Some routes did seem to have more substance than others. And Elisabeth had my second favorite route – I loved her frequent misuse/misunderstanding of phrases, as well as her snarky butler, Alfred. Her “chonky” kitty friend named Banjo was an adorable spitfire.
Anya was probably my favorite character due to our mew-tual mutual appreciation of art and cats. Robin’s grandfather is oddly endearing with his love of cartoons and frequent warnings about sirens luring Robin to his death. There were several characters that I particularly enjoyed in Aquadine. (I know I would have loved being a student at this school.) Anya, Elisabeth, Diana, and Cameron are the four classmates whose routes you’ll experience, and Robin will interact with them as himself and as Ciel. His school environment was actually one of my favorite locations in the game, as it has an aquarium theme. The storylines switch between scenes at Robin’s school and his work life as Ciel. But as you get to know the other characters, you’ll find that he’s not alone in having secrets. His dual life as Robin and Ciel often makes things difficult for him. He worries about his mother’s illness and the finances of the family’s tour business. The writer(s) weren’t afraid to poke fun at the genre, with characters joking about things like a “mandatory beach episode.”Īlthough Robin eventually opens up to his classmates and even has a good time with them, that doesn’t mean everything goes…swimmingly…for him. For the most part, I really liked the characters living in Aquadine their antics and interactions frequently made me laugh. There are four character routes to complete in the game, but that doesn’t mean that they exclude the other three characters or even minor characters from each storyline. Instead, they allow you to start another route directly from the character selection screen. I really appreciated how they made it so that you don’t have to start from the common route again once you complete a character’s story. This is the only decision you make in the game, as there are no dialogue options to choose from. The story starts off with the common route, and once you’ve finished that part you decide on the character whose story you’d like to discover first. (The game is partially voiced, and they even play the song he’s singing in those scenes, which was a nice touch.) As Ciel, he’s pretty popular – especially because he often sings on the canals. Even his classmates don’t seem to know about his dual identities – perhaps due to his utilization of the Clark Kent effect by wearing glasses as Robin. But Robin performs his job in disguise under a different name (Ciel) for personal reasons. His mother was an extremely popular gondolier herself, but she’s been hospitalized for the past few years, and now Robin is working to help pay off her medical bills. Now, the plot has you follow the story of a boy named Robin, who explains the myths surrounding Aquadine’s development for his job as a gondolier. Eventually, so many of them “pulled an Ariel” and wanted to go “up where they walk” that no one remained in the kingdom. The game is a kinetic visual novel set in the city of Aquadine, where legend has it that merfolk lived in an underwater kingdom there in the past. Visual novels with vibrant graphics tend to draw my attention, and Aquadine certainly fulfills those criteria. I especially loved the underwater CG on the eShop page. My first exposure to Aquadine was the beautiful artwork featured in the game’s screenshots.
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AQUADINE GAME CODE
A review code was kindly provided by Ratalaika Games on behalf of Soft Colors.
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