Flowers (series)

Flowers

Le volume sur printemps cover art, featuring (left to right) Rikka, Suou and Mayuri
Genres Visual novel
Developers Innocent Grey
Publishers
Artists Miki Sugina
Composers Manyo
Platforms Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Android
Platform of origin Microsoft Windows
Year of inception 2014
First release Flowers: Le volume sur printemps
18 April 2014
Latest release Flowers: Le volume sur automne
27 May 2016

Flowers is a series of yuri-themed visual novel video games developed by Innocent Grey. The first entry, Flowers: Le volume sur printemps, was released in 2014; two more games have since been released, and a fourth is planned.

Titles

Video games

Other media

In addition to the video games, other media based on the series has been released: Six audio dramas have been published, as part of the limited editions of the Microsoft Windows and console versions of each game;[12][13][14][15][9][16] the games' music has been published as three soundtrack albums;[17] and two fanbooks based on the first two games have been released.[18][19]

Development

The Flowers series is developed by Innocent Grey, with art by Miki Sugina. Unlike their previous games, the developers decided to not focus on characters' deaths, instead depicting female students' everyday life, and how they cooperate to solve mysteries. Even prior to the first game's release, it was decided that there would be four games, representing the four seasons.[11]

During their panel at Anime Expo in July 2015, JAST USA announced that they would localize and publish the first game in late 2015;[20][21] the localized demo was eventually released in February 2016,[22] with the full game planned for both physical and digital release in March 2016.[23] Due to translation errors, JAST USA had to delay the game to allow time for heavy editing and quality assurance; the game was eventually released in English in August 2016.[24][4]

Reception

Famitsu review scores
Game Famitsu
Flowers: Le volume sur printemps 31/40[3]
Flowers: Le volume sur été 33/40[7]
Flowers: Le volume sur automne 33/40[10]

The series has been well received by critics.[3][7][10] Marcus Estrada of Hardcore Gamer called Primtemps's release "great news for yuri fans", and described the series' artwork as "gorgeous".[4][25]

References

  1. ↑ "FLOWERS [PCゲーム]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "FLOWERS [PSP]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "FLOWERS [Vita]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Estrada, Marcus. "Yuri Visual Novel Flowers Launches Today". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "FLOWERS -Le volume sur été-［PC］". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Aetas, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "FLOWERS夏篇 [PSP]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "FLOWERS夏篇 [Vita]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Estrada, Marcus (4 July 2017). "Yuri Series Flowers Continues with Flowers -Le Volume sur Ete-". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 "FLOWERS秋編『叶わぬ恋でも、想い続けるができますか――』" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "FLOWERS秋篇 [Vita]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  11. 1 2 Sato (11 March 2014). "Kara no Shoujo 3 Could Be In The Works As Early As Next Year". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "FLOWERS春編『女の子を好きに為ったら、いけないんですか？』" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  13. ↑ "FLOWERS春編" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  14. ↑ "FLOWERS夏編『好きな人の為に、何かしてあげたいと思ったことはありますか――』" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  15. ↑ "FLOWERS夏編" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  16. ↑ "FLOWERS秋編" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  17. ↑ "FLOWERS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK シリーズ" (in Japanese). Gungnir. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  18. ↑ "FLOWERS ファンブック" (in Japanese). Gungnir. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  19. ↑ "FLOWERS夏篇 ファンブック" (in Japanese). Gungnir. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  20. ↑ "JAST USA Adds SoniComi, Flowers PC Games". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  21. ↑ Ishaan (5 July 2015). "Kara no Shoujo Developer’s Flowers Visual Novel Being Localized". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  22. ↑ Priestman, Chris (27 February 2016). "Localized Demo Of Kara no Shoujo Developer’s Visual Novel Flowers Released". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  23. ↑ Estrada, Marcus. "Yuri Visual Novel ‘Flowers’ Getting a Limited Edition". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  24. ↑ Estrada, Marcus. "Visual Novel ‘Flowers’ Delayed to Improve Quality". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  25. ↑ Estrada, Marcus. "Flowers – Le volume sur ete – Getting an English Translation". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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