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.
Friends Seishun no Kagayaki: Re-release of the Japanese PC and SEGA Saturn adventure game, Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki. The PlayStyation 2 version includes improved graphics, a lengthy CG opening, and a new world map. There are also two additional female characters.
The story is standard Japanese adventure fare: Summer vacation starts and seemingly long-lost friends return to their home town. The player sets out to find his perfect match and engages in conversations with various girls, multiple-choice-style.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Set in the plateau of the cool early summer wind across, love and adventure that made ??the concept of "trendy drama". In the wake of a letter to tell the news of the reunion of the tennis club of junior high school age, which is carried out by fully loan was delivered in late summer, the pension of plateau, love with old friends and hero begins.
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Summer Romance & Anime themes.
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