8 Awesome Video Game Plot Twists NOBODY Talks About

2. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - The True Ending

In the closing moments of 999, a run-of-the-mill murder mystery turns into a mind-blowing science fiction plot. This involves time travel, parallel timelines as well as characters being able to use telekinesis. In the game characters are tasked with solving puzzles in a life or death game known as the 'nonary game'. Our present-day character, Junpei, must solve and send the answers to the puzzle nine years into the past in order to save the life of a girl named Akane.

What's truly insane is how the Nintendo DS is utilized in these final moments. The top screen shows Junpei's perspective and the bottom displays Akane's as they both work to solve a puzzle nine years apart from each other. Now, players learn the nonary game took place nine years ago as well and Akane could not solve the puzzle in time meaning her death was certain. To counteract this, Akane projects herself into the future to help Junpei solve the puzzle and lead him to the game's true ending. Yet, he fails to do so, time and time again causing Akane to restart the game until Junpei succeeds.

Once Junpei reaches the game's true end, it's the exact puzzle Akane could not solve nine years ago. The DS comes into play even further here, as the top screen is the alternative timeline from Junpei's point of view and how the events unfold is entirely dependent on the information gathered from the bottom screen which is the point of view from Akane in the past!

Meaning, Akane has been subtly sending clues the entire game from the bottom screen to Junpei in the top screen - a twist that wasn't revealed until the game's conclusion.