Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen[b] is an adventure video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the Boku no Natsuyasumi series and was released only in Japan on July 11, 2002. It is an alternate universe sequel in which the main character spends his summer in a different part of Japan from the first game. It takes place during the same summer with many of the same characters, but in a different location, a town on Japan's southern coast. A PlayStation Portable version was released on June 24, 2010, and a fan translation of the PlayStation 2 game into English was released on November 1, 2023.[1]

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
Box art
Developer(s)Millennium Kitchen[a]
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: July 11, 2002
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: June 24, 2010
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Description

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The main character spends his summer vacation at his aunt and uncle's bed and breakfast in a southern Japanese coastal town. Features from the first game, like collecting and bug battles, return, along with new facets, like swimming. The player controls the main character for the thirty-one days of August 1975.

Reception

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On release, Famitsu magazine scored the game a 33 out of 40.[2] The game was a jury recommended title at the 6th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2002.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Additional work by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan.
  2. ^ Japanese: ぼくのなつやすみ2海の冒険篇, Hepburn: Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen, lit. "My Summer Vacation 2: Sea Adventure Chapter"

References

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  1. ^ Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English Patch - Release Trailer, retrieved November 2, 2023
  2. ^ プレイステーション2 - ぼくのなつやすみ2 海の冒険篇. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.78. 30 June 2006.
  3. ^ "『ぼくらのかぞく』がメディア芸術祭・審査委員会推薦作品に!!". Millennium Kitchen (in Japanese). December 26, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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