FLOWER, SUN AND RAIN (HANA TO TAIYOU TO AME TO)
OFFICIAL TITLE  Flower, Sun and Rain (Hana to taiyou to ame to)
COMMON TITLE  Flower, Sun and Rain (Hana to taiyou to ame to)
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPS-25034
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure.

DEVELOPER  Grasshopper Manufacture.
PUBLISHER  Victor Interactive Software.
DATE RELEASED  2 May 2001
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPS-25034
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPS-25034
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Flower, Sun, and Rain (Hana to Taiyou to Ame to) is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was initially released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on May 2, 2001, while an enhanced Nintendo DS remake with the original name, and subtitled Murder and Mystery in Paradise was released in Japan on March 6, 2008, Europe on November 14, 2008 and North America on June 16, 2009. Publishing for the reissue of the game in Europe and North America was handled by Rising Star Games and Xseed Games respectively.

PLOT:
Sumio Mondo is a "searcher" who makes a living looking for people's lost things. He arrives on the Micronesian resort island of Lospass and takes a room at the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel after being tasked with detecting and defusing a bomb, planted on a plane which is soon to leave the island's only airport. On the way to the airport however, Mondo encounters other hotel guests and island residents requesting his help with various problems, including searching for missing items. While Mondo is distracted by them, the airplane with the bomb on board takes off and explodes, crashing into the island.

Flower Sun and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise is an adventure game from Goichi Suda (or Suda51), who is best known as the lead designer of cult video games Killer 7 and No More Heroes.

In the game you play as Sumio Mondo, a "searcher" whose job is to search for people's missing items. After failing to defuse a bomb set on an aeroplane, Sumio begins to relive the same day over and over again, and the same disaster continuously takes place.

Flower, Sun, and Rain (aka Hana to Taiyou to Ame to) was originally released on the Playstation 2 in 2001 so the game has an old school polygon bent to the visuals. The character models and locations are rendered in 3-D which gives Flower, Sun, and Rain an eye pleasing look with it's fluid animation and stylized graphics. The game play may be likened to standard detective sims where clues are ferreted, folks questioned, and point A must be visited before going to point B. All in all, an enjoyable and unique game brimming with interesting scenarios, characters, and puzzles to solve.

The game is played by exploring 3D environments and searching for places, people and objects to examine. Once Sumio discovers a place he can examine, he uses his partner, "Catherine" a briefcase that can jack into anything and discover secrets. After finding the correct jack to hook up to the object with, Sumio must input a code to unlock the secret and solve the puzzle. Sometimes this is guesswork, sometimes hints are given from other parts of the game.

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Resort of tropical mood is adventure game stage. It's to resolve the scenario of all 19 pieces Arising hotel Rosupasu Island only. Become a Sagashi-ya Mondo Smith, resolve the problems that are asked from the hotel guests, and its mystery intertwined, would be raised to grant the wish of the client Lord! ?

  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Mystery theme.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  41 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = Yes / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.2.1 (Software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 1; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = Yes; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX r5864 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X r5830 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
 Move character -  Left Analog Stick
Cancel action -  X Button
Select action -  Circle Button

 



 
 

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 NTSC-J:
  • Flower, Sun and Rain (Hana to taiyou to ame to) [Victor the Best] [SLPS-25154]   
     
  • Flower, Sun and Rain (Hana to taiyou to ame to) [Best Collection] [SLPS-25451]   
     

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