A visual novel is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or tableau vivant stage plays.
In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which consist predominantly of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which may incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006.
Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving (most recent games offer 'play' or 'fast-forward' toggles that make even this unnecessary).
Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game. This style of gameplay has been compared to the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
Furimukeba Tonari Ni is a visual novel that tells the story of a little girl that lost her father and is alone in the world and one day discover an old pot that contains a blone fairy called Lapis Lazuli Ruri that likes ice creams and will help the girl in finding love.
The game is a first person perspective romance adventure, the player can only choose at times what answer he wants to say when he talks to another character, depending of the answers the affinity with other characters will be better or worse.
The game features different endings depending of the player choices during the game and japanese voice acting for all the characters.
Manufacturer's description:
Concept of time that's popular PC adventure romance lazuline Snow ?true transplant. Over time every single act, places our heroine appears, date and time changes. Increase or decrease the value of branching stories of heroines in love choices. One day a hero alone in this world, and begins dating blonde fairy lapis lazuli, trying to enjoy a comical story.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy, Romance & Anime themes.
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