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Grisaia Spinoff Visual Novel Gets PS Vita Port

Japanese game developer Prototype revealed on Tuesday that it is developing a PlayStation Vita port of Frontwing's The Fruit of Grisaia spinoff PC visual novel Idol Mahō Shōjo Chiruchiru ☆ Michiru. Prototype's PS Vita port will be titled Grisaia no Kajitsu Spinout!? Idol Mahō Shōjo Chiruchiru ☆ Michiru.

Frontwing released the original PC version of the game in two parts in August and December 2014. Prototype's PS Vita version will bundle both parts in one package, and it will ship in Japan on June 25 for 4,300 yen (about US$35).

The spinoff game features a comical story with all the heroines from the Grisaia games playing completely different characters. Unlike the three main Grisaia games, the spinoff is a visual novel where the player doesn't make any choices. The visual novel features full voicing and background music.

The visual novel stars Michiru Matsushima (voiced by Kaori Mizuhashi), an idol who is unpopular and doesn't sell well. She dreams of becoming a top idol popular with both men and women while wearing with cute clothes and singing lovely songs. Instead, she hosts concerts every weekend at a dim basement jazz bar where few fans come and she cannot sell much merchandise.

One night Michiru is walking home alone and she sees a shooting star and wishes on it to become a top idol. However, what Michiru wishes on is not a shooting star but a cat familiar name Nyanmel (voiced by Kaori Nazuka) from a magical world. Nyanmel tells Michiru that in order to save her world she must become a magical girl.

The PS Vita version will include high-resolution graphics at 960 x 544 pixels, color customization options, touchscreen availability, and full support for the PS Vita TV.

Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter campaign in December to release all three Grisaia games in the West on PC, and as part of its stretch goal, the company will release the PC version of Idol Mahō Shōjo Chiruchiru ☆ Michiru in both downloadable and physical forms.

Sekai Project posted the opening video for the original PC game.

Prototype previously ported The Fruit of Grisaia to both the PSP and PS Vita in 2013.

A television anime of the first game, The Fruit of Grisaia (Grisaia no Kajitsu/Le Fruit de la Grisaia), premiered last October. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime for North America, and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

The television anime adaptations of the other two games, The Eden of Grisaia and The Labyrinth of Grisaia, will premiere this spring.

Source: Inside Games via Hachima Kikō