Tapes are a unique feature in Yandere Simulator, and a source of lore during gameplay.
There are currently 16 tapes in total, out of which 14 are hidden around the school. The 15th and 16th tapes can be found in two opposite corners of Ayano's basement. When walking up to a tape, the player can press E (PC) or A (controller) to pick up the tape, it will not show up in Ayano's inventory.
The tapes can be played on the cassette player in the school's Computer Lab, located on the third floor in the West wing. Before a tape plays, the player is able to use the left and right keys to select the category of tapes the player desires to listen to: the Mysterious Tapes, Basement Tapes, or Headmaster's Tapes. While a tape is playing, the left and right arrow keys are used to rewind or fast forward, E to pause, and Q to take the tape out of the player. When a tape is playing, time stands still.
If there are parts of the story that can't be revealed by normal gameplay, more cassette tapes will be added to the game.[1] They do not have a direct impact on gameplay and are just there for the player to learn about the game's lore and backstory.[2]
There are signal bars in the right top corner of Ayano's phone which indicate how close the player is to a tape. Five bars means the player is close to a tape; zero bars means that they are far from one.
Basement Tapes[]
- Main Article: Basement Tapes
The Basement Tapes are told from a third-person perspective, describing the relationship of Ryoba and her Jokichi. These tapes are based around after Ryoba kidnapped him right after 1980s Mode ends.
Mysterious Tapes[]
- Main Article: Mysterious Tapes
The Mysterious Tapes are narrated by the Journalist who talks about his past. The tapes are based around when Ryoba was in high school.
Headmaster's Tapes[]
- Main Article: Headmaster's Tapes
The Headmaster's Tapes are told from Kocho's perspective, they elaborate on Kocho and the lore of the school.[3]
CEO's Tapes[]
The CEO's Tapes are mentioned in a chart listing all factors that will affect the ending of the game (4th from the 1st row). If there were a small town, there is a conceivable reason for the tapes to be there.[4] There is no guarantee that they will be implemented, as they are unnecessary.[5] While it may not be exact, it is possible for the CEO tapes to be about Saikou Corp, as it is currently the only plausible reason for these tapes to be created.
Genka's Tapes[]
Genka's tapes will reveal her side story with Osoro Shidesu and the delinquents.[6] These recordings will possibly be .mp3 computer files instead of physical tapes.[7] They do not yet exist in the game.
So far, the only “tape” from Genka exists in the form of a YouTube video where she talks about the delinquents. The video is up on Yandere Dev's YouTube channel.
Trivia[]
- The Mysterious Tapes were first shown off in "August 1st Build Delayed". All the Mysterious Tapes were implemented in the August 12th, 2015 Build.
- Instead of tapes, there used to be an original plan where Ayano would learn about the murders through scattered newspaper articles.[8]
- In the future, there may be diary pages along with the tapes.[9]
- According to the video "January Osana Progress Report - Part 2", finding all of the tapes will affect the games ending.
- No time passes when listening to the tapes.
- For some reason, the tapes can be detected by the player's cell phone, even though they are not metallic nor does the phone function like a radar.
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/631900025929371648
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/651842531991252992
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/661277980820242433
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/75k1g0/the_final_serie_of_the_megamis_questions_i_bet/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7hkopz/megami_saikou_family_questions/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/72uq67/some_questions/dnlf9m6/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/8hyq3w/genkas_tapes_confirmed/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/641130594936623104
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/655901850609127424