Amnesia (visual novel)
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アムネシア (Amuneshia) |
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| Genre | Romance, Supernatural, Mystery, Fantasy |
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| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation Portable |
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| Amnesia Later | |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Platform | PlayStation Portable |
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| Amnesia Crowd | |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Platform | PlayStation Portable |
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| Directed by | Yoshimitsu Ohashi |
| Written by | Touko Machida |
| Music by | Yoshiaki Dewa |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
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| Original network | AT-X, BS11 Digital, KBS Kyoto, SUN TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa |
| Original run | January 7, 2013 – March 25, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Amnesia: Memories | |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Publisher | Idea Factory International |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Platform | PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows |
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| Amnesia World | |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Platform | PlayStation Vita |
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| Amnesia Later x Crowd V Edition | |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Platform | PlayStation Vita |
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Amnesia (アムネシア Amuneshia?) is a Japanese visual novel series by Idea Factory. It was first released on August 18, 2011 for PlayStation Portable, and then a fan disc in Japan, Amnesia Later, was released on March 15, 2012. Another sequel titled Amnesia Crowd was released on April 18, 2013. They were later combined for a PlayStation Vita release titled "Amnesia Later x Crowd V Edition" on October 16, 2014. Since this series is well received in Japan, it produced various related merchandise such as drama CDs, character music CDs and books. A 2013 anime television series has been produced by Brain's Base. A PlayStation Vita game has been announced.
Amnesia is classified as an otome game; like most otome games, the player takes the role of a female character who can choose from a variety of male characters as her 'love interest'.
In Amnesia, the male characters that the female character can interact with are based on the symbolic suit symbols from a card deck with the following storylines (commonly known as 'routes') in the game: Heart, Spade, Clover, Diamond and Joker. Depending on which route is chosen, the player's relationship with each character is different. Each route is a parallel world where the heroine seeks to understand more about her selected male character.
The premise to the game involves the Heroine getting amnesia and losing all recollection of her current status and lifestyle. The game focuses on the actions and decisions the heroine has to make in order to retrieve the memories. Since getting amnesia, a spirit called Orion attaches himself to the heroine and gives her advice and his perspective of things, he also provides her with that "inner voice". Orion also serves as the main narrator to the story especially in the later story sequels. Orion needs the heroine to recover her memories otherwise he would not be able to depart and return to his own world.
Like many otome games, the events take place over a fix time frame. However, unlike many games, each route in the game is a parallel world. Events that take place in one route may or may not have happen in another route. The pre-existing relationships the heroine has before amnesia is different in each route. The heroine has also obtained amnesia differently in each route. Playing this game is therefore different from playing other otome games because even key events in the storyline are not fixed.
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