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FuRyu Unveils New Caligula PS Vita RPG
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
PlayStation Vita. The Famitsu.com website is hosting a thumbnail image preview of its feature article in this week's Weekly Famitsu magazine, which ships on Thursday. The article will contain more details on the game.
Famitsu also began streaming a teaser trailer that reveals a June 23 release date. Pre-order bonuses include a soundtrack CD, visual booklet, swimsuit DLC, and an application to participate in a fan event.
The cast revealed in the video are:
- Chiharu Sawashiro as the protagonist
- Rie Murakawa as Kotono Kashiwaba
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shogo Satake
- Rie Takahashi as Mihue Sonohara
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kotarō Tomoe
- Suzuna Kagura
- Yūichirō Umehara as Izuru Minezawa
- Ari Ozawa as Naruko Morita
- Shōta Aoi as Kensuke Hibiki
- Reina Ueda as μ
- Mirei
- Emi Nitta as Sweet P
- Yuka Ōtsubo as Sone
The Famitsu.com article describes the game as a "next-generation school juvenile RPG," focused on themes of modern pathology and trauma. The game's title refers to the "Caligula Effect," which is a pattern of behavior where one wants to see or do something the more if it is denied to them. It will be set in a virtual reality world called Moebius, where a group of nine boys and girls are trying to escape the virtual world to return to the real world.
Director Takuya Yamanaka, scenario writer Oguchi are on board for the game.
[Via Siliconera]
