<s>
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
series	O
of	O
visual	O
novel	O
games	O
,	O
set	O
between	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
:	I-Application
Trigger	I-Application
Happy	I-Application
Havoc	I-Application
and	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Goodbye	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
worldwide	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
visual	O
novel	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
Ultra	B-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
horror	O
elements	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
control	O
Komaru	O
Naegi	O
as	O
she	O
tries	O
to	O
survive	O
in	O
a	O
city	O
overrun	O
by	O
Monokuma	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
as	O
Monaca	O
is	O
inevitably	O
rescued	O
by	O
the	O
Servant	O
,	O
who	O
encourages	O
her	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
next	O
Junko	O
herself	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
both	O
Shirokuma	O
and	O
Kurokuma	O
were	O
controlled	O
by	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
real	O
Junko	O
's	O
AI	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
Izuru	O
Kamukura	O
carry	O
out	O
the	O
next	B-Application
part	I-Application
of	I-Application
her	I-Application
plan	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
series	O
being	O
visual	O
novel	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
wanted	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
spin-off	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
more	O
action	O
oriented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
green-lit	O
the	O
proposal	O
,	O
they	O
let	O
Kodaka	O
have	O
free	O
rein	O
to	O
write	O
the	O
narrative	O
for	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kodaka	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
spent	O
an	O
equal	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
writing	O
the	O
dialogue	O
and	O
backstories	O
for	O
the	O
protagonists	O
(	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
:	I-Application
Trigger	I-Application
Happy	I-Application
Havoc	I-Application
)	O
as	O
he	O
did	O
for	O
the	O
antagonists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
aspect	O
of	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
worried	O
about	O
was	O
whether	O
the	O
shift	O
in	O
gameplay	O
genres	O
would	O
alienate	O
players	O
who	O
were	O
not	O
good	O
at	O
action	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
a	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
press	O
conference	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
first	O
gameplay	O
trailer	O
was	O
shown	O
;	O
the	O
trailer	O
also	O
teased	O
the	O
third	B-Application
entry	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
promote	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
offered	O
several	O
pre-order	O
bonuses	O
,	O
including	O
digital	O
wallpapers	O
,	O
mousepads	B-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
stand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIS	O
America	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
Summer	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
manga	O
by	O
Machika	O
Minami	O
,	O
titled	O
Zettai	B-Application
Zetsubō	I-Application
Shōjo	I-Application
:	I-Application
Danganronpa	I-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	O
Genocider	O
Mode	O
,	O
began	O
serialization	O
in	O
Kadokawa	O
Shoten	O
's	O
Dengeki	O
Maoh	O
magazine	O
from	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
Decadence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
featuring	O
Komaru	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
August	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
manage	O
their	O
smartphone	B-Application
files	O
and	O
cache	O
,	O
and	O
Komaru	O
's	O
expression	O
will	O
change	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
storage	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danganronpa	B-Application
Another	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
Girls	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
70,596	O
copies	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
during	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
third	O
best-selling	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
1,810	O
copies	O
during	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
failed	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
sales	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
had	O
an	O
estimated	O
total	O
of	O
32,000	O
players	O
by	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
128,559	O
copies	O
in	O
Japan	O
(	O
PS	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
:	O
123,278	O
copies/PS4	O
:	O
5,281	O
copies	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
