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.
Koiyohou is a first person adventure game that tells the story of 2 brothers Hisashi and his sister Maho and the game takes place in their school and there will be different situations that will change the feelings of the characters, and make that they can be better friends or fall in love with other characters of the game.
They all will act in a threatrical acting that will takes place in the school and is about 2 childhood friends that one of them wants revenge against the other one for a bad situation that happened in the past.
The game features japanese voice acting for the characters and different endings depending of the player choices during the game.
Manufacturer's description:
Adventure love to incite revenge in former childhood friend. Hisashi the hero that we had forgotten to Maho Maho childhood friends who wind up and send a resume to the campus life as a man, a lovely start to avenge revenge. Multi-system adopted by the choices we have to change the story. Girls, of course, can capture both boys.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- High School Romance & Anime themes.
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