Platforms: PlayStation®4 / Nintendo Switch™ / Steam®
Release Date: October 13, 2020 (NA), October 16, 2020 (EU)
Rating: ESRB T - PEGI 12
Genre: Adventure / Visual Novel
Developer: MAGES.
Publisher: Spike Chunsoft
Player(s): 1
In the near future, the PhoneDroid--a device which features augmented reality--has risen in popularity in Tanegashima.
On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.
Despite their predicament, Kaito Yashio, one of only two members in the Robot Club, couldn't care less and would rather play a robot fighting game.
His counterpart, the reckless club leader Akiho Senomiya, ignores Kaito as she strives to keep the club from being disbanded by completing their giant robot.
One day, for some odd reason, Kaito finds an A.R. (augmented reality) annotation titled "Kimijima Report."
It contains details about a plot involving the entire world written by a man named Ko Kimijima.
Robotics;Notes DaSH
In 2020, the rapid growth and spread of the online information infrastructure is bringing the entire world closer together. The rise of robot technology has resulted in not just industrial, but consumer use of robots becoming a common sight.
The recent robot rebellion incident in February was thwarted by high school students from Tanegashima. Still, the global crisis was enough to reveal how fragile the highspeed information society truly is.
Six months have passed and Tanegashima is booming with commotion in preparation for its summer festival. The main character, Kaito Yashio, graduated high school and is currently studying to become an astronaut. On a return trip home, he encounters Itaru Hashida, a friend of Nae Tennouji who works at JAXA.
Kaito reunites with the alumni members of the Robot Club: his childhood friend Akiho Senomiya and Junna Daitoku, as well as Frau Koujiro and Subaru Hidaka, both of whom are still members of the Robot Club. They also reunite with Airi, who they met during the incident in February.
The Robot Club spends their summer days with Nae Tennouji and Itaru Hashida when, suddenly, strange incidents begin occurring all over the island, harbingers of a tragedy about to hit the entire world...
The recent robot rebellion incident in February was thwarted by high school students from Tanegashima. Still, the global crisis was enough to reveal how fragile the highspeed information society truly is.
Six months have passed and Tanegashima is booming with commotion in preparation for its summer festival. The main character, Kaito Yashio, graduated high school and is currently studying to become an astronaut. On a return trip home, he encounters Itaru Hashida, a friend of Nae Tennouji who works at JAXA.
Kaito reunites with the alumni members of the Robot Club: his childhood friend Akiho Senomiya and Junna Daitoku, as well as Frau Koujiro and Subaru Hidaka, both of whom are still members of the Robot Club. They also reunite with Airi, who they met during the incident in February.
The Robot Club spends their summer days with Nae Tennouji and Itaru Hashida when, suddenly, strange incidents begin occurring all over the island, harbingers of a tragedy about to hit the entire world...
Kaito Yashio
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High and the main character of the series. He's the second half of the Robot Research Club. His lackluster, indifferent attitude results in people considering him unreliable. A dedicated fighting game otaku who is currently ranked fifth in the world in Mobile Battler Gunvarrel Kill-Ballad ONLINE (KB), a robot fighting game. His goal is to become #1 in KB. Despite being part of Robot Club and playing KB, he has zero interest in robots.
The only time he gets serious is during a competition. Whenever anyone asks for a favor, he childishly demands they beat him in a match of KB first.
His attitude drastically changes when it's about winning; he hates to lose. His childhood dream is to become an astronaut.
Akiho Senomiya
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High, president of the Robot Research Club and Kaito's childhood friend. She is the positive, hyper, and reckless type who often gets carried away. Her goal is to finish the giant robot that her older sister Misaki Senomiya, who founded the Robot Research Club, created. She works hard to reach her goal.
She's obsessed with a character from a famous robot anime and quotes him all the time, putting on a pair of red-framed glasses whenever she does so. However, her eyesight is totally fine.
Subaru Hidaka
Second-year student at Central Tanegashima High. His overconfidence and vast knowledge of robot science makes him act arrogantly even to his elders. He has many fan girls thanks to his handsome looks and cool demeanor, but due to his stoic personality he is not used to interacting with girls.
He bumps heads with Akiho often as she loves Gunvarrel-type robots and he prefers realistic robots. He also has a tense relationship with his father, who hates robotics.
Contrary to his cool demeanor, when he gets nervous he starts sweating and slurring his speech.
Junna Daitoku
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High. A cute, puppy-like karate girl. While cowardly and easily teary-eyed, she has the inner strength to care for her whole family by herself. She's a hard worker, but her self-doubt has held her back from obtaining a black belt. She has never won a single official match.
She likes urban legends and collects all sorts of rumors about them. Sometimes she investigates urban legends herself, sneaking out to locations where they're said to occur. However, she cannot handle occultic stories and is terrified of ghost stories.
She is always in need of sleep due to cooking breakfast, lunch, and doing house work late into the night for her family. If she's not careful, she can fall asleep anywher
Frau Koujiro
A negative, bad-mannered, shut-in otaku who uses outdated internet lingo IRL. She's a programmer who created Mobile Battler Gunvarrel Kill-Ballad ONLINE, a robot fighting game which boasts over 20 million users. She meets Kaito through KB, but otherwise has no interest in human interactions. She doesn't even try to listen to people unless they grab her interest.
She likes fantasizing about boys' love and reads old doujinshi while creepily laughing.
Airi
A tidy and proud little girl. The younger sister-type, she tends to be very proper yet still has an innocent childishness. She calls Kaito "Big Brother" and cherishes him. She doesn't know how to doubt others and sulks when she's treated like a child.
Sometimes her personality seems to mysteriously change and she becomes emotionless. She appears to have a deep connection to the Kimijima Reports.
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High and the main character of the series. He's the second half of the Robot Research Club. His lackluster, indifferent attitude results in people considering him unreliable. A dedicated fighting game otaku who is currently ranked fifth in the world in Mobile Battler Gunvarrel Kill-Ballad ONLINE (KB), a robot fighting game. His goal is to become #1 in KB. Despite being part of Robot Club and playing KB, he has zero interest in robots.
The only time he gets serious is during a competition. Whenever anyone asks for a favor, he childishly demands they beat him in a match of KB first.
His attitude drastically changes when it's about winning; he hates to lose. His childhood dream is to become an astronaut.
Akiho Senomiya
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High, president of the Robot Research Club and Kaito's childhood friend. She is the positive, hyper, and reckless type who often gets carried away. Her goal is to finish the giant robot that her older sister Misaki Senomiya, who founded the Robot Research Club, created. She works hard to reach her goal.
She's obsessed with a character from a famous robot anime and quotes him all the time, putting on a pair of red-framed glasses whenever she does so. However, her eyesight is totally fine.
Subaru Hidaka
Second-year student at Central Tanegashima High. His overconfidence and vast knowledge of robot science makes him act arrogantly even to his elders. He has many fan girls thanks to his handsome looks and cool demeanor, but due to his stoic personality he is not used to interacting with girls.
He bumps heads with Akiho often as she loves Gunvarrel-type robots and he prefers realistic robots. He also has a tense relationship with his father, who hates robotics.
Contrary to his cool demeanor, when he gets nervous he starts sweating and slurring his speech.
Junna Daitoku
Third-year student at Central Tanegashima High. A cute, puppy-like karate girl. While cowardly and easily teary-eyed, she has the inner strength to care for her whole family by herself. She's a hard worker, but her self-doubt has held her back from obtaining a black belt. She has never won a single official match.
She likes urban legends and collects all sorts of rumors about them. Sometimes she investigates urban legends herself, sneaking out to locations where they're said to occur. However, she cannot handle occultic stories and is terrified of ghost stories.
She is always in need of sleep due to cooking breakfast, lunch, and doing house work late into the night for her family. If she's not careful, she can fall asleep anywher
Frau Koujiro
A negative, bad-mannered, shut-in otaku who uses outdated internet lingo IRL. She's a programmer who created Mobile Battler Gunvarrel Kill-Ballad ONLINE, a robot fighting game which boasts over 20 million users. She meets Kaito through KB, but otherwise has no interest in human interactions. She doesn't even try to listen to people unless they grab her interest.
She likes fantasizing about boys' love and reads old doujinshi while creepily laughing.
Airi
A tidy and proud little girl. The younger sister-type, she tends to be very proper yet still has an innocent childishness. She calls Kaito "Big Brother" and cherishes him. She doesn't know how to doubt others and sulks when she's treated like a child.
Sometimes her personality seems to mysteriously change and she becomes emotionless. She appears to have a deep connection to the Kimijima Reports.
Robotics;Notes DaSH
Robotics;Notes Double Pack Announcement Trailer
Robotics;Notes Double Pack Character Trailer
ROBOTICS;NOTES DOUBLE PACK Character Trailer | NSW, PS4, Steam (PC)
Take a sneak peek at the English version of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE and DaSH and each unforgettable member of the Robot Club! This trailer features iconic scene...
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Robotics;Notes Double Pack Release Trailer
ROBOTICS;NOTES DOUBLE PACK - Release Trailer | Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE & ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH from the Science Adventure series are coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam on 10/13/2020 in North America and...
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Metacritic: Switch (N/A), PS4 (N/A), PC (80)
Opencritic: Switch/PS4/PC (80)
Robotics;Notes DaSH Reviews
Metacritic: Switch (N/A), PS4 (N/A), PC (N/A)
Opencritic: N/A
The scores will be updated as soon as they will be available for the respective websites and platforms.
- Spoiler-less 100% completion guide for Robotics;Notes ELITE:
Robotics;Notes Elite 100% Guide - Kiri Kiri Basara
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE is quite the tricky game to navigate in terms of route structure and achievement hunting, more so than any other Science Adventure title so far. ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE uses a combination of gameplay triggers, collectively referred to as “PhoneDroid Triggers.” These include...
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- Robotics,Notes ELITE Routes Guide (minimalist guide to play the routes in the best order, not a 100% guide):
- Robotics,Notes DasH Routes Guide (minimalist guide to play the routes in the best order, not a 100% guide):
DaSH is a direct sequel to ELITE. Therefore, you must play ELITE before DaSH, otherwise you won't be able to follow the story in the sequel, and you will be spoiled about the events of the other game.
I read the these two Robotics;Notes title belong to a series, called Science;Adventure, to which other titles like Steins;Gate and Chaos;Child belong. However, I have never played any title of this title. Can I play ELITE and DaSH anyway?
This is a difficult question to answer - considering that I have not played the two games yet.
However, you should be able to play Robotics;Notes ELITE without having played other titles of the series. The best scenario would be to have played Steins;Gate before Robotics;Notes ELITE, but most of the story should be totally understandable without having played it. This is my opinion having watched the Robotics;Notes anime. If others have a different opinion, be free to share it! I will accordingly update this answer.
Things are more complex for DaSH. To enjoy and understand it the most, from the reviews it seems that having played Steins;Gate, Steins;Gate 0 andChaos;Child is needed. Be aware that a main character of Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0, Itaru Hashida, appears in DaSH as well, as advertised in trailers and images. So at least Steins;Gate should really be played before DaSH.
I have watched the Robotics;Notes anime, but I don't understand to which game it corresponds.
The anime adapted part of the Robotics;Notes ELITE game. Some parts were clearly cut because the material was too much for the available time of the anime, so I would recommend playing ELITE before daSH even though you have watched the anime.
Why are they selling two titles at the price of one?
This was a fantastic and unexpected decision by Spike Chunsoft. They could have sold both of them at full price, considering the high quality of these visual novels. We can be really grateful to Spike Chunsoft for this localization, so desired and awaited by Science;Adventure fans.
I will update the FAQs in the future, on the basis of the discussion in this thread.
I want to thank purseowner for the precious contribution and suggestions in improving this OT!
Whoever has other suggestions is free to post them in this thread as well! Thank you!
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