Japan’s Nintendo Direct Had A Very Nice Surprise Announcement

Sometimes, the video games introduced or showcased on a Nintendo Direct are the identical within the West as they’re in Japan. Other instances it’s not till you circle again round and take a look at the Japanese video that you just realise it contained information of a new Summer Vacation recreation.

The Boku no Natsuyasumi sequence, which has been working in Japan for many years, are principally a bunch of video games the place you play as a child and get to take pleasure in a leisurely few weeks of your summer season trip wandering round a city, catching bugs and simply usually absorbing the vibes.

The important video games within the sequence had by no means been launched within the West till final 12 months, when Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation: The Endless Seven-Day Journey dropped on Switch and PC. As I stated on the time, that was a bit of a bummer as a result of the license slapped excessive of the expertise kinda ruined the entire thing.

So possibly it’s little shock that whereas no point out was product of this recreation on the Western Nintendo Direct whatsover, the Japanese present had a trailer for Natsu-Mon: twentieth Century Summer Vacation, a model new recreation written and designed by Boku no Natsuyasumi sequence creator Kaz Ayabe, and developed by his studio Millennium Kitchen.

Seemingly going again to the sequence’ roots, it takes us again to a time that appears just like the 80s or early 90s, and has us taking part in as a 10-year-old, on holidays, doing all of the stuff I stated above: climbing timber, chatting with locals, recognizing bugs, performing some dancing.

Will this come to the West? Who is aware of! I stated on the finish of my Shin-Chan weblog that “I can only hope this one sells enough, or at least attracts enough attention, to convince someone to release some of the older games in English as well”, however that applies simply as a lot to new video games as effectively!

Natsu-Mon: twentieth Century Summer Vacation can be out on the Switch this Summer.