Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei
{{Short description|2015 action video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei
| image = Assassination Classroom Grand Siege on Koro-sensei box art.jpeg
| alt = The box art depicts six characters from Assassination Classroom (clockwise from upper right: Irina Jelavić, Tadaomi Karasuma, Kaede Kayano, Koro-sensei, Nagisa Shiota, and Karma Akabane) above a yellow and green striped background, with the game's logo in the upper left corner
| developer = Bandai Namco Games
| publisher = Bandai Namco Games
| series = Assassination Classroom
| platforms = Nintendo 3DS
| released = {{Video game release|JP|March 12, 2015}}
| genre = Action
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer{{cite web|url=https://3ds-ansatsu-game.bngames.net/network/index.html|title=暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!|language=Japanese|publisher=Bandai Namco|access-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109125526/https://3ds-ansatsu-game.bngames.net/network/index.html|archive-date=November 9, 2021|url-status=live}}
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Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei{{efn|{{nihongo|Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Koro-sensei Dai Hōimō|暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!|lead=yes}}}} is a 2015 action video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Games for the Nintendo 3DS. It is based on the science fiction comedy manga series Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui. The game follows a class of middle school students and their homeroom teacher Koro-sensei, an octopus-like superbeing who the students have been tasked with killing.
Grand Siege on Koro-sensei was released on March 12, 2015, and sold over 25,000 copies in the following few days. The game received a more mixed critical response, with the game being criticized for its gameplay, with praise being directed towards the game's style and humor.
Gameplay
File:Assassination Classroom Grand Siege on Koro-sensei gameplay.jpeg using a rapid-fire gun, with assistance from another student]]
Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei is an action game where players control a middle school student of the Kunugigaoka Junior High School.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201411/21065934.html|title=『暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!』ゲーム概要やキャラクター情報が到着|magazine=Famitsu|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115180657/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201411/21065934.html|archive-date=November 15, 2021|url-status=live}} The game is divided into several different missions, featuring different requirements for the missions to be cleared, although they primarily revolve around defeating the student's homeroom teacher, Koro-sensei, within a given time limit.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201412260003/|title=3DS「暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!」武器や罠を駆使して戦う"コミカルアサシンアクション"の遊び方を紹介!|website=Gamer|language=Japanese|publisher=Ixll|date=December 26, 2014|access-date=November 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119140501/https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201412260003/|archive-date=November 19, 2021|url-status=live}} Defeating Koro-sensei is done via the use of different types of firearms and by setting traps, and placing traps in sequence will produce combos, dealing greater damage. If a trap is triggered at a close range, the player will enter "fever time", allowing Koro-sensei to be rapidly shot.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201503/04072785.html|title=『暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!』"罠コンビネーション"など殺せんせーを包囲する手段を紹介|magazine=Famitsu|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617192126/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201503/04072785.html|archive-date=June 17, 2019|url-status=live}}
Certain missions sees the player as Koro-sensei, who has to avoid being defeated by the students through the use of different attacks and moves.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-15/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-3rd-promo-video-previews-gameplay/.85020|title=Assassination Classroom 3DS Game's 3rd Promo Video Previews Gameplay|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506140429/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-15/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-3rd-promo-video-previews-gameplay/.85020|archive-date=May 6, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000030916|title=暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!|publisher=Nintendo|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129174328/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000030916|archive-date=November 29, 2021|url-status=live}}
Development and release
Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei was developed and published by Bandai Namco Games. Bandai Namco first became familiar with Assassination Classroom through the development of the fighting game J-Stars Victory VS, which features Koro-sensei as a playable character.{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/assassination-classroom-game-turns-manga-3d/|title=Assassination Classroom Game Turns The Manga Into 3D|publisher=Siliconera|date=November 9, 2014|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109164400/https://www.siliconera.com/assassination-classroom-game-turns-manga-3d/|archive-date=November 9, 2021|url-status=live}} The game is an adaptation of the Assassination Classroom manga series created by Yusei Matsui.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
The game was first announced in October 2014 via an issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump,{{cite web|last=Hanashiro|first=Emma|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-16/assassination-classroom-gets-3ds-game/.80012|title=Assassination Classroom Gets 3DS Game|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108164832/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-16/assassination-classroom-gets-3ds-game/.80012|archive-date=November 8, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/assassination-classroom-stretches-tentacles-3ds/|title=Assassination Classroom Stretches Its Tentacles To 3DS|publisher=Siliconera|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108171454/https://www.siliconera.com/assassination-classroom-stretches-tentacles-3ds/|archive-date=November 8, 2021|url-status=live}} which Assassination Classroom was then being serialized in. Further gameplay and release details were unveiled by Bandai Namco through promotional videos and screenshots in the following months.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-09/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-promo-video-previews-footage/.80857|title=Assassination Classroom 3DS Game's Promo Video Previews Footage|publisher=Anime News Network|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125005742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-09/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-promo-video-previews-footage/.80857|archive-date=January 25, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2014/10/first-look-assassination-classroom-3ds|title=First look at Assassination Classroom 3DS|publisher=Gematsu|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930195853/https://www.gematsu.com/2014/10/first-look-assassination-classroom-3ds|archive-date=September 30, 2020|url-status=live}} The game was released on March 12, 2015, for the Nintendo 3DS, exclusively in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/278/G027887/20150312012/|title=3DS「暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!」が本日発売。クラスの仲間と連携して，担任「殺せんせー」の暗殺を狙うアクションゲーム|website=4Gamer.net|language=Japanese|publisher=Aetas|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109165208/https://www.4gamer.net/games/278/G027887/20150312012/|archive-date=November 9, 2021|url-status=live}}
Reception and sales
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|Fam = 25/40 (6, 5, 7, 7){{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/31477/reviews/|title=暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!(3DS)のレビュー・評価・感想情報|magazine=Famitsu|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108101318/https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/31477/reviews/|archive-date=November 8, 2021|url-status=live}}
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Grand Siege on Koro-sensei received neutral reception from critics. Famitsu, the most popular video game magazine in Japan, rated the game 25/40 and calculated a normalized rating of 6.3/10, based on 4 of their critics' reviews.
The gameplay of missions received a mixed critical response. Namuko Kushida of Famitsu described the game as an easy-to-play, whereas Tsutsumi, also of Famitsu, opined that he experienced it as difficult to tell which characters have certain abilities, making gameplay feel inprecise. Fellow Famitsu writer Jigoro Ashida enjoyed the game's amount of content, but also wrote that the game started to feel "repetitive" after a while.
The game's general style was met with more favorable reception than the gameplay: Tsutsumi voiced a liking to how the game's traps are reminiscent of the Assassination Classroom manga and anime, describing it as "adorable", and Kushida complimented the game's black comedy style and character animation.
Grand Siege on Koro-sensei sold over 25,000 copies in its first three days of release;{{cite web|last=Hindman|first=Heath|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/10553-mario-party-10-sales-outsold-by-psp-game|title=You Guys, Mario Party 10 Just Got Outsold by a PSP Game|website=GameRevolution|date=18 March 2015 |publisher=CraveOnline|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112091257/https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/10553-mario-party-10-sales-outsold-by-psp-game|archive-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=live}} by June 2015, the game had sold over 83,000 copies.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/06/media-create-sales-6815-61415|title=Media Create Sales: 6/8/15 – 6/14/15|date=17 June 2015 |publisher=Gematsu|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112091522/https://www.gematsu.com/2015/06/media-create-sales-6815-61415|archive-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=live}}
Sequel
On December 14, 2015, Bandai Namco announced a sequel to Grand Siege on Koro-sensei, titled Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/assassination-classroom-assassin-training-plan-announced-3ds|title=Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan announced for 3DS|publisher=Gematsu|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111125132/https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/assassination-classroom-assassin-training-plan-announced-3ds|archive-date=November 11, 2021|url-status=live}} The sequel was released on March 24, 2016, for the Nintendo 3DS, exclusively in Japan. The game features similar gameplay to the first game with some added features, such as being able to train the game's characters to change their statistics.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201601/15097051.html|title=『暗殺教室 アサシン育成計画!!』自分の分身をカスタマイズし暗殺者を育成するメインモードと初回封入特典情報を紹介|magazine=Famitsu|language=Japanese|publisher=Kadokawa|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319070029/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201601/15097051.html|archive-date=March 19, 2016|url-status=live}}
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External links
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