Cyberpunk visual novel Tokyo Necro will get an officially licensed international release. Localization firm JAST USA is producing it, and pre-orders have opened on various PC game storefronts. It is set to release in early 2023. [Thanks, Kars!]
JAST USA also created an English version of the Tokyo Necro opening sequence, which you can check out below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjVXPMRSIOs
Tokyo Necro was developed by Nitro Plus (aka Nitro Origin), the developers of Saya no Uta and Full Metal Daemon Muramasa and co-developer of Steins;Gate. The game was developed for the studio's 15th anniversary and released in Japan in 2016. The story takes place in a near-future Tokyo that's been turned into a snowy wasteland. The reanimated dead threaten the living amongst the ruins. Those who protect the living are the armed and cybernetically enhanced "Living Dead Stalkers", super-soldiers that execute undead and the necromancers that control them. So'un Nagaoka and Ethica Kibanohara are veteran operators working for the Karasuzumi Living Dead Stalker office. One day they encounter a strange girl named Iria Hogyo, who was for unknown reasons become taret of a mysterious and powerful group of necromancers.
With a sci-fi-tinged action-heavy storyline, Tokyo Necro features a number of presentational flairs to set it apart from other visual novels. It includes "fully-animated" 3D fight scenes, and an "interactive display"-style screen where players can view the actions their character takes in first-person perspective. The JAST USA localization will support English language text, as well as Simplified Chinese text. It'll also include 18+-rated content, as in the original release (an all-ages edition was sold in Japan in 2018).
Tokyo Necro releases for PCs in early 2023. Pre-orders via open via the storefronts of JAST USA, GoG, and Steam.
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