Welcome to the island of freedom, and the free academy.brbrThe small island of Yumegashima is somewhere in Japan.brAt the only academy on Yumegashima—the Yumegashima High School—you’ll experience a precious summer of youth where you’ll get to meet and spend time with outstanding girls.brbrYou’ll become the new photographer at the Yumegashima High School journalism club and freely. Natsuiro High School. After watching the trailer with english captions, i'm sort of interested in this game. Looks like an interesting sandbox game! Too bad it is unlikely to get a western.
Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho takes place on an open-world island, where you’ll get to go fishing, check out stores, meet people, and more importantly—take a bunch of pictures of them. The latest trailer for the game gives us a tour of the island.
The video starts out with the protagonist making a call to inquire about Yumegashima, an island where he’ll be transferring to attend school for the next three months. It’s described as an island of freedom. Since it’s an open-world-ish game, you can visit the school and all kinds of other areas as well. You can use a bicycle to get around most places, and following that we get to see a little bit of the school’s interior.
The classroom the protagonist will attend has 29 students, and they’re all said to be good kids.
When asked if he has any interests, the protagonist says that he’s into photography, and is told that the journalism club would be a good fit for him—plus, its members consist of only girls. You’ll meet other students from different clubs like the American foreign exchange student of the cheerleading club, Naomi Thunders, the track and field ace Hikaru Yukimura, and others.
Natsuiro High School Seisyun Hakusyo
There are over 150 characters that are part of quests and various interactions on the island. They might not speak much at first, but once you take on quests, you’ll grow your bond with the folk of Yumegashima.
When you’re not at school, you can check out the antique shop for all kinds of items, get a new look at the barber shop, go fishing by the shore, or just explore the island to enjoy some sights; however, you might want to be careful out there, since there are cops who’ll arrest you if you don’t mind your manners.
There’s also a legend on Yumegashima, where you can actually talk to God. They say that only some people are actually able to see him, and he can make all kinds of wishes come true… such as making everyone’s clothing items disappear for a while.
In the Fall, there’s a special school festival event, where you’ll get a chance to meet a famous idol. You can spend your time checking out the island, hanging out with friends, or even get close to girls to go on dates with, if you play your cards right.
Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho will release in Japan on June 4, 2015 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho, the game that puts you in the role of a high school photographer on an island town, will release in Japan this June, reports this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine. [Thanks, Game Jouhou]
According to the game’s story, the protagonist will spend three months as a transfer student at the school on the island of Yumegashima, where he’ll help his childhood friend and the journalism club that isn’t doing too well, so he’ll have to put some effort into keeping it alive.
While you do actually play as a young photographer for the school journalism club, you’ll actually take on various requests from over 300 characters living on the open-world island, which ranges from taking actual nice pictures to… panty shots.
Natsuiro High School
The magazine report shares more on a special power called AAM (Accel Action Mode) that basically lets you slow down time while sliding and jumping. Think of it as Stranglehold’s “Tequila Time” but instead of raining bullets on enemies, you’re trying to take better pictures of unsuspecting girls.
Similar to committing crimes in the Grand Theft Auto games, whenever you perform perverted acts, it will increase your “Suspicious Person” meter, which will result in the cops showing up. Getting caught too much results in a school suspension.
Natsuiro High School English Released
Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho will release in Japan on June 4, 2015 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.