To Heart remake expected for Switch, PC with full 3D graphics
AQUAPLUS announced more details about the remake of the 1997 dating sim/visual novel To Heart, along with the project's role-playing game Kizuna, during the event Grand Aqua Festival” on Sunday.
AQUAPLUS revealed that the To Heart remake features full 3D graphics for the characters and that longtime company employee Tatami Honjo is designing the characters. The remake will launch on Nintendo Switch and PC next spring.
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The physical version of the game costs 4,378 yen (about 28.70 USD) and the download version costs 3,080 yen (about 20.20 USD).
The new cast includes Kana Ichinose as Akari Kamigishi and Hina Yomiya as Multi (Ayako Kawasumi previously voiced Akari, while Yui Horie previously voiced Multi). YURiKA will perform the opening theme song “Feeling Heart”.
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Kengo Uchibori (I'm Setsuna, Goken) is directing the new project titled kizuna, and Naoya Shimokawa is the producer. Munemitsu SUGA (Utawarerumono) is writing the script, and Tatsuki Amazuyu and Misato Mitsumi (Utawarerumono, To Heart) are designing the characters.
The company recently announced a new entry in the Utawarerumono visual novel series titled Utawarerumono: Shira e no Michishirube (Utawarerumono: The Guidepost to White), along with a reboot of the canceled Jasmine visual novel quit before.
AQUAPLUS released the visual novel To Heart on Windows for PC in 1997 and then released it as their first console game in 1999 on PlayStation (although both versions have many differences significant to the plot). The visual novel/dating sim is known as a classic in the genre, whose character designs and relaxed pacing have influenced much otaku media that followed. Notably, the character Multi is known by Japanese otaku as a hallmark of moe character design and writing, with her strong attitude and cute demeanor contrasting with her sad fate.
The game inspired a television anime in 1999, as well as a second season focusing on Multi titled ToHeart-Remember my Memories in 2004. The game received a sequel To Heart 2 in in 2004, the game inspired a television anime in 2005, as well as multiple OVAs and spin-off games in the following years.
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