AI: The Somnium Files - No Sleep for Kaname Date

anyone excited for the new Somnium Files spin off?
we got some new info about it in famitsu

ryokutya2089.com/archives/85345

The game isn't being considered a "numbered entry" because Uchikoshi wasn't responsible for the scenario, despite that there's still a willingness to make games for the series in the future and that they're considering possibilities where he might not be involved.

It was originally intended to be a small download-only title, but the scope of the game grew to the point that it's now comparable in length to the previous games.

Unlike previous games this one will be linear, with no branching paths.

Most of the characters who weren't eliminated from the first game make an appearance.

As usual they promise there will be a big singing/dance sequence.

Even though he's not writing this game, Uchikoshi was "horrified" at how comparable it was to his own works and joked that for the next game they might decide to make it without him now that they've stolen all of his know-how.

new psync machine operator

antagonist who kidnaps Iris

tight crotch...

pewter if hot

pewter but heterosexual

"numbered entry"

I'm confused. The first entry hate Date as the protagonist, then thee was one filler game, and the new one has Date again but isn't canonical in the timeline?

it is but because Uchikoshi is busy with Hundred Line they decided to do a midquel in betwen 1 and 2

why are you confused

Unlike previous games this one will be linear, with no branching paths.

maybe the story will be coherent unlike Nirvana...

why did she do it...

Yep this is more Western LGBTQ+ propaganda

Even though he's not writing this game, Uchikoshi was "horrified" at how comparable it was to his own works and joked that for the next game they might decide to make it without him now that they've stolen all of his know-how.

i think they're basically confirming they'll continue the series without him now that they have his writing style down pat

.

it is canonical and it has no timeline fuckery this time and probably no flowchart either

中出しOK

Wow that cover art is a banger

this looks like it's from Gnosia

>>Unlike previous games this one will be linear, with no branching paths.

I know it's a spin off game but that's weird for an Uchikoshi game. Didn't the preview show different choices you could make? Is it just going to be a fail state if you chose the wrong one then? Kind of lame. I guess Ai:Ni barely had any too compared to Somnium Files and ZE.

It's not an Uchikoshi game

Sorry, Uchikoshi SERIES... It's still his property. I'm just saying you'd expect it because it's a Somnium Files game so it's weird to think of a game that's just purely linear

those are probably just qte action sequences

the size of the game is 15gbs vs 20gbs for the previous 2 games.
it only has 22 new songs for the OST vs. around 70 for NirvanA Initiative so it's probably reusing a lot of the music from the previous 2 games.
if it's a similar length to the previous 2 games that means it's going to be 25-30 hours

Uchikoshi

He fell off so hard, crazy.
Thats the guy who made ever17 right?
I never played a VN where I though "meh", then after the first 2 route it completely mindfucks you.
Fucking Blickwinkel man, I'll never forget.
I played the first somnium shit. EVERY scene hat a porn joke. Like always. Haha NTR etc.
Did he become a coomer or what? The "muh LGBT are so beautiful and unique" shit was just the final straw.
I'd rather play Remember11 before playing any new shit ever again from this hack.
These old guys really fall off a cliff, not sure what it is. Maybe social media and no more language barrier. Many such cases, sad!

Have a strong backbone

Call him by his real name and he threatens to ack himself

Thanks for posting this

uchikoshislop is kino

Is it available outside the Shitches

everything but sexbox

So fucking excited

Uooooooooooooooh

The funny thing is they basically confirm they'll do more Somnium games.

It's still his property

It's Spike Chunsoft's.

here's all the images with transparent backgrounds because spike chunsoft went with avif files that suck

Are these games worth playing, coming from someone who got burnt by ZTD?

focused around Iris

no thanks

here's all of them
.avif files SUCK

AI 2 was absolute dogshit trash where the only redeemi g quality was the meta joke ending
And AI 1 wasn’t even that good to begin with

I have zero hope for this

Will there be a new AI-Ball in this game or is this her?

not like retard conspiracy idol girl

ngmi

that's the girl who kidnaps Iris and hosts the escape game and gives her a line to contact Date

That's the personification of the Wadjet system or something, i.e. Aiba's mom.

the shtick gets boring after a while

from the website:

Her name is Akemi.
"As the Organizer of the Escape Game in which Iris is held captive, she explains the rules and proceedings through a monitor. She is a reptilian (lizard person)."

reptilian

holy shit i didn't even notice the the tail

I hope its good. Maybe having no branch points will make it coherent

it's the cold storage warehouse

omg no way it's the Okiura Fishery Cold Storage Warehouse located in the Ariake Harbor Warehouse District in Tokyo, owned by the Okiura family!

the last 3 songs are 4:24/4:25
probably english vocal song, japanese vocal song, instrumental of the vocal song

CHOKE DA IRIS

iris noooo!!!!

apparently internally they're calling it "AI2.8" is that a Kingdom Hearts joke

I havent finish the sequel, should I? the performance on switch kinda ass when you have to open the other eyes window

It's a fine game. I just don't think it's anywhere as good as the first one

Their is getting really good, it really works well as advertising material. They are using AI, right? I'm not saying it's directly prompted but I'm guess they retouch the thing to correct any glaring errors.

*Their art is getting really good

nah that's hand drawn , i dont think japs use ai that much unlike china
this RE4 cover is hand drawn btw

The manga industry has adopted AI tools very openly, tho.

No branching paths

Hmmm... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. The "paths" in 2 were a joke and making something like the ones in 1 may too complicated because it was almost like a completely different story.

You're one massive fucking retard lmao.
Sure it did rajeesh, sure it did.

yeah but now they can focus one a singular narrative

>Unlike previous games this one will be linear, with no branching paths.

on the one hand I'm not really sure I believe them, given this series, but on the other hand:
shit, maybe this IS based on the AI:NI ARG where Iris gets kidnapped and then fucking dies via twitter poll

because Uchikoshi wasn't responsible for the scenario,

are we hyped?

he said he read over the script and was surprised they got his writing so accurate

the ending is very memey so its worth finishing it just for the experience

So…they steal another series from kotaro again huh? Absolutely not buying it

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Don’t ?? me anon. Do some search and you will know how disgusting those corpo are

????

we directly control Iris during the Escape game portions

Playable A-Set! U Bet!

Though I wonder how important it is she's a playable character without an AI-ball. Mizuki in the first game didn't have one (yet), but the Mizuki ending was mentioned by Date in the true ending, and flashes of it appeared even in the second game.

Lmao

I don't know why they chose to turn this series into such a joke. The setup is so good but it's all wasted.

So what's the appeal of these games? I only know Uchikoshi from 999 and that series kind of went off the rails by the end.

Iris' gameplay is focused on the Escape segments.

assuming she's in a real, physical space and not that coffin thing

Is there any reason why there is no ps4/ps5 version?

It's hard to say for sure but I think we'll definitely move around with her in order to find clues and such.

there's still a willingness to make games for the series in the future and that they're considering possibilities where he might not be involved.

Why are they considering cutting Uchi out??? His brand of batshit writing is part of the appeal. Does he just want to make something new instead or are they slowly reducing his role to have him leave completely?

anyone excited for the new Somnium Files spin off?

After NI? No

Uchikoshi wasn't responsible for the scenario

But maybe

Uchikoshi was "horrified" at how comparable it was to his own works

Nevermind

The game isn't being considered a "numbered entry" because Uchikoshi wasn't responsible for the scenario

wait it might actually be good

Low sales most likely

It’s not the first time. they just used his name as a bait for any future games

Because Uchikoshi is busy.

it sold like shit on every platform that wasn't Switch and Steam

I wouldn't call this "stealing" since he was clearly somewhat involved in the project since he supervised the script. It's more like they wanted to do another AI game but Uchikoshi decided to focus on Hundred Line instead so they did one themselves and got Uchikoshi to make sure it was alright.

Plus Uchikoshi implies they could probably end up doing more Somnium games anyway.

Because he was busy with Hundred Line. If you haven't noticed, he's been shilling it extremely hard for the last like half a year. The fact that they specify it isn't a numbered entry since he wasn't involved makes it clear they aren't cutting him out but still want to work with the series when he isn't available.

tatas

Alright now it’s the real question:
How crazy is the hundred line gonna be?

100 endings

all unique

all must feel like true endings

it's either going to be a masterpiece or fail completely

I hope you guys realize we'll see Iris dancing in her bunny outfit

Soundtrack has already confirmed the existence of a song & dance number

Invincible Rainbow Arrow bros we are so back

the OST is 22 tracks long which means it's probably mostly reusing tracks from the previous games (which had like 70+ tracks each)

the last 3 songs are 4 minutes and 24 seconds each which means it's probably the dance number in english/japanese/instrumental

Didn't the preview show different choices you could make?

Somnium segments have a bunch of different choices that don't affect branching.

Iris will have a new lewd dance for her lewd outfit.

Will Ota return?

I'll be surprised if they don't recycle every single possible character.

Pre-orders are up (including Switch 2), all 50 USD

store.spike-chunsoft.com/collections/ai-the-somnium-files

keycard only

his diner is in one of the screenshots so yeah
also they mentioned "everyone not dead from the first game shows up"

Obviously. He's a major character.
Which means big boobed Ritsuko too

I can’t wait anymore to play the game

Fuck

Same. Too excited.

sold...

cool to see Steam actually gets an LE even if it's just a card with the key on it

Not if it's the same western team behind the localisation lol

shut up retard fucking die slowly

sasuga, troon-kun

I guess no NI characters for this game.

I think Ryuki and Tama will make a cameo because of how popular they are.

they can always put in a couple NI characters where it doesn't spoil NI, like the rich girl that Iris is friends with, the game show host, or Ryuki.

Especially if that one theory that the game takes place two days before AI:NI starts is true

Angel!

Who says they're popular?

you

Kizuna could show up but given it seems like Iris is going to be stuck in her escape game for most of the game and Amame seems to be relegated strictly to Sunfish Pocket, I don't think there would be a chance to see Kizuna.

they can show Kizuna, her Dad, Gen or Shoma in the background but Lien, Komeji, Chikara, Tokiko can't

the site abbreviates NSFKD to AIN

so we haver
AITSF, AINI and AIN

so Nosleepforkanamedate is one word.

What reason would they have to show Gen or Shoma when it looks like Amame is back to her importance from AI1?

I hope Ritsuko appears.

You will get another atami ending

we don't know how involved amame will be. i doubt she'll be a major character like in NI but she could still do something.

ive never heard of these actors before

Well this time we better get more for this Atami ending. I want Date to really get comfy with Ritsuko.

they got a JP person to voice a "girl" with a JP name

I still haven't played this because of wokeshit

Then why are you here?

jenny

Ritsuko says she's a reptilian

Akemi is a reptilian

Hmm

Oh shit! I actually forgot she said that. Oh no. I thought she was just joking around.

big boobed receptionist is the secret true mastermind behind the escape game

works at the same place as Iris aka the person who got forced into the escape game

No Sleep for Kaname Date

No Sleep = Woke

Kaname Date is Woke

Woah anon did you just figure out the tweeest for this game before it released?

why are you like this

i wanna fuck all the ai girls

Even Mayumi?

especially her

4 way with the mizukis
past mizuki, present mizuki and other mizuki

They're all underaged.

Past Mizuki is, Present Mizuki is 18 and Bibi is 24.

18 is underaged but I'll give you Bibi.

they think i meant sex

i meant a 4 way uno game you freaks

18 is underaged

in what countries?

O-Oh...

I want to be apart of Mizuki and Bibi's clonecest sex.

You are sick.

Not very, I haven't even played the last game because of the bad reviews but most of all I think Mizuki just barely works in small doses but definitely not as a main character.

Unlike previous games this one will be linear, with no branching paths.

That is the entire point of these games

Not really broski.

Yes it is, Zero Escape and AI are both series about unraveling mysteries by exploring branching paths based on your choices and then going back and trying the other choices to piece together what is actually going on.

I presume Akemi is gonna have some connection to Naix.

and that they're considering possibilities where he might not be involved.

considering how shitty AI2 was, I'm happy about this news.

AI2 was good though.

Data and Hina will have a fanservice moment together.

Screen with a video playback overlay

thumbs up everywhere

Soundtrack art also has them everywhere

seems like social media will have a large focus in the story, wonder if this death game is gonna be broadcast at some point (or if it's going to straight up be based on the Hidden Bats ARG)

Sounds like kino is back on the menu boys.

Iris is horny for Date.

Everyone is horny for Date.

I'm horny for Iris.

fucking her future stepfather who is still skinwalking her half-brother's face

that's kinda fucked up

Iris is a fucked up person.
Except Boss

The Third Eye Game

A bit on the nose, innit

youtube.com/watch?v=yCCU8sCSwyY
youtube.com/watch?v=yCCU8sCSwyY
youtube.com/watch?v=yCCU8sCSwyY

new trailer

youtube.com/watch?v=ul8C3kG5C5Y
youtube.com/watch?v=ul8C3kG5C5Y
youtube.com/watch?v=ul8C3kG5C5Y

JP

I thought we saw this trailer just today

Was uploaded two hours ago so makes sense?

Will Aiba kill her mom?

no Xbox

Really?
Didn’t NI come out on Xbox?

It’s not on PS either, must’ve sold like shit on everything but Switch/Steam

NO ESCAPE

NO = ZERO

ZERO ESCAPE

(;;;O_o) woooooooooaaaaaah

Xbox would be a waste of resources.

PROJECT BY TEAM ZERO ESCAPE

Just like how SC made a team called Team Danganronpa and made Rain Code.

Yeah, but team Danganronpa was created for V3

Wasn't Team Zero Escape since Ai:Ni?

Not really.
Yes.

i think they're talking about another spinoff
uchikoshi was sleeping in the office when he was working on hundred line, he doesn't have time for 2 games

Yeah. Once his schedule clears up and if SC does another Ai game in the future, I'm sure he'd want to be more involved again.

How much would you pay to play this game earlier than everyone else?

a dollar

Hina will want Date's dick so badly

$0

We'll probably still get a bad ending or two depending on our actions even if it's linear now.

Open your Third Eye to Seek a Way Out!

Hmm...

As usual they promise there will be a big singing/dance sequence.

Even though he's not writing this game, Uchikoshi was "horrified" at how comparable it was to his own works and joked that for the next game they might decide to make it without him now that they've stolen all of his know-how.

kek
good to see their priorities are in order

I can't wait to see what the new song they'll be shilling in this game and be used for the big dance ending. Hope it involves Iris shaking her ass.

I'm pretty excited for it. Really enjoyed AI1 and 2. Kinda glad they didn't make this AI3 as this is some guy I've never heard of before being in charge but I don't mind handing the spin off series to the newbies and let them get experience. Either way jumping in day 1.

standard hair with her AI1/Pre-timeskip AI2 model in this screenshot

hair down to her mid-back in the bunny costume

I'm leaning more towards the spaceship being some kind of weird solo-psync thing, as I doubt her hair grew that much in between the Post AI1 to this game timeframe

though who knows what kind of shit they're gonna pull on us here

Same here man. I missed Date as protagonist so much and glad to get another adventure with him and Aiba together.

Why? I mean it could have been weeks or even a month after the epilogue and Iris' hair just grew some more.

No, the choking Iris image is from No Sleep, so the bunny outfit and her regular outfit are both within a short time frame, presumably right before she was kidnapped.

maybe she just has magic hair

anti-cancer cat headphones were suppressing her hair growth

I see. Well how long was her hair when she was being choked out?
Well that's also possible too...

Was it coincidence that Amame bailed out at the last second from joining Iris in this game?

There goes my interest.

you cried about this already

I was actually surprised to see so many Nirvana defenders after the game was announced, most discussions seemed to agree the game was pretty underwhelming mainly due to the lack of Date/Aiba interactions which hard carried the first game

Yeah. While I liked NI, I just don't think Aiba really meshed as well with Mizuki as she did with Date. Aiba and Mizuki were already pretty similar in personality so it made their dynamics kind of underwhelming.

agreed

I hope Kagomi comes back.

I've actually been wondering what would be more convenient, to get the switch version, probably for way less or just bite the bullet and get the S2 version since I'm planning on getting a switch 2 just avoiding games until the prices stabilize but taking advantage of the extra muscle the Switch 2 brings

Who?

I'll probably aim for the S2 version but not hesitate to get the S1 version if I can't because it would play on the S2 anyways.

K-A-G-A-N-I

Kushieda, the medical examiner with the mask

kogane

So the Switch OG version has the whole game, but the Switch 2 version is a shitty digital download card?

Kagy

Seems like it sadly. Getting the Switch 1 version.

ye. there's a rumor that the 900mb/s carts are so expensive anything but the cheapest one (8gb) isn't worth it

Mama will appear.

theres a rumor that theyre only making 8gb and 64gb carts cuz cost of manufacturing and 64gb carts are expensive

If that's the case getting the digital S2 version might be the play
I mean the keycard is essentially a key to unlock your physical version, might as well just cut the middleman and get the digital one

oh the Anon Babble schizos won't be happy about this

They're not playing the game anyway. Anon Babble tourists are going to post the Mizuki speech from AI1 like it's some big epic own and then pray for (You)s

that's very true.

Playing the first game and it seems kinda goofy

i still didn't play the second game
i heard some really divisive stuff about it

It's good. Not as good as the first one but still good.

Good primary cast, meh returning characters, meh overarching plot, some cool meta stuff, boring antagonist, a lot more linear. I think it's like a 6/10 when AITSF is a 9/10

Don't let Anon Babble mold you on it. Just play it for yourself. It's pretty good.

still play it

it will stay goofy until the credits are over

We will get the other escape game contestants.

no

900mb/s carts

I haven't paid any attention to switch 2 stuff. Is still some amazing leap in load times or something?

zooky

I wonder who's ass Mizuki will kick this time?

i wonder if she'll have a bullet scar on her leg

Apparently Switch 1 cartridges are a max of 90mb/s so yeah.

They were consistent about it in 2

I miss Pewter...

The twist will be these are the same character, calling it now.

Probably enjoying himself in gay jail

now you get sexy skin tight suit lady

Can you impregnate aliens?

Now we get Hina who will show off a lot of skin for us.

A criminal!

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if this is another of So's kids.

She is a reptilian she has a lizard tail

pits

sharp teeth

tongue

hot

No worries, the new girl is either going to be unceremoniously fired as soon as Boss can blackmail enough people to get ol' Pewter old of jail, or she's going to pull a Pewter and betray us for the big bad

It was probably supposed to be a DLC, but they made it too big. Take it as Gaiden entry of shorts. It's not that hard to comprehend.

Definitely getting the S2 version here, these games are portable heaven

they said it was going to be a small downloadable game but grew too big

It's a given that Hina is betraying us. They do have to explain why she's not in NI.

let date bang boss already

What are you going hoping from this game?

The receptionist with large breasts.

I want Date to fuck Ritsuko.

youtube.com/watch?v=uuaZHJib3-A

I want Fuck to date Ritsuko.

underrated

sex with Aiba

Atami

Aiber and Tamer

I want my waifu

More Aiba

no way is she showing up

No Uchikoshi

isn't that the entire appeal?
What is even the point if he's not there?

He literally supervised and said it was exactly the same thing he'd write.

yeah they always say that
i also remember a similiar situation with zero escape 3

the "paths" in 2

don't remind me, that shit was so dumb to exist purely as a twist for the player and no other reason as it has 0 impact on the narrative. Not to mention all the retconning and bullshit they had to do to make it work.

but he outlined and wrote about half of ztd

the branching HAD to happen cuz of the whole "howd you know the culprit's name" part and tokiko's plan

Are you stupid?

Mizuki and Bibi fuck each other every night

Ryuki is a faggot.

its canon that ritsuko has been naked at her desk welcoming important clients

and on the CEO's orders

Source on this claim?

wow, I can't believe Mizuki would do that

i think itll be linear with no tricks. since its a midquel

i wish aiba waa real bros...

Well that much is true. Though we get bunny Iris along with finding out what Hina and Akemi's deals could be.

it'll probably be a straightforward mystery with a crazy uchikoshiesque twist unrelated to FRAYING or timelines like complex motives man

But there won't be branching paths this time.

I'm not sure how either of you can say that when both games have been nothing but twist upon twist with nothing standard about them

reminder that the ARG for AI2 also had Iris getting kidnapped into a death game, ultimately getting killed via twitter poll, and ended with this

i mean the twist will be something similar to "offscreen old man" like "Iris and Date were talking to recordings and never to each other"

You'll progress through the game strictly linearly, but then at the end it will be revealed that some scenes were alternate branches that didn't actually happen

I can honestly see that happening.

I think it looks kino

what if we blick it and the escape game is a repeat of another escape game already done

Uchikoshi wasn't responsible for the scenario

Oh shit, it has a chance of actually being good then.

It's good, the simuim's aren't as good as the first, But I enjoyed it.

which ai character is the hottest

Tama sex appeal, Aiba personality

Amame (AINI model with the subtle changes)

Aiba then Bibi

I understood Nirvana’s story.
Thinking it was good, or that the twist wasn’t lame as fuck is another thing.

the game isn't about the twist. how are you getting this filtered

why are there no aini mizuki and bibi sexo arts

There's very little. I think it's usually called 2zuki if it's tagged at all

unfortunately most aitsf fans are against it

lol二zuki

三zuki

二zuki

That's clever but who is 1zuki

Nah, not really. I like the story sections but the gameplay is horrible and they didn't even try to fix it in the 2nd game. I doubt it will be any better in this one.

Fuck off pseud.

Will porno mags come back?

Sorry that it's unironically too deep for you

Date will need them but can't find them, it'll be his motivation for getting Aiba to stream porn directly into his brain.

Aiba should just flash Date

LGBTQ+ IS THE GREAT-

Nope too busy playing Tribe Nine.

The Hundred Line is going to be better than this. But I am with other anon. Tribe Nine and The Hundred Line for this month.

absolutely