
>Carlos gets Junpei killed in a Decision
>Akane acts like she can deal and charms Carlos into trusting her
>Backstabs him at first possible chance
>>342164898
To Brother, the concept of time is lost. There is only the goal.
Think about it, if someone has the same capacities as Akane, why settle for 'Oh let's fuck the planet up!' as their end goal?
>>342165025
He wants to become the Morphogenic Field.
In other words, he wants to jump into"?"'s mind. Or Blick Winkel, if you prefer.He wants your body.
>>342165181
>spouting headcanon as fact
>>342165151
>no spoiler tags
What is wrong with you
>>342165151
Due to how the game works there arr probably endings on which someone or both non-leaders die in every team.
>>342165089
kek
>>342165187
Yeah, I expect something like that. Junpei dies, Akane goes through a Puzzle Room with Carlos acting all charmy and flirty.
They solve the room, she kills him.
>>342165270He wants your body.Ara ara~
>>342165192
So then, serious question.What the hell does Akane want?
She has the same capabilities, and the concept of time is practically lost on her as well. She's not seriously going to settle for "a nice quiet life with Junpei" is she?
>>342165368
I hope brother is actually a cute christmas cake.
Sigma will die. But his soul will choose to go back in time, the time when he was happiest, and he will be at cat mansion. Phi who loves Sigma wants to be with him too and wants to be in a time when Sigma'd love her, but since he already loves Diana she'll go back in time before Sigma is born, and become his mother.
>>342164596
Yeah, I was thinking that. In a Famitsu scan her quote (I forgot what it was) was said in an extremely primitive way--emphasis was put on it, even....I guess there's no way her experiencing a mind break and/or a significant character change would amount to anything sexual. Murder? Yes.
Nonetheless, I wouldn't mind some timelines where a previously sane team (yeah, C or D) ends up batshit crazy (without dying). Definitely would make for some entertaining interactions.
>>342165428
>What the hell does Akane want?Save the world.
>>342165308
It's a VERY minor spoiler, since we already know everyone dies at some point in the game.
As well, this has been discussed to hell and back in this thread and the previous two, at which point we pretty much found out which ending it happened in.
>>342159092
why is there a leg strap...
>>342165428
She wants to save the world, and then possibly be with Junpei. Or maybe go on to save her brother, and then settle with Junpei.
I seriously expect Junpei to inject Akane with some Deus Ex Machina virus at the end that cuts her off from the Morphogenetic Field, freeing her from being a timelord.
>>342165428
I actually do believe that is an end goal.Consider Brother and Akane like two opposing King chess pieces, Black and White. Both are playing to win, and they are playing for keeps. And they can both read each other's moves in advance.
>>342165516And after that?
"I saved the world" is a pretty boring thing for someone who has practically transcended space and time.
We need more Lotus porn.
>>342165679
>And after that?
Settle with Junpei in a peaceful world. She says it in VLR. The only reason they aren't together in VLR is because she wants to save the world, and she knows he'd try to stop her.
>>342165679
>And after that?
What more do you want? She literally spends millions of years trying to do that. When she saves the world, she deserves a break.
Honest opinion of her?
anybody else here hoping foran unhappy endingfor junpei and akane
>>342165679
I think Akane genuinely wants to have a nice, quite life with Junpei without having to be a time god.
>>342166093
Semen demon. Also a great character, I started out suspicious of her, but she won my trust with each new playthrough.
>>342161734
Which is dumb since there is no reason why he had to explain anything about any of the other endings or where she went in safe ending. Same with the fever thing. Over explaining things that didn't need an explanation. Every timeline in 999 comes from a timeline that Akane lived in and it doesn't/shouldn't matter if the ending you got isn't one where you saved her since, again, it all started from a point where Akane lived. She just viewed different splits from the past and even used a "non saving" split to give info to Junpei in the one where he did save her.
>>342166093
I'd hit it
>>342166093
Knew she was a good person from the start because of how much of a bitch she was
Why no preorder on steam yet?
>>342166114
I could deal as long as there's some proper closure, not just the distant resignation VLR had.
>>342166114
It's going to be bittersweet for sure. No way it goes "Now this all-seeing timelord hooks up with her childhood love".
Either she loses her memories, or she has to die to create a reality where the world isn't fucked, or Junpei does something like injecting her with something that cuts off her powers.
>>342162427
That movie was so bad, please don't mention it ever again.
>>342166093
Probably the biggest reason I thought Dio would be a good person. I expected him to be like her, so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out he's a dick.
>>342166114
I am, but I'm not expecting one. She's Uchi's favorite character, she's gonna get a good ending.
>>342166093
Best girl, best ZE.
>>342166318
Did you think Dio was a good guy too?
>>342166408
I loved how VLR's Junpei is heartbroken to realize that to her, he's just another possibility.
If they ever end up together, it'll be with a different version of him, but the one that exists in VLR's timeline will always be the one betrayed and left behind.
>>342166531
nope, he was so comically devious i figured the twist would be that he really was like that
>tfw the art style had become so shit and plain
>>342160763
Fucking telefraggers.
>>342166830
What the fuck happened to Junpei's eyes? Is he infected with something?
>>342166409
I still say the best ending would be that the thing that caused everything was her living through that first game, and that is why she can't find/never found another naturally occurring timeline where things were safe. Because one doesn't exist where she was alive.Then the end of the game is burning alive from her perspective
>>342166947
>Is he infected with something
:^)
>>342166618
Yeah, and it's fine in VLR, but this thing has spanned two games, almost fifty years and countless timelines, I hope their relationship gets a proper resolution in ZTD whether they get together or not, as they're forced to talk to each other this time.
>>342167031
Seriously though, how do your eyes go from being teal blue to fucking red.
It has to be related to some plot twist.
>>342166830
I really feel like I won't enjoy it as much as the previous games because of the new artstyle.
>>342166957
That would be a shit ending
>>342167191
>was wearing contacts to be edgy
>Akane was sending him instructions the whole time
>trusting nips to give you a satisfying conclusion
Have a feeling some things will be left out or to our " interpretation" .
>>342167191
I still wanna know where the fuck his jacket went between this picture and the game. DONT DITCH JACKETS, ASSWIPE.
>>342166830
who else /enjoys nishimura but likes tomono even better/ here?
>>342167191
>teal blue
I think that's just the filter, pretty sure his eyes are brown in the OA. Still not red though.
>>342167375
Right here brother
>>342167375
I like both, Nishimura has a nice style, especially her coloring, but Tomono's desaturated look fits ZE and he's pretty /fa/
>>342167375
I like both, but technically nishimura is the better artist
tomono's anatomy is shit and all his characters' poses look really stiff
>>342167332
anon please stop saying things like that
I can still feel The Phantom Pain...
>>342167375
HERE'S A STORY
Chances of the following places breaking street date with no contact on the inside? Trying to scout out somewhere where I can buy the game, possibly early. I live in Northern Virginia, if that matters.
There's a Kmart, a Best Buy, and a GameStop near me. I know Target is hardcoded not to break street date.
>>342167729
FUCK OFF AND WAIT
Jeezus
>>342167710
BOUT A BOY NAMED SIGMA
>>342167729
Nigga it's eight fucking days just be a man
steam pre-purchase when reeeeeeeee
>>342166830
I don't mind it, because as much as I like the designs of the characters in 999 and VLR, some of those outfits are fucking ridiculous.
What in the goddamn fuck is Quark wearing?
Hey guys? I just thought of something
>Mercury symbol in on free the soul
>Mercury held the staff of hermes
>Staff of hermes (Known as the Cadeceus) has TWO snakes
Coincidence? Does this mean not only brother is snake, but left as well?
>>342167587
Some of his poses are a bit weird, but besides ridiculously long legs and stuff like Diana's derpy face, the anatomy seems okay.
>>342167729
try to find smaller stores too, those are more likely to sell it
also act dumb whenever asked anything about release dates
make sure to pick up the 3ds version so you can leak it
>>342167975
Snake and Santa.
Two brothers.
>>342167790
>>342167832
What if I could get it and then leak it? I'm not waiting if there's any way to not wait.
>>342167898
Snack hat. They're popular in okinawa
>>342167975
Snake wasn't even called Snake in the Japanese version, he was Niels, based on ni and the physicist Niels Bohr.
>>342168050
Then you'd be scum and I'll report you to the police.
Just fucking wait like the rest of us, God you fucks are impatient.
>>342168071
But the gold file says its missile silos
>>342156010
FOR YOU
>>342168176
And the gold file says Gentleman points are a valid form of currency, Point?
>>342168050
Ignore the moral faggots they need to gtfo and go back2reddit
Be the hero we deserve, just remember to use a public connection and a VPN to hide yourself when you do leak it
>>342168294
They are a valid form of currency what are you sayin?
>>342168376
>>342168050
ha ha epik u sure show them /b/ros we r lejun
The last shot of the game is going to be either Junpei or Akane (whoever survives) staring at a white rabbit, won't it?
>>342168141
>>342168141
>>342168141
>>342168141
fucking this jesus christ none of these people understand that.
>>342168557
>ni
>nii-sama
>brother
Snake is brother even more confirmed.
>reviewers are getting stuck in puzzle segments and asking Aksys_June for help
WHY CAN'T THAT BE ME
IM GOOD AT PUZZLES
>>342168667
Well he already was established as a brother, you dumbfuck.
>>342168667
People like you make me want to attempt quantum suicide.
Yknow, this is fun.
The act of leaking the game is like the AB game on its own.
One of us could get the game early, and say we'll leak it, but whos going to trust them?
If one person gets the game and chooses to leak it, we all prosper and enjoy.
If someone gets the game and doesn't leak it, they prosper and we retaliate.
If someone says they're going to leak it, we also take a chance of getting spoiled rotten by the mastermind who owns the game. They could post spoilers to us with no worries whatsoever of getting banned so long as it inconviniences us.
The smart decision it to leave /ZEG/ entirely. Yet clearly, none of us are smart as we're all still here waiting for self destruction at the slim chance someone will leak the game, or at the same time, spoil us rotten.
Quite a riveting conundrum.
>>342167375
Mostly alright, I just wonder if Carlos is supposed to look sinister or like Captain America.
At this point I'm wondering if the change of art style was partially due to Uchi wanting to twist the idea of what a Left clone is supposed to look like (and also fuck with us with Phi's eye/brow colors). That way, Carlos could or could not be a clone. Either ways, it's not farfetched.
>>342168947
Carlos is probably both a hero and some kind of murderer depending on the situation
>>342168947
The change of art style was to sell the series.
999 did mediocre in japan, all the japs cared about was clover. So Uchi tooled VLR to cater to the japanese with outlandish designs. and sexified clover up.
That however backfired, because japs sitll didnt care for the series or puzzles, And instead the Vita American audience lapped it up.
So because the west liked it so much Uchi tried to make this series cater to the west, only hes catering to people in the west that arent in his target audience, which are the weebs who like japanese things.
Its kind of sad really.
>>342168669
Won't lie half the puzzles were BS in VLR and had to look them up for some.
I'm so fucked if it's worse this time round.
>>342168769
Didn't they choose their codenames before it was revealed that Clover and Snake were siblings?
>>342168796
I'm uploading the .cia right now
Give me 5 hours
>>342169256
>his target audience, which are the weebs who like japanese things
Speak for yourself
>>342168796
>6
I'M ONTO YOU ZERO
>>342103297
Have these people not heard of Abe Hiroshi or Masatoshi Hamada?Batsu Gemu! Ambidex Edition!
>>342169121
Actually, I've been thinking that a huge part of the ZTD involves every participant being fucked up in one timeline or another. It's surprising that not more people have caught onto this. No one's gonna stay pure in this game.
>>342169431
You're not the target. Nobody said people outside the target audience can't like/play the series.
But you;re daft if you think its targeting anyone but. They brought in the money VLR neeed with Vita sales, 3DS did terrible, I was there for its launch Day 1, that I dropped my B2W2 preorder in favor of it.
>>342169372
What is your point? Snake being Clover's brother is pretty important to the story, it's not a hint, nor subtle, it's extremely blatant that Snake is someone's brother. Niels Bohr did a lot of work on quantum theory and was also a philosopher, in the Library you can find his name on a book and Snake will comment on it. That's the point of his name.
Hey, I posted some leaks earlier in the last thread.
Just to piss of Karen a little more:
Just got C-end 1:Carlos and Akane are knocked out by some weird green gas, and Junpei opens a locker in the puzzle room and puts the classic Zero Mask over his face. A couple of hooded figures with guns walk into the room, and they talk about putting Carlos and Akane into "the shuttle", alongside the "child".
Junpei, with the Zero Gasmask then turns towards the camera, and it fades to black.
>>342168796
I wish I had the game so I could make a cia. I'd upload it to mega and copy the encryption key, but remove a couple letters and numbers. 9 different numbers to be exact.
Then I'd make a game. Nonary game /v/ edition. Make you faggots work together to solve it. Make each puzzle really complicated so have to figure out 9 different letter and number combos for the encryption key. Ideally it would take a long time.
Meanwhile, I'd be playing the game. Every [arbitrary time here] somebody doesn't solve it, I'd post a spoiler. We all know how this board works. A spoiler, no matter how mundane, will be reposted for hours and hours. You'd have to make the choice: almost certain spoilers but a chance to get the game early. Or No spoilers, but you have to wait until release date proper AND you can't browse /v/ for days.
>>342169512
At least my boi dio will always be pure.A pure faggot, that is.
>>342169689
>I'd post a spoiler
And you'd be banned for three days, making your game null.
>>342169256
>weebs who like japanese things
Pretty sure the puzzles, mystery, and mindfucks are what attract ZE fans.
As long as Uchikoshi is making the game he wants to make, I'm happy. Besides, it's nice to be the audience that's being catered to for once.
>>342169663
delete this
>>342169315
We're all biting the bullet on this one, fresh new game with all new puzzles and no fucking idea how to solve them, and if we look on the web we might get spoiled.
>>342169663
JANITORS
>>342169256
I know, bro. I'm just thinking that Uchi also had an ulterior motive in mind as well. Seems like a very him thing to do.
>>342169864
That could easily be circumvented by posting it to twitter.
>>342153707
what was the point of this part?
>>342169689
>[arbitrary time here]
>not 90 minutes
one job
>>342169663
this is justvague and meaninglessenough to makeabsolutely no sense, idon't
>>342170060
>implying anyone here goes to a specific anon's twitter
>>342169689
>make it very complicated
>expecting /v/ to solve it
So an unbeatable 'game'?
>>342170060
>thinking anywhere near most people here use social media
Please never attempt to create an original thought again.
>>342169912
>>342169989
Is it really that bad?
Hey you, you clicked this spoiler. That makes you a faggot! Good job faggot! No ZTD leaks for you.
>>342170176
Nah, fake.
>>342170248
I need a good VN like this.
>>342170071
I was gonna make it 81 minutes, call back to the 81 seconds in 999. But then I realized that 81 minutes (or 90) wouldn't really be long enough to get anything worth spoiling.
>>342170127
>>342170174
A link to it would be posted in the thread alongside the mega link (sans encryption key), guys... I wouldn't expect somebody to just find it out of the blue... The spoilers would be posted on the twitter account, removing me from any chance of being banned. Don't even try to say the spoilers wouldn't find their way to /v/. You and I both know that people would jump at the chance to share them on here.
>>342170174
>So an unbeatable 'game'?
kek
>>342169864
>And you'd be banned for three days, making your game null.
This hasn't stopped Adachi fags and clearing cache and turning your router off will easily fix this.
>>342170269
Thanks bro.
>>342170501
>Going to all that trouble to unban yourself
wow.
>>342170428
Root Double
I/O
>>342170070
Character development-wise, we see Lotus vulnerable for the first time, so it makes sense for her to talk about her kids right before she could possibly die.
Not sure why there would be a torture room on the ship for in-universe reasons, though. Atmospheric reasons, maybe?
>>342170629
The Gigantic was a warship, wasn't it? It does kind of make sense that there'd be one.
>>342170587
You haven't been here long, have you? There are people that take screenshots of their bans and then start new threads to shit about mods banning them, just so they can be banned and repeat the process.
What if the game sucks?
>>342170871
I've been here since 07
My point was that they go to all that trouble instead of using a proxy
>>342170974
At least we'll have memes.
>>342171035
Most of the free ones have been banned, familia. Mostly from people ban evading like that or dumping some sick shit.
>>342170974
I really don't think it will.
It's mostly about the story and the choices you've made, kind of like a Telltale game, but there are puzzle elements sprinkled throughout it.
This isn't rocket science for Uchi, he's done this shit for years.
Unless it takes a notable right turn but the man does know how to right a story and justify it with pseudo-science.
>>342170629
>>342170838
Was used as a hospital ship, which given the nature of the ZTD universe (and ours tbqh), torture is commonly seen in scientific experiments throughout history, medical in nature or otherwise.
>>342170974
Then i'll jump into a timeline where the game's canceled.
>>342171201
Yeah, hes not Kevin levine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wOD9TWynM
>>342153218
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA_DvZ8kQRc
Quietus
Just think, it's been one whole year since this reveal:
https://youtu.be/pdg_jkK2Byo
>that fucking hype when "Six of us are dead" hits
>>342171678
I remember watching that video right after it was uploaded and making a very unmanly sound when that happened.
Pre-ordered watch edition on 3DS, but will play on Vita after seeing how the 3DS version looks.
Replaying VLR has reinforced my hatred of Clover andAkane
>>342171787
We all made unmanly sounds, that stream was dead as fuck but ho boy straight after it.
>>342171598
Fuck these 8 days.
>>342152452
Replace old akane with sigma
>>342171678
I'm glad that for once, summer doesn't mean August or September.
>108 degrees out today
>Out of ice cubes
>Left over ice is a bag of slush
FUCK, WHY DOESN'T ICE-9 EXIST
>>342161246
Murderous rage
>>342151458
Today is June 20th
6/20
6+2+0=8
Lotus day
>>342172138
>ocean turns to ice-9
>everyone dies
no thanks
>>342151049
>>>/vg/
kill yourselves
>>342172762
8=====D~~
>>342171678
Even watching it now is giving me feels.
We've come so far bros.
>>342171678
>"What does it MEEEAN?"
kek
Just a question, /v/. Alice's scientist father was kidnapped by Free the Soul in order to research cloning when she was 9...
...and, wasn't he kidnapped in the 2000s or something? She can't be older than 30 unless Uchi pulled a Lotus again. Moreover, the research itself at least took more than a year.
I've just been wondering if Carlos could be too old to be a first gen clone.
Anyone have any good Seven pics for Seven's day tomorrow?
>>342171678
https://twitter.com/RPGSite/status/617070117202067456
Remember this?
>>342173484
there's this, but I don't have the proper resolution
>>342173571
FAMILY
FUCKING
FISHING
Whats the best Sonic song and why is it Tails Lab from Sonic Battle?
>>342173941
no its
https://youtu.be/f7WHvJzJpPY
Should we make another thread? The hype is pretty strong so maybe it'd work out.
>>342173049
...Man, I'm curious about that as well but it's impossible to know how much attention Uchi is paying to the timeline. He's been known to bullshit over overly convoluted plot points before.
>>342174478
>Should we make another thread?
>still under 150 replies before bump limit
nigga please
>>342174557
Damn, it's that much? I guess I'm too enthusiastic.
>>342173751
>>342173571
That was a great thread.
>>342174478
I'm hoping this thread will last until tomorrow and I'll make a Seven's day
>captcha select mountains
phresh new phi
>>342175109
how terrifying
Any good Phi theories?
>>342175435
She's Brother
>>342175435
Phi dies in the Decision game, the sleeper chamber at the end of VLR has her corpse, The Phi in VLR is simply a Phi Clone
>>342164172
Junpei is already aware of Akane's character
>>342175109
I like it, anon.
>>342175109
You forgot to put Sigma's dick in her mouth.
>>342175614
>>342175792
Oh I didn't draw it, I just phound it
>>342175109
>no crackers
disappointing desu
>>342166947
> Is he infected with something?FBR
>>342175549
Are you implying that it wouldn't be a surprise and/or a betrayal to Junpei if Akane seduced Carlos? Really?
Interesting way of thinking of it, though.
>>342176210
I think the whole "I'm an asshole" thing makes sense when he's fully aware that he can change timelines and nothing really matters, kind of like a moody Q.
>still can't prepurchase on steami don't think you will be able to anyway but i like knowing i'll be ready the moment it launches
>>342176840
Preorder means devs giving more money to Valve jews
>>342176840
>still no date for watch preorder on amazon
suffering
>>342177216
You've got prices, I don't know what the fuck this will cost in the UK.
@Zerochan also finished the game
>tfw its on CIAngel in japanese but it wont boot
>>342176536
I get the strong impression that the people who both know and can directly change the timelines will mainly be the protagonists late in the game (especially Carlos, seems like he's exhibiting the ability to see into the future and possible outcomes).
I'm really not sure about Junpei. He seems almost helpless in comparison.
>>342177726
because you downloaded the pre-order, not the unlocked game
>>342177726
And I'm glad. Japanese version leaking is the worst case scenario.
>>342177674
Holy shit.
All the details he's dropping!
>>342177726
>tfw the game is on your system, but locked and unobservable, like a cat in a box
>>342177674
Huh, that person didn't really have much to say about it outside of that tweet. I hope s/he did like the game.
>>342178189
I think with the embargo and not wanting to spoil things it'd be hard to say anything beyond that on twitter.
>>342178189
Well it is a review, they're obviously saving for that.
>>342178287
>>342178282
You guys are right. I realize that it is probably proper reviewer protocol to not "spoil" what they feel about the game initially. (Even if I see that two other reviewers already have, lmao)
>>342178103
I wonder if that means the Zero here is actually evil and not a good guy?
>>342177939
Why?
I'll still be able to spoil everyone here
>>342178545
Well we could actually take that away from that tweet.
The faculty was broken into and taken under control by Zero.
We have no idea why though as to yet.
Unless you're being sarcastic and read that completely wrong.
>>342178526
>carlos gracefully loses consciousness on the designated fainting couch, like a proper lady
>junpei and akane pass out on the floor like uncouth college rabblerousers
best protag, confirmed once again
>>342178545
>>342178103
I'm thinking about this as well. ZE1 and ZE2 had Zeros with good intentions...the question is whether or not Akane and Zero Sr. are jerks despite this. Do you guys think that players are supposed to think of them like that? I'm not sure if Uchi wanted to give that impression.
I'm going to hell anyways. See you on the other side.
Decision game is on phobos, Earth is never in jeopardy as it was all a ruse by the false (Akane Kurashiki)
The purpose of Free the soul is for Brother to link himself to every human being via MFT and cause suicidal thoughts. Radical 6 is not responsible, it is a front, As Akane did the very same in VLR to simulate the events
Phi is an AI programmed by Zero, she doesn't exist (yet)
Mira is infected with a virus called cure, she can't die, and its why shes so psychopathic and blood lusty
Eric knows about Cure and has been studying her as a case study under a scientist named leiben, he secretly hates mira and his pretending
Under the helmet Q is actually (The real Akane Kurashiki)
Sigma (past) dies of Hemorhaging blood clots in Ending D-2
Diana is responsible for killing everyone in ending D-6
Junpei is part of the Cure syndrome case study.
Akane is actually not Akane, but a clone created by Free the soul to supervise the game from a secondary point of view
SoIS agents Clover and Alice are transported back in time with (Real Akane Kurashiki) to stop the events that happen in ending Q-3
(Akane Kurashiki) dies
>>342178103
Zero is a jerk in every game.
>>342179048
That's a damp near impossible question to consider imo.
They've literally stolen people and put them in life and death situations.
But the reason they do it is to make sure people live, it's not like they've done something and said "Hope this works" they've gotten the results they've wanted but in a sense they also hoped it would work, like Junpei's story about the 100 bikers.
>>342179357
Hmm, I get the feeling that this might be a bad one. For once I hope the janitors will do something about it.
>>342179048
Plenty of people think Akane is wrong for going to such lengths even if it's to ensure a happy future. I remember in one of the Q&As, Uchikoshi said he didn't want to call her strictly 'good' or 'evil', so I'm sure he wanted people to struggle with that, too.
>>342179357
>spoiler text
Yeah right, pal, and I'm Ed Sullivan.
>>342179357
>no timestamp
Nah.
>>342179538
I read it, it's entirely too full of zany "twists". 999 and VLR upended a lot of what the player takes for granted, but Uchi didn't write a twist into EVERY fucking possible corner, which is what this post is like.
>>342179637
it's just uchikoshi's watches
https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi_Eng/status/744756996918804481
>>342179357
I am Uchikoshi, I can confirm, this is real.
>>342179357>Phi is an AI
If that's the case literally nothing she did in VLR would be possible.
>>342179908
Post nudes.
>>342179960(yet)
What if Alice ends up looping around back into ancient Egypt and becomes All-ice?
Which team will you pick first? I think I'm gonna go with C.
>>342180115
oh shit. that would actually be neat, but also kind of suck
>>342180185
C > Q > DAs intended.
>>342179781
Cool, thanks for telling me. I accidentally revealed the text for a moment and read one thing so I was just a little jumpy.
I wish the hoaxes were more humorous than what they have been. Most have been pretty serious-sounding.
>>342180185
I'm going for team VLR.
I wanna see their adventures.
I'll then go for the Q and then I'll finish with C if that's how it works.
>>342179357
I would be inclined to believe these if half of them were actually rooted in something sensible.
I don't know, I have a bad feeling about some of them, though...
>>342180185
Gonna break the rules and go D > Q > C because I want to save my fave for last.
...I wonder if it's even possible to play through an entire team's storyline without playing the others.
>>342180038That just seems entirely convoluted with no real reason for it to be so.
>>342180362
I read it, and I'm just not buying it as being real either.
>>342180613and?
>>342180362
>a little jumpy
heh
>>342179357
You went too far with the twists. Some of them are believable, but you went too far. Good luck next time.
>>342179538
>>342180362
Poster here, I can sympathize with those ideals, but boy oh boy are you wrong.This is a lot more like his infinity series then Zero escape, be prepared
>>342151049
I wanted to get on the fan art bandwagon so I made this
>>342180879
What do you mean by that?
>>342181092
9/9, mate
>>342181085Oh its got a reason alright, and its gonna floor you.
>>342181097Its very, how should I put this, Casual-centric? The puzzles are pretty mind numbingly easy by comparison to VLR (Nothing like the Q room) its a lot more text then puzzle, which is odd. its kind of more visual novel heavy then actual game heavy, which makes me think the other reviewers might give it a low score.
its honestly a 6/10 for me, sorry to say. Twists are cool, but this animation and puzzle complexity just doesn't make the cut
>>342181331
Really, you can stop, nobody is believing you.
>>342179357cure
Lol, nice try!
>>342181404free world mate. Just giving you your heads up. keep it real.
>>342181092
>>342180609
these last few threads have had so much good content, i'm glad i stuck around
>...I wonder if it's even possible to play through an entire team's storyline without playing the others.
spoilers if you haven looked too closely at the flowchart:i used to think each team had their own "story", but the main branches of the flowchart (the ones that branch off after the coin flip) switch back and forth between team colors within one "chart line". for example, you'll see some Q team fragments, but then immediately underneath the line leads to D team fragments (just a made up example, but you'll see similar ones on the chart)
>>342181458
Cure? Yeah, he gave himsel away with that.
Never 7 huh
I really liked the atmosphere of that game.
> Sigma is Daisuke Ono instead of Kosuke Toriumi this time
What did he mean by this?
>>342179357
nah
>>342181331
Forgot my spoiler posting that.
Either way, I don't really regret reading it. My memory is pretty shit so I'm banking on having forgotten anything of substance said in these threads by the time I actually get the game.
>>342181563I don't think it'll be possible either, perhaps this is why people keep getting the Q-1 end. I doubt that many of them would choose to go with Q given the choice to do so.
>>342181719
>implying uchi doesn't reuse plot points
Not saying I believe him, but the whole MFT Schrodingers cat plot was lifted from N7 for VLR. He's done this several times before.
>>342181495
...Wait, so my theory that some of the hoaxes have been people trying to scare people away to save them from real spoilers is correct?
>>342181932
I really need to get to reading that one...
Anyone expecting Uchi to be reusing the very complicated Self plot device from Remember11?
>>342181825oh shit, that makes a lot of sense. i wondered why EVERYone was getting Q-1 first. i figured the first guy was curious about them, but there must be some chain of decisions that most people will go down first. fuck, i need this game
>>342181932
I don't expect him to reuse specific plot points without at least renaming them.
>>342182162
Never played anything but ZE, but what's with Uchikoshi and number titles? 999, Never7, Remember11, etc.
>>342181932
It's not so much about reused plot points but he saidMira was infect with cure when the main threats are known to be Rad6 and FBR
>>342182245
There was a reason for it stated back in an interview, but I Never7 Remember11 which one it wasI'm lying. I was just wanted to make that bad joke
>>342179357
The Q, cure, and Akane stuff seem too made up. I demand better fakes.
>>342181563
Good thinking. I personally dislike the idea that we could just follow a linear path down one story (I hate it when games compartmentalize like that, makes them feel inorganic and not as immersive), and so the reveal of the real global flowchart rekindled my spirits.
>>342182453
That was just pawful, anon.
>>342182519
agreed
>>342182245
The Infinity series wasn't solely just him though.
>>342179357
>D-2
>D-6
>Q-3
But none of the endings are called anything close to that. Other than that, pretty neat.
>>342178859
Amen. Even if Carlos doesn't have any huge plot twists and is just a regular dude with disturbingly powerful esper powers, I can still appreciate his great priorities. Strategic fainting...cats...his little sister.
>>342182616
>I personally dislike the idea that we could just follow a linear path down one story (I hate it when games compartmentalize like that, makes them feel inorganic and not as immersive)
Same here. Originally i was eager to "clear" C team's story first for that sweet sweet third wheel drama. But even if it worked that way, it'd be done and over with, you know? No more best boys, no more best girl. I like the idea of bouncing around between teams much much more now
Kinda wish ZE Steam preorder came with TF2 bonuses
> Spy with bracelets
> Pyro with Zero mask
> Heavy with K mask
> inb4 TF2 is kill
>>342180185
Q and then I'll flip a blue/red coin to pick the next one
Where were you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQE25TSZm1AThat thread was amazing.
>>342183015
>Carlos will never be your onii-chan
;_;
>>342183368
Oh god, when the stream didn't work, the salt was real.
>>342183368
I was sitting on my laptop, on my bed, dying of heat and anticipation
Stream was shitting itself, part of me still thought it was going to be an Infinity game, trying not to get my hopes up too high
God, that was a fucking rollercoaster ride and I wouldn't have changed a second of it
Not even refreshing RPGSite and seeingfamily fishing
Q route spoiler probably
>>342171201
It's not pseudo-science, they're actual scientific concepts interpreted and applied in a way that science simply does not use them.
did we ever get famitsu scans for D-Team?
>>342183976
kek
>>342183368
I was at Anime Expo.
Trying to get in line for Aksys panel.
10 minutes late, never got in :^(
>>342184208
we did, should be around somewhere.
>>342184284
>Anime Expo
AX doesn't happen till 4th of july you lying piece of shit
Source: I'm con staff there every year
anyone know everything uchi said would be addressed in the 3rd game?
>>342184208
I think those were the only scans that translator anon avoided. Team Q scans got too spoiler-y for them, iirc.
have they even released a playable demo of one of the escape rooms? How does that decision where you have to choose to pull the trigger or not work? do you just touch the screen or press a button to do pull it?
>8 days left
Good thing I have Bayonetta 2 and Samurai Warriors 4 empires to keep me occupied
Also have to catch up to Zyuhoger and Kamen Rider Ghost
>>342183368
>Sitting on the floor drunk
>Stream isn't up
>Stream doesn't work
>Stream delayed
>Stream canceled
>On /v/ all this time
>Refreshing the thread, refreshing 4infinity, refreshing twitter, refreshing Aksys' facebook page
>FAMILY FISHING
>"ZERO ESCAPE 3" finally revealed
>Cry for three hours that night
>>342184439
http://virtueslastreward.com/qahome/
>>342184247
shrodingers cat is vague as fuck
Cure was specific to the Never7 story.
>>342183070
I'm so glad that Uchi did away with linearity. It would've been a big killjoy to have the ability to unlock all the secrets of one team and just move onto another.
While I admit I fixate a little too much on Team C, the other teams will feel fresher and more exciting because of it. Lower expectations mean higher gains.
>>342184416
?
i think you read that post wrong
>>342184416
Uh....
Will ZTD work on Vitavision?
>>342184484
The japanese versions still should've been leaked though, right? I would've liked to see them if nothing else.
Gamestop Employee here, I just wanted to let you know that my store should be getting out copies either tomorrow or Thursday, I'm not going to be an asshole that ruins it for everyone, but be wary, copies are being shipped out to game stores. Spoilers and leaks are bound to come soon.
CHECK FREESHOP FOR JAPANESE ZTD.
At least, I think. It got past the "Installing seed" and "Installing TMD" phases and is now at 16%. Will update with timestamp if it boots.
Download the newest version of encTitleKeys from 3ds.titlekeys.com and move it to your freeShop directory first, though.
>>342183368
Damn, I wish I was there for that chaos. I've been into ZE for years now, but I was so distanced from the fandom that I wasn't even aware the ZE3 hype was going on.
>tfw people at least preserve such historic moments in glorious ways
>>342185093
Thanks anon. What are the chances of getting a GameStop employee to break street date, by the way? Just wondering.
>>342185093
Shit.
I need to check my local place if they could break street date forVita.
There's gonna be physical copies for that right?
Anyone else who preordered the Watch edition from Amazon still not get a delivery estimate? I'm scared it won't arrive on release day
>>342185347
Talked about this last night. I think all of us that ordered the watch are in the same boat. Hopefully that means someone at Amazon has just been lazy about updating the date.
>>342181932
Schrodinger's cat paradox has many interpretations, you could probably make a bunch of different plotlines out of it.
>>342185163
I didn't even know there was a fandom until a few months after that.
>>342185347
Yeah, both of mine are still blank. Kinda worried. Has anyone talked to Aksys / Amazon?
>>342185067
they should exist, damned if I know where tho.
>>342185241
Not him but I know someone who worked there who said you could be fined $5000 per copy if you ever break street date.
I don't think it's worth risking your job.
>>342185093
And a week before release date? Geez, this is going to be a tumultuous few days.
>>342184484
I have a confession to make. I tried to go dark, but I'm too weak for ZE, I've been here all along. Don't know if I can deliver a timely translationas I've actually got a proper translating gig atm, and we already know the most about D-team, anyway
>>342185312
Do stores even "break street date" for an average joe who just walks up to the counter and asks? Somehow I doubt it
>>342185347
No estimate yet, trying not to panic too hard over here
>>342185113
we've known about it for like two days
you can't play it.
literally loops bootscreen over and over.
>>342185636
It's a mom and pops and they're notorious for breaking street date.
>>342183368
I didn't get into the series until last December or so, I knew about the series from friends so I jumped in when I heard about ZTD so I could play before the series was over. Not sure if it's a blessing or a curse, I didn't have to go through a 3-4 year wait but I couldn't experience the hype of the reveal either.
>>342185241
Depends on the Manager for the store. Some are pretty strict, others aren't as strict. Usually most are strict as if you break release date there will usually be penalties (A fine and they won't let you sell their games again). That isn't to say some manager/owner takes a copy for his/herself. People would be better off trying to get it from a mom and pop store early or waiting for a CIA file to leak.
>>342185312
There are physical copies. Only issue would be that this is a sort of niche game so they might not have it.
>>342185617
Stores have to get the game sometime before it releases so they can sell it.
I don't believe you, Phi.
>>342185843
They're known for stocking weeb vita games.
>>342185994
More power to them. Best of luck then.
>>342185975
Oh lord, please be real.Why can't I be in that timeline?
>>342185798
>>342185994
Would this be eStarland, by any chance?
>>342185975
That explains Sigma's 18
>>342186038
Yeah, it would be cool but I'm broke as fuck.
Wonder if I'm better getting a digital vita or Steam copy.
>>342185093
Do you happen to have a CFW 3DS to dump it? Also, if you do get units in, can you take a picture of them? It's nice to have solid proof when things are street dated.
>>342185241
Very low, unless you have a friend that works there. If you live in a big city, chances are there's more than a few mom 'n' pop shops that break street date, though.
>>342184867
Vita TV?
Yes
>>342185975
How did that topic even come up
>>342186089
Nope, GForcein Glasgow.
>>342186198
No friends that work at gamestop, and only one mom and pop around.
go for 5?
New thread >>342186261
>>342185294
Is that a pretty big flowchart? Or do you guys think there's more?
>>342185975
...I've never seen this pic before. Is it a leak?
I mean, I'd be happy if reviewers were just leaking silly tidbits like this.
>>342186335
I think that's it
>>342186213
I don't even remember.
>>342186432
Well, I took it on my review copy so I guess it's a leak.
>>342186612
Oh shit, actually fun leaks as the thread dies. Give us one more before it archives.
>>342186612
Ah, I see. This is some pretty good content, so thanks. I just hope you don't go any farther then "fun leaks."
>>342186612
>Akane cracking jokes
AWWWWW YESS
>>342186747
Sure. Just trying to make sure I don't accidentally pick a spoiler picture.
>>342186898
Thanks, Anon. You da best.
>>342186612
>>342186898
how do you even make decisions like that one in the 9 minute demo with the gun and the incenerator?
Do you just not touch anything on the vita version if you don't wanna pull the triger?
Can you at least answer that because that polygon video bugged the hell out of me at the end
Also is it true a lot of things are randomized?
>>342186198
>that one big game store near my house
The employees are cool and shit but I don't think they'd break street date.
>>342186260
Mate, I stay not far on the train from Glasgow. Do you think GForce would break release? I'll get a Scotrail day return for that shit.
>>342187304
They usually break release for big games.
Why not small ones.
>>342186898
Thanks for not spoiling anon.
>>342187538
How early are we talking? I'll legitimately go.
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