Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Worldwide release mystery adventure VN... Yes! Day 1 on Vita.
Story
The player is the protagonist of the story, and in search of his high school pen pal Aya Fumino, visits Matsue in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Around your senior year of high school, you had a pen pal. Her letters supported you throughout your exams. A subtle love began to bud for the girl who always smiled so kindly in her photographs. But when you graduated, a letter never arrived.
Its been 15 years since then, and youve found the final letter that you thought was never sent.
Ive killed someone. I must compensate for my sins. This is farewell. Goodbye.
What happened to her? To meet your pen pal, you visit Matsue. However, her home had burned down in a fire 15 years ago.
The key to solving this mystery is her 11 letters and photographs. But the seven classmates mentioned in her letter refuse to talk. Is the school life of her and her classmates as written in the letters a complete fabrication?
Gradually, her classmates will reveal their hidden truths. What happened 15 years ago? What is the meaning of her last letter?
What is Aya Fuminos true nature?
By solving these mysteries, will you be able to meet her?
Aya Fumino (voiced by Noriko Hidaka)
Your pen pal from 15 years ago. At the time, she was a senior at Shimane Prefectural Matsue Oba High School. From the letters she sent you reflecting her high school life, she is a kind and compassionate person surrounded by good friends. She was a good pen pal whose letters carried a bit of love.
Now, 15 years later, you find her last letter written just before graduation, and your idea of her is transformed. Was the school life she told you of all a lie? The truth lies in Shimane. Head there and discover the truth behind her identity.
Shimane Prefecture
The setting of this work is Shimane Prefecture, a location blessed with history and cultural heritage, and where there is a feeling of transparency.
By repeatedly gathering data in the real world, Kadokawa Games has faithfully reproduced the lives of the local people of Shimane Prefecture, the unspoilt landscape of the youth, with a vivid sense of reality.
From famous tourist spots to shops frequented by locals, including spots that actually exist in the real world, many locations will appear.
While going around Shimane Prefecture in the footsteps of their pen pal Aya Fumino, youll taste the flavors of both Matsue and Izumo.
Theme Song: Junai Rhapsody
The theme song, Junai Rhapsody, is written and composed by Mariya Takeuchi, covered by Ron, and produced by Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki. Mariya Takeuchi herself is from Shimane Prefecture.
Staff
Producer / Overall Direction: Yoshimi Yasuda
Planning / Character Design: Mino Taro
Scenario Writer: Dario Fuji
Composer: Nitta Takafumi
Director: Zin Hasegawa
Work Collaboration: Shimane Prefecture
Oh, whoa, this is getting a worldwide release? Hopefully it's good, and sells well if so. If this is a start of a series/line of mystery games and we consistently get them quickly after they come out in Japan, that'd be really great.
EDIT: Wait, it's set 15 years afterwards, but all the art seems to be showing them in high school...? If there's some sort of time travel element, I'm even more intrigued.
I wouldn't call it time travel, but its more of you the player uncovering the past of what happened 15 years ago. More than likely by talking to the seven students mentioned in her letters.
Thank fuck. I need more Japanese visual novels
Thanks for the thread, I genuinely had no idea this game existed until I clicked on it and the trailer had a really cool vibe to it. I definitely think i'll pick this up to support this kind of thing coming westward.
Speaking of coming westard, I can't read Japanese (had to use Google translate), but they make it sound like the reason why they announce this and God Wars coming westard already is because they want to contribute to giving the world Japanese video games, which is really cool.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/10092693.html
「日本の地方創生に少しでも貢献して、そのコンテンツに対して、世界中から来ていただき、日本の魅力をわかってほしい。日本の地方のよさや文化を、ゲームを通じて世界に発信していきたい」
If they want to help increase the presence of often overlooked genres in the West then I'll make sure to support them with my wallet. Kudos, Kadokawa.Speaking of coming westard, I can't read Japanese (had to use Google translate), but they make it sound like the reason why they announce this and God Wars coming westard already is because they want to contribute to giving the world Japanese video games, which is really cool.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/10092693.html
「日本の地方創生に少しでも貢献して、そのコンテンツに対して、世界中から来ていただき、日本の魅力をわかってほしい。日本の地方のよさや文化を、ゲームを通じて世界に発信していきたい」
Speaking of coming westard, I can't read Japanese (had to use Google translate), but they make it sound like the reason why they announce this and God Wars coming westard already is because they want to contribute to giving the world Japanese video games, which is really cool.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/10092693.html
「日本の地方創生に少しでも貢献して、そのコンテンツに対して、世界中から来ていただき、日本の魅力をわかってほしい。日本の地方のよさや文化を、ゲームを通じて世界に発信していきたい」
Sounds interesting as hell to me.
I love Mino Taro's art, but yeah, his artstyle suits this more than Exist Archive or God War.
Speaking of coming westard, I can't read Japanese (had to use Google translate), but they make it sound like the reason why they announce this and God Wars coming westard already is because they want to contribute to giving the world Japanese video games, which is really cool.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/10092693.html
「日本の地方創生に少しでも貢献して、そのコンテンツに対して、世界中から来ていただき、日本の魅力をわかってほしい。日本の地方のよさや文化を、ゲームを通じて世界に発信していきたい」
Kadokawa's getting pretty aggressive with their localization. I certainly wouldn't have expected them to be the first to localize a visual novel for the PS4.
Wonder who is doing the localization for them? Or more like translation. As the localization stuff would be handled in house, but the master text, whos doing that is what Im curious about.
Speaking of coming westard, I can't read Japanese (had to use Google translate), but they make it sound like the reason why they announce this and God Wars coming westard already is because they want to contribute to giving the world Japanese video games, which is really cool.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201511/10092693.html
「日本の地方創生に少しでも貢献して、そのコンテンツに対して、世界中から来ていただき、日本の魅力をわかってほしい。日本の地方のよさや文化を、ゲームを通じて世界に発信していきたい」
It's probably NIS America. They just released Rodea the Sky Soldier for Kadokawa today and did Natural Doctrine for them before. Both are developed by Kadokawa in-house (the former in collaboration with Prope, but Kadokawa developed, too, not just published).
Mages is owned by Kadokawa right? Hope this means that Steins;Gate 0 is coming over sooner than expected.
I think the Kadokawa we're talking about and Mages are owned by the same group: Kadokawa Dwango. Mages is from the "Dwango" side of that merger.
This game sounds very interesting. I may just pick this up to support Kadokawa Games pushing hard for Western localization.
It's probably NIS America. They just released Rodea the Sky Soldier for Kadokawa today and did Natural Doctrine for them before. Both are developed by Kadokawa in-house (the former in collaboration with Prope, but Kadokawa developed, too, not just published).
An introductory trailer of Fumino Aya. It's very short mind you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioPOL5NlWrk
hope we get the original japanese va or I won't touch the game.
Wow! That's so interesting! I lived in Izumo, Shimane for a bit, and I was there this past weekend. It's a really beautiful prefecture, so I hope they can capture how wonderful the nature is here. Them saying that Izumo and Matsue "flavors" will be in it makes me hope that we will see the Hinomisaki area.Shimane Prefecture
The setting of this work is Shimane Prefecture, a location blessed with history and cultural heritage, and where there is a feeling of transparency.
By repeatedly gathering data in the real world, Kadokawa Games has faithfully reproduced the lives of the local people of Shimane Prefecture, the “unspoilt landscape of the youth,” with a vivid sense of reality.
From famous tourist spots to shops frequented by locals, including spots that actually exist in the real world, many locations will appear.
While going around Shimane Prefecture in the footsteps of their pen pal Aya Fumino, you’ll taste the flavors of both Matsue and Izumo.
I hope this includes the area surrounding the actual castle. What makes Matsue castle interesting among all the other castles in Japan is its huge area around the castle, which is very pretty.
This.Even subbed in Kadokawa JP channel.
They are serious.
Even subbed in Kadokawa JP channel.
They are serious.