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[Shizuka]

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star will launch for PC via Steam next Tuesday, December 15, and for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on December 22, publisher Devolver Digital announced. It will cost £6.99 (approx. $9.99 USD).

Here’s the full rundown, via Devolver:

Overview

The loveable birds of Hatoful Boyfriend are back in the remastered holiday-themed sequel Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star! Travel to fantastically styled worlds, meet interesting new chickadees, and find romance in the elegantly designed winter wonderlands. Dust the snow off your wings and take flight with familiar faces and new friends alike in extraordinary adventures hatched from the whimsical mind of the series creator Hato Moa and developer Mediatonic!

Features

Freshly Hatched Presentation: Experience Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star in glorious high-definition with extraordinary hand drawn scenery and a dazzling new watercolor world unlike any other.
Old Friends and New Faces: All-new stories and adventures starring your favorite feathered romantics from the original game alongside a whole new flock of lovable birdies.
New Avian Antics: It’s not a Hatoful Boyfriend game without a bit of the bizarre like anime inspired magical girl transformations for all your favorite pigeon boyfriends, lab-grown birds stealing Christmas and a mysterious King of the Holiday Star.
Delightful Side Stories: Veer off the flight plan for some marvelous episodic side stories and fun distractions like series favorite Ryouta and his fantastic radio show.

Source: Gematsu.

 

[eefara]

Fantastic; day one for me.

 

[Shizuka]

I finished Hatoful Boyfriend two days ago on my Vita, I can't wait to get Holiday Star and do it all over again.

 

[PantsuJo]

I'm so ready

 

[Dr. Black Jack]

Perfect Christmas game. We'll definitely do Remote Play for it during the trip.

 

[eefara]

I wonder how difficult the text is going to be to read on the yellow background they're currently using. The preview images on Steam are a little iffy for my eyes.

 

[Fushichou187]

100%'d the first and can't wait to romance me some birds again!

 

[eefara]

There's a 15% discount on Holiday Star until its release. A Collector's Edition is also being released for $15:

The Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star Collector's Edition includes the full digital soundtrack, Holiday Star Dossier digital booklet, The King's Story Book, and a collection of Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star wallpapers.

 

[Persona7]

need some pudding

 

[meltingparappa]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I wonder if it'll acknowledge the true ending somehow.

I assume it's just a super cute little episode that takes place during the events of the main story.

 

[Shizuka]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I wonder if it'll acknowledge the true ending somehow.

I assume it's just a super cute little episode that takes place during the events of the main story.

I think it'll most likely be in the veins of a fandisc, judging by the wiki page I read a few days ago.

 

[BTA]

Really looking forward to this, especially since talking about it with friends ended in plans to end up showing some of them (who didn't know what it was) the original together, hah.
Really hoping it doesn't have the atrocious audio bugs on the Vita that the original has (had? did they ever fix it?), though.

 

[Kurdel]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I wonder if it'll acknowledge the true ending somehow.

I assume it's just a super cute little episode that takes place during the events of the main story.

You have no idea how far this one goes.

Danny O'Dwyer streamed himself playing it.

 

[Shizuka]

Really looking forward to this, especially since talking about it with friends ended in plans to end up showing some of them (who didn't know what it was) the original together, hah.
Really hoping it doesn't have the atrocious audio bugs on the Vita that the original has (had? did they ever fix it?), though.

Never fixed it.

 

[Chille]

I know what im buying myself for xmas

 

[Persona7]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

 

[Miletius]

After playing through the original this summer with my GF I'm all over this one.

 

[Shizuka]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

Twinkle twinkle, you're a sparrow!

 

[Shift Breaker]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

Could go for that classic internet adage: "Tits or GTFO"

 

[BTA]

Never fixed it.

That's really disappointing then, especially if they're going to release this without ever even addressing that.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star |OT|: In a ...Tank?!
or
Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star |OT|: Pigeon Dating Sim... in a ...Tank?!
Because one of the prerelease images is this (possibly minor spoiler for the new game? don't know anything yet obviously!)
http://4d663a369f9f03c3c61e-870e777...dn.com/images/IB7zUVyxSEBE.878x0.Z-Z96KYq.jpg

I really need to know the context of that screenshot.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

edit: uh, oops, double post.

 

[cj_iwakura]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

Love Is For The Birds

 

[Dunkley]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

And The Shuu's Heart Grew Three Sizes That Day

Jet Set Ryouta

Birdie, It's Cold Outside

 

[OMG Aero]

does anyone have any ideas for the OT title?

Maybe one of the notes from Miru and Kaku?

Alternatively Twelve Days of Christmas has a couple of lines with birds in them if you can fit them into the title.

 

[Dunkley]

Maybe one of the notes from Miru and Kaku?

Alternatively Twelve Days of Christmas has a couple of lines with birds in them if you can fit them into the title.

Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree, albeit a bit long, would be a great OT title.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

My hunter gatherer instincts are honed, it'll be nice to see everybirdie again.

I didn't like BBL much but looking forward to more in the whimsical, comedic vein of the rest of the first game.

 

[Shizuka]

That's really disappointing then, especially if they're going to release this without ever even addressing that.

I'm just hoping the budget for this is better and the port won't be a mess.

 

[SalvaPot]

Could go for that classic internet adage: "Tits or GTFO"

This one works on so many levels.

Might as well give my recommendation: |OT| Better One Bird in the Hand than Two in the Bush.