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.
Koenji Onago Soccer is an adventure game that tells the story of ShigeruKo, a soccer player in his younger years that arrives at a ladies school (called Koenji Joshi) as the new physical education teacher when he will have to train a group of girls to become a soccer team. The game features a lot of different endings depending of the player choices during the game, the same for the team members, there are some members that will be avaliable if the player choose a route in the game and make the proper choices that will make the possible member to join the team.
During the matches the player decide the tactics during some parts of each match (like decide the kind of tackle that his player will do, the kind of shoot, etc.) and that will leave to a lose, a victory or a draw.
Released also for Nintendo DS, the game got a sequel called Kouenji Joshi Soccer 2 that was released only in Nintendo DS.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Blooded naive school love story of a young girl who love and sweat and tears to deploy, girl Obispo root game of new form! Possible story changes in the choice you have selected, it marks the ending of a girl of 12 people maximum. Led the girls who the young lady full of personality prestigious school of "Koenji Joshi Gakuen" as a physical education teacher of the new, Aim women's soccer in Japan!
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Romance, Soccer & Anime themes.
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