Deltarune
Well holy shit. I think we can all agree, HOLY SHIT.
Playing Deltarune was the last thing I imagined I’d be doing on a fine Halloween evening, but I digress. Something interesting I noticed.
The crest of the Dreemur Family in Undertale, is actually called the Delta Rune, which is an anagram of Undertale (unlike the title of the game Deltarune, which is one word). The interesting thing is the prophecy, which the wiki says: “The Delta Rune is said to symbolize a prophecy that predates written history. However, the original meaning has been lost in time. What is certain is the bottom triangles symbolize the monsters of the underground.”
HOWEVER. The new prophecy is that there will be three heroes, two of Light (Kris and Susie), and one of Dark (Ralsei [which I would like to add is also an anagram of Asriel]). Originally, I saw the Delta Rune of Undertale as this,
with the arrows pointing outward, I always thought the two arrows going left or right being the choice of Pacifism or Genocide, and the bottom arrow being the neutral choice.
The downward triangle not representing the monsters of the underground, but of the Darkner from the newly learned prophecy, Ralsei, and the two UPWARD triangles representing the two hero’s of light, Kris and Susie.
God damnit Toby. You had this planned all along.
So now we have a lot of questions. This world we explored has many similarities, but many many differences. To name a few, Undyne and Alphys aren’t a couple, Bratty and Catty aren’t BFF’s, Toriel isn’t with Sans, Asriel is alive, Frisk never freed the monsters and Chara, also known as Kris.. Never died. This whole world is like an anagram, just as the title of the game Deltarune is an anagram of the word Undertale.
And we have so many questions.
What is the bunker south of town? Is Ralsei a Dreemur? What is the second fountain of darkness? How does this connect to Undertale?
I think Sans might know.
If you complete Undertale with the neutral ending, you can gain access to san’s workshop, which has a strange machine covered, and blueprints with symbols you don’t recognize. “The second drawer from the left contains a badge. The first drawer’s contents change depending on some of the player’s previous actions; it always contains a photo album with photos of a happy Sans along with many other people the protagonist does not recognize. If the game has previously been completed with any ending, another photo will show up with the protagonist, Sans, and all of the protagonist’s friends.
After the v1.001 patch has been applied, and after talking with the Clam Girl and learning of Suzy,
(Hmmmm, thats a coincidence of a name), there will be a card sticking out from the back flap of the binder, described as a poorly drawn picture of three smiling people with the words “don’t forget” written in lowercase.
“Three.. Smiling.. People..“
When you meet Sans at the end of Deltarune, he says he’s from out of town and just moved here, which interestingly enough, If you talk to the NPC’s of Snowdin, they say “Those skeletons showed up out of nowhere.” (referring to them being new residents of Snowdin), as if San’s goes where he needs to be (which is quite often the case as he teleports around the game to his whim.)
So I think the characters of Deltarune in the town, those we grew to love over these past three years, are different. But Sans and Papyrus?
I think we’re just saying hello to an old friend.
