Developer Palette has announced that Dramatic Create will be publishing its romance visual novel Saku Saku: Love Blooms With the Cherry Blossoms on the PlayStation 4 sometime in 2019. At the moment, the announcement only mentions a Japanese release but an English version of the title is already available in the West via Steam so the PS4 version might be localized as well.
Here’s an official overview via Steam:
From Palette, developers of “Mashiro Iro Symphony“, comes the romantic school comedy, “Saku Saku: Love Blooms With the Cherry Blossoms“. Much like how “Mashiro Iro Symphony” took place during the seasons of Fall and Winter, Saku Saku takes place during the Spring and Summer.
Springtime. Cherry blossom season. It is a time of first encounters and final partings, a time when buds are sprouting. But for Asaba Yuma, a 2nd year student at Mihaya Academy, it was simply a gloomy day.
Yuma was something of an accomplished love expert that all the girls in the academy came to for their romantic troubles. So skilled was he that there was even a 21,000 yen (taxes included) “love bounty” placed upon his head. Whether it was seeking advice regarding jealousy or even infidelity, Yuma heard it all and increasingly it made him less and less interested in love.
Then one day he met a mysterious girl. She had never fallen in love before. Yet, she believed that it was something truly wonderful. That girl also had a rather mysterious job.
“Do you want to fall in love?” As a fairy of love, her job was to make Yuma’s love come true.
We’ll update our readers when we have more information.
[Source: Gematsu]
PS4 Visual Novels
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PS4 Visual Novels Worth Playing
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428: Shibuya Scramble
428: Shibuya Scramble is a legendary visual novel that was never localized into English. Thankfully, Spike Chunsoft is bringing over the game to PlayStation 4 (it's currently set for a Spring 2018 release), so players can finally experience one of the few games to get a perfect score from Famitsu. The plot revolves around five Shibuya residents that have to solve a kidnapping case that has more to it than one would initially suspect.
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Danganronpa 1&2 Reload
Two of the best PSP (and Vita) visual novels are now on PlayStation 4 as Danganronpa 1&2 Reload. This visual novel mixes together elements from many different genres, and has players trying to escape the horrific school they've been trapped within. Featuring shades of Ace Attorney and 999, Danganronpa manages to make its own identity through great storytelling. If you enjoyed these two games, you'll be happy to know that Danganronpa V3 releases later this year.
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Hakuoki Shinkai: Fuukaden
While Hakuoki Shinkai: Fuukaden was just recently announced for PlayStation 4, it's a pretty known quantity as far as visual novels go. It's yet another enhanced port of Hakuoki, an otome visual novel that stars the Shinsengumi. This means there's a ton of handsome samurais for players to date, and those that can't wait for the PS4 version can already check out the story on PS3 (a Vita port is also being localized this year).
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Hatoful Boyfriend
If you don't want to date hot samurai boys, then Hatoful Boyfriend might be more up your alley. This rather colorful visual novel has players dating pigeons in a post-apocalyptic world. If that sounds crazy, it is, and it's an entertaining read. If you dig it, there's also a holiday-themed sequel called Holiday Star that is worth checking out.
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One Way Trip
While most visual novels come from Japan, One Way Trip comes from North American indie developer Beret. It features an outlandish plot that has players hallucinating after drinking contaminated water that leaves them mere hours left to live, and some highly memorable characters like Boobs Cowboy. If you're looking for something weird (and I mean weird), then give this one a go.
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Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
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Root Letter
Developed by Kadokawa Games, Root Letter is a mystery novel that revolves around a girl named Aya. After she mysteriously goes missing, it's up to the player to find out what happened to her. The game is composed of two different parts: interviewing characters that once knew Aya in order to find her, and then reliving past memories.
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Steins;Gate 0
Steins;Gate 0 is the sequel to the time-travelling Steins;Gate. 0, and is worth checking out if you enjoyed the original. Taking place direectly after the ending of the first game, hero Rintaro Okabe eventually finds himself interacting with an artificial intelligence called Amadeus that holds the memories of Kurisu Makise. That means the plot has more to do with human/machine interaction, and less John Titor fan fiction.
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The Silver Case Remastered
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
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