Exile Election

Exile Election (追放選挙, Tsuihō Senkyo) is a visual novel video game developed by Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 video game consoles. It was released in Japan on April 27, 2017.

Exile Election
Developer(s)Regista
Publisher(s)Nippon Ichi Software
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4
Release
  • JP: April 27, 2017
  • KO: September 14, 2017
  • AS: September 28, 2017
Genre(s)Visual novel
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The game is described by its developers as a "death game adventure" title.[1] The game plays similar to adventure visual novels such as Danganronpa and Zero Escape.[2][3]

Story

The game takes places in an abandoned amusement park.[4] The game's characters are trapped within the park, with the outside world being in a post-apocalyptic wasteland infested with murderous monsters.[1] Within the park, the game's twelve main characters are held captive by a mysterious mechanical doll named "Alice", who holds the "death games", which basically force the characters against each other for survival - the losers being exiled back out into the world.[5] Alice refuses to stop the games until only two characters are alive and present.[3] The game's protagonist is Kaname Ichijou, a young man who has the ability to see sound as colors, and sees spoken falsehoods in the color of red.[6] He also harbors a grudge against most of the rest of the characters of the game for allowing the exile of his little sister.[6]

Development

The game was announced by Nippon Ichi Software in January 2017, through two teaser trailers.[7] The game was approximately 90% complete at the time of the announcement.[8] In the following month, Nippon Ichi announced a series of thirteen separate trailers detailing each of the main characters in the game as well.[2][3] The game was released on April 27, 2017 on both the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 in Japan; no release plans have been announced for any other regions.[9]

The game's theme song is "Melody and Flower" by Yurika Endō.[10]

Reception

References
  1. Sal Romano (January 22, 2017). "Exile Election first details, screenshots, and opening movie". Gematsu. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  2. Chris Gebauer (March 6, 2017). "Exile Election Gets First Full Length Trailer". RPGFan. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  3. Peter Triezenberg (February 17, 2017). "Enjoy a Cavalcade of New Trailers for NIS' Exile Election". RPGFan. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  4. Antony Matthews (February 2, 2017). "New Exile Election Trailer Introduces Alice". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  5. Sato (February 2, 2017). "Exile Election Mascot Isn't A Monokuma But It's Still Pretty Ominous And Creepy". Siliconera. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  6. Sato (February 28, 2017). "See All The Key Characters In New Trailer For NIS' PS Vita Death Game Exile Election". Siliconera. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  7. Sato (January 18, 2017). "How Nippon Ichi Trolled Us With A Teaser-ception For Exile Election". Siliconera. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  8. Holly Williams (January 10, 2017). "Nippon Ichi Reveal Survival Game Exile Election". Rice Digital. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  9. Ajay Kadkol (January 22, 2017). "Prices for 'Exile Election' by NIS for PS4 and PSVita Revealed". Latin Post. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  10. Anime News Network (January 24, 2017). "NIS's Exile Election Game's Opening Movie Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  11. "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1481". Gematsu. Gematsu. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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