It should come as little surprise that Sekai Project were present on the show floor at Anime Expo 2016 last weekend. While the localiser and publisher may have announced quite a few titles already these past couple of months, they attended this expo with a range of new acquisitions for both the PC and iOS.
During E3 2016, the company confirmed a collaboration which would see them bring select titles to PlayStation platforms. Following on from this, the company also took the opportunity at AX 2016 to confirm their plans to bring another one of their top titles – World End Economica – to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in the near future.
Another major announcement from Sekai Project is with regards to their previously announced original IP, Japanese School Life. The visual novel is now being developed in-house under their newly established brand, Code:jp, and will forgo original plans for a crowdfunding campaign. The title is expected to launch in October 2016.
Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory” & Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recordare”
Platform: PC
Developer: Team Baldrhead
In an alternate future where Nanomachines have helped shape a new world and humanity has embedded “always-on” access to the Internet, a virtual war is waged online. Using the aid of Nanomachines, a young boy by the name of Kou Kadokura seeks to restore his memory and avenge the death of his girlfriend, Sora, whose life was taken from her during the tragedy known as “Gray Christmas.” With a deep, story-driven narrative and the opportunity to pilot, upgrade, and modify their simulacrum (mechs), players will take to the virtual battlefield in top-down battles against virus-infected simulacrum.
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A Magical High School Girl and the Mysterious Way Home
Platform: PC, iOS
Developer: illuCalab
A Magical High School Girl is an enchanting magic-crafting role playing game with real time battles. Limited only by the imagination and creativity of the player, craft and create magical spells using almost any word or word combination to fend off a wide range of spirits, monsters, and fiends. Specific keywords will determine the power, element and various other parameters of the spell. Get crafty!
World End Economica
Platform: PlayStation 4 / PlayStation Vita
Developer: Spicy Tails
WORLD END ECONOMiCA is headed to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2017. The console and handheld release of WORLD END ECONOMiCA will feature all three chapters combined into one package and will be made available digitally on PSN and physically (in limited quantities) via a partnership between Sekai Project and Limited Run Games. Both physical versions will feature reversible covers and come a pre-order bonus gift that will be revealed closer to release.
Set in the far future on the moon, a mere 16 years after humans have begun to colonize it, a young boy named Haru has been chasing his wildest dream – a dream to stand where no man has stood before. But in order to do so he needs capital, a ludicrous amount of capital! What better place to seek out and raise that capital than the stock market? However, there are two key rules that govern the stock market:
The first rule: Never take a loss.
The second rule: Never forget the first.
Only those who follow these rules are able to obtain enormous wealth….
SakuSaku
Platform: PC
Developer: Palette
This is tale about Yuma, a second-year student at Mihaya Academy who has heard more than a lifetime’s worth of gossip, romance, and love-related troubles. And as much as Yuma would like to roll his eyes and toss his head back in exasperation, he has no one to blame but himself. By offering up a listening ear and providing personal advice to the girls in his school his interest in love has reached an all-time low. However, could a mysterious girl who believes in the power of love, but has actually never been able to fall in love, get Yuma’s heart beating once again?
Shining Song Starnova
Developer: Love in Space
Shining Song Starnova from Love in Space is an idol-themed visual novel featuring energetic anime-style illustrations, a dramatic story about the trials of the entertainment industry, and songs and vocals from Japanese voice talents MI-KO (vocalist, MOSAIC.WAV) and himari (Chocola, NEKOPARA), among others.
Players will assume the role of Mr. Producer, who takes seven imperfect talents under his wing at Shining Productions. When the girls debut as the idol group STARNOVA, the task of lifting these starlets to fame rests solely on the shoulders of Mr. Producer. As they face various trials and hardships, the aspiring idols soon discover that the industry is nowhere near as perfect as it is portrayed by media.
This is the story of STARNOVA’s trials, their laughs, and their tears, as the seven girls walk the thorny path to stardom…
A star’s death is only rebirth.
Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma
Developer: SMILE
After being kicked out and mistakenly placed into the school’s special dormitory overrun by ponkotsu, or seemingly useless demons, Ren is by default assigned the task of supervising and watching over this group of misfits. But will Ren be able to survive his new job as teacher and mediator for these ponkotsu demons, or will he find himself succumbing to their every beck and call? Find out in Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma, coming soon exclusively to Denpasoft.com.
Japanese School Life
Developer: Code:jp
Previously announced as Sekai Project’s first original IP, Japanese School Life will be developed and published in-house under the newly established brand, Code:jp. As a result of in-house development with newly added features including e-mote functionality, new and upgraded illustrations, in-game facts and tips to help players better understand Japanese life and culture, bilingual in-game text, the Japanese vocal talents of Takada Hatsumi as Suzuki Arisa and Taneda Risa as Honda Chiyoko, Sekai Project has decided to forgo plans for a crowdfunding campaign and will look to release Japanese School Life in October 2016.
Following the release of Japanese School Life, Code:jp will look to release two additional visual novels in 2017: a moe-action series set in America, and a ghostly series that takes a deep look into Japanese mythology.
