Imabikisō (忌火起草, Imabikisō) is a visual novel developed by Chunsoft for the PlayStation 3. It is the first visual novel to be released on a seventh generation console. It was later released for the Nintendo Wii under the title Imabikisō: Kaimei-hen with additional content. The game imagery consists mostly of static or animated photographs, though live-action clips are scattered throughout.[1]

Imabikisō
Developer(s)Chunsoft
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Kojiro Nakashima
Producer(s)Jiro Ishii
Artist(s)Haruhiko Shono
Composer(s)Kōji Ueno
Yuichi Matsuzaki
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Wii
ReleasePlayStation 3:
  • JP: October 23, 2007
Wii:
  • JP: August 7, 2008
iOS:
  • JP: February 29, 2012
Genre(s)Sound novel
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

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A new and mysterious drug known as "Vision" has been hitting the streets of Japan, being a hit to the young people, especially to those studying in university. The drug, if and when taken, allows the users to see visions from a user's perspective while being high, created from a mysterious flower called Imabikisō. Players play a university student named Hiroki Makimura, who gets together with fellow student Manami Hayase and a few other students when they heard news reports of students being mysteriously killed with horrific burns on their bodies.

The two later investigate a mansion that's believed to be linked to the drug's creation and to Imabikisō after some of their classmates in university begin to die after taking Vision.

PSN contents

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A playable demo featuring three stories and the official trailer was released on the Japanese PlayStation Store on October 15, 2007.[citation needed]

Additional contents were also made available on the PlayStation Store, these were two extra free of charge chapters.[2]

Remote Play

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Both the demo and the actual game are playable on the PlayStation Portable handheld console through Remote Play.

References

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  1. ^ Gamer.ne (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "セガ、PS3「忌火起草」、「ピンク編」の第2回と最終回をPLAYSTATION Storeにて無料配信". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2008-05-17. セガ、PS3「忌火起草」 「ピンク編」の第2回と最終回をPLAYSTATION Storeにて無料配信
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