Kazutaka Kodaka, known best for his work on the Danganronpa series, has been super busy lately. After 2023’s Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, he recently celebrated the launch of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, a title he collaborated with Too Kyo Games colleague Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape, AI: The Somnium Files). All of this comes ahead of a new title from Kodaka: Shuten Order, which promises enough systems to be five different games! And it comes out this year on Nintendo Switch and PC! Where does the man find the time!?
Play through five different game modes to solve your own murder in the announcement trailer below:
If you’re older, there’s an 18+ version of the same trailer available on YouTube.
While I was singing Kazutaka Kodaka’s praises earlier, the writing staff for Shuten Order also includes Takumi Nakazawa (Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, Root Double -Before Crime * After Days-) and Takekuni Kitayama (Master Detective Archives: Rain Code). Also returning from Rain Code and The Hundred Line is artist simadoriru, while frequent Kodaka collaborator Masafumi Takada (Danganronpa) has returned to compose the sountrack.
But what is Shuten Order? Check out an excerpt of the game’s Steam page description below:
“168 remaining until the end of the world…”
Humanity is approaching its end.
In a world steeped in despair and chaos, a strange religious organization called Shuten Order emerges, yearning for the end of humanity. The group rapidly gains followers, eventually forming a small nation state called Shuten.
Tragedy strikes during the grand festival celebrating their nation’s founding—the leader of the Shuten Order is murdered. Soon after, the protagonist awakens with no memory, greeted by two self-proclaimed “angels”. They reveal a shocking truth: the protagonist is the murdered Founder, revived by divine power. However, the resurrection is incomplete—their memories are gone, and their life limited to a mere four days.
To survive, the protagonist must overcome “God’s trial”: identify and kill their murderer.
With the clock ticking, the protagonist, given the alias Rei, dives into the tumultuous city as a detective. The suspects? Five ministers of the Shuten Order. There’s no time to investigate them all. Choices must be made, and the pursuit of truth demands sacrifice.
Who killed the Founder? For what reason? Can the mission be fulfilled before time runs out?
Thus begins a high-stakes, four-day hunt for the truth.
Shuten Order Screenshots
A Digital Deluxe version will be available for $64.99 USD that includes the game, a visual art book, and a mini soundtrack. If you pre-order the game digitally on Switch, no matter which version you choose, you will receive the prequel digital novel Before the Murders – case: Manji Fushicho, supervised by Kodaka. Here is a description:
Set five years before the events of the main game, this novel tells the story of Manji Fushicho, before she became Minister of Security. She is captured by heretics and subjected to a brutal “awakening test.” At the end of this harsh trial, she makes a decision. This is the origin of the woman who would eventually become feared as the “Queen of Heretic Hunting.”
Shuten Order launches digitally for the Switch and PC via Steam on September 5th. Stay tuned to RPGFan as we uncover yet another Kodaka mystery!
Source: Gematsu
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