428 - Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de

PlayStation Portable · 2009 · JP

Also known as: 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (JP)

SEGA Chunsoft

Publisher: SEGA · Developer: Chunsoft

428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de is a visual novel and adventure video game created by Koichi Nakamura and Jiro Ishii, developed by Nakamura's company Chunsoft, and published by Sega, earning a perfect score in Famitsu Weekly, Japan's largest circulating video game magazine. The story is set in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo where the narrative is presented using a combination of scrolling text, live action stills and video sequences. The game shares many elements with Chunsoft's 1998 sound novel game Machi. Although Chunsoft does not openly state 428 is a sequel, the game contains numerous references to Machi, and an early marketing slogan reads "Breaking a long silence, Shibuya gets going again." The game also features a special scenario contributed by Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi of Type-Moon fame. It was subsequently announced by Sega that this particular scenario would be adapted into an anime TV series titled Canaan, which began airing in Japan on July 4, 2009. A series of four novels based on the game were published by Kodansha between the months of September and December 2009.