Higurashi When They Cry series
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri is a remake of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni on PlayStation 2 by Alchemist, released on February 22, 2007. It features voice acting, new character art by rato, and new backgrounds…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri is an adventure developed by 07th Expansion, released 22 February 2007 on PlayStation 2.
What Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri is
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri is an adventure game developed by 07th Expansion and released in 2007. It was published by Alchemist. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni takes place in the fictional village of Hinamizawa in June 1983. Shortly before then, the main character, Keiichi Maebara, moves to the village and befriends classmates Mion Sonozaki, her twin sister Shion, Rena Ryuuguu, Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou. Keiichi soon learns of the village's annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local deity Oyashiro. Hinamizawa initially seems calm and peaceful, but shortly before the festival, Keiichi learns that from 1979-1982, after the festival, one villager would die and another would disappear. This series of mysterious incidents remains unsolved, and is named the "Oyashiro-sama's Curse"…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, horror and mystery. 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 Matsuri is the 20th of 107 entries we hold in the Higurashi When They Cry series. The next entry was Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Final Chapter - Miotsukushi-hen in 2007.
See all 107 Higurashi When They Cry games in release order →
What it launched against
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri launched on 22 February 2007, within three weeks of God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle and Crackdown.
Released around the same time: God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle, Crackdown.
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