Snow (video game)

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SNOW

スノー (Snow)
Genre	Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Game
Developer	Studio Mebius
Publisher	Studio Mebius (PC) NEC Interchannel (DC, PS2)
Genre	Visual novel
Rating	18+ (PC)
Platform	PC Dreamcast Playstation 2
Released	January 31, 2003 (PC) September 25, 2003 (DC) February 26, 2004 (PS2) September 24, 2004 (PC Full Voice)

SNOW (スノー, SNOW^?) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Studio Mebius and published in Japan by NEC Interchannel for the PC. It was later ported to the Sega Dreamcast (September 25, 2003 for ¥7140 inc. tax) and the PlayStation 2 (February 26, 2004 for ¥7560 inc. tax). While the orginial PC version has no voice, in 2004 a new full voice version for PC, SNOW ~Full Voice Version~, was released (September 24, 2004 for ¥6090 inc. tax) by Studio Mebius.

The storyline of SNOW was considered by many gamers similar to two other visual novel games, Kanon and AIR, developed by Key, which is under the same parent company of Studio Mebius. As a result, some criticized the game for plagarism, while others argued against such accusations because the latter part of the story was completely different.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Notes
4 External Links

[edit] Plot

The story of SNOW starts when the main protagonist Kanata Izumo visits a small village called Ryujinmura (龍神村, literally "village of the dragon god") to help his cousin Tsugumi manage a local hotel with Hot spring.

In the village there is an old legend: In ancient times, the village is protected by the dragon goddess. However, one day the dragon goddesses fell in love with a human, which is strictly forbidden, and this incident finally caused the village always covered by snow after that.

The game then tells the daily life of the protagonist in the village, and finally links the story to the legend of dragon goddess.

[edit] Characters

All of the seiyū given are from console versions (DC and PS2).

Kanata Izumo (出雲彼方, Kanata Izumo)^?, (Seiyū - Soichiro Hoshi))

The main protagonist of SNOW, visiting Ryujinmura as a part-time worker of the local hotel owned by his cousin Tsugumi.

Sumino Yukiduki (雪月澄乃, Sumino Yukiduki)^?, (Seiyū - Ayako Kawasumi))

A childhood friend of Kanata, who loves anman (a kind of Mantou) and claims it as "source of life".

Asahi Hiyorigawa (日和川旭, Asahi Hiyorigawa)^?, (Seiyū - Yukari Tamura))

A young girl suddenly appeared before Kanata, saying that she will "repulse the evil" from Kanata.

Shigure Kitazato (北里しぐれ, Shigure Kitazato)^?, (Seiyū - Haruna Ikezawa))

A mysterious girl Kanata encounterd in the hill near the village. She is extremely silent and seems to be fear of talking with others.

Ouka Wakou (若生桜花, Ouka Wakou)^?, (Seiyū - Tomoko Kaneda))

A little girl Kanata found around the Jinja in the village, who was waiting for her parents. She always plays with her cat.

Meiko Tachibana (橘芽依子, Meiko Tachibana)^?, (Seiyū - Naoko Watanabe))

Friend of Sumino and daughter of Seishirou. She sometimes behaves weirdly and often makes fun of Kanata.

Tsugumi Saeki (佐伯つぐみ, Tsugumi Saeki)^?, (Seiyū - Yuuko Mizutani))

Cousin of Kanata and the owner of a local hotel.

Sayori Yukiduki (雪月小夜里, Sayori Yukiduki)^?, (Seiyū - Emi Shinohara))

Mother of Sumino and the owner of a local grocery store.

Seishirou Tachibana (橘誠史郎, Seishirou)^?, (Seiyū - Yasunori Matsumoto))

Physician of the village and father of Meiko. He keeps a love relationship with Tsugumi.

[edit] Notes

The game features more than 600 different stills with simple animations and effects, a multiple-choice-based conversation system, beautiful Japanese settings and a long storyline.