wiifanboy
May 22nd, 2008, 16:50
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In Japan, developer Chunsoft (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/Chunsoft/) isn't just known for inventing the Mystery Dungeon (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/04/09/new-screenshots-koppa-stand-preorders-for-shiren-3/) subgenre of roguelike RPGs. They're also responsible for the development of the "visual novel" genre: graphical text adventures that focus on telling a story with very little player involvement. Chunsoft calls these Sound Novels, a name they have trademarked.
The company has announced thier latest Sound Novel as a Wii release. Like most other Chunsoft (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/09/22/tgs07-imabikisou-youre-like-an-open-book/) Sound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machi_%28video_game%29) Novels (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ky/index.html), the "suspense drama" 428: The World Doesn't Change Even So uses real photographs as backgrounds for its text; while early releases featured silhouettes, the later Sound Novels now use real actors as well. Also like other Sound Novels, it has approximately 0% chance of being released outside of Japan.
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In Japan, developer Chunsoft (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/Chunsoft/) isn't just known for inventing the Mystery Dungeon (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/04/09/new-screenshots-koppa-stand-preorders-for-shiren-3/) subgenre of roguelike RPGs. They're also responsible for the development of the "visual novel" genre: graphical text adventures that focus on telling a story with very little player involvement. Chunsoft calls these Sound Novels, a name they have trademarked.
The company has announced thier latest Sound Novel as a Wii release. Like most other Chunsoft (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/09/22/tgs07-imabikisou-youre-like-an-open-book/) Sound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machi_%28video_game%29) Novels (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ky/index.html), the "suspense drama" 428: The World Doesn't Change Even So uses real photographs as backgrounds for its text; while early releases featured silhouettes, the later Sound Novels now use real actors as well. Also like other Sound Novels, it has approximately 0% chance of being released outside of Japan.
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