Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star (Japanese: はーとふる彼氏 HolidayStar, Hepburn: Hātofuru kareshi HolidayStar), is a visual novel released in Japan on 29 December 2011,[1] with an official English patch being released a year later on Christmas Day.[2] The game is an episodic followup to Hatoful Boyfriend set around the holiday season and takes place in a separate universe from the first game, in which the events of Bad Boys Love do not occur.[3] The sequel, developed largely alongside the first game, makes reference to and explores several unresolved plot elements brought up in the first game's Bad Boys Love scenario that could not be fully addressed in its main narrative.[4] Unlike the first game, Holiday Star is a mostly linear visual novel rather than an otome game, with more standalone scenarios and fewer branching plotlines.[5] On 4 June 2015, it was announced that Mediatonic, the developer responsible for the 2014 remake of the original game, was also developing a remake of Holiday Star, again to be published by Devolver Digital.[6] On 8 December 2015, it was announced that the remake of Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star would be released on 15 December 2015 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and on 22 December 2015 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.[7]
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| Writer(s) | Hato Moa |
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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
| Release | Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Nakige, dating sim, otome |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Reception
editThe game's remake received an aggregate score of 54/100 for PC and 58/100 for PlayStation 4 from Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Pigeon Romance Visual Novel Hatoful Boyfriend Heads to PS4/Vita". Anime News Network. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (6 June 2014). "Bird dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend is getting an English remake". Eurogamer. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ PigeoNation Inc. (29 December 2011). Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star (Microsoft Windows, OS X). MIST[PSI]PRESS.
Ryouta: Holiday Star takes place in a happy world where the BBL route never began, during winter break and the third semester.
- ^ Hato, Moa (9 June 2015). "「はーとふる彼氏 完全版」というかBBLを作り終わった時点で「このキャラのあれやこれや書き足りないなー」というのをまとめて突っ込んだ様な闇鍋がHolidayStarです。こちらは好感度をどうこうする乙女ゲームではなくて、ひたすらシナリオをもりもり進める感じです。" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ Lada, Jenni (7 September 2012). "Important Importables: A quick peek at the Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star demo". Technology Tell. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Parker, Fork (4 June 2015). "Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star takes a flight this year". Devolver Digital. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Morrison, Angus (8 December 2015). "Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star out December 15". PC Gamer. Future US. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star". Metacritic. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star". Metacritic. Retrieved 2022-01-26.