The crowdfunding marketing campaign to convey to Steam an all-ages model of the beloved visible novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (also referred to as “Rumbling Hearts“) has reached its funding aim this morning.
Writer Anchor had requested followers to pledge 30 million yen (simply north of $200,000 on the present change price) on the Japanese crowdfunding platform Ubgoe, and the aim has been achieved and overtaken, with the marketing campaign now at 30,620,790 yen.
There are 35 days to go left on the clock, because the marketing campaign will finish on December 29, 2023, so if you wish to contribute there may be nonetheless loads of time. Followers from exterior of Japan are inspired to make use of PayPal as Ubgoe accepts solely Japanese bank cards instantly.
The primary stretch aim has additionally been confirmed on the marketing campaign’s Discord server.
It’s going to be achieved at 33 million yen (roughly $220,000) and it will contain the addition of the episode “Kanashimi wa Kaze No Yoni” (Sorrow is Just like the Wind), which was initially distributed as a bonus for the launch of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien: Newest Version in 2008.
Now that the marketing campaign is successful, the sport will launch on Steam in a model for all ages in Spring 2024. It’s going to be solely in Japanese in the beginning, however a translation in English is deliberate and can include a later replace.
That’ll be the primary time this foundational visible novel that’s beloved amongst Japanese followers is formally localized, and that is definitely a related occasion for followers of the style.
When you’re unfamiliar with Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, it debuted as an eroge in 2001 in Japan, and is the visible novel that principally put the legendary developer Âge beneath the highlight. It was then tailored into an anime in 2003, spreading its recognition even wider.
The anime was truly localized within the West by Funimation with the title “Rumbling Hearts,” which is what number of followers exterior of Japan bought to know its story and characters.
It is an attractive, dramatic, tragic, and at occasions somewhat wild love story primarily based on the triangle between Takayuki Narumi and greatest associates Mitsuki Hayase and Haruka Suzumiya.
It is set in the identical world (and faculty) as the primary visible novel of the Muv-Luv collection that Âge launched in 2023, and several other of its characters additionally seem within the Muv-Luv visible novels
By the way, we lately heard that the unique Muv-Luv trilogy is coming to Nintendo Swap, whereas the Muv-Luv Various Complete Eclipse Prequel “The Imperial Capital Burns” has simply been launched on Steam (the place your entire franchise is closely discounted in the meanwhile of this writing as a result of Autumn Sale).
The heroines of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien are additionally prominently featured within the lately launched cellular sport Muv-Luv Dimensions and a devoted crossover is within the works.
