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Harukanaru Toki 3 -
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NCS
Game Synopsis
«©NCSX»
Love is
in the air when a regular purple-haired high school
student in Kamakura is washed from her world into an
alternate reality. The game starts off in the back
of a classroom where another student and the teacher
are the only people present. After the school day is
over, the heroine of the game is walking home with a
classmate when they meet a strangely garbed shrine
maiden with aqua colored hair. The maiden's anxious
demeanor seems to portend strange happenings when a
massive stream of water washes the heroine into a
new world. Upon waking up, she finds herself in the
middle of a crusty surface with scant vegetation
around.
Soon after getting up, heroine finds that she has been transported
to the feudal period of Japans history where the
garb is reflective of the era. Heroine teams up with
the maiden from earlier and a demure brown-haired
gal and the three form a party of women warriors who
battle Onimusha-demons and other threats that pop up
from the landscape. Battles are fought in simple
turn-based encounters where the girls select an
attack and are shown rushing forward with weapons
blazing.
NCS Game Notes
» Harukanaru JNK3 includes different title screens
- one of them pastes the game
logo over a building's courtyard
while sparkly things loft upwards. The "PRESS START
BUTTON" text is colored purple with sparkling pink
fringes. An alternate title screen features the logo
against a large moon while cherry blossoms waft
downwards.
» The Game Previews section from the main menu
checks out Neo Angelique where a voice over explains
the backdrop of the game and introduces the male
characters in the game such as Nyx, J.D., Rayne, and
Hyuga. Snippets of game play sequences are also
shown accompanied by violin music.
» Upon starting the game, you're encouraged to enter
the heroine's name. Her purple-haired portrait may
be viewed on the lower-right portion of the screen.
After entering your birth date, the game starts
inside a classroom.
You're seated towards the back
and there's only 1 other student in the room. The
teacher appears and a few selection options appear
which require your input. Soon afterwards, you're
walking home with a blue haired lad while its raining
outside. Three fellow student walk towards you and
pass by with nary a second glance when a blue haired
girl appears. The world shimmers, a harsh wind
blows, and waves wash the heroine and fellow
students away.
After struggling a little, the
visages of various characters appear followed by the
aqua haired girl from earlier. Colorful spheres
appear and speed into the distance. Heroine wakes up in the middle of a cracked surface and
gets up. Her clothing has changed into feudal style
and she appears a little dazed. While gathering her
senses,
three Onimusha demons ramble towards her with red
eyes glowing and swords swinging. A killing stroke plunges
downwards but the aqua haired girl from earlier
parries the blow. While mustering all her strength to
contain the attack, the demon lifts his sword and
knocks her away while her sword is flung to the side. Purple
haired heroine rushes to grab the sword and a battle screen
appears where the demon is viewed head-on and
it's time to fight.
A new gal appears and is joined
by aqua-haired girl and the three are shown on a
battlefield where they battle the demons in the
distance. Attacks are chosen from a menu system and
the three gals are shown leaping forward and smiting
the enemies. In the first battle, text boxes
appear to explain the fighting system and eventually
the demon is defeated with a death groan as it disappears.
» The dialogue in the game is accompanied by spoken
speech but the words from the protagonist are not
spoken and only appear as text scrawls on the right
side of the screen.
» After the two girls explain their
predicament and converse a bit, a world map appears
which shows the available areas that may be visited.
To the immediate south-west of your currently
location is a flame icon and if you step onto it,
demons appear and another battle is about to be triggered
when a green-haired lad with wire-rim glasses jumps
in and pushes protagonist away from danger. He soon
joins the party and the newly formed party of four battles three
Onimusha demons.
The
protagonist attacks with a sword
The
aqua-haired gal attacks with magical blasts
The
green-haired guy shoots from a bow and arrow
The
demure brown-haired maiden smacks foes with a fan
»
The battle system is very rudimentary and only
requires that you select an attack and then a target
and the game proceeds accordingly. After each
battle, interaction sequences are triggered between
fellow comrades and the heroine.
» Depending on how you interact with the green
haired guy, a little starry charm will shoot towards
his heart and increase his affinity towards you.
This happens with the other males in the game as
well.
» The game allows 20 save slots for a wide array of
saving.
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reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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