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.
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru: The Betrayal Knows My Name, also known as UraBoku, is the title of a shojo written and illustrated by Odagiri Hotaru. It premiered in the shojo magazine Monthly Asuka in October 2005. An anime adaptation began in April 2010 on Chiba TV.
Sakurai Yuki is a teenager with a mysterious power. He was abandoned at birth near the Asahi orphanage. Because of that event, Yuki strives for independence. He hates being a burden to anyone near him, but at the same time, he is afraid of being left alone. Moreover, ever since he can remember, he has had a strange ability that when he touches others, he can feel their emotion. Unable to control it, he's often made insensitive blunders in the past. He later meets a mysterious yet beautiful stranger who saves his life, but for some reason he feels like he's met before. While death looms and his ability gets stronger and stronger, a man who claims to be his older brother suddenly appears. What will Yuki do when he learns the truth?
The game features a breakout mini game avaliable when the main story is complete.
The Deluxe Pack features a Soundtrack Bonus CD.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
The long-awaited game animation depicting the hot ties with fellow that does not change in any way, even if the reborn "Betrayal Knows My Name"! System of fan coveted game is packed original story that happened in the original intermission expands, the combination of different partners from the original and can be selected! Curtain fight one another that are not told in the original goes up ...!
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy, Romance & Anime themes.
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