Higurashi Daybreak
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| Developer(s) | Twilight Frontier |
| Publisher(s) | Twilight Frontier |
| Distributor(s) | Twilight Frontier 07th Expansion |
| Latest version | 1.06 |
| Release date(s) | August 13, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Third person shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-4 players |
| Rating(s) | Not rated |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Media | DVD-ROM |
| Input | Keyboard, Gamepad |
Higurashi Daybreak (ひぐらしデイブレイク Higurashi Deibureiku?) is a Japanese dojin third person shooter developed by Twilight Frontier, first released on August 13, 2006 and is based on the popular visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. The game is Twilight Frontier's first attempt in making a 3D game. 07th Expansion, the creators of the original franchise, assisted in making the game — most notably, Ryukishi07, the writer of the original game, provided the script for Higurashi Daybreak. Also, this game uses the same voice cast as the drama CD of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
In the title, the "Bu" is made red (ブ), a practice similar to the original material. In Japan, the game is also called Hidebu, by taking the initials of the game (which, coincidentally, is homonymous to a famous meme in Fist of the North Star, where the nonsensical phrase is uttered by a fat grunt before he explodes).
Hirukowashi-hen of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, scheduled to be released on December 31, 2006, will be a novelization of this game.
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[edit] Gameplay
The game is a 2 vs. 2 versus third person shooter based on the system of the Gundam arcade games. Each of the four players can be played by humans (either together locally or through netplay) or controlled by the computer. Each character has a choice of two different weapons, with vastly different properties. Actions such as dashing, guarding, jumping, or flying through the air are restricted by a "stamina" gauge — once that gauge is depleted, none of the said actions can be carried out, though the gauge refills itself when it is not in use. Also, a "charge" and "main" gauge determine what kind of projectile the player fires, and how many he or she can fire. And finally, there is also a "limit gauge" that can be charged in one of two ways: when the player is damaged, or when the player deals damage. Once the gauge is full, the player can receive some stat bonuses for a limited period of time. The game ends when a team's balloon reaches a preset limit (default at 100%); the percentage increases when a team member's HP bar gets depleted.
[edit] Plot
In a peaceful day like any other, a small box was dropped on Rika Furude's head when she was sweeping in the Furude Shrine. In it was a pair of magatama, one red and one white.
The magatama are actually the sacred treasure of the Furude Shrine. With its magical powers, the holder of the red magatama would unconditionally fall for the holder of the white one. Upon testing its effects on the school faculty, the club members of a Hinamizawa school decided that they should duel each other to see which pair gets to keep the magatama. In the beginning it was only an afterschool club activity, but their game eventually engulfed all of Hinamizawa.
[edit] Characters
The character settings are based on the original visual novel. For information of the characters themselves, see Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
- Keiichi Maebara (前原 圭一 Maebara Keiichi)?, (Seiyū - Souichirou Hoshi)
- Rena Ryūgū (竜宮 レナ Ryūgū Rena)?, (Seiyū - Mai Nakahara)
- Weapons:
- Favourite cleaver
- Blade-split axe
- Mion Sonozaki (園崎 魅音 Sonozaki Mion)?, (Seiyū - Satsuki Yukino)
- Weapons:
- Two-hand pistols
- Specially loaded water cannon
- Shion Sonozaki (園崎 詩音 Sonozaki Shion)?, (Seiyū - Satsuki Yukino)
- Weapons:
- Combat knives
- Modified stun gun
- Rika Furude (古手 梨花 Furude Rika)?, (Seiyū - Yukari Tamura)
- Weapons:
- Ceremonial hoe
- Anti-cleaver girl mop
- Satoko Hōjō (北条 沙都子 Hōjō Satoko)?, (Seiyū - Mika Kanai)
- Weapons:
- Selected fireworks set
- Satoko's Trap Lecture
- Jirō Tomitake (富竹 ジロウ Tomitake Jirō)?, (Seiyū - Tōru Ōkawa)
- Weapons:
- Survial camera
- Spiritual camera
- Weapons:
- Favorite handgun
- Hyper arm
- Mamoru Akasaka (赤坂 衛 Akasaka Mamoru)?, (Seiyū - Takehito Koyasu)
- Weapons:
- Secret book of energy attacks
- Secret book of karate
- Kyōsuke Irie (入江 京介 Irie Kyōsuke)?, (Seiyū - Toshihiko Seki)
- Weapons:
- Irie's healing set
- Irie's hospitalization set
- Rumiko Chie (知恵 留美子 Chie Rumiko)?, (Seiyū - Fumiko Orikasa)
- Akane Sonozaki (園崎 茜 Sonozaki Akane)?, (Seiyū - Kikuko Inoue)
- Tatsuyoshi Kasai (葛西辰由 Kasai Tatsuyoshi)?, (Seiyū - Fumihiko Tachiki)
- Weapons:
[edit] External link
- (Japanese) Official website
| Series: | List of anime episodes | Higurashi Daybreak | |
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| "Question" arcs: | Onikakushi-hen | Watanagashi-hen | Tatarigoroshi-hen | Himatsubushi-hen | |
| "Answer" arcs: | Meakashi-hen | Tsumihoroboshi-hen | Minagoroshi-hen | Matsuribayashi-hen | |
| Soundtracks: | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | why, or why not | Thanks/you | Original soundtracks | |
