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Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid
Natsu-Mon! 20-seiki no Natsu-yasumi is an adventure game where you spend a summer as a boy. Catch insects, fish, swim in the sea, and interact with the towns people. You can also travel to neighboring towns by train and participate in festivals at night. By experiencing various things, the things you can do and the places you can go will expand.
Details
- Released
- July 28, 2023
- Developer
- Millennium Kitchen, ToyBox
- Genres
- Adventure
- Publisher
- Spike Chunsoft
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Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Reviews
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It’s impossible to experience everything that Natsu-Mon has to offer in a single play-through – much like how it’s impossible to get everything done that you want to over a summer. They’re always over too quickly. But then the very best way to play is to put Natsu-Mon down for quite some time afterward and let that one run through the game be your memory of it. This is something to be experienced, not played, and as far as emergent narratives are concerned, this is the best example of that I’ve seen in many, many years.
It’s so hard to look at summer now and feel that it’s anywhere as good as it was when I was a child. From the age of five to eighteen, summer meant two to three months of open freedom, of choices, ideas, and possibilities that existed only in this window of opportunity. I remember camping, sleepovers, exploration, and endless games, movies, and stupidity. Sure, there was homework eventually, but summer held a double-edged sword of chance and missed moments. And when it was over, it was ov...
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid is like living through your childhood summers: filled with adventures, friends, chores, and great memories to look back on. Though the controls could be finicky, the overall experience was a level of wholesome all its own!
Imagine a JPRG where the young hero who's supposed to embark on an epic adventure to save the kingdom doesn't actually embark, and instead just spends a month fishing, exploring caves, and resurrecting the town festival. That's Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid.Read More
Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Kid is an open-world life simulator I had a lot of fun with. Live summer to the fullest as you explore Yomogi Town. Go climbing, fishing, bug catching, and even treasure hunting to collect everything. Talk to the town and make friends, even solve mysteries and play with spirits. A world of limitless possibilities await you in this nostalgic adventure.
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid offers a nostalgic slice of rural Japanese life and allows us to experience a carefree summer vacation.
A circus troupe comes to Yomogi Town, a rural town in Japan situated between mountains and the ocean. As the son of the circus ringmaster, enjoy a special summer filled with adventures! All of Yomogi Town and the nature surrounding it are an open world where you can enjoy summer to its fullest. Immerse yourself in nostalgic scenery filled with towering clouds, beautiful sunsets, and the sound of cicadas. Switch version reviewed. Review copy provided by company for testing purposes.
A beloved life sim series joins the open world era.
The dog days of summer are almost over and the world is your oyster in this relaxing task management based trip during the final days of vacation. Natsu-Mon:
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Natsu-mon is a lovely summer getaway, with a ton of adventure packed that is sure to get you nostalgic as you catch bugs, fish, and take a break from your own reality.
Even though I haven't experienced all that Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid has to offer, I've seen enough to know that it should well serve a niche looking for a laid-back, Animal Crossing-like experience. The game follows a one-month summer countdown, so it's unlikely that you'll see everything on offer during a single playthrough. Almost every single in-game day brings something new, though, and if you have patience enough to buy into the premise, you'll be rewarded with your own chill summer break. It has some rough edges, but it's hard not to jive with the small town vibes of Satoru’s…