Deltarune Chapter 3

Deltarune Chapter 3 is a 2024 game released by the game developer Toby Fox. It is a sequel to the previous chapters of Deltarune: The Beginning and A Cyber's World. It received mainly high ratings from IGN, Eurogamer, and other game journalist companies. This chapter revolves around the concept of television. (This article will most likely be deleted when Toby Fox actually releases Chapter 3.)

Summary
After Kris traps Susie and Toriel in a Dark World, they and Ralsei enter too. They find a television-themed world ruled over by a microphone man named Mike. The four of them follow him, dodging traps along the way. Even Undyne fights alongside Mike too. At the end, Noelle's father dies and Kris makes another fountain in the church.

Main Route
The chapter starts out with Kris alone, outside of their house. A police car is pulled up next to Toriel's car. Kris does not have the freedom to explore the town. They go to school even though it's closed and enter the Castle Town. The cyber people are expanding upon the town, with new buildings and areas. Ralsei and the Queen from Chapters 1 and 2 have their own rooms now. However, they quickly notice that Susie is missing. Queen stays behind, but Ralsei joins Kris on their next adventure to find Susie. He takes some citizens with him too. Kris goes to the Light World and back to their house. They jump in and Ralsei is waiting for them. They both through a blank area with televisions lying everywhere. When they find Susie and Toriel, they're being tortured by a man with a microphone for a head named Mike.

When Mike introduces himself, he puts everyone in a Wipeout-style obstacle course. He steals Toriel and launches everyone else to the Laughter Alleys. It's a downtown area based on movies and canned laughter. There are TV-themed enemies, some of which are based on items in Kris's living room. Eventually, Kris and Susie find a magical remote. No one in the gang knows what to use it for, so they keep it for later. Most of the puzzles after this event involve using the remote. Mike eventually comes back and says he has to take care of some business. He sends off his pet Farnsley, who is a walking TV with legs, to fight them instead. He is indestructible, until Kris uses the remote. It becomes a channel-changing minigame. After the fight, the remote can be used in any battle for emergencies.

The Fun Gang interrupts Mike while he is brainwashing Toriel. She is forced to fight the Fun Gang by Mike, but they eventually bring Toriel back. Mike leaves and everyone goes to the next area: Romance Ridge. Susie and Ralsei go to investigate, leaving Kris and Toriel alone. This area is a park based on rom-com movies. Most of the enemies are lovers shaped like Cupid, flowers, and video game controllers. There's a Yoshi-like dinosaur that Kris and Toriel can ride... before they use it to jump across some lava. Then, an unexpected face comes into play: a brainwashed Undyne. She fights them and ultimately loses. A brief interlude comes next. Toriel talks with Undyne, forming a secret alliance between the two. Undyne doesn't tell Mike about it. During the talk, Kris proceeds onto a dating show. They meet its host, a talking flower named Florus.

Florus is insane like Jevil and Spamton, and you can beat him by acting like a contestant on The Dating Game. He goes to his house and invites you over if you want to come. Then Toriel rejoins Kris and Undyne becomes a party member. Not for long, though, as Mike finds out about their secret alliance. He takes them to his studio to watch a show. Susie and Ralsei are on stage being forced to dance. Kris stops the show and Mike gets angry. When he leaves, Toriel begins to feel bad. She says Mike reminds her of Asgore, and Kris and Susie help her feel better. Undyne stays with her for comfort as everyone else continues forth. In the recording studio, there are producers, actors, and designers who fight Kris. At the end, Mike finally shows up and sets up another game show. It features another familiar face...

Rouxls Kaard II emerges. He is a stunt double for the real Rouxls, as the real one can't survive in the TV world. It's a short fight and not very important to the story. Then it cuts back to Undyne. She says she feels the need to help Kris and leaves. At the end, Mike appears, brainwashes Undyne, and they fight. They save Undyne and Mike steals the remote from earlier. He uses it on himself to become Omega Mike. Thankfully, Ralsei summons Spamton from the Cyber World to give Mike a word from his sponsors. He gives Kris the remote before turning to stone. Susie uses the remote on herself to become Susiezilla. Kris and Ralsei command her, but the fight is fruitless. They resort to destroying the remote, reversing all of its effects. Ralsei explains to Mike why he shouldn't fight the Lightners. He actually listens this time and apologizes.

Kris seals their third fountain of the week. They, Susie, and Toriel wake up at Kris's house. Susie explains how Darkners can only exist in a place with a fountain. Toriel listens and gives Kris permission to bring the TV to the school closet. After a long haul, the the residents of TV Land appear in the Castle Town. Lancer also has a mini television in his room now. When the Lightners go back to school, Noelle invites them over. She says her father is in critical condition. Berdly is there if the Snowgrave route didn't happen. When they arrive at the hospital, Rudy is already dead. They all comfort each other, and Kris makes up an excuse to leave. They make another fountain in the middle of the church so the funeral can't happen. Then they look at the camera with a menacing smile as the third chapter ends.

Secret Boss Side-quest
The side quest begins in the Laughter Alleys. There is a flower girl NPC who tells Kris about her husband and some petals he left behind. The petals are scattered around the next few rooms. You must then go back to the flower girl and bring her the petals. She will appear at the studio later on in return. Everything goes as normal until the fight with Florus. His house/shop is at the beginning of Romance Ridge. The area is inaccessible until you reach the studio. You can use a warp door to get there. Then you must visit Florus in his shop and buy a key. If you did everything correctly, the flower girl gives you a mandatory weapon called the Shadow Mantle. When you get there, you find out it's actually an old studio run by Florus. You can find a prototype of the remote there. Then you have to bring it back to Florus.

It reminds him of his past and realizes what he wants to do. He flees to the basement and Kris and the Fun Gang do too. Florus uses the remote on himself, but as it's a prototype, it turns him into a monster. Kris, Susie, and Ralsei win with their remote, which makes him feel bad. Florus changes back and gives Kris some equipment and a shadow crystal. Then you can learn his backstory: Mike and Florus were like brothers once. Then one day, Mike started his TV personality career, taking away Florus's fame. Even by inventing a magical remote, it didn't work. He became insane and threw his prototype down in his old studio, which was taken down and replace with Mike's. Luckily, a strange man told him to start a dating show. It still failed, but Florus continued because of how desperate and insane he was.

Weird Route
The route proceeds as normal until Kris is alone with Toriel. When Susie and Ralsei are out of the scope, they backtrack to the beginning of the area. There are some enemies there, and Toriel must use a move called Fireshock to burn them to death. She must do this the entire way through the park. There is an island with a Heat Bracelet on it, but it's surrounded by lava. You pressure Toriel into getting it. She begins to believe it was worth it and isn't as scared. The enemies begin running away from you. The dinosaur doesn't appear, and you must instead use more peer pressure to pass. At one point, Florus can be found hiding behind a lamp post. He sells you a Burn Bracelet, which makes Toriel's fire attacks stronger. During the fight with Undyne, she burns to death from a fire attack called Heartburn.

Toriel leaves, and Kris takes an alternate path to Mike's studio. They get Susie and Ralsei like normal, but Mike doesn't get angry. He gets intimidated and flees. The Fun Gang goes through the mansion, but it's strangely empty except for most of the minibosses. There are golden flowers everywhre across every room. You skip most of it and go straight to Mike's room, but he isn't there. Florus is. He explains you gave him enough money to inherit the company as his own. He turns into his monster form and Kris fights him alone. It's hopeless, until you call Toriel's name. She finally shows up and mercilessly murders Florus. The fountain gets sealed like normal, and everyone wakes up except Undyne. Nothing TV-related gets added to Castle Town. Napstablook also has special dialogue after this.