X-Change (visual novel)

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X-Change

Developer(s)	^JP Crowd
Publisher(s)	^NA Peach Princess
Series	X-Change series
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date	^JP October 24, 1997 ^NA March 9, 2001 ^JP October 1, 2004 (X-Change R)
Genre(s)	Eroge, Visual Novel
Mode(s)	Single Player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Adult Only (AO)
Media	CD-ROM
System requirements	Minimum: 16 MB RAM, 30 MB of Hard Disk space Recommended: 99 MB Hard Disk space

X-Change is a Japanese erotic game produced by Crowd and distributed in English by Peach Princess. A remake of the game, X-Change R was later produced by Crowd, but Peach Princess has stated they do not intend to market this game^{[citation needed]}.

1 Plot
2 Gameplay
3 Characters
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The main character is Takuya Aihara, an average junior college student with one character flaw: he is a bit of a mental weakling. No matter how hard he tries, it seems that all the girls around him are constantly pushing him around: his teasing stepsister Natsumi, the genius president of his chemistry club Asami, and especially Asuka, his beautiful childhood friend.

One day, while cleaning some shelves in the chemistry room, he spills a mysterious chemical on himself. The next thing he knows, he is transformed into a girl. The game has seven different endings; in some Takuya remains a woman, in others he returns to being a man.

[edit] Gameplay

Screenshot of the English version showing average conversation. Here, Takuya (right) is explaining to Asuka about having become a woman.

As the game unfolds, you make various decisions/actions at set various points in the game. These choices lead to different interactions with the multiple characters throughout the game.

[edit] Characters

Takuya Aihara (相原拓也/たくや): The Main Character. He turns into a female by spilling a mysterious chemical on himself.

Asuka Katakiri (片桐明日香): A close friend of Takuya. Takuya has secretly been in love with her since childhood.

Asami Satoh(佐藤麻美): The president of the science club, of which she and Takuya are the only members. Though very smart, she is also somewhat unscrupulous in experimenting on Takuya.

Professor Miyagi: The art teacher at Takuya's school. He is extremely kind and he gets along well with the students. Miyagi doesn't treat Takuya any differently after Takuya becomes a female by the accident.

Nurse Keiko Matsunaga (松永啓子): The school nurse. Most of the male students are smitten with her, enough though there have been rumors about her private practices in the nurse's office.

Mr. Terada: The gym teacher, who was hard on the weak Takuya and is even worse when Takuya becomes a girl.

Natsumi (相原夏美): Takuya's older stepsister. She is controlling and always demands for things to go her way. She often abuses Takuya, the degree of which increases in the third game.