htoL#NIQ

While browsing though the Japanese site 4Gamer (via the miracles of Google Translate) I came across this nifty little title that was just announced by Nippon Ichi Software (NIS). htoL#NIQ (yes, that is the real title) looks like to be a beautiful game that uses new game mechanics as well as throwback ideas to create a side-scrolling adventure through a gothic, eerie environment. In the game, you play as Hotaru, a firefly (and yes, “Hotaru” means “firefly” in Japanese, so . . . you’re playing a firefly named “Firefly”). You find a girl named Mion in the bottom of a cabin on the verge of collapsing, and, of course, she’s amnesiac. Your goal is to guide Mion to the outside world, but there’s a catch. You’re both a “shadow butterfly” and a “common firefly”, and you can switch between two worlds, a normal one, and a “shadow” one where there’s many perils. The world, and the two sides of Hotaru are linked together, and your actions in one world will affect the