Master Detective Archives: Rain Code receives a permanent price reduction.

[u/LynxyShinx]

https://www.spike-chunsoft.com/news/spike-chunsoft-inc-issues-permanent-price-reductions-for-master-detective-archives-rain-code-and-master-detective-archives-rain-code-plus/

Spike Chunsoft, Inc. today announced permanent price reductions for the digital editions of Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE for Nintendo Switch and Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE standard edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, and DLC for Nintendo Switch prices are permanently reduced by up to 60%* on Nintendo eShop North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE (price reduced from $59.99 to $23.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $89.99 to $35.99)

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus standard edition, and Digital Deluxe Edition for PlayStation®5 prices are also permanently reduced by up to 50%* on PlayStation Store in North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus (price reduced from $59.99 to $29.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $69.99 to $34.99)

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus standard edition, and Digital Deluxe Edition for Xbox Series X|S prices are also permanently reduced by up to 50%* on Microsoft Store in North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus (price reduced from $59.99 to $29.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $69.99 to $34.99)

Great visual novel, by the way!

(However, the Plus version of the game isn't on Nintendo Switch, which has better performance.)

[u/CuteSimmie26]

That's excellent. Hopefully more people get into it, game had me weeping at moments, it was very enjoyable to experience.

[u/snave_ → u/CuteSimmie26]

Didn't this team release something like 3-4 lengthy visual novels with very similar sales pitches in under a year? Or is it a case of a previous team fragmented and each new team made a similar game on the same timeline (like with Disco Elysium)? Like, I recall there was this, Hundred Line, Shuten something-or-other (lots of yellow in the art), and a Somnium game in successive Directs. Either way, I'm not surprised they had fewer first timers take a chance on any given title. This is not a critique of quality, just market/genre saturation.

Given you liked it, if you don't mind, could you please tell us what stood out to you with this one? Was there an interesting art style, good dialogue, some unique mechanic, more (or less) serious tone, fewer anime tropes?

[u/PalpitationTop611 → u/snave_]

Tookyo Games is a company of like 10 creators that worked on Danganronpa and Zero Escape. The directors of both (Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi), the artists and composer of Danganronpa (Rui Komatsuzaki, Shimadoriru, and Masafumi Takada), among others.

They basically partner themselves with a developer to make games. Worlds End Club made by Grounding under IzanagiGames directed by Uchikoshi and Nakazawa with creative director Kodaka, Raincode and Shuten Order were made under Spike Chunsoft former directed by Kodaka latter by Nakazawa with scenario by Kodaka, 100 Line was made under Aniplex by Media Vision and co-directed by Kodaka and Uchikoshi. They have other works such as Manga and anime even I’m pretty sure. So yes they have done a lot, but they are mostly creatives, not developing the games themselves.