{"id":890505,"date":"2026-02-06T03:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/danganronpa-creators-massive-tactical-rpg-has-secretly-been-two-games-all-along-which-yknow-makes-sense-considering-the-enormity-of-100-routes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:20:03","slug":"danganronpa-creators-massive-tactical-rpg-has-secretly-been-two-games-all-along-which-yknow-makes-sense-considering-the-enormity-of-100-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/danganronpa-creators-massive-tactical-rpg-has-secretly-been-two-games-all-along-which-yknow-makes-sense-considering-the-enormity-of-100-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa creator&#8217;s massive tactical RPG has secretly been two games all along, which, y&#8217;know, makes sense considering the enormity of 100 routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-widget-type=\"contentparsed\" id=\"content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Takumi is surrounded by question marks in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\"   data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPVucvToMhVgFANUoWJega.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPVucvToMhVgFANUoWJega.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\">\n<\/picture>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<span>(Image credit: Aniplex)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"84eb4bc3-5be3-4538-9bae-2b1bb4b0e725\">It&#8217;s no secret that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/uk\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy\/\">The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/a> is a huge game, to put it lightly. Before launch, the veterans behind Danganronpa and Zero Escape were <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/danganronpa-creators-new-tactical-rpg-features-100-endings-dense-enough-to-be-considered-true-routes-with-no-easy-or-quick-bad-finale\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/danganronpa-creators-new-tactical-rpg-features-100-endings-dense-enough-to-be-considered-true-routes-with-no-easy-or-quick-bad-finale\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/danganronpa-creators-new-tactical-rpg-features-100-endings-dense-enough-to-be-considered-true-routes-with-no-easy-or-quick-bad-finale\/\">boasting of 100 routes<\/a> dense enough to be considered proper endings, but now, almost a year after its release, developer Too Kyo Games has revealed that The Hundred Line has actually been two games in one all along.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, the developer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hundred_line\/status\/2011997586253561997\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hundred_line\/status\/2011997586253561997\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">said <\/a>that The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has been masquerading as a single game this entire time but it&#8217;s actually a two-in-one pack containing The Hundred Line and The Hundred Line 2, which might have been obvious to players who completed the game. The first part contains the first 100 in-game days, and the second is about everything that happens after.<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet id=\"WuXyGP7pO88\">\n<div>\n<p><span>The Hundred Line &#8211; Last Defense Academy -: The Next 100 Days Trailer &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/WuXyGP7pO88\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy -: The Next 100 Days Trailer - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg viewBox=\"0 0 234.67 165.33\"><path fill=\"red\" d=\"M229.763 25.817c-2.699-10.162-10.65-18.165-20.748-20.881C190.716 0 117.333 0 117.333 0S43.951 0 25.651 4.936C15.553 7.652 7.6 15.655 4.903 25.817 0 44.236 0 82.667 0 82.667s0 38.429 4.903 56.85C7.6 149.68 15.553 157.681 25.65 160.4c18.3 4.934 91.682 4.934 91.682 4.934s73.383 0 91.682-4.934c10.098-2.718 18.049-10.72 20.748-20.882 4.904-18.421 4.904-56.85 4.904-56.85s0-38.431-4.904-56.85\" \/><path fill=\"#fff\" 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trailer to celebrate the announcement and further separate the two parts, although nothing&#8217;s changed on The Hundred Line&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Steam <\/a>or <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-download-software\/The-Hundred-Line-Last-Defense-Academy-2787024.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-download-software\/The-Hundred-Line-Last-Defense-Academy-2787024.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Nintendo eShop<\/a> pages. This does make me curious about how a potential sequel might be marketed, however.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There haven&#8217;t been any public announcements towards it yet, and so there haven&#8217;t been any public steps taken towards adding the new routes,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/the-hundred-lines-spiderverse-inspired-100-endings-might-continue-to-grow-the-danganronpa-creator-tells-me-youll-end-up-with-quite-a-frankensteins-monster-of-a-game-in-the-end-but-i-absolutely-have-the-ambition-to-make-that\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/the-hundred-lines-spiderverse-inspired-100-endings-might-continue-to-grow-the-danganronpa-creator-tells-me-youll-end-up-with-quite-a-frankensteins-monster-of-a-game-in-the-end-but-i-absolutely-have-the-ambition-to-make-that\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/jrpg\/the-hundred-lines-spiderverse-inspired-100-endings-might-continue-to-grow-the-danganronpa-creator-tells-me-youll-end-up-with-quite-a-frankensteins-monster-of-a-game-in-the-end-but-i-absolutely-have-the-ambition-to-make-that\/\">Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka told GamesRadar+ in regards to possible DLC<\/a>. &#8220;But, given the branching nature of the game, adding DLC content that does add additional routes to the game is certainly something that is possible within the construction of it, and so the more positive response and the more sales of the game has, the higher the probability that they&#8217;ll be able to do something like that in the future!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it&#8217;s possible to go that far with it, to be able to continue to add more and more content and more and more endings to it, you&#8217;ll end up with quite a Frankenstein&#8217;s monster of a game in the end \u2013 but I absolutely have the ambition to make that,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/rpg\/pepsi-asks-if-it-should-make-a-video-game-gets-inundated-with-so-many-reminders-of-ps1-cult-classic-pepsiman-that-even-hundred-line-director-kotaro-uchikoshi-is-trying-to-put-the-company-in-touch-with-the-original-devs\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/rpg\/pepsi-asks-if-it-should-make-a-video-game-gets-inundated-with-so-many-reminders-of-ps1-cult-classic-pepsiman-that-even-hundred-line-director-kotaro-uchikoshi-is-trying-to-put-the-company-in-touch-with-the-original-devs\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/rpg\/pepsi-asks-if-it-should-make-a-video-game-gets-inundated-with-so-many-reminders-of-ps1-cult-classic-pepsiman-that-even-hundred-line-director-kotaro-uchikoshi-is-trying-to-put-the-company-in-touch-with-the-original-devs\/\"><em>Pepsi asks if it should make a video game, gets inundated with so many reminders of PS1 cult classic Pepsiman that even Hundred Line director Kotaro Uchikoshi is trying to put the company in touch with the original devs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-JpnNVkBj68scJouXi8b7rJ\">\n<section>\n<p>Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" id=\"slice-container-authorBio-JpnNVkBj68scJouXi8b7rJ\">\n<p>Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that&#8217;s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he&#8217;ll soon forget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div x-show=\"$store.Viafoura.showWidgets\" x-cloak data-component-name=\"Viafoura:Comments\" x-data=\"ViafouraComments('300px')\" data-nosnippet data-community-guidelines-text=\"\n\n<p class='vfcustom-community-guidelines'>Please follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/about-gamesradar\/#section-community-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">community guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-join-the-conversation-text=&#8221;Join the Conversation&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>You must confirm your public display name before commenting<\/p>\n<p>Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Qiana Lupo<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/strategy\/danganronpa-creators-massive-tactical-rpg-has-secretly-been-two-games-all-along-which-yknow-makes-sense-considering-the-enormity-of-100-routes\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Image credit: Aniplex) It&#8217;s no secret that The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is a huge game, to put it lightly. Before launch, the veterans behind Danganronpa and Zero Escape were boasting of 100 routes dense enough to be considered proper endings, but now, almost a year after its release, developer Too Kyo Games has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4706,40607],"tags":[5285,147972],"class_list":["post-890505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-creators","category-danganronpa","tag-creators","tag-danganronpa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}