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428 Shibuya Scramble
- Developer: Chunsoft
- Release: 2008
- Notable Staff: Nakamura Kouichi - Producer (Chunsoft founder, Director: Dragon Quest I-IV, Producer: Kamaitachi no Yoru, Machi)
Satou Naoki - Composer (Precure series, Godzilla -1, JP Academy Award winner)
428: Shibuya Scramble is a very excellent Visual Novel from the best in the game, serving as a followup to the equally-excellent Machi. Utilizing live-action photos and staging, and revolving around a wide cast of characters you "zap" between at any given time, the game follows a non-linear format, allowing actions taken by unrelated characters to later influence the other paths you can take. Characters separate scenarios all fit different genres despite following the same event and timeframe, from hardboiled cop thriller to slapstick comedy. Also included within the game is a scenario written by Nasu Kinoko of Type-Moon, Canaan, that later got a full anime release
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And Kensaku 安藤ケンサク
- Developer: Shift
- Release: 2010
And Kensaku is a neat minigame-focused trivia game built around guessing the total search results of Google queries. It's rather inaccessible at this point, due to both how different the results were in 2010 and being entirely in Japanese, but it's a very neat little oddity that deserves a mention
Animal Crossing: City Folk
- Developer: Nintendo EAD
- Release: 2001
- Notable Staff: Nogami Hisashi - Director (Character Design: Yoshi's Island, Director: Mii Channel, Creator: Splatoon)
Eguchi Katsuya - Producer (Director: Star Fox, Wave Race 64, Level/Area Design: Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Story)
Totaka Kazumi - Composer (Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru, Link's Awakening, Mario Paint, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin 2. He is KK Slider) - Peripherals: Wii Speak
Animal Crossing: City Folk is an as-expected followup to Animal Crossing, the third in the series after Wild World, with the added spin of travelling to the city for some new shopping opportunities. For the most part, it's the same as the other titles with a bit extra visual polish, and some added internet connectivity that's no longer usable today
