History VideoGame / WorldsEndClub

* MultipleEndings: There are has two endings. [[spoiler: The second ending can only be accessed after getting the first Bad Ending, with the implication Reycho gained the knowledge of the timeline after experiencing it.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Apple Arcade version ends on a cliffhanger, as the complete version of the game will be released in 2021. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Reycho was a robot being remote-controlled by Pochi, and outing him as a MAIK mole when he refuses to fess up, causing him to run away. After making it back home, everyone then discovers that Tokyo has been reduced to ash, and when MAIK forces show up to attack them, Pochi comes back to save them, where it's revealed that he was also a robot called PCH-01, and is taken back to the club's old classroom as he falls into despair due to betraying them. The story ends on an apparition of Yuki promising to sort things out, with Pochi musing on who she really is.]]

** During the DeadlyGame, Reycho has Vanilla's task on his bracelet, which was to "Eat a Marshmallow". Unlike everyone else's task it doesn't relate to any of the other Club members nor does it have anything to do with the Amusement Park environment. Not to mention, it's likely straight-up impossible since there's nowhere to even ''get'' a marshmallow. [[spoiler: This foreshadows that Vanilla is the odd one out/a ghost, because her being unable to complete her task guarantees at least a living member of the club can win.]]

* MultipleEndings: The Apple Arcade release has two endings. [[spoiler: However, the second ending can only be accessed after getting the first Bad Ending, with the implication Reycho gained the knowledge of the timeline after experiencing it. Needless to say, there may be more timeline shenanigans to come...]]

* Foreshadowing:

** Aside from Reycho, Pai and Pucho [[spoiler:are the only people that acknowledge Vanilla's presence. Especially egregious during the DeadlyGame where Reycho, Vanilla, and Aniki were at one point the only ones left standing with the former and latter being the only ones Pielope acknowledges]].

** During the DeeadlyGame, Reycho has Vanilla's task on his bracelet, which was to "Eat a Marshmallow". Unlike everyone else's task it doesn't relate to any of the other Club members nor does it have anything to do with the Amusement Park environment. Not to mention, it's likely straight-up impossible since there's nowhere to even ''get'' a marshmallow. [[spoiler: This foreshadows that Vanilla is the odd one out/a ghost, because her being unable to complete her task guarantees at least a living member of the club can win.]]

''World's End Club'', originally announced as ''Death March Club'', is a game developed by Creator/TooKyoGames that features a mix of puzzle and VisualNovel gameplay. It was released on September 4, 2020 for Apple Arcade, with the complete game and a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version with English voiceover planned for Spring 2021.

* VocialDissonance: Most of the Go Getters Club have this in both Japanese and English. Nyoro Jennu and Aniki especially.

* Chekhov’sGunman: A meta example with all of the Go Getters Club. (sans Reycho) It looks like they would all be background characters who would [[WeHardlyKnewYe die in the game of fate]] but [[spoiler: after the BaitAndSwitch happens they all become very important]]

** The entire premise itself, as the game is written by the same team infamous for creating ''very'' murderous and brutal DeadlyGame plots. This game appears to start the same way, [[spoiler:but in actuality there ''is'' no DeadlyGame and the game [[GenreShift shifts gears]] to a puzzle platformer.]]

* DeadlyGame: A harmless variant is played as the game's prologue.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The February 17th Nintendo Direct trailer for the game casually reveals that [[spoiler:the DeadlyGame is called off suddenly and [[GenreShift the game becomes a puzzle platformer.]]]] Of course, the ''context'' behind the spoiler itself is never actually mentioned in the trailer.

* RogerRabbitEffect: In the TV show that the Go-Getters are watching in the opening cutscene has the cel-shaded and cartoonish Pielope interacting with realistic humans.

In Japan, there is a class of underachievers gathered together from across the nation called the Losers Class, who are noted to be unusual compared to their peers. One day, on a school trip, the class is caught in a rockslide while on the school bus and awaken in an abandoned underwater theme park.

Soon, the students encounters a robotic clown creature named Pielope, who tells them that they are now in a game of death where they will have to kill each other in order to win. Soon, the Losers Class find themselves embroiled in a game where they will have to fight for their lives, as mysterious powers awaken in them...and the world above starts to undergo some shocking changes of its own.

** The opening scene as seen at Tokyo Game Show 2019 has a particularly meta one, given who is involved in this game. We see a scene that seems eerily reminiscent of ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' or ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'', with several high-school-age students trapped in a room with a cutesy mascot telling them the rules of the death game they are about to begin. In particular, the "bracelets" the mascot mentions are strikingly similar to those seen in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', and the gritty art style is reminiscent of ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' or ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''. And then... the game pans out to reveal that this is just a show that the Losers Class are watching on TV while on a bus trip through the countryside.
--->'''Vanilla:''' [[SelfDeprecation What a weird TV show...]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Apple Arcade version ends on a cliffhanger, as the complete version of the game will be released in 2021. [[spoiler:Specially, it ends with the reveal that Reycho was a robot being remote controlled by Pochi, and outing him as a MAIK mole when he refuses to fess up, causing him to run away. After making it back home, everyone then discovers that Tokyo has been reduced to ash, and when MAIK forces show up to attack them, Pochi comes back to save them, where its revealed that he was a traitor sent by MAIK to spy on the Go-Getter Club but grew to care for them, and was also a robot called PCH-01, and is taken back to the club's old classroom as he falls into despair due to betraying them.]]

Soon, the students encounters a robotic clown creature named Piepole, who tells them that they are now in a game of death where they will have to kill each other in order to win. Soon, the Losers Class find themselves embroiled in a game where they will have to fight for their lives, as mysterious powers awaken in them...and the world above starts to undergo some shocking changes of its own.

* ArcWords: Paths. Mentioned in the intro and when Piepole explains the death game.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:The first stage, aka the death game, ends with Pai kicking Piepole to bits, then announcing the game is cancelled, a message given to her by the mastermind.]]

* ProductPlacement: The game usually averts it, using BlandNameProduct for things like the Theatre/TakarazukaRevue, however it does contain actual product placement for Karamucho and Lifeguard, with the former being central to Chuko's superpower and the latter being usually sold up as a miracle drink.

* ProductPlacement: The game usually averts it, using BlandNameProduct for things like the Takarazuka Theater Troupe, however it does contain actual product placement for Karamucho and Lifeguard, with the former being central to Chuko's superpower and the latter being usually sold up as a miracle drink.

* BaitAndSwitch: The opening scene as seen at Tokyo Game Show 2019 has a particularly meta one, given who is involved in this game. We see a scene that seems eerily reminiscent of ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' or ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'', with several high-school-age students trapped in a room with a cutesy mascot telling them the rules of the death game they are about to begin. In particular, the "bracelets" the mascot mentions are strikingly similar to those seen in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', and the gritty art style is reminiscent of ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' or ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''. And then... the game pans out to reveal that this is just a show that the Losers Class are watching on TV while on a bus trip through the countryside.
-->'''Vanilla:''' [[SelfDeprecation What a weird TV show...]]

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi_Eng/status/1301796449449996288 According to Kodaka,]] the Apple Arcade version ends on a cliffhanger, as the complete version of the game will be released in 2021. [[spoiler:Specially, it ends with the reveal that Reycho was a robot being remote controlled by Pochi, and outing him as a MAIK mole when he refuses to fess up, causing him to run away. After making it back home, everyone then discovers that Tokyo has been reduced to ash, and when MAIK forces show up to attack them, Pochi comes back to save them, where its revealed that he was a traitor sent by MAIK to spy on the Go-Getter Club but grew to care for them, and was also a robot called PCH-01, and is taken back to the club's old classroom as he falls into despair due to betraying them.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi_Eng/status/1301796449449996288 According to Kodaka,]] the Apple Arcade version ends on a cliffhanger, as the complete version of the game will be released in 2021.

* HeroicMime: Reycho, even in dialogues or when stages focus on other kids.

* OnlyChildSyndrome: With the obvious exception of Vanilla and Aniki and [[spoiler:Jennu who had an older sister before she died]] no character as made any mention of having siblings.