Spike Chunsoft published a new trailer forZanki Zero Last Beginning,showing some gameplay of the peculiar real-time dungeon crawler where 8 people keep cloning each other, retaining their memories, as they explore an island in a post-apocalyptic world.

Zanki Zero’s team is the same as the one behindDanganronpa, with Takayuki Sugawara on the scenario and Yoshinori Terasawa as producer.Zanki Zerowill ask you to think outside battles and has some puzzles to solve too.

Spike Chunsoft also posted on their blog a full list of the changes compared to the Japanese version. Certain elements of the game will be censored as well:

To ensure a release for the West, changes were made to comply with the Western market. These content changes will also be included in the localized PlayStation®4 and Steam® (PC) versions. To reduce content which could be interpreted as sexualization of characters depicted as minors, the following changes have been made:

Looking at this list, it’s pretty clear rather than changes brought through Sony’s new censorship policy, which is really inconsistent and unpredictable, this is more like a “normal” thing. There’s a good chance all of this would have also got censored one year ago before the Sony policy change, and these changes are similar to what we’ve already been used to in the past. The same kind of content removed from Japanese games but that non-Japanase triple-A games have always gotten away with, as these kind of Japanese games aren’t mainstream and popular. The “content which could be interpreted as sexualization of characters depicted as minors” part especially. While technically the characters aren’t actually children, most people would find it gross. In any case, it’s a good thing Spike Chunsoft is communicating properly about the changes so everyone can see if it’ll affect their decision on getting the game or not.

Besides this, the western version also has some gameplay changes. Like some difficulty adjustments and new features. Some parts of the GUI has been changed to make the game more ergonomic. There’s a New Game + too. The Japanese version’s DLC swimsuits will also be included in the base game. And the game will also have the Japanese voices along with the English dub.

You can findZanzi Zero’s previous trailerhere.And here’s the full list of  gameplay changes:

We would like to inform the community about the following additions are included in the localized release:

[NEW GAME+]

[GAMEPLAY & UI ADJUSTMENTS]

Zanki Zero: Last Beginninglaunches on April 9 on PS4 and PC via Steam. The game released in Japan on August 11, 2025, on PS Vita and PS4.