Higurashi: When They Cry Mahjong Game Gets Remaster for Switch, PS5, PC
City Connection announced on Tuesday that the 2009 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jong mahjong game for the Higurashi: When They Cry franchise is getting a remaster. The Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jong Remaster game will launch for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam in Japan in 2027.
The original Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jong game debuted for arcades in Japan in July 2009 before launching on PlayStation Portable that same year.
07th Expansion launched the first chapter of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel software in 2002 at Comiket. The story revolves around murders that coincide with an annual festival in a quiet rural village. Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion released Higurashi: When They Cry Hou for PC in Japan in 2014 as a "thank you" to series fans (the kanji used for Hō is used in the word Hōnō, "dedication").
The first Higurashi: When They Cry television anime series aired for 26 episodes in 2006, and the When They Cry II: Solutions (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai) anime aired for 24 episodes in 2007. Geneon Entertainment Inc. released the first anime on DVD in 2007-2008. Funimation then released the anime on DVD in 2009 and 2010. Sentai Filmworks released both anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2016.
The Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU television anime premiered in October 2020. Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU, the follow-up anime, premiered in July 2021.
A new television anime has been green-lit for the franchise. Studio DEEN is returning to animate the new anime. The anime will have a returning cast.
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