Nintendo’s hybrid hardware has become something of a new-era Vita since its launch, as it’s seen ports of many of that platform’s titles and become one of the best places to play visual novels and indie games. Image credit: Spike ChunsoftĮnter Danganronpa Decadence, a new collection that brings lovable lunatic Monokuma and his evil schemes to the Switch. Danganronpa was born a handheld experience, and the world deserved to play the franchise that way on a far larger scale.

Namely, the ability to play the games on a portable device that isn’t a smartphone. Fortunately, that has happened, but in each port we’ve received, something’s been missing. Unfortunately, as much as some of us- including the Danganronpa dev team-loved the Vita, the series would have faded into niche cult classic status had the games not seen ports on other platforms. The mainline series would see two sequels, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony while they both followed the same basic principles in gameplay and narrative structure, each offered new twists that gave them an identity of their own. Among those titles was Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, a deliciously dark tale of 15 high school students forced to kill one another at the whim of a sadistic stuffed bear.ĭanganronpa expertly wove together an engrossing story, interesting characters, unique gameplay elements, and some genuinely fun puzzles as you tried to deduce who the latest killer was. While the PlayStation Vita is often derided or outright forgotten these days, the system was important for the fact that it finally offered a home to numerous PlayStation Portable games that had previously never left Japan.