TGS2020] The "Happinet" stage featured a wide variety of genres and publishers, including otome games, violence, gals, and hardcore shooters!

Tokyo Game Show 2020 ONLINE" (hereinafter referred to as "TGS2020") is being held online for the first time ever for four days from September 24 (Thursday) to September 27 (Sunday), 2020. The following is a report on the "Happinet" stage, which was broadcast from 12:00 p.m. on the third day of the event.

Happinet, a distributor of games and toys as well as a game distributor for various publishers, introduced their new games along with their partner companies for two hours, moderated by MC Shohei Taguchi.

■Broccoli
The distribution started with Broccoli's games.
First up was "Uta no Prince Sama! Debut for Switch," a title originally released for the PSP in 2012 that will be released for the Nintendo Switch on February 25, 2021.

Next up is "Jacques Jeanne" (Nintendo Switch), a new title scheduled for release on December 3, 2020. This is a simulation game in which the heroine enrolls in the Univeral Opera School, which trains actors for the Tamasaka-za, a theater company where only men can perform on stage, and lives for a year so that her gender is not revealed, with the goal of winning the leading role in the final performance.


Here we welcome game producer Daisuke Yamashita to introduce the game. The game's characters are designed by Sui Ishida, the author of "Tokyo Ghouls," who also wrote all the lyrics and music for the game, so you can enjoy a different world from that of "Tokyo Ghouls.
In addition, the system was introduced, including an adventure part to progress the story, a simulation part to develop characters, and a music game part to lead the performance to success.
The comments section was filled with the voices of game fans eagerly awaiting the release of the game.



Entergram
Entergram, which handles many ports of PC games, introduced Mr. Soichiro Watanabe, the company's public relations manager.
The anime "Rio no Oshigoto! (PlayStation4/Nintendo Switch), which also had a popular anime, was introduced. (PlayStation4/Nintendo Switch), a novel/anime game based on Shogi, which not only allows players to relive the story of the anime and enjoy the original story of the game, but also features AI by SilverStar Japan, a company with an established reputation for Shogi and Go games. The game will be released on November 26, 2020.


The centerpiece of the game is the suspense adventure "Gensou Jigoku no Kaleidoscope" (PlayStation 4/PlayStation VITA/Nintendo Switch), with scenario by Ryuunishi 07 and character design by Tsuru Higami.
The game will be released on December 17, 2020.


In addition, there is also information on "Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saki - Nekobako to Yumemuso no Symphony" (PlayStaion4/Nintendo Switch).
In addition to the main game, this title includes a DL code for "Golden Dream Symphony†CROSS," a fighting game based on "Umineko no Naku Koro ni" that was announced as a doujin game. This is the first consumer port of the game, so it is also of interest.



Inti Creates, Inc.
Inti Creates announced "Gyaru☆Gan Ritanzu" (Nintendo Switch, XboxOne), a remastered version of the first installment of their signature title "Gyaru☆Gan. The game was introduced by the game's producer, Shigeru Nakagawa, and voice actress Haruka Miyake, who plays Kaname Nonomiya in "Gyaru☆Gan Ritanzu.


The "Gyaru☆Gan" series has always been known for its outrageous settings and worldview, but this time the extras are just as impressive. The pre-order bonus is a "bookmark with a wonderful smell based on Kaname Nonomiya's image". What kind of smell it has will be revealed at ...... on the release date of January 28, 2021!


Also, information about the BEST version of "Gyaru☆Gan 2" (Nintendo Switch) and the sale of IntiCreations' titles at up to 80% off was announced.


■JUSTDAN
Our neighbor, Taiwanese publisher JUSTDAN, introduced two titles.


Here, voice actress Ayaka Nanase and Happinet PR person Akinori Terai appeared. They began by introducing the adventure game "Edible Girl" (Nintendo Switch).
In this game, local delicacies such as Taiwanese fried chicken and tapioca milk tea are personified as beautiful girls, and the player, together with the girls, struggles to revitalize a deserted night market.
The Japanese version of the game features Ayaka Nanase, Seria Fukagawa, and Inori Minase, and is scheduled for release on November 26, 2020.


The other is "Ken-Yaku Sword: Enkoku no Kigyohi" (PlayStation 4), an action game based on ancient China.
In addition to the actual game screen, a splendid cast was announced, including Ayaka Nanase as the heroine Chogoh, Noriaki Sugiyama as the hero Taishi Shou, Kaori Fukuhara as his sister Shou, Chinatsu Akasaki as the mysterious woman, and Minoru Shiraishi as the mysterious voice. Pikii.



Pikii
The game was introduced by comedian Go☆Jas.
First up was "Jump King" (PlayStation4/Nintendo Switch), a jump-action game with a daunting difficulty level released by Pikii.


In this simple game, the player controls a master child who can only jump in order to meet a spunky gal at the top of a tower, and the goal is to go up as high as possible.
The path is steep, and even the slightest deviation from the foothold will result in a merciless fall to the lower levels.
The key is to make full use of the jumps, the distance and height of which change in 36 stages depending on the time it takes to press the button.


Go☆Jas immediately took on the challenge of playing the game live! This time, a campaign was held in which viewers could win "Koshihikari," a type of rice that tastes so good it makes you jump, depending on how high you reach the floor. However, the difficulty was so great that he was only able to reach two floors. ......
Taguchi-san, who also played the game beforehand, could not clear it even after 20 hours of playing. Will there be someone who can clear this extremely difficult game? ......



Deep Silver
Deep Silver introduced "MAN EATER" (PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5), an open world RPG in which players control sharks to prey, explore, and evolve.


Like the movie "JAWS," players can control a shark and attack people and facilities on the seashore, as well as other underwater creatures.
As a fish, its main area of activity is underwater. However, the sharks can also enter rivers and other bodies of water.



Here, too, Go☆Jas took up the challenge of playing the game live. He managed to defeat a barracuda, although he was given a little extra time.

City ConnectionGranzella
Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, president of City Connection, and Goro Matsuo, public relations manager of Granzella, appeared on stage.


City Connection not only covers Cave's classic horizontal shooter "Death Smiles" series, but also the newest (?) game in the series. Death Smiles I and II (PlayStaion4/Nintendo Switch) with new game modes.


An illustration by Junya Inoue was also unveiled.
It was also announced that a shooting game by popular game maker Saijyo from the past will be developed for PlayStation 5.


On the other hand, Granzella announced "R-TYPE FINAL2" (PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch, XboxSeries X, XboxOne, STEAM).
This is the latest version of the classic shooter released by Irem in 1987. The concept of this latest title, the first in the series in 17 years since "R-TYPE FINAL," is "the best 'R-TYPE' that can be made today. The concept is "the best 'R-TYPE' that can be made today." We can expect beautiful visuals and hardcore content.




In addition, HAPPINET's domestic titles to be released between September and December were also introduced.





The session concluded with a message from Akinori Terai, HAPPINET's public relations manager, who said that the company would continue to focus on package sales in spite of the increasing presence of download sales.
For more information on each title, please visit the publisher's official website at the link below.