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.
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.
Desert Kingdom: Aspacia is the princess of Evuu. One day, the fifteen year old lost her magic. When she went to her father for answers, he told her it was because of her awakening human blood. To regain her powers, the princess has to travel to the human world and grant wishes, the more she does the faster she could go back to her pampered life in the palace.
After two months of traveling, she reached a desert kingdom filled with charming men and their desires. How you respond to them will be up to you, and who's wishes you grant first will affect your chances with the men. Power and men, both are in your grasp.
In this game, you are the majin princess Aspashia. She lives in the magic kingdom of EVUU, but one day suddenly her magic disappears. Her father, the king, says it must be because her mother was human. Aspashia is shocked, and to get her magic back, goes down to earth and eventually ends up in the desert country Kingdom (yup, that’s its name!). Aspashia finds that to get her magic back, she has to grant the wishes of humans.
She slowly gets it back by granting small wishes, but to get a large amount back, she must grant the true, large wishes of someone. However people keep these secret, so it takes a long time for her to figure them out, time that she can’t use to grant small wishes. Aspashia only has a limited amount of time to get all her magic back, or she’ll have to remain on earth as a human for the rest of her life. It seems that to finish the game you have to pick one guy whose wish you’ll grant and get to know him enough to know his wish.
The Limited Edition was released in a boxset that features:
- The game
- Drama CD
- Original Settings Collection
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Women love adventure Arabian tastes is born! Princess-Aspasia of the kingdom of Genie is, has lost the magic suddenly one day! ? To regain the magic that was lost, that the need to serve human beings, to grant a wish, to obtain a magical power in return is! To deepen friendship with men of the kingdom Kingdom of the desert, so you Kanaeyo the "hidden desire" of them!
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Romance, Arabic & Anime themes.
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