Hi-iro no Kakera Aizou-ban: Akane-iro no Tsuioku (2011)

Hi-iro no Kakera Aizou-ban: Akane-iro no Tsuioku cover

Developer: Otomate, Design Factory
Publisher: Idea Factory
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Where to get it: PlayStation Store

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A reflective, dialogue-heavy romance visual novel exploring past choices and bittersweet memories.

romanticdramaticslow-pacednarrative-drivenvisual-novel

About

The PlayStation 3 version makes use of the graphical system in Hakuoki: Junsouroku. The sprites move when they talk. The new edition also includes new scenarios, chapter summaries, and a couple of girls will come out to explain about the wrong decisions players made when they get a bad end.

Screenshots

Hi-iro no Kakera Aizou-ban: Akane-iro no Tsuioku screenshot 1

Hi-iro no Kakera Aizou-ban: Akane-iro no Tsuioku screenshot 2

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.