Bamboo, the CEO of soon-to-be-shut down Japanese visual novel developer OVERDRIVE, was in attendance at a recent Go! Go! Nippon! VTuber livestream and made a announcement that purportedly surprised even the hosts of the official event. In chat, he announced the following
When you get 10,000 subscribers, I’ll create a new Go! Go! Nippon! game,” later adding, “I’ll definitely create it,” and “Seriously, I’ll make it.
Go! Go Nippon!, also known by its extended title Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ is a 2011 visual novel developed by OVERDRIVE and published by MangaGamer. It is designed as a visual novel project to give players a “taste of the foreign travel offered by guidebooks”, allowing anyone to “enjoy a tour around Japan from the comfort of [their] own home”. It is currently available via Steam, and to date has Very Positive reviews on the platform. As the game’s protagonist, you travel to famous Japanese sightseeing spots in the company of a pair of cute young sisters. The girls will describe the spots, take you out to dinner, and grow closer to you throughout your travels.
The series has remained ongoing over the years through Go! Go! Nippon! Live With You! is a VTuber project sponsored and produced by visual novel publisher, MangaGamer. Based on the heroines from the visual novel of the same name, the Misaki sisters—Makoto and Akira—have been regularly live streaming and interacting with fans on YouTube and as a VTuber duo. So if you do feel like doing your bit to support development of a future title, click HERE to subscribe to them. However, as of writing they have a long way to go, with only 2.23K subscribers.
