Switch "Summer Pockets" to be released in Spring 2019! Key's latest work depicts a story of one summer on a tranquil island

Prototype announced that "Summer Pockets" for Switch will be released in Spring 2019.

Summer Pockets" is a game brand of Visual Arts, which has released numerous masterpieces such as "CLANNAD," "Little Busters! Summer Pockets" is a PC romance adventure game (for all ages) released on June 29, 2018 by "Key," the game brand of Visual Arts that has released numerous masterpieces such as "CLANNAD," "Little Busters!

Set on a tranquil island away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the game is about enjoying summer vacation with the heroine and her friends, and falling in love. The game nostalgically depicts the story of one summer, which some people miss and others have never seen before, and is the latest work by Key, which has been well received by the public.

This work is coming to Switch as early as spring 2019!　Here is a summary of the story, the characters, and the touch screen controls unique to the Switch version.

Feature of Nintendo Switch -Features of Nintendo Switch version
Full support for touch screen operation! One-handed play is also possible!
The game can be played not only in handheld mode with the Joy-Cons in place, but also with the Joy-Cons removed, as it fully supports touchscreen operation. Portability has been improved.
In table mode and TV mode, all controls can be performed with a single Joy-Con(R), making one-handed play possible.

Story
The main character, Hayori Takahara, came to Torishira Island alone during her summer vacation to sort out the belongings of her deceased grandmother.
When she gets off the ferry, which runs only a few times a day, she meets a girl.
She was just gazing at the boundary line between the sea and the sky, while playing with her hair in the sea breeze.
The next thing she knows, the girl is gone, and Hayori, feeling like she's being plucked by a fox, heads for her grandmother's house, where she finds that her aunt, who is already a relative of hers, is already there.
There, her aunt, a relative, was already there, sorting through her belongings.
As she helps her grandmother clean out her memories, she is bewildered by her first contact with "island life," but she adapts to it.
She is bewildered by her first contact with nature, which she had never known in her life in the city.
It was the kind of life that reminded him of something nostalgic that he had forgotten.

I met a girl staring at the sea.
I met a girl looking for a mysterious butterfly.
I met a girl looking for memories and a pirate ship.
I met a girl who lived in a quiet lighthouse.

I met a new friend on the island.

I wished this summer vacation would never end.


Stage
Torishiro Island
A remote island with a population of about 2,000.
There is no traffic light and only one convenience store closes at 22:00. Electricity is normally available. Water and sewage systems have been installed in recent years, and wells are still in use. As for the Internet, there is an ISDN level connection through a landline telephone line. What is high-speed optical communication?　This is an area where high-speed optical communication is disappearing in the city. Public telephones, which are disappearing in the city, are still in use. Megaphone speakers are installed on utility poles in the village, and disaster prevention broadcasts are played.
The island has only a junior high school, and those who wish to go to high school must take a ferry to the town, which takes about one hour.
One of the tourist attractions is the Sea Lantern Festival.


Character

Hairi Takahara
I am ...... a wounded migratory bird.

The main character. During the summer vacation, she came to Torishira Island to sort out her deceased grandmother's belongings.
He used to be a swimmer, but due to certain circumstances, he has to distance himself from swimming. Because of this, his behavior becomes disorderly and he is treated like a tumor at school.
As if to escape the city, he decides to spend his summer vacation in a place where he doesn't know anyone.
His personality is fast-paced and elusive. She tends not to show her inner self.
Since he went to a boys' school, he is not very immune to girls. On the other hand, she often discusses her research on how to be popular with girls with her classmates.


The Girl Who Forgot Summer Vacation
Naruse Shiroha
CV: Yoshimi Obara
Body Size：B81/W56/H83
Favorite food：Suicover

You shouldn't bother me too much.

She is a cool and shy island girl.
The only person she is close to is her grandfather, and she is isolated on the island.
Because she has been alone for so long, she doesn't know how to get along with people, and sometimes says things without thinking about them.
She is often found on the outskirts of the island, gazing out at the ocean.


A girl who follows the island's folklore
Sorakado Ao-Sorakado Ao
CV: Natsumi Takamori
Body Size：B85/W59/H86
Favorite food：shaved ice

Anyway, please leave me alone even if I'm sleeping.

An island girl who treats both men and women like friends.
She works part-time at a candy shop on the island and is loved by men and women of all ages.
She has a wild fox (?) with her. She has a wild fox (?) with her.
She is often seen sleeping in various places on the island, which seems to be an everyday occurrence for the islanders.


A young lady looking for a pirate ship
Kushima Kamome
CV：Tomomi Mineuchi
Body Size：B86/W56/H85
Favorite food：Sweets with a secret triangle shape

I'm going.Once again, to the place where the pirate ship is.

A mysterious girl we met on the island.
She always carries a large suitcase.
She never tells you what is inside.
Like the main character, she is only staying on the island this summer.
She is wandering around the island with an old map in her hand, as if she is looking for something.
She says of the map, "It's a treasure map.


A girl in search of herself
Tsumugi Wenders
CV: Emiri Iwai
Body Size：B78/W56/H80
Favorite food: cotton candy

I'm looking for something.I'm looking for something to do."

A girl who appears near the lighthouse on the island.
She is a serious and honest half-German girl who is "looking for something to do" during her summer vacation.
She cleans up trash that has washed up in the ocean and finds things that can still be used and cherishes them.
When she is in trouble or at a loss for words, she grunts.
He often hums old songs from foreign lands.


Mitani Ryoichi-
CV: Kentaro Kumagai

A boy who lives on an island.
He tends to take off his clothes anytime, anywhere.
He has converted a warehouse in the mountains into a secret base.
It has become a hangout for his peers.


Kano Tenzen
CV: Yohei Hamada

The second boy who lives on the island.
He has a serious and cool appearance, but he devotes himself too much to ping-pong, and his behavior and actions are strange in many ways.
He brings a ping-pong table to a secret base he built with Ryoichi in the mountains, where he trains hard every day.


Nomura Miki-
CV: Saku Ichimiya
Body Size：B80/W55/H80

A girl who lives on the island.
She is a member of the Torihaku Island Boys' Club's public safety enforcement department and protects the island's public morals on a daily basis.
She is also in charge of broadcasting from the broadcasting tower on the island, and monitors security from the top of the tower.
She shoots without mercy anyone who disturbs public morals with her "Hydro Gladiator Kai," a water pistol that she has modified for her own use.


Mizuori Shizuku
CV：Sahomi Koyama
Body Size：B98/W64/H88

The president of a school on the mainland where the heroines who live on the island go to school.
During the summer vacation, she comes to the island to see Shizuku.
She has an uncommon love and respect for boobs.
He does not like girls, he just genuinely likes boobs.


Kato Umi
CV: Tanaka Aimi

A relative's child and a cousin.
She has lived in the city all her life and longed to live in the countryside, so this summer she came to the island on her own.
She also takes care of the main character's meals during the summer.
Her specialty is fried rice, and she has an extraordinary passion for it.


Misaki Kyoko-
CV：Megumi Takamoto
Body Size：B82/W60/H86

Kyoko-Misaki is the younger sister and aunt of the main character, Takahara Hayori's mother.
She is connected to Kato's grandmother, who lived alone on Torishirajima, through collecting antiques.
She is organizing the large amount of antiquities in the Kato family's storehouse, sometimes with a sniffle.
She has a background in archaeology and can translate old literature.


Naruse Kobato-
CV: Minoru Shiraishi

Naruse Shiroha's grandfather.
He is also called Naruse Ou.
His body is covered with scars from his many battles.
The most painful was his grandmother's attack.
He is also an expert in the "underwater martial arts" passed down from generation to generation on Torishirajima.


Inari
CV: Konomi Suzuki

A wild fox (?) on Torishira Island. She is often seen with Aoi Kuramon.
She is often seen with Aoi Kuramon.
She is an animal (?). She is an animal (?), but she also seems to understand human language.
He can read the air and is a good boy.
He makes a "pon" sound.


Product Information
Summer Pockets
Release date: Spring 2019
・Price:.
　Package version: TBD
　Download version: TBD
Genre: Love Adventure
Compatibility: Nintendo Switch
Controller: Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Play mode: TV mode / Table mode / Portable mode
CERO rating: To be determined
Original idea: Associate Asae
Main Animation: Na-Ga / Izumi Tsubasu / Nagayama Yunon
Sub original drawings: Fumuyun
SD Illustration: Yoshi Engi
Scenario: Yu Niijima / Kai / Hasama
Music: Shinji Orito / Associate Asae / Donmaru / Tomohiro Takeshita / Ryo Mizuki

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