Following their work on the PlayStation 3 port of 5pb and NitroPlus’ science adventure visual novel Steins;Gate in 2015, the UK-based video game publisher PQube have been working on the localisation and eventual release of its sequel – Steins;Gate 0. With the game to launch over the next couple of weeks in both PAL regions and North America, PQube have shared insight into some of the title’s newly introduced characters.
The new characters, introduced below, will join with the original cast, as they experience life in an alternate, darker world-line.
Amaeus
Not ‘the’ Kurisu, ‘a’ Kurisu. This is the Kurisu of Amadeus, all her thoughts and memories in an AI program that Okabe can interact with.
Maho Hiyajo
A senior at the same university that Kurisu attended in the United States – and an old friend. She looks very young and is often mistaken as a child, despite being in her twenties. She works for Alexis Leskinen and visits Japan with him.
Alexis Leskinen
University professor and mentor of Makise Kurisu and an expert in research in brain function. He brings his assistant Maho to Japan to give lectures on the Amadeus System.
Yuki Amane
A good friend of Mayuri and a character who’s predestined to be involved with one of the original cast. She’s a big fan of cosplay.
Kagari Shiina
Her real parents and real name are unknown. She is the adopted daughter of Mayuri – who takes her under her wing after meeting her through her work at an orphanage.
Judy Reyes
Psychology Research Institute professor and a colleague of Leskinen. She has a fairly blunt, straight talking personality.
Katsumi Nakase
Sporty and athletic, she does have a more girly side through her persona ‘Fubuki’ – a fellow cosplayer and friend of Mayuri.
Kaede Kurushima
The last of Mayuri’s cosplaying friends and she makes costumes for Mayuri.
