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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen
A port of the alternative version of Hirukowashi-hen originally included in Kizuna Volume II, which contains several changes to its original version in Kai, namely the addition and removal of certain…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen is a visual novel developed by 07th Expansion, released 12 March 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.
What Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen is
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen is a visual novel game developed by 07th Expansion and released in 2015. It was published by ENTERGRAM. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A port of the alternative version of Hirukowashi-hen originally included in Kizuna Volume II, which contains several changes to its original version in Kai, namely the addition and removal of certain characters and the removal of references to plot details not yet revealed, for modern consoles in widescreen.
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Higurashi When They Cry series
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen is the 72nd of 107 entries we hold in the Higurashi When They Cry series. The next entry was Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Kageboushi-hen in 2015.
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What it launched against
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen launched on 12 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
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