Zero Escape: The Nonary Games releases on March 24, 2017

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The HD remake of the classic DS game, 999, alongside its sequel, Virtue's Last Reward, will be hitting Steam on March 24th worldwide. The game will also be coming to PS Vita and PS4, but Aksys Games has not provided a release time frame for those platforms at this time. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games's version of 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors adds high res graphics and new English and Japanese voice acting.

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line as part of a dangerous life and death game? Who can be trusted? Tensions rise as the situation becomes more and more dire, and the nine strangers must figure out how to escape before they wind up dead.

  • Two spine-tingling Nonary Games
    Zero welcomes you to take part in both the Nonary Game and the Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition as the award-winning escape-the-room visual novels Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and its sequel, Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR), are together for the first time.
  • A remastered and revamped Nine Hours
    The well-received classic Nintendo DS game 999 has been updated with hi-res graphics and a variety of new features including both Japanese and English voice acting!
  • Seek a way out
    Search for clues within numerous locked rooms and solve mind-bending puzzles in order to escape. VLR even has two difficulty settings for more of a challenge.
  • Fascinating theories and pseudo science ideas abound along the twisting, turning journey to uncover who Zero is, why everyone was kidnapped, and the shocking connection between the Nonary Games.

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Looking forward to this, I have been playing this series since the initial release on the DS. So it will be interesting to play 999 with voice acting, and new features. That does remind me that I need to complete my watch collection, I just need the yellow, blue, and green watches from VLR. I was lucky enough to get the other watches from 999, the red one from VLR, and the one from ZTD.
 

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i hope they sell 3 versions of them on steam

1. 999 on its own
2. VLR on its own
3. Both games together as a bundle

the reason why is because ive already played VLR on Vita and ZTD on PC so all want from this release is 999 HD
 

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Hopefully they keep the interface and graphics close to the originals and only improve the level of detail since ZTD is the ugliest (and otherwise worst) episode for me.
 

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Where's the switch version? Did Nintendo rejected it for the moment to escape the fate of Vita becoming a galgame console?
 

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Where's the switch version? Did Nintendo rejected it for the moment to escape the fate of Vita becoming a galgame console?

I think they just realized they can make some money by porting their games to PC whith a little polish put on it, nothing more.
It's not just them, recently there is a trend of devs waking up to the fact that there's money to be made on PC with formerly console only games.
 

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Dear Lord I love these games so much.

But I already own them on the DS/3DS. Do I really need them on PS4 and PC?

...yes, yes I do.

Lol, I am in the same boat. Even though I own them on DS/3DS, I want to support the devs and creator for sure, so I will buy them again.
 

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Never heard of them. What's so good about interactive novels anyway? If I was in the mood to read something well playing a game, i'd finish Tales of Heart R.
 

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Never heard of them. What's so good about interactive novels anyway? If I was in the mood to read something well playing a game, i'd finish Tales of Heart R.
It's a bit more involved than that, it's not just an eBook with pictures. The game consists of escape room-style puzzles and loads of moral choices, often times with multiple solutions, each resulting in a different line of story progression and a different ending. Unlocking all of them is the key to finishing the game. It's a genre of its own, really - I highly recommend the series.
 

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Still think PS4's an odd choice, given the lack of a ZTD release for the platform. Regardless, I'm glad I don't have to deal with the blank stares I get when telling people to pick up a DS or iPhone for 999.
 

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Still think PS4's an odd choice, given the lack of a ZTD release for the platform. Regardless, I'm glad I don't have to deal with the blank stares I get when telling people to pick up a DS or iPhone for 999.
Uhm... That's precisely why you'd want to release a game on a platform - because it's not on it yet. You have a whole new audience to sell your game to, and the PS4 is currently the leading platform. It would be weird if they *didn't* port it to the system.
 

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Uhm... That's precisely why you'd want to release a game on a platform - because it's not on it yet. You have a whole new audience to sell your game to, and the PS4 is currently the leading platform. It would be weird if they *didn't* port it to the system.
The problem is that they're porting the first two games to PS4 without the last one - Zero Time Dilemma is on Steam and Vita already, but PS4 owners who get into the series from this release would either have to buy the last game on PC or handheld, or hope that eventually it gets ported to the PS4 as well. Given the largely negative reactions from the fanbase, it's entirely possible that ZTD never gets a PS4 release if Spike Chunsoft doesn't feel it'll be profitable.
 

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I got tired of this kind of game overtime.. but a HD remake seems like a good move to me. Maybe I'll even check it again some day... maybe
 

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