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We'll get to see the next game Danganronpa 's Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape 's Kotaro Uchikoshi have cooked up when The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- hits Nintendo Switch and PC this April. In the meantime, three new trailers have arrived to preview more of the story and characters. You can see the new story trailer below, followed by the second and third official character trailers. The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- Story Trailer The second main character trailer focuses on Yugamu Omokage, Kyoshika Magadori, Gaku Maruko, Tsubasa Kawana, Hiruko Shizuhara and Sirei of the Special Defense Unit. The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- Character Trailer #2 The third focuses on Takemaru Yakushiji, Shoma Ginzaki, Nozomi Kirifuji, Moko Mojiro and Nigou. The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- Character Trailer #3 Related: The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- RPG Heads West in April 2025 Here's how Xseed describes the TooKyo Games Inc. and Media.

There’s a dead body in the abandoned amusement park. Tied backward onto a merry-go-round horse, their blue dress is stained beyond repair and littered with puncture wounds. Most noticeable is the bloodied socket where their left eye used to be. It was ripped out when the victim was still alive. AI: The Somnium Files isn’t messing around.

You can tell this was written by Kotaro Uchikoshi, the man behind the Zero Escape series. His style is all over this; a murder-mystery adventure game focusing on story, characters, and piecing together information across multiple timelines. Yet despite similarities, there’s definitely a new set of rules that makes The Somnium Files its own unique experience.

The story follows Kaname Date, a detective in near-future Tokyo. Being part of Abis (the Advanced Brain Investigation Section of the Mpd) gives him access to technology the rest of the world could only dream of.

PQube have announced that Punch Line, the Visual Novel Adventure game from the creators of the Zero Escape Trilogy, is coming to the west later this year.

Yūta Iridatsu is a pretty normal high school kid, with one exception: he faints if he sees girls’ panties. You never quite notice how frequent panty flashes can be until they ruin your day – he has to not look, or it’s lights out! When he one day finds himself in the midst of a bus hijacking incident, he meets the famed vigilante crime fighter Strange Juice, and something unexpected happens to Yūta – his soul separates from his body. Stuck in a ghostly incorporeal form, he finds that his penchant for panties has disastrous consequences.

While a ghost form lends itself to panty sightings galore, allowing Yūta to wander unseen, looking up skirts and causing shenanigans, there’s a terrible catch: if he sees too many panties,...

Ah, Zero Escape. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

Each entry in Kotaro Uchikoshi’s trilogy of visual novel/adventure games has lodged itself in my brain with a whole host of fond memories from the experience. Though ostensibly designed as single player experiences, the twisting narratives and lovable casts of each project made them ideal for my husband and I to bond over during the early stages of our relationship. Thinking about either 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors or Virtue’s Last Reward immediately brings to mind long, late-night play sessions in which our two faces hovered over the tiny 3Ds screens, gasping at each bloody twist and laughing at the excellently-localized dialogue.

Now, that’s just my experience, and I’m sure there are plenty of people who have played the games alone. My larger point, though, is that Zero Escape is...