
The original concept was rejected for being too gruesome, but it was later approved after retooling. The original scenario was written by Kodaka, who aimed to create a dark adventure game. The first game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Gameplay features a mix of adventure, visual novel, detective and dating simulator elements. The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each other by a robotic teddy bear named Monokuma. PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Oneĭanganronpa ( Japanese: ダンガンロンパ) is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike).

