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.
Hatsukoi - First Kiss: Hatsushima Minoru was a high school student, who goes to Seiou Kan Gakuen High school which located on the hill in a historical town. He spent a carefree campus lives with his friends. One day in spring, his boy and girl friends announced that they began to go out with each other. Until then, Minoru hadn't wanted to have a lover very much. But he found he yearned for their relations. After a while, when his little sister took him to the tennis mach, he met Sakurai Momoko who was his senior student.
In this love sim (based on a PC game from 2002), the title has you has a high school student who's the only one in his circle of friends not lost in love. Luckily, there are five single girls there to find love at last.
CHARACTERS:
- Komomo Sakurai
- Anzu Hatsushima
- Karin Takasagi
- Yusumi Shiina
- Coco Natsuno Parfait
This First Print Limited Edition contains:
Hatsukoi - First Kiss
Newly written drama CD titled "Kokuhaku" (Eng. "Confession")
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Love adventure on the theme of first love of popular PC is renewal in PS2. That it was the sight of a friend who started dating is the opportunity, and the hero began to be aware of the things that love, appearance personality also one page of youth sweet and sour with the girls rich personality. Will you be able to be fulfilled the first love of a child with that of Ichu really?
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- School romance & Anime themes.
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