{"id":83060,"date":"2024-03-28T10:22:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=83060"},"modified":"2024-10-17T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T22:38:32","slug":"corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-launches-worldwide-in-fall-2024-cast-includes-kana-ichinose-and-rie-takahashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-launches-worldwide-in-fall-2024-cast-includes-kana-ichinose-and-rie-takahashi\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion Launches Worldwide in Fall 2024, Cast Includes Kana Ichinose and Rie Takahashi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion<\/em>, the latest instalment in the <em>Corpse Party<\/em> horror game series, will launch worldwide on Switch, PS4, and PC this fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An announcement trailer (labelled as a teaser trailer in the Japanese version) for <em>Darkness Distortion<\/em> was also released and contains glimpses of the characters and their non-chibi 3D models. There&#8217;s also a promotional visual with the tagline &#8220;CAN&#8217;T ESCAPE the PARTY,&#8221; an &#8220;Ayame no Omajinai&#8221; (Ayame&#8217;s Good Luck Charm) trailer, and a live-action trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion - Announcement Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/awKPJOH-jQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The plot as described by the announcement trailer&#8217;s video description is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion follows three high school friends; Haruka Nanami, Nemu Takanashi, and Maria Hitsugi, as they explore the Amare Est Vivere Hospital, testing a local urban legend as the streamer Nemu seeks to boost her subscriber count. Unfortunately for the three girls, the legend of &#8220;Ayame&#8217;s Mercy&#8221; is true, and they trigger a decades-old curse that sends them into a dark realm. Together they must avoid the vengeful spirit of Ayame Kirishima and other horrors from the hospital&#8217;s dark past as they search for a way to dispel Ayame&#8217;s curse once and for all. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Kana Ichinose<\/strong>, <strong>Rie Takahashi<\/strong>, and <strong>Emiri Suyama<\/strong> are the respective voice actors for Haruka, Nemu, and Maria.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A longer description received by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2024\/03\/corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-launches-this-fall-worldwide-for-ps4-switch-and-pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gematsu<\/a> says that <em>Darkness Distortion<\/em> will have binaural audio, third- and first-person perspectives for the exploration sections, six chapters, eight extra scenarios, and &#8220;plenty of Wrong Ends.&#8221; It is also described as a &#8220;perfect entry point for new horror buffs.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30b3\u30fc\u30d7\u30b9\u30d1\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30fc\u2161 Darkness Distortion \u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\u300c\u30a2\u30e4\u30e1\u3055\u3093\u306e\u304a\u307e\u3058\u306a\u3044\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znPf1UOveA4?start=30&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30b3\u30fc\u30d7\u30b9\u30d1\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30fc\u2161 Darkness Distortion \u5b9f\u5199PV\u300c\u914d\u4fe1\u8005\u7de8\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQomqEjHsKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>XSEEDgames<\/strong> is publishing <em>Darkness Distortion\u00a0<\/em>in North America, while <strong>Marvellous Europe<\/strong> is handling the European distribution. XSEEDgames&#8217; Twitter account revealed a special &#8220;Ayame&#8217;s Mercy&#8221; Edition of the game for Switch and PS4 that includes a physical game copy, a Metal Medical Kit Case, a 64-page art book, a &#8220;Save Yourself&#8221; LED Blue Candle, an &#8220;Ayame\u2019s Mercy&#8221; lenticular art card, an &#8220;Evidence Kit&#8221; with journal entries, and more. Gematsu reports that this edition will cost US$79.99, while the standard physical edition is US$49.99.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">While the official announcements only mention a fall release window, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpsepartyseries.com\/darknessdistortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game&#8217;s website<\/a> has an August 28 date listed. Another difference is that the website lists GOG and Humble Store in addition to Steam as the PC storefronts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The previous game in the series was<em>\u00a0Corpse Party: Blood Drive<\/em>, which was first released in Japan in 2014. The first <em>Corpse Party<\/em> game was released in 1998 for the <span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">PC-98<\/span>. 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\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">\u00a9Team GrisGris \/ MAGES.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"977\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-83064\" data-id=\"83064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/corpseparty2darknessdistortion_visual.jpg?resize=696%2C977&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/corpseparty2darknessdistortion_visual.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/corpseparty2darknessdistortion_visual.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/corpseparty2darknessdistortion_visual.jpg?resize=730%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 730w, 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