![]() The stories within Holiday Star seem to be short stories that explaining new things within the world of Hatoful Boyfriend, but still put Hisoka as part of the story in same way. In this write-up, I will discuss the storylines, the short stories, and the character interactions, and its connection to the Hatoful Boyfriend main story.Ī Hunter-Gatherer in the Snow: Hiyoko Tosaka Thus, I decided to write my thoughts on the game, as a way to revisit this dark but funny story full of Christmas joy but loss as well. Coming back into this strange world wasn’t disappoint as it had a bit of romance and the darker sides of the story were shown once more, but through hilarious themes like always. ** Please note that this isn’t a spoiler free reflection.Īfter playing Hatoful Boyfriend, I wanted to play its sequel and though it took me some time, I finally decided to do so during the holiday season. I also plan on connecting to the main story of Hatoful Boyfriend. This will mainly be centered on the storylines, the short stories, and the main character’s interactions with the birds. I finished Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star last month and decided to write my overall thoughts of the game. Dust the snow off your wings and take flight with familiar faces and new friends alike in extraordinary adventures and intersting side stories about both the old romances and new characters. Pigeonation’s.Travel to fantastically styled worlds, meet interesting new chickadees, and find romance in the elegantly designed winter wonderlands. If you want a game that will do more than you’ve expected and surprise you from a narrative perspective, it’s time to accept the invitation from St. It’s a sudden twist on what’s already a very fun idea. Pigeonation’s, and the protagonist’s past comes hurtling back. Suddenly, the bodies start stacking up at St. The player learns that the protagonist’s parents, who were attempting to broker peace between the two factions during a hostage negotiation, were shot and killed years earlier. In a segment of the game that appears after the credits, titled Bad Boy Love, the world of dating pigeons is suddenly revealed to be a dystopia in which humanity and birdmanity have been at war with each other, each trying to infect the other with infectious diseases. After the credits, Hatoful Boyfriend takes a much darker turn, also in line with some otome games. Pigeonation’s, like the flirty Yuuya Sakazaki or the slightly mischievous Ryouta Kawara, they get a chance to date and the game ends. Devolver DigitalĪfter a player gets through the bird-filled puns (teachers saying “Is everybirdie here?” is just solid writing) and meets all the eligible birds of St. This could basically be an episode of Sex and the City. So she decided to really give people a game about pigeons, one with a fully-fleshed out world and dark secrets to uncover. Less of a personal gag, Mao had learned that people really responded to her game about dating pigeons. With a hit on her hands, she decided to develop the game further.Ī few months later, a newer iteration of the game came out. The site hosting the game crashed as word of a pigeon dating sim made its way through social media. She goes on to describe the game as “originally a silly joke” which very quickly became a big hit. In addition, I like to write scripts more than draw, so it was much easier for me to use pictures of pigeons rather than draw people,” she said in an interview with the Russian website Look at Me. I decided to make a visual novel about birds, because since childhood I adored them, especially pigeons. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I wanted to learn how to create visual novels, and I thought I should start with something short, simple. “The idea of Hatoful Boyfriend came to me in 2011, the day before April 1. It’s the type of passion that can be open to gentle parody, which is how Hatoful started. Romance novels, as one fan wrote in a Guardian essay defending the genre, “do not concern real life.” Rather, they delve into the absurd.įor people who enjoy that type of delving, getting caught up in the world of otome games and romance novels can hit buttons like nothing else. She wanted to make a simple parody of otome games, otherwise known as visual romance novels. Hato Mao, who created Hatoful, didn’t mean to create an international sensation when she released her game. It's free to play now for Xbox Game Pass subscribers on PC. And even weirder than that? You have zero idea how any of it will be perceived.Ī perfect example is Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating simulator about a human girl in a school full of pigeons. Once the ideas leave a person’s mind, they can radically change on paper. An artist can plan and plan, but once they put pen to paper, or lips to an instrument, or begin sketching their first character design, the entire project can suddenly shift. ![]()
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