Pinocchia no Miru Yume (1999)

Developer

Takara

Platforms

PlayStation

Genres

Visual Novel

How it feels

A quiet, melancholic fairy-tale romance about desperation and longing that unfolds gently rather than dramatically.

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About

You can choose between a male and female protagonist, and play as a doll/puppet maker who's about to starve to death on Chirstmas Eve due to the inability to make a "pinocchia", a doll that looks and acts like a real human being (but isn't truly alive), and make enough money to feed yourself. As you slip into unconsciousness, you plead to any higher being that's listening to grant you a pinocchia, willing to give your life in exchange.... and wake up the next morning, with a "new-born" pinocchia in your hands.

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