Ultimate Talent Development Plan

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Ultimate Talent Development Plan
Japanese	超高校級の才能育成計画
Rōmaji	Chō kōkō kyū no Sainō ikusei keikaku
Translation	Super High School Level Development Plan
Information
Game Source	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Genre	Board Game

Ultimate Talent Development Plan (超高校級の才能育成計画) is a board minigame featured in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. The game is part of Danganronpa V3s bonus modes, unlocked after completing the main game. The game is a dice throwing based board game in which you can level up students from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony's death cards. It was later expanded into the standalone game Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

About

Ultimate Talent Development Plan is unlocked, alongside the turn-based RPG Despair Dungeon: Monokuma's Test and the card dispenser Ultimate Death Card Machine as a set of bonus mode after the main storyline of Danganronpa V3 is completed. You must play Ultimate Talent Development Plan at least one time in order to play Monokuma's Test.

Ultimate Talent Development Plan uses cards collected from the Ultimate Death Card Machine, which feature the cast members of Danganronpa 1, Danganronpa 2, and Danganronpa V3. These cards are leveled up in Ultimate Talent Development Plan to make them more effective fighters for Monokuma's Test.

Mechanics

A player can choose one card to level up, then they can choose between four courses where they can level up that card, the Normal Course, Talent Course, Friendship Course, and the Future Course. The goal is simple, you need to get to the "Goal" before each year ends, if you do not reach the goal before the year ends, the next year you will be put in the Despair Course. In the minigame there are different squares that you can fall on, the Friendship Square, Talent Square, Event Square, etcetera.

At the end of each year, the final test will be fighting monsters that appear in Despair Dungeon: Monokuma's Test. You may also choose to make a small move or large move, there are also different types of cards, like a Straight Card, that when used, it goes straight until the end of that line.

Surgery

Rarely, at the end of a turn, the Monokubs will offer to perform a surgery on you to boost your stats. This offer may not happen every run, and will only be offered at most once per run. The surgery may or may not succeed, with the success rate at 50%. If you opt to get the surgery and succeed, you will get a boost of 30 levels for your character, as well as an additional 30 points to all your character's stats. If the surgery fails, however, you would lose 10 levels as well as 10 points off all stats instead.

Skills List

Sports Skills	Intelligence Skills	Variety Skills	Other
Sword Stab Large Damage to one enemy ※ Damage increases with level	Ice Freeze Ice damage to one enemy ※ Damage increases with level	Recover Influence Recover Influence ※ Recovery increases with level	Attack Power Up Increase power of normal attacks ※ Power increases with level
Summer Rain Fist Damage to all enemies ※ Damage increases with level	Ice Freeze All Ice damage to all enemies ※ Damage increases with level	Fighting Spirit Resurrect one ally ※ Recovery increases with level	Critical Power Up Increase power of critical attacks ※ Power increases with level
Dagger Stab Large damage to one enemy and self ※ Damage increases with level	Electric Paralyze Electricity damage to one enemy ※ Damage increases with level	Cure Condition Cure conditions ※ Focus cost decreases with level	Skill Power Up Increase power of skill attacks ※ Power increases with level
Assassinate Chance of instant death to one enemy ※ Damage increases with level	Electric Paralyze All Electricity damage to all enemies ※ Damage increases with level	Energize Energize one ally ※ Increases with level	Ice Power Up Increase power of ice attacks ※ Power increases with level
Falcon Kick Consecutive attacks to one enemy ※ Damage and attacks increases with level	Wind Jet Wind damage to one enemy ※ Damage increases with level	Ice Barrier Decrease ice damage taken ※ Decrease & duration increases with level	Electric Power Up Increase power of electric attacks ※ Power increases with level
Mujin Cut Guaranteed crit but at lower hit chance ※ Hit chance increases with level	Wind Jet All Wind damage to all enemies ※ Damage increases with level	Electric Barrier Decrease electricity damage taken ※ Decrease & duration increases with level	Wind Power Up Increase power of wind attacks ※ Power increases with level
Gale Fist Attack at the start of the turn ※ Damage increases with level	Debuff Cancel one buff on one enemy ※ Focus cost decreases with level	Wind Barrier Decrease wind damage taken ※ Decrease & duration increases with level	Influence Up Increase damage when Influence is full ※ Damage increases with level
Zeal Strength increases next turn ※ Increases with level	Absorb Focus Absorb one enemy's Focus ※ Absorption increases with level	Strength Up Temporarily raise Strength & lower Defense ※ Amount increases with level	Defense Up Increase Defense while defending ※ Damage reduction increases with level
Sacrifice Intercepts one attack for an ally for one turn ※ Damage decreases with level	Poison Inflict poison on one enemy ※ Duration & damage increases with level	Defense Up Temporarily raise Defense & lower Agility ※ Amount increases with level	Endurance Up Lower chance of suffering conditions ※ Increases with level
Ultra Defense Prevent conditions and take less dmg for 1 turn ※ Reduction increases with level	Blind Inflict blind on one enemy ※ Duration increases with level	Intellect Up Temporarily raise Intellect & lower Fortitude ※ Amount increases with level	Awakening Up Increase initial Awakening value ※ Initial value increases with level
	Confuse Inflict confusion on one enemy ※ Duration increases with level	Speed Up Temporarily raise Speed & lower Defense ※ Amount increases with level	Drop Rate Up Increase chance of obtaining materials ※ Increases with level
	Curse Inflict curse on one enemy ※ Duration increases with level	Fortitude Up Temporarily raise Fortitude & lower Strength ※ Amount increases with level	G Gain Up Increase G obtained when defeating enemies ※ Increases with level
	Sleep Inflict sleep on one enemy ※ Duration increases with level	Luck Up Temporarily raise Luck & lower Fortitude ※ Amount increases with level
		Fog Temporarily avoid enemy encounters ※ Duration increases with level

Courses

Normal Course

The Normal Course is the best course for leveling up your cards, with more diverse squares than the other courses. The minimum distance that you can walk in the Normal Course is 30 squares, while the maximum distance is 80 squares.

Talent Course

The Talent Course is the best course for polishing your talent, with more Talent Squares than the other courses. The minimum distance that you can walk in the Talent Course is 34 squares, while the maximum distance is 78 squares.

Friendship Course

The Friendship Course is the best course to make friendships and get a lot of encounters. The minimum distance that you can walk in the Friendship Course is 32 squares, while the maximum distance is 76 squares.

Future Course

The Future Course is the course where the Future Foundation will guide you, with a higher chance of passing the year. It is unlocked by purchasing the Super Lucky Button for 100000 casino coins, and features characters from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc in events. As this course features only one possible route, both the minimum and maximum walking distance is 68 squares.

Despair Course

The Despair Course is the course that you are put in if you did not reach the "Goal" the previous year. This course is a mirror of the Normal Course, but with exponentially more Despair Squares.

Individual Student Guides

Danganronpa 1

Monokuma	Makoto Naegi

Aoi Asahina	Byakuya Togami	Celestia Ludenberg	Chihiro Fujisaki	Genocide Jack	Hifumi Yamada	Junko Enoshima	Junko Enoshima (Mukuro)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru	Kyoko Kirigiri	Leon Kuwata	Mondo Owada	Sakura Ogami	Sayaka Maizono	Toko Fukawa	Yasuhiro Hagakure

Danganronpa 2

Usami	Monomi	Hajime Hinata

Akane Owari	Byakuya Togami (Imposter)	Chiaki Nanami	Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu	Gundham Tanaka	Hiyoko Saionji	Ibuki Mioda	Izuru Kamukura
Kazuichi Soda	Mahiru Koizumi	Mikan Tsumiki	Nagito Komaeda	Nekomaru Nidai	Peko Pekoyama	Sonia Nevermind	Teruteru Hanamura

Danganronpa V3

Angie Yonaga	Gonta Gokuhara	Himiko Yumeno	K1-B0	Kaede Akamatsu	Kaito Momota	Kirumi Tojo	Kokichi Oma
Korekiyo Shinguji	Maki Harukawa	Miu Iruma	Rantaro Amami	Ryoma Hoshi	Shuichi Saihara	Tenko Chabashira	Tsumugi Shirogane

Trivia

• Junko Enoshima, Mukuro Ikusaba, and Izuru Kamukura received new voice clips for their events in both English and Japanese.
• The characters from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc who appear on the Future Course utilize pixel sprites recycled from episode 2 of the Future Arc and as such are all based on their appearance in that arc, even though Chisa Yukizome also had pixel sprites for her appearance in the Despair Arc. Most likely since official character sprites were never made for the Danganronpa 3 cast due to the anime having no video game counterpart, they have no Friendly Square interactions (nor are Friendly Squares even present on the Future Course board) and they are not playable in either Ultimate Talent Development Plan itself, nor in Despair Dungeon: Monokuma's Test.