Shinsengumi-Saitou-Miburo - Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan (PS2 and Artbook)

Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan (PS2 and Artbook)

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Well one thing is for sure, the Shinsengumi sure is hot in the dating games arena! Some of you may remember Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi by VRidge/D3 which has it's own healthy fanbase in Japan, so healthy that they showed up on celphone games, other PS2 games and a sequel named Bakumatsu Renka Karyou Kenshiten.

Now comes Idea Factory making an announce early this April about another PS2 game in the works that will be released this September. It's an "Otomate" game aka dating sim. The title is Usuzakuraki Shinsengumi Kitan and apparently introduces paranormal elements to the Shinsengumi. The main character is named "Chizuru Yukimura", the daughter of a Japanese doctor who was trained by the Dutch who vanishes during a trip to Kyoto. In search of her father Chizuru travels to Kyoto to investigate and witnesses a Shinsengumi member transform into an a monster/ogre. Because of this she is captured by the Shinsengumi and it is later revealed that this transformation was actually caused by her father who is still missing. She joins the Shinsengumi in search of her father to find a cure for the infection. The art of the game was done by Kazuki Yone who is no stranger to game artwork. The following members that will appear on the game so far is Kondou Isami, Hijikata Toshizou, Okita Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Saitou Hajime, Todou Heisuke, Yamanami Keisuke and Harada Sanosuke. Please read on to see their character designs!

Although the game is still months away, it already released a 15 page artbook in the magazine produced by Dengeki called "Girl's Style". Here are some images images from the artbook. It also comes with a collectible card that features Hijikata.

Finally I'm sure you are dying to know what your favorite Shinsengumi member looks like! Much like Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi, although these characters are not produced by the same franchise, they are very detailed and well done! My favorite of course is Saitou!

And finally a sneak peak at how the game looks on your PS2! Note that there has been no announcement of it being released outside of Japan... *cries* But hey, you never know, lately Otomate games have been on the upswing...

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sawako - Info

|84.122.20.xxx |2009-01-25 19:03:10

I´m very sad because this history was a game to PlayStation only. I love the
shinsengumi and these draws are beautiful really.
Do you know what is the
title of the opening song? Where can I find the soundtrack? Arigatou gozaimatsu.

kizu	\|SAdministrator \|2009-02-01 10:31:27

The opening song is called Harari. I think you can get the CD from ebay or
import it from yahoo japan.

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