I’d wager Spike Chunsoft was one of the five best publishers of the last decade with all the quality Japanese content it brought over to western audiences. Not only did it give us the wonderfulZero Escapefranchise, but it localized smaller titles as well, likeConceptionandOne Way Heroics. Of course, the franchise most of our readers probably associate with the publisher isDanganronpa. In 2017, the creators of that masterpiece left Spike Chunsoft to formToo Kyo Games, and after releasing two titles last year with IzanagiGames, the team is back with their old company for their next project calledEnigma Archives: Rain Code.Not much is known about the game right now outside of what you’re able to see in theRain Codetrailer below. Kazutaka Kodaka, who wrote the scenario for theDanganronpaseries, is back on writing duties here, along with Rui Komatsuzaki as the lead designer and Masafumi Takada handling the soundtrack.
Dead bodies, kids in peril, dark humor; yep, everything in that trailer is pointing to a Kazutaka Kodaka game for sure. After the misstep that wasWorld’s End Club, I hope the Too Kyo Games team can find a way to rebound and knock this one out of the park. The trailer has me intrigued; now I just need to make sure the gameplay isn’t going to infuriate me.Enigma Archives: Rain Codecurrently has no release date or announced platforms, but I suspect all of that will be cleared up once we get into 2022.
