Higurashi RPG With Motoi Sakuraba Music Launches September 3, New Screenshots Reveal Turn-Based Battles

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei, the new Higurashi RPG on mobile, will be launching in Japan on September 3. Multiple screenshots for the game were published as well, revealing it’s using a typical turn-based RPG battle system. Often found in gacha games. We knew since the game’s announcement that it’s an RPG, but it’s the first time we’re seeing it in action. Be sure to check our translations of the game’s story and the new characters’ profiles.

As you can see from the screenshots, developing studio D-techno made the typical-est of typical looking gacha RPG. You can get your marks really easily if you’ve already played one. Even if you don’t understand Japanese.

Now with its own gacha game, and a new anime, Higurashi is back in full force in 2020. The only thing left is to turn Rena into a VTuber. Which seems unlikely as the franchise, instead of riding the bland wave of VTubers, went for a traditional, old school radio show with the seiyuu, airing on Niconico. We’ll tell you more about that in a follow-up article soon.

Some of the Higurashi Mei cast also shared their impressions on Twitter.

Mayu Sagara, who voices Higurashi Mei protagonist Ichiho Kimiyoshi, mentioned she’s been into Higurashi since she was a kid so she’s pretty happy to be part of the franchise now. Yes, Higurashi as a kid sounds pretty scary.

「ひぐらしのなく頃に 命」にて
公由一穂ちゃんを演じさせていただきます！！

子供の頃から大好きだった #ひぐらし
作品に出演出来ることがとっても嬉しいです！
物語の主人公である一穂ちゃんと一緒に#ひぐらし命 をぜひ楽しんで欲しいです⸜(* ॑꒳ ॑* )⸝⋆*

早く遊びたいよお(〃´-`〃) https://t.co/GWFkWrJzPV

— 相良 茉優 (@MayuSgr) August 14, 2020

Higurashi Mei also completed its pre-registration campaign, with over 100K players pre-registered for the RPG’s launch:

【ひぐらしのなく頃に 命 事前登録10万人達成】
『ひぐらしのなく頃に 命』の事前登録者数が10万人達成いたしました！
ゲームプレイ開始時に鬼石が更に1200個追加！合わせて3,000個の鬼石に『SSR【闇にしずむ】竜宮レナ』をプレゼント！
リリースまであと少しお待ちください！#ひぐらし #ひぐらし命 pic.twitter.com/S8HfPiPZ6h

— ひぐらしのなく頃に 命【公式】 (@higurashi_mei) September 2, 2020

In related news, the Sinoalice Higurashi collab also revealed all its characters and nice short trailers. We got to see Rika and Hanyuu most notably:

The new Higurashi anime adaption will start airing on October 7. A second cour will be coming on January 7, 2021. Meaning the series will be around 26 episodes in total. All the seiyuu from the original anime are back, and it was also confirmed the Watanagashi arc will be adapted. Here’s the anime’s latest trailer:

The Steam English version of the first Higurashi chapter is currently free. As for related When They Cry games, an ultimate version of Umineko is coming someday in Japan on PS4 and Switch. We’ll get news about it on September 3. The newest When They Cry game series, Ciconia, is also ongoing. Lastly, Ryukishi07 and Entergram are also working on Kaleidoscope of Phantasm Prison, coming on December 17 in Japan on PS4, PS Vita, and Switch.

Higurashi RPG, Higurashi When They Cry Mei is coming to App Store and Google Play. Only in Japan needless to say.

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