Publisher Future Tech Lab and developer PureWish have announced that the Song of Memories visual novel will finally be coming to Switch digitally via the eShop next week on March 23, with pre-orders now live. The game was previously canceled in 2019, with suggestions that a port of the title might not be possible, but options were being considered.
A story of love and crisis. A dramatic visual novel where your choices determine the ending of the story.
In a grand and mysterious world woven through beautiful graphics and an emotional story, you become the protagonist and forge your own destiny.
■ “Precious moments that can never come back”
The protagonist, unaware of the discovery of an unknown virus in the world, enjoys a happy school life with six beautiful girls. They didn’t know that it would become a time that would never come back… In the first half of the story, the common course is full of event scenes that can be described as girls’ games par excellence! They spend their time enjoying events like the Pool Event and the Dating Event. There are over 100 common events alone!
■ “A whole animation that shakes up the common sense of adventure games”
Using “E-mote” 2D animation tool from chat screens to CG events, it overturns the common sense of previous adventure games and achieves a new visual expression that makes you feel like you’re watching an anime. In addition, the huge stage is fully voiced, including the protagonist, and each character reacts in detail according to his words, making it a mechanism that makes you want to watch his lines without skipping them.
■ “Over 30 songs included in the game!”
This work contains more than 30 songs. There are two opening songs and six ending songs, all sung by lavish voice actors for each heroine. The rhythm game element using music is incorporated into the 3D battle system in the main part, and the combination of battle songs changes according to the character selection of the artist unit “Dream 4 You “, who is an important character.
Song of Memories will be released for Switch via the eShop on March 23.