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VAEΞ ASTRA Mar 26, 2020 @ 7:10am
So... this game isn’t canon?
I have yet to play V3 or watch the DR3 anime, already done with 1,2, and UDG. But apparently DRV3 isn’t canon, and the DR3 anime is the actual end to the series?

If so, then... that kinda bums me out, considering I do know the one big (well, at least big to me) difference between them both.

Anyway, I’ll be off taking some before I start V3.
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kwil Mar 26, 2020 @ 7:20am 
It's open to interpretation. Don't wanna say too much other than that. But think of V3 as a bonus round and a celebration of the series. I think that's the best way to appreciate it.
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ZEGEES Mar 26, 2020 @ 11:26am 
Answering your question = spoiler. its best for you to watch the anime first. v3's ending is brilliant yet controversial. i used to hate the ending but after 6 months, i think it was the best on the entire series (dont wanna go too detail here.)
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Nibbie Mar 26, 2020 @ 12:04pm 
From what I know, DR3 is the end of the Hope's Peak arc. V3 is more of a separate thing, you might consider it a soft reboot, though it still has strong ties to the previous games (just not nearly as direct-sequel like).
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MO3GI-B-HOCKE Mar 29, 2020 @ 8:55am 
This game based on lie. You may think whatever you want, it all depends on perception of the ending. This game is open-ended, and when you finish game you gotta to think all things over and make your own opinion.
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Curious Fox Mar 31, 2020 @ 2:37am 
Nobody said it's not canon. It's just that some people don't want it to be canon by how the ending is.

To say it personally, I liked 99% of the game. Including all the minigames, omakes, trials, personalities and it's worth doing it. I just hated the ending.
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Mosh Apr 16, 2020 @ 1:21am 
It isn't. Has nothing to do with Danganronpa 2 and 3. I think there's a chance we will get a true sequel though.
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Skeith Apr 22, 2020 @ 10:57am 
I've been wondering this myself recently. Fans suggest it's not while the creator himself has not explicitly said anything to suggest it's not cannon. Apparently the anime is the conclusion to the Hope's Peak arc.

If anyone has evidence to back their position I'd appreciate a link.

It's a shame, because if this really is cannon then it retroactively destroys everything that came before it (games, anime etc.).
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Mosh Apr 22, 2020 @ 11:00am 
Originally posted by Skeith:
I've been wondering this myself recently. Fans suggest it's not while the creator himself has not explicitly said anything to suggest it's not cannon. Apparently the anime is the conclusion to the Hope's Peak arc.

If anyone has evidence to back their position I'd appreciate a link.

It's a shame, because if this really is cannon then it retroactively destroys everything that came before it (games, anime etc.).
It isn't Canon. The creators just didn't want to work on Danganronpa anymore. Perhaps they realised they built up too much and nothing could have surpassed the first game.
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Skeith Apr 22, 2020 @ 11:01am 
Originally posted by Mosh:
Originally posted by Skeith:
I've been wondering this myself recently. Fans suggest it's not while the creator himself has not explicitly said anything to suggest it's not cannon. Apparently the anime is the conclusion to the Hope's Peak arc.

If anyone has evidence to back their position I'd appreciate a link.

It's a shame, because if this really is cannon then it retroactively destroys everything that came before it (games, anime etc.).
It isn't Canon. The creators just didn't want to work on Danganronpa anymore. Perhaps they realised they built up too much and nothing could have surpassed the first game.

Appreciate such a quick reply. I'm not trying to start flame wars here (I don't want this to be canon) but can you provide some links to suggest this is indeed the case?
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Curious Fox Apr 25, 2020 @ 10:00am 
Nobody has a link to a specific statement because no such statement exists in the first place. Canon VS Not-Canon is simply just people in denial of each other without any evidence at all.

NDRv3 is like, a very odd thing. Standalone, it's a really good story. If you never did DR1, DR2, and UDG. Never watched DR3. Completely new to the series as a whole, it's solid.

The problem in the fandom is this. It IS connected to all of the previous games as it simply advertises UDG at the start of the game and mentions DR1 and DR2 in the game.

There are dozens, if not HUNDREDS of fan speculations and understandings of this game, but there never was once a concrete conclusion as there was never a word on it from the devs.

In conclusion, view it however you want. If you call the entire 'cospox' of Tsumugi a whole buck of lies and the videos another bucket of lies (as a different thread in the discussions seen here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/567640/discussions/0/1621726179584165467/ )

You can probably take the game as however you want.
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Mysti_Fogg Apr 25, 2020 @ 4:18pm 
V3 is canon. In a different universe. Or at least that's what the marketing said.

::shrug::

DR1, DR2, Despair Girls, and the DR3 anime all occur in the same universe and are canon with each other.

V3 is a new and different place.
Last edited by Mysti_Fogg; Apr 25, 2020 @ 4:18pm
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Quibz Apr 30, 2020 @ 5:14pm 
It's hard to explain without spoiling things. It DOES build on the story of the other games so in that sense it is canon.
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DGshoe May 6, 2020 @ 1:26pm 
The best way to put it is that it is an alternate universe: It's canon im its own right but has no relation to Trigger Happy Havoc, Goodbye Despair, Ultra Despair Girls, or the Anime.
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Perfectly Valid School of Magic May 6, 2020 @ 6:14pm 
DR3 ((the anime)) is the conclusion of the Hope's Peak story. This is its own story.

Here, all of Danganronpa was a work fiction made into a realty TV show where people volunteer to have their memories altered and kill each other. It's not clear how much of that is true, as the Mastermind has many contradictions in her story. It's also possible this is an alternate universe.
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Kapparon Feb 5, 2022 @ 9:30am 
Originally posted by Skeith:
I've been wondering this myself recently. Fans suggest it's not while the creator himself has not explicitly said anything to suggest it's not cannon. Apparently the anime is the conclusion to the Hope's Peak arc.

If anyone has evidence to back their position I'd appreciate a link.

It's a shame, because if this really is cannon then it retroactively destroys everything that came before it (games, anime etc.).
The closest thing we have to an official take on the matter is this thing from famitsu (the link below it is an english report on the original Famitsu article)
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/30094035.html
https://www.gematsu.com/2015/11/new-danganronpa-v3-completely-new-setting

TLDR is that they announced the game as a "completely new setting" that "doesn't follow the original characters and hopes peak academy setting". Granted this isn't them going outright and saying "v3 is not canon" but it's pretty damn close imo. Sure you can argue saying "a new setting that doesn't follow the original characters doesn't mean not canon it just means that the series doesn't follow the original characters", which is a fair argument (though me personally it seems like a bit of a stretch), but if you want "the official take" this is basically the closest thing to official we have. At least from my prospective, taking the sentences at face value it seems to me that its saying v3 is not canon, but take it how you will.
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