Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho

Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho

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Developer(s) Tamsoft
Publisher(s) D3 Publisher
Producer(s) Nobuyuki Okajima
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Release date(s)
  • JP: June 4, 2015 (2015-June-04)
Genre(s) Stealth, Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho[lower-alpha 1] is a open world video game released Jun 4, 2015 by D3 Publisher for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. D3 Publisher officially describes the game as an "open world high school love adventure".

Gameplay

The player is high school boy on the fictional island of Yumegashima (夢ヶ島), Japan. They will find people on the island that will give the player quests, mostly to take pictures of schoolgirls' panties for a journalism club. If the player is caught doing so, they will either be reported to the police and taken into custody or be taken into the school counselor's office (if the player is caught taking pictures inside the school).[1]

Development

The game was announced in November 20, 2014's Weekly Famitsu.[2][3] About a week later D3 Publisher released details about the game's main outline and four of its heroines.[4] In the December 4, 2014's Weekly Famitsu they revealed three new female characters.[5] On December 10, 2014 D3 Publisher uploaded the first tralier of Natsuiro High School on their official YouTube channel, relevaling the game's theme song, "Natsuiro Butterfly" (夏色バタフライ☆) by Megu & Tamaki.[6] In February 2015 the game's release date, thirteen new characters and their voice actors were revealed.[7] An eight-minute trailer was released on May 15, 2015.[8] The game was inspired by action role-playing open world game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and its producer is Nobuyuki Okajima.[9]

Music

The game's opening theme is "Natsuiro Butterfly" (夏色バタフライ☆ literally "Summertime Butterfly"), while its ending theme is "Kioku no Naka no Regret" (記憶の中のリグレット literally "The Memories of Regret"), both by Megu & Tamaki. The two songs were released alongside the game on June 4, 2015 on a double A-side single.[10]

Reception and sales

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu30/40[11]

Reviewers from the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu scored Natsuiro High School a 30 out of 40, based on individual scores of 8, 8, 8, and 6.[11]

The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game respectively debuted at number three (13,868 units) and number 10 (6,772 units) on Japanese sales charts during their release week.[12] The PlayStation 4 version of the game topped the Japanese PlayStation Network digital download sales chart during its release week,[13] while the PlayStation 3 version debuted at number four.[14]

References

  1. ↑ full name lit. "Summertime High School: A Young Man's Notes—How a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend on the School Tour, Then for Some Reason Became Super-Popular with the Girls for His Daily Scoops on the School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, and What He Thinks as He Goes on Dates During His Summer of Island School Life." (夏色ハイスクル★青春白書〜転校初日のオレが幼馴染と再会したら報道部員にされていて激写少年の日々はスクープ大連発でイガイとモテモテなのに何故かマイメモリーはパンツ写真ばっかりという現実と向き合いながら考えるひと夏の島の学園生活と赤裸々な恋の行方。〜?)
  1. ↑ First look at Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho Gematsu.com
  2. ↑ "『夏色ハイスクル★青春白書 ～転校初日のオレが幼馴染と再会したら（略）』オープンワールドの学園生活アドベンチャーゲームが登場". ファミ通.com.
  3. ↑ "D3 Publisher announces open-world adventure gal game for PS4 and PS3". Gematsu.
  4. ↑ "Natsuiro High School details and screenshots". Gematsu.
  5. ↑ "A trio of new girls introduced for Natsuiro High School". Gematsu.
  6. ↑ "Natsuiro High School debut trailer". Gematsu.
  7. ↑ "Natsuiro High School slated for June in Japan". Gematsu.
  8. ↑ "Natsuiro High School second trailer". Gematsu.
  9. ↑ "キャラのパンツは毎日変わる!?『夏色ハイスクル』の学園生活について、理事長にインタビューした". インサイド.
  10. ↑ Aetas Inc. "「夏色ハイスクル」テーマソングCDが6月4日に発売。新PVも公開に". 4Gamer.net.
  11. 1 2 "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1382". Gematsu.
  12. ↑ "Media Create Sales: 6/1/15 – 6/7/15". Gematsu.
  13. ↑ "【PS4 DL販売ランキング】『夏色ハイスクル★青春白書(略)』初登場首位、値下げEAタイトルが引き続き多数ランクイン（6/10）". インサイド.
  14. ↑ "【PS3 DL販売ランキング】『夏色ハイスクル★青春白書（略）』初登場4位、EA値下げキャンペーンソフトは依然人気（6/9）". インサイド.
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