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Nippon Ichi Software has officially announced Shinigami Hime to Ishokan no Kaibutsu for the Switch, Switch 2, and PS5, a game described as a “fairy tale-destroying adventure.”
According to the translated information from Gematsu, you play as a girl named Mono who learns that her sister has an illness that turns people into picture books from which they emerge as monsters.
She forms an alliance with a monster called Mel to enter the picture book worlds and save her sister.
Why am I so intrigued by this game that I’m already writing a blog post about it, you might ask? Because it’s the third game from the team behind Liar Princess and the Blind Prince and The Cruel King and the Great Hero.
I love both of those games, and when I finished Cruel King, I mentioned that I wanted to see what the team made next. This looks once again to be a new style of gameplay, but I’m really intrigued by it.
You’ll destroy parts of the picture books, gain skills to manipulate the world, and learn the pasts of the girls infected by this illness to free them from their trauma.
Both of their previous games were beautiful and emotional, and while the premise of this one didn’t immediately capture me in the same way, I’m sure it will be just as strong.
Now I just have to hope NISA announces localization. Are you interested in this new game?