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Four Seasons series

Hatsuyuki Sakura

The console version of the 2012 visual novel Hatsuyuki Sakura, released for PlayStation Vita in 2017 and Playstation 4 in 2019. Part of the developers Four Seasons series of visual novels that also had manga…

23 March 2017

Hatsuyuki Sakura is an adventure developed by Saga Planets, released 23 March 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Android.

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What Hatsuyuki Sakura is

Hatsuyuki Sakura is an adventure game developed by Saga Planets and released in 2017. It was published by ENTERGRAM. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Artemis Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kawano Hatsuyuki is a third-year student, one of the rare delinquents at Shirosaki Gakuen. He reluctantly shows up in order to fulfill his graduation requirements. It's December, and the first snow of the year has fallen. In one lot of the old town, Hatsuyuki encounters a beautiful girl wearing a white dress. She's wandering the streets under the falling snow, in search of her rabbit. A few days later, the girl in the dress, Sakura, transfers into his school, in order to take Hatsuyuki along towards the last winter. With the turn of the four seasons, 1095 days come to an end. Soon winter will pass, and spring will arrive. Embracing memories of snow that never accumulated, the youth stands…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Four Seasons series

Hatsuyuki Sakura is the third of 3 entries we hold in the Four Seasons series. It arrived 5 years after Hatsuyuki Sakura: First Press Limited Edition. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

See all 3 Four Seasons games in release order →

What it launched against

Hatsuyuki Sakura launched on 23 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.

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When did Hatsuyuki Sakura come out?
Hatsuyuki Sakura was released on 23 March 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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