{"id":37042,"date":"2024-09-13T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37042"},"modified":"2024-09-13T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:17:16","slug":"kamitsubaki-city-regenerate-dark-sci-fi-fantasy-vn-coming-in-february-is-a-good-entry-point-to-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kamitsubaki-city-regenerate-dark-sci-fi-fantasy-vn-coming-in-february-is-a-good-entry-point-to-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamitsubaki City Regenerate: Dark sci-fi fantasy VN coming in February is a good entry point to the series\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kamitsubaki Studio and Orange have announced that they will be releasing <strong>Kamitsubaki City Regenerate<\/strong> on PC and Nintendo Switch on February 20, 2025. The standalone visual novel is part of the studio\u2019s series of \u201cKamitsubaki City Under Construction\u201d games and projects that explore a dark fantasy, sci-fi world. It will be playable in English and Japanese.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-004.jpeg\" alt=\"Kamitsubaki City Regenerate \" class=\"wp-image-37044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-004.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-004-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-004-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the game, the player is transported to Kamitsubaki City, a place that exists in a parallel world. Surviving your isekai experience, you meet a girl named Kafu, and together you must save the city from the doomed fate that awaits it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/video.akamai.steamstatic.com\/store_trailers\/256968250\/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1694260479\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game works like a fully-voiced text adventure, with bold anime-style characters and background illustrations to draw you into the mysterious world. Your choices will influence what happens to the city and its inhabitants, and the game promises multiple endings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-003.jpeg\" alt=\"Kamitsubaki City Regenerate japanese fantasy VN \" class=\"wp-image-37045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-003.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-003-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-003-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamitsubaki Studios has been developing the \u201cKamitsubaki City Under Construction\u201d IP since 2019. Projects have included a novel, TRPG and an in-development VR title called Kamitsubaki City Virtual Reality. The studio also published the well-received <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/moonless-moon-mysterious-world-hopping-adventure-game-from-natsuno-kanata-beyond-the-summer-dev-to-get-english-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coming-of-age isekai VN Moonless Moon<\/a>, which launched on Steam last month.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Kamitsubaki City Regenerate japanese fantasy VN \" class=\"wp-image-37046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-002.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-002-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-002-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their upcoming release, Kamitsubaki City Regenerate, is being marketed as a good entry point for those who are unfamiliar with the Kamitsubaki City series. Kamitsubaki Studios is known for its singers, and<strong> <\/strong>the game will feature numerous popular songs from the studio that link to the plot and expand the world&#8217;s lore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"670\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-001.jpg\" alt=\"Kamitsubaki City Regenerate \" class=\"wp-image-37047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-001-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37042-001-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamitsubaki City Regenerate is scheduled to be released for Nintendo Switch and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2353340\/KAMITSUBAKI_CITY_REGENERATE\/?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on February 20, 2025. It will have physical releases in Japan, including a special edition bundled with a tapestry, badge set, postcard set, original soundtrack etc. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br>Written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/verity-townsend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verity Townsend<\/a>\u00a0based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/kamitsubaki-regenerate-20240912-310379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date:\u00a02024-09-12 22:17 JST)\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese dark sci-fi fantasy VN will be bringing its musical worldbuilding to Switch and Steam next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":37043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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