It was announced by Winged Cloud, that their genre-bending visual novel Sakura Nova is releasing today on adult gaming portal Nutaku.net, inviting players to join a trio of unlikely heroes defending their shielded city from demonic hordes. Developed by Winged Cloud and published by Denpasoft, this latest entry in the popular Sakura series will be offered on Nutaku a full 30 days before the censored Steam release as part of an effort to promote sales of the full version of the game.
Check out the trailer of Sakura Nova, featuring the main characters of the story:
“About Sakura Nova
Sakura Nova places players in the role of Mikage Shinzaki, a young man training toward knighthood at the city academy. The son of famous general Zero Shinzaki, Mikage is partnered with two companions starstruck by his famous name: Kaguya & Arisa, polar opposites in both personality and temperament. Together the three must overcome the challenge of their clashing personalities and rise to defeat the evil encroaching upon their city, battling jealousy, fear, and doubt.
Sakura Nova is the product of one of the most successful western visual novel studios in the market, responsible for opening a new generation of English-speaking players to this compelling genre of games. The Sakura series mixes serious storytelling with playful eroge elements, impactful player relationships, and AAA quality illustration.
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About Winged Cloud
A prolific development studio for ecchi visual novels and anime-style games, Winged Cloud is the driving force behind the Sakura series, one of the most popular western anime franchises on the market. Founded in 2014, their previous successes include the RPG dungeon-crawler Sakura Dungeon, alongside visual novels Sakura Fantasy and Sakura Swim Club.
About Nutaku
Nutaku.net is an online gaming portal featuring games for mature audiences. Created in 2014, the site debuted by translating Japanese browser games and quickly grew to include downloadable titles from around the world. Describing their objective as nothing less than “to become the Steam of adult gaming”, the Nutaku staff have launched a downloadable games client and recently committed to spending over $2 million USD on investments in the western indie adult gaming scene.”
For more information on Sakura Nova visit its official website (+18).
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