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AOKANA, Everlasting Flowers' sprite Teases New Game for 15th Anniversary

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Developer celebrates 15 years since debut game Love, Elections, & Chocolate in 2010


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Image via AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue game's website
Visual novel developer sprite opened a website on Wednesday to celebrate its 15th anniversary, and the site teases that the developer is working on a new game that will launch in 2026.

The company has so far developed the Love, Elections & Chocolate, AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue, and Everlasting Flowers visual novels, the latter two of which have official English releases.

Love, Elections & Chocolate debuted on October 29, 2010, exactly 15 years ago to the day. The visual novel inspired a television anime in 2012.

Since then, sprite released AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue on PC in November 2014, for PlayStation Vita in February 2016, for PlayStation 4 in January 2017, and for Nintendo Switch in March 2018. The game received a television anime by GONZO that premiered in January 2016. The Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue - EXTRA2 fan disc debuted in Japanese and English in 2022.

The company released Everlasting Flowers in Japanese, English, and Chinese simultaneously in August 2024.

The original incarnation of sprite halted operations in March 2019, but the developers' former members reformed the brand under the company S-WORKS in November later that year. At the time the company halted operations, the company also halted the development of Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue - EXTRA2 and Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Zwei, eventually releasing the former in 2022 after the developers reformed, but not releasing the latter.

Source: sprite 15th anniversary website via Otakomu


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