History YMMV / ExileElection

* EnsembleDarkhorse: According to a [[http://nippon1.jp/consumer/tsuihou/news/popularity_vote02/ recent popularity poll]] [[IllBoy Hakushu Isumi]] and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yuuri Himeno]] won the poll in the 1st and 2nd place respectively, beating the two leads [[VillainProtagonist Kaname]] and [[LoveInterest Ichika]]. [[NiceGuy Michimune Isurugi]] is another character [[https://twitter.com/TsuihouSenkyo/status/890017501328715776 who placed high in the poll]]

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for its outside-the-box ideas. The game was also announced a little while before the release of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', and characters trailers were released following the Japanese launch of the game, at which point, ''[=DR=]'' fans were up in a FlameWar due to [[BrokenBase controversial plot twists of the game]] and ''Exile Election'' just became more fuel to the fire.
* FollowTheLeader:
** The game has been heavily based on and clearly borrows from several of the major titles of the "mystery visual novel" genre, a DeadlyGame [[Franchise/DanganRonpa filled with colorful characters that are being forced to play it]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroEscape are stuck in a strange place]].
*** On an interesting note, ''Exile Election'' seems to take a page from ''DR'''s mythological prototype, ''Distrust''. The player has the right to choose who will be the one to die in each election, with the order of deaths influencing how the survivors interact. The relationships the player builds with others (legitimate friendship, manipulative or even to destroy someone psychologically) are important to the story, as all these were ideas on ''Distrust'' that never made it to the final game.
** The art style takes from ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', particularly the style and the coloring techniques. The monsters seem almost a ShoutOut to the witches of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', since they are animated and colored in almost the same way.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for its outside-the-box ideas. The game was also announced a little while before the release of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', and characters trailers were released following the Japanese launch of the game, at which point, ''[=DR=]'' fans were up in a FlameWar due to [[BrokenBase controversial plot twists of the game]] and ''Exile Election'' just became more fuel to the fire.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: While the player can decide which participants Kaname targets, Alice repeatedly inflicting LaserGuidedAmnesia upon the survivors after each successful election and exile removes much of their ability to react to the losses.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Danganronpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for its outside-the-box ideas. The game was also announced a little while before the release of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', and characters trailers were released following the Japanese launch of the game, at which point, ''[=DR=]'' fans were up in a FlameWar due to [[BrokenBase controversial plot twists of the game]] and ''Exile Election'' just became more fuel to the fire.

* CounterpartComparison:
** Several to ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'':
*** To ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3''. Not only the game [[FollowTheLeader takes a lot from the franchise]], ''[=NDRV3=]'' has, as the main theme, Lies and Truth, and the protagonist, Kaname, is able to point out the lies that are told by the other characters, with this being implied to be an important gameplay point for the game. There's also the added fact that the game was announced just a few weeks prior to the new title's release.
*** After details of the gameplay were revealed, the game can now be compared to the original prototype for ''Danganronpa'', ''Distrust''. Several of the most interesting aspects (your relationship with a character defines whether he dies or not) that never made it to the final game were used in ''Exile Election''.
*** Alice is pretty much a robotic and creepier Monokuma.
*** Being an ElegantGothicLolita with a dark personality, self absorbed and a spiral-like hair, Aasha draws comparisons with Celeste.
*** Kaasha and Saionji can be compared, as the former appear to be a bratty-like youngster with twin tails.
*** Yuuri's girlish appearance and being the group's brain can bring Chihiro to mind.
** Due to Kaname's skill to detect lies, he can be easily compared to [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice]].

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not helping it's marketing: The game was announced around the time all of the mystery visual novels fans were hyped for the new ''Danganronpa'' title. The game is still pretty much unknown to many, since the circles that would be speaking about it, are now speaking about ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3''.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not helping it's marketing: The game was announced around the time all of the mystery visual novels fans were hyped for the new danganronpa title. The game is still pretty much unknown to many, since the circles that would be speaking about it, are now speaking about ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3''.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Danganronpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for its outside-the-box ideas. The game was also announced a little while before the release of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', and characters trailers were released following the japanese launch of the game, at which point, ''[=DR=]'' fans were up in a FlameWar due to [[BrokenBase controversial plot twists of the game]] and ''Exile Election'' just became more fuel to the fire.

*** After details of the gameplay were revealed, the game can now be compared to the original prototype for ''Danganronpa'', ''Distrust''. Several of the most interesting aspect(your relationship with a character defines whether he dies or not) that never made it to the final game were used on ''Exile Election''.

*** On an interesting note, ''Exile Election'' seems to take a page from ''DR'''s mythological prototype, ''Distrust''. The player has the right to choose who will be the one to die in each election, with the order of deaths influencing how the survivors interact. The relationship the player builds with other(legitimate friendship, manipulative or even to destroy someone psychologically) are important for the story, all these were ideas on ''Distrust'' that never made it to the final game.

*** Being an EleganticGothicLolita with a dark personality, self absorbed and a spiral-like hair, Aasha draws comparisons with Celeste.

** The art style takes from ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', particularly the style and the coloring techniques. The monsters seem almost a ShoutOut to the witches of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', since they are animated and colored in almost the same way.

*** To ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3''. Not only the game [[FollowTheLeader takes a lot from the franchise]], ''[=NDRV3=]'' has, as the main theme, Lies and Truth, and the protagonist, Kaname, is able to point out the lies that are told by the other characters, with this being implied to be an important gameplay point for the game.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Danganronpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for its outside-the-box ideas.

* FollowTheLeader: The game has been heavily based on and clearly borrows from several of the major titles of the "mystery visual novel" genre, such as ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape''. The art style takes from ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Danganronpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles (particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for it's outside-the-box ideas.
* FollowTheLeader: The game has been heavily based and clearly borrows from several of the major titles of the "mystery visual novel" genre, such as ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape''. The art style takes from ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.

* FandomRivalry: The fans of ''Danganronpa'' have been angry at the game, due to believing it to be a poor copy of several other titles(particularly ''[=DR=]'') that adds nothing to a genre known for it's outside-the-box ideas.