Spent a few hours on this now so thought I'd leave a few impressions, although nothings really new for those that have played the previous games, so I figured I may as well bombard you with some lovely screenshots using CFW as words can never do justice to just how nice looking the artwork is in this series.
The basic plot to this one is it's set in 1975 and your mothers just given birth so sent you to stay with your Uncle, Aunt and 2 cousins who own a Guest House in a small fishing village, as always with the series the idea is to have the most eventful summer holiday possible during those 31 days.
Nothing really changes much in the series minus the location and characters so as expected theres the usual collecting element which involves fishing, catching insects, beetle sumo wrestling, finding all 50 bottle caps, exploring, finding secret areas, trying to get a tan, completing events that happen on certain calendar days, as for the sub story, in this one your trying to help a guy called You find all 3 parts of an homemade rocket.
As always the day consists of family exercise, breakfast around 6.30 then your free to do whatever until 6pm, if your still out past this time then your Uncle will come looking for you for tea, you then get a few more hours until bedtime at 11pm, if your still out by that time then again your uncle will come looking, you'll get a telling off and overlay missing morning exercise.
Also at the end of the day is usually a good time to update your diary which is a sketch book, you'll draw the days events in there and the ultimate goal is to complete this as much as possible with the games event, it's also a good time to view any insects you caught and add them to your insect log by mounting them.
Earning money in this one is handled by either finding it whilst swimming or giving your old grandad a massage for a couple of Yen, you can then use this to buy items like Jet Cider bottles which have collectible bottle caps.
Overall the game is basically a remake of the original PS2 version of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 which was released in 2002, it does have a few tweaks over the original release though, some extra characters and story events, around 50 more insects to collect and also the ability to save at any time which is a welcome feature as the last release, Boku 4 didn't have one which was a bit of an oversight for an handheld game.
For those who have played Boku 4 it may seem a small step backwards as it's missing some features from that game, namely the medals, empty bottle collecting, brushing your teeth and the capsule toys, it's still an excellent game though with the usual high standard of artwork by Kusanagi as well as the excellent music and atmospheric sounds and excellent insight into Japanese culture, well worth picking up if your a fan of the series or fancy trying something a bit different.
The basic plot to this one is it's set in 1975 and your mothers just given birth so sent you to stay with your Uncle, Aunt and 2 cousins who own a Guest House in a small fishing village, as always with the series the idea is to have the most eventful summer holiday possible during those 31 days.
Nothing really changes much in the series minus the location and characters so as expected theres the usual collecting element which involves fishing, catching insects, beetle sumo wrestling, finding all 50 bottle caps, exploring, finding secret areas, trying to get a tan, completing events that happen on certain calendar days, as for the sub story, in this one your trying to help a guy called You find all 3 parts of an homemade rocket.
As always the day consists of family exercise, breakfast around 6.30 then your free to do whatever until 6pm, if your still out past this time then your Uncle will come looking for you for tea, you then get a few more hours until bedtime at 11pm, if your still out by that time then again your uncle will come looking, you'll get a telling off and overlay missing morning exercise.
Also at the end of the day is usually a good time to update your diary which is a sketch book, you'll draw the days events in there and the ultimate goal is to complete this as much as possible with the games event, it's also a good time to view any insects you caught and add them to your insect log by mounting them.
Earning money in this one is handled by either finding it whilst swimming or giving your old grandad a massage for a couple of Yen, you can then use this to buy items like Jet Cider bottles which have collectible bottle caps.
Overall the game is basically a remake of the original PS2 version of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 which was released in 2002, it does have a few tweaks over the original release though, some extra characters and story events, around 50 more insects to collect and also the ability to save at any time which is a welcome feature as the last release, Boku 4 didn't have one which was a bit of an oversight for an handheld game.
For those who have played Boku 4 it may seem a small step backwards as it's missing some features from that game, namely the medals, empty bottle collecting, brushing your teeth and the capsule toys, it's still an excellent game though with the usual high standard of artwork by Kusanagi as well as the excellent music and atmospheric sounds and excellent insight into Japanese culture, well worth picking up if your a fan of the series or fancy trying something a bit different.
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