Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Arrives Later This Month On Switch

I never got to play this game so the physical version looks good. Fun fact: the maker of this game is top Yoshi's Story speedrunner, I actually watched his runs without knowing he made this game.

If the physical version is only 30 dollars how much would the digital release be?

Edited. I have no idea what this is, but by the sounds of it, thats the best way to play it. Colour me interested.

HOW this exactly will work on console...with all the intricate PC things involved with it...I do not know. However, it will be a day one buy for me! DD:LC truly is a psychological horror experience that anyone into darker horror stories should play through at least once. Truly a mind bending experience!

Don't wanna spoil things.but the game did certain things I thought were only possible on PC.how is switch gonna do that???can't say more

@Highlar
You beat me by 1 second lol

@GrailUK To say any more other than play it if you like psychological horror would spoil it. lol But if you do like...its worth it.

@Highlar
Well 3 to be exact

@Ahlvin23 Close enough, I'd say. lol And even with understanding what all it did as a PC game...I'm still picking it up on Switch.

This summer on Switch continues to be insane. Now in even more senses.

One of the best dating Sims ever made!

I have zero interest in visual novels aside from Ace Attorney, but I've heard nothing but good things about how weird, tripy and deranged this game can get. I'm in!

@Highlar I'm going to have to try it. It all sounds too intriguing!

I'm so hyped to have this on switch

Would be even better if Monika was announced as a mii fighterin Smash.Maybe a swordfighter wielding a huge pen.

@Abweegee 15 dollars
@Highlar the trailer showed a fake pc interface.

The end of this article brings up a good point. I wonder how many children will be psychologically scarred for life because of parents who look at the title and box art, but miss the M/Pegi18 rating.

@Randomname19 Ah nice. I must have been so excited about it that I missed that part. lol Going to have to check it out again, thanks!

@Ahlvin23

She'll just need an online account, then she can create a save file under her profile name on your HD.

Played the original on PC, cutest game ever.

Oh, and Natsuki is best girl.

@Ron22

Not only are the Switch parental controls second to none, allowing you to set it so games above a given rating don't even show up in E-shop, but you learn how to use them by watching a video of Bowser setting up a Switch for Bowser Jr!

So totally on the parents if that happens. The tools are there, no one fault but your own if you ignore them.

For those wondering about price: the game is now up for pre-order on the eShop. Its $14.99/US. And I've already got it ordered and waiting to download when it can!

One of my favorite experiences of all time. I nabbed the physical release as soon as ai could.

I bet I'm the only person that got really disappointed by the direction the game took and ended up disliking the game because of it.

@The_New_Butler Thanks for the reply. It sounds the blinder you go into this the better. (Think I'll delete my original post in case someone gives a spoiler.)

@HeadPirate ah that can work.

What does Doki Doki mean in English?

@BloodNinja Well, according to Google translate, "dokidoki" translates to "throb" in English? Not sure how accurate it would be, as I rarely use Google translate. lol

@Highlar Hahah, I hope it means that. I see the word used in so many Japanese titles, it makes me wonder what the heck it’s trying to say.

@Highlar “Doki doki” is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a heart beating quickly, usually with anticipation or excitement

Wow!

@BloodNinja lol So...yeah...I guess "throb" is a pretty good translation then!

now It's a great game but it's also been free on steam for years so I hope either alot of new stuff is added and the price point is correct. It's not a game I saw much reason to revisit but 1st play through was brill

@BloodNinja yeah, it's like the equivalent of "badum... badum..." when we imitate the sound of a heart beating quickly

This game needs to be free because as Yahtzee said (paraphrasing): If they charged money for it, they could probably be sued.

Great game. Pretty f*cked up tho.

Open game up in Game Builder Garage, delete the Monika Nodon.

@ImmortanJho it’s PLUS. They are adding more content to the game. So it is a 15 dollar price tag which is pretty fair imo

@Highlar @Andee I love this tiny window into other cultures that the internet provides us lol

Yeah... I can't play this game. Too creepy for my liking. Nice they somehow ported it to console though!

Never played this, but I'd have a hard time paying for something on Switch that's free on PC unless the price was quite low.

Well, I'll wait for reviews/impressions and make my decision after that point.

I've heard so much about this, sounds like a must have physical for me.

@Ralizah Price is $14.99

And it is not free because they are adding more additional content in the form of 6 Side Stories, some artwork, music, etc.

PC is also getting the same expanded version as well

Lol, people not in the know think the trailer is massively trolling: Its just a bogus Japanese visual novel, right?

Well, I already spoiled it for myself on youtube sadly. But I might still get it. Lets just say its a bogus Japanese visual novel, with something under the surface...

I've wanted this to come to Switch for a while, but I wasn't sure it would actually happen. Saw the Game Grumps playthrough of it (which means I'm already spoiled, but it's a VN, watching it is basically playing it), and what a ride this is! You really do want to play this blind, it makes the plot twists all the more shocking. And they are indeed shocking. This game will give you Vietnam War flashbacks when you're done. But it's an amazing story worth experiencing.

That being said, charging $15 for this gives me pause. It's a VN, as I said you can get basically the same experience watching this game on Youtube as you can actually playing it for yourself.

And yeah, I have no idea how they're going to handle that one mechanic at the end of the game on Switch either. That was the one thing that made me question whether this game would ever make it to Switch.

I kinda wish the box art featured all four girls, instead of just Monika—oooooooh...

Well, seems like I might pick up this game

A short but shocking (in every way) great visual novel. Played it on Steam a few years ago and highly recommend it. If you are planning on try out a visual novel anytime soon, this is the one to choose.

It really is a shocking game, I swear and you are warned!

I think I’m going to have to check this out.

@AnnoyingFrenzy there are like a trillion other visual novels if you want that experience though.

@GrayFox666 Indeed. Got Ace Attorney trilogy (Pre-ordered chronicles) and both famicom detective club games to name the more popular ones. Loved all of them.

@anoyonmus It's not the amout of content, it's that the game itself is a lie. They advertise it as one thing but it's completely different to the point of being not being a twist but a straight up different game.

@ImmortanJho It was there right at the beginning of the game.

If you didn't take that warning seriously, that's not the game's fault. And "YouTuber said they can get sued for this so it must be true" is a mindset that needs to die. How about you study law to find out if Dan Salvato is legally able to get sued? Form your own opinion instead of parroting a YouTuber who probably didn't study at Harvard.

@KayFiOS We were having a calm conversation. I wasn't yelling. Why did feel the need to escalate? There was a better way to present your points but you resorted to personal insults about my intelligence and ability to form opinions. I sense you really like the game and that's fine. You don't need my permission to like it. But I would appreciate it if we could could be civil.

YESSSSSSSSS FINALLYYYYY

@KayFiOS All of that being, I apologize for causing you stress. I did wish to evoke that response from someone, so I will think in the future about what I say and how it might affect someone.

I wonder how certain sections in the game will work on console. If you've played it you know what I'm talking about.
I honestly never thought this would get ported.

Whilst this does look like one of those games where the developers quickly change the stated age of the characters from the obvious (and highly illegal) 14 to something like 18 just so a certain branch of gamer can keep kidding themselves about their dubious obsessions rather than seeking help the special edition does look quite cute.

I have a friend who is a diehard fan of this game, so he's thrilled. I played this a few years back because my friend recommended it... I'm glad that he's excited for this! Hahaha!

@AnnoyingFrenzy I mean the game is pretty clear that it was never a traditional dating sim, the steam description literally calls it a psychological horror. There are plenty of dating visual novels you can play though.

Considering the nature of this game and what the developer is willing to do, I wouldn't be surprised if there's much more to this "plus" version than those bulletpoints suggest. I mean it's just speculation, but if you think about it we really have NO idea what we're in for, even if you've played the freeware game on PC already. If I were putting myself in the developer's shoes, the temptation would be high to take this opportunity to go way further and get people talking all over again.

@ImmortanJho Well, I did watch Yahtzee's video, and I do enjoy his short reviews (and his books), but saying that a game that clearly had a lot of care and effort put into it should stay free based on assumptions of how law works instead of actually fact checking is something he shouldn't have done in the first place. Salvato and his team deserve to be paid for the game, and I assume the $0 price tag was for exposure; even in Yahtzee's video, one of his reasons for picking it up was because it was free. Now that people have played it, word of mouth has spread, and anyone that hasn't played/watched it might be interested in this release, and people who did get to show their support for the team while also getting an improved version of the game, and the devs get paid this time. Everyone wins.

@Deepdoop I don't really care about pure dating sims, so the psychological horror was more a plus rather than a drawback.

@AnnoyingFrenzy so what were you disappointed by?

@Deepdoop Well, I'll start by saying that it's nothing the game really does wrong. It's a well made game and I can see why so many people liked its twist, but in truth its the twist that disappointed me. Like most people I imagine, I went into the game knowing nothing (in truth I didn't even know it was a viral game, a friend of mine just told me try it out, if it wasn't for that, and the psychological horror tag I probably would have never played it). What I found upon playing was what at first looks like a normal dating sim, but I then learned that each girl has a "dark secret" for lack of a batter term. One suffered from depression, another alluded to parental abuse, and another was masochistic iirc. Basically, these were interesting characters that I wanted to learn more about and maybe even help them with their situation. Props to the character writer for writing interesting characters. Well... mostly interesting characters. One of the characters was kinda bland, maybe intentially so. So perhaps now you can imagine why halfway through the game when it shifts its focus entirely on that one character it left me disappointed (the 4th wall breaks were genius though). So its an interesting case where I came up with the game I thought it would be as I was playing that is more interesting to me than the game it ended up being. So its an entirely me thing.

TL/DR: The twist shifting the focus of the game away from the three interesting characters I wanted to learn more about entirely on the one character I couldn't care less about (even after the endings) is what disappointed me.

Just realized, the box art looks very basic so how many parents are gonna be like "oh, my 10 year old loves those anime novel dating games, I'll buy this for their birthday." and give them nightmare fuel for eternity?

@AnnoyingFrenzy I can see what you mean. I did feel partially the same way, but at the same time, the fact that you care about the characters it what makes it work so well.

Don't read if you have not played. As a matter of fact, if you have any interest in playing it, stop reading the comments at all

The whole "you did this to these characters" would not have worked if they were just some superficial cardboard cutouts.

That being said, I would totally just play a game where I had explored this characters in a more standard way. It makes me think about getting into visual novels.

Well, thats acutally pretty cool! out of nowhere, but cool!

@GrailUK Prepare to cry at least once. Not saying you will, but prepare just in case.

@Chlocean Hee hee

I don't see a physical release in Europe. Is physical only in US?

@Roibeard64 There's always Monika After Story. I'm about to hit 800 affection points on it.

@ImmortanJho I'd spend $1000 for it but then again, it's the best game I've played since 1990. Bought it 4 times already. Twice digital and twice physical (Switch and PS4).

@KayFiOS We all know who the true star is though

@AnnoyingFrenzy Clannad, Aokana, World End Syndrome, Tokyo School Life, Planetarian,
Steins;Gate Elite, The Grisaia Trilogy and Our World is Ended as well 😁

@JustMonika Only one of those I've even heard of is Steins;Gate, guess I've got some research to do

Clannad is considered the best and also the best romance anime ever made. True classic. One of the big reasons I love anime.