Death Road of Despair (絶望デスロード lit. Despair Death Road) is a platformer minigame that can be played starting in Chapter 1 of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. The player is not intended to complete this minigame due to its high difficulty level, however, if they do complete it, they will unlock a bonus scene featuring an alternate ending in which the students escape, an exclusive Monopad theme, and 100 Monocoins.
Gameplay[]
The minigame starts out with Kaede Akamatsu leading the other 15 students towards an exit while dodging obstacles such as gaps and bombs. If Kaede is harmed by any obstacle, she is knocked off the screen and unplayable, then replaced by another random character. Characters that you don't control are not invincible, and can also be eliminated by other traps, thus the game can claim several "lives" in one fell swoop. This process will continue until the full minigame is completed, or all of the students are "dead". It is possible to play this game in every chapter on Free Time, though if attempted on any other chapter, characters rendered unavailable for story reasons will not be participating in this minigame.
This minigame is considered extremely difficult on purpose, as it is a way for Monokuma to instill despair by offering the students a means of escape only to crush that avenue of hope. Not only are the controls slippery and some jumps tricky, the game has numerous death traps including trapdoors, platforms that behave abnormally, or ambushes of flying bombs.
Endings[]
Chapter 1[]
If the player manages to complete the full game in Chapter 1, they will receive a bonus scene featuring Kaede Akamatsu talking to Monokuma. Monokuma congratulates Kaede on completing the minigame and rewards her by unlocking the vault door to the outside world (reminiscent of the "Escape Button" bonus scene available in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc), allowing her and the other students to escape. No matter which characters were alive at the end of the minigame, Kaede is always the one featured in this scene.
After the scene concludes, the plot resumes from the entrance to the Death Road, and progresses as if the player had failed as intended.
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Chapter 2[]
If the player manages to complete the full game in Chapter 2, they will receive a bonus scene featuring Shuichi Saihara talking to Monokuma. The ending dialogue conversation between them is mostly unique, however, nothing else about the ending nor the rewards change.
Note (Chapter 1 Spoiler):
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Rewards[]
Completing the minigame rewards the player with 100 Monocoins and the exclusive Monopad theme "Death Road of Despair" (Number 28).
Monopad Theme[]
Videos[]
Complete Game + Ending
(English)
Complete Game + Ending
(English)
Complete Game + Ending
(Japanese)
Trivia[]
- The music that plays during the minigame is nearly identical to "Dso_Despair Syndrome" from Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls.