Kazutaka Kodaka teases ‘Limit x Despair’ title announcement in ‘not-too-distant future’

Danganronpa series and Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE creator Kazutaka Kodaka will announce an “insane” new title in the “not-too-distant future,” he said in a tweet today.

“The game I’m working so hard on right now—the scenario is so insane and so enthralling that I end up working more than anything else,” Kodaka said. “Even when things get difficult or troublesome, I end up either working or writing scenarios rather than playing or resting. This may be the first time I’ve become so obsessed with a work. I wonder if I’ll burn myself out. In any case, the announcement as well as release are in the not-too-distant future, so I’d like everyone to look forward to it. And well, I’m tired, so I hope you can cheer me on. #Limit #Despair”

Back when Too Kyo Games announced its establishment in September 2018, it teased four projects in production with concept artworks. Of those four projects, only one has yet to be officially announced—“A Game with a [Kazutaka] Kodaka x [Kotaro] Uchikoshi Joint Scenario! ‘Limit’ x ‘Despair.'” Here is the artwork that was included with the project description:

In December 2023, during an end-of-year interview, Kodaka teased that he was working on an “insane” project that he hopes to announce in 2024.

Kodaka said, “[In 2023], we released Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE, and while in the past I would have been able to take some time off after a project launched, now that I’m the president of a young company, I don’t have any free time, for the sake of our finances, and am already at the critical phase of our next project. Additionally, the project after that is also nearing its critical phase, and new projects are starting up. The reason why I work so hard is because I want to release as many works as possible to the world. We’re not cutting corners with any—if anything we’re putting in more than 100 percent of our effort. When that happens, what’s the result? Naturally, it places a heavy burden on all of our staff. However, the ‘too kyo’ in our company name Too Kyo Games means ‘too crazy.’ We exist to go crazy making new works, and for that reason I will work even harder next year. I will make sure of it. Our next project is particularly befitting of the name ‘too kyo’ (too crazy), being a game that can only come off as insane, and I hope to be able to announce it next year. It’s a game that we’re all extremely passionate about, and are all vomiting blood while making, so please support us when the time comes.”

Zero Escape series and AI: The Somnium Files series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi, who works at Too Kyo Games with Kodaka, also teased he was working on something “insane.”

“Sorry that I can’t officially announce it yet, but I hope to announce a crazy-insane title that will go down in video games history during [2024],” Uchikoshi said. “Stay tuned!”