Software:Exile Election

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Short description: 2017 visual novel video game
Exile Election
Exile Election video game logo 2017.png
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

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.

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

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu31/40[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sal Romano (January 22, 2017). "Exile Election first details, screenshots, and opening movie". http://gematsu.com/2017/01/exile-election-first-details-screenshots-opening-movie. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chris Gebauer (March 6, 2017). "Exile Election Gets First Full Length Trailer". http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2017/5976.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Peter Triezenberg (February 17, 2017). "Enjoy a Cavalcade of New Trailers for NIS' Exile Election". http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2017/5892.html. 
  4. Antony Matthews (February 2, 2017). "New Exile Election Trailer Introduces Alice". https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2017/02/02/new-exile-election-trailer-introduces-alice/245220/. 
  5. Sato (February 2, 2017). "Exile Election Mascot Isn't A Monokuma But It's Still Pretty Ominous And Creepy". http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/02/exile-election-mascot-isnt-monokuma-still-pretty-ominous-creepy/. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sato (February 28, 2017). "See All The Key Characters In New Trailer For NIS' PS Vita Death Game Exile Election". http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/28/see-key-characters-new-trailer-nis-ps-vita-death-game-exile-election/. 
  7. Sato (January 18, 2017). "How Nippon Ichi Trolled Us With A Teaser-ception For Exile Election". http://www.siliconera.com/2017/01/18/how-nippon-ichi-trolled-us-with-two-different-teasers-for-exile-election/. 
  8. Holly Williams (January 10, 2017). "Nippon Ichi Reveal Survival Game Exile Election". http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/nippon-ichi-reveal-exile-election/. 
  9. Ajay Kadkol (January 22, 2017). "Prices for 'Exile Election' by NIS for PS4 and PSVita Revealed". http://www.latinpost.com/articles/132356/20170122/prices-exile-election-nis-ps4-psvita-revealed.htm. 
  10. Anime News Network (January 24, 2017). "NIS's Exile Election Game's Opening Movie Streamed". http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-24/nis-exile-election-game-opening-movie-streamed/.111395. 
  11. "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1481". Gematsu. 18 April 2017. http://gematsu.com/2017/04/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1481. 

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