MangaGamer may be going through each individual chapter when it comes to providing a remake of 07th Expansion’s murder mystery series Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) – but things are a little bit different for its successor. Back in May, the international visual novel publisher confirmed plans to offer a remake version of Umineko: When They Cry (Umineko no Naku Koro ni). Rather than release chapter-by-chapter, these would be made available across two sets of four arcs each.
The first collection covering the “Question Arcs” is now available for purchase through both the MangaGamer Online Store and Steam. This volume features the first four episodes of Umineko: Legend of the Golden Witch, Turn of the Golden Witch, Banquest of the Golden Witch and Alliance of the Golden Witch. You can nab this remake for a regular price of $24.95 USD, although it is currently available for $22.45 USD (10% discount) for a limited time.
This remake does not indicate a change of content. However it does feature a number of differences from the original version offered by MangaGamer and 07th Expansion. New features include the ability to switch between both English/Japanese text and original/new character portraits. In terms of character portraits, it features new artwork created for this release, rather than the ones used in Alchemist’s Japan-exclusive PlayStation 3 / PlayStation Vita port.
A Peek at Umineko When They Cry
Umineko When They Cry – Synopsis
Welcome to the Rokkenjima Island of October 4, 1986.
You have been given a chance to catch a glimpse of the family conference held annually by the Ushiromiya family.
The remaining life in the old family head who has built up a vast fortune is very slim. To his children, the greatest point of contention at this family conference is the distribution of his inheritance. Everyone desires all that money, no one relents, and no one believes.
Who will gain the old head’s vast inheritance? Where is the 10 tons of gold that the old head is said to have hidden? Can the unnerving riddle of the epitaph which is said to point to the location of that gold be solved?
In the midst of this, a suspicious letter is sent from one claiming to be a witch. The presence of a 19th person on this island, which should only have 18, begins to hang in the air. Brutal murders repeat, and unsolvable riddles are left at the scene. How many will die? How many will live? Or will everyone die? Is the culprit one of the 18, or not? Is the culprit a “human”, or a “witch”?
Please, enjoy this isolated island, western mansion, mystery-suspense gadget of the good old days to the fullest.
