D3 Publisher and VRIDGE recently announced the otome title, “Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi: Jinchuu Houkoku no Shi” for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. This game is voiced (in Japanese) and will have Japanese, English, and Traditional Chinese language support options.

The western switch release for this game will be available in the Nintendo eshop digitally, while the Japanese switch version will have both physical and digital copies available.

Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi was initially launched for the PS2 back in December 2004 in Japan and was ported to the DS in November 2008. 

FEATURES

• High-Resolution Support (for both Switch and PC) – the characters, backgrounds, menus, and event graphics have all been improved to high quality. The scenes that occur during the story are even more beautiful, and the game’s CGs are enhanced in high resolutions.
• System Improvements – new features were added such as the log jump, which lets you go back to a previous dialogue, an auto-save after each option, making the game easier to play.
• Bonus Elements – A gallery to view in-game character illustrations were also added. In addition to that, packaging illustrations and event-limited goods were also included, allowing players to enjoy the charm of Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi to the fullest extent.

STORY

(Translated from their official website)
Suzuka grows up as the only daughter of a small dojo in Aizu.
However, her father, who had dreamed of being a swordsman, suddenly left the dojo and his family.
She had no choice but to close the dojo, which had almost no students, and go into the service of Teruhime, the sister-in-law of Matsudaira no Yoho, the lord of the Aizu domain. This is, with the help of her mother who was working at the Aizu domain residence in Edo.

Suzuka who had entered the Aizu domain as a replacement for her mother who had remarried, realizes that her father’s dream of becoming skilled with a sword had become her own.
When Teruhime was told of the girl’s troubles, she remembered a group of swordsmen that she had heard about from Yoho who served as the Military Commissioner of Kyoto.

This group of swordsmen, known as the Mibu Roshi, was under the Aizu clan, so Teruhime asked her brother-in-law, Yonpo, to help Suzuka join the group.
Thus, Suzuka, despite being a woman, set out for Kyoto, where the Mibu Roshi were stationed, to make a career for herself with the sword.

The Mibu Roshi, a group formed by fierce swordsmen, was later known as the Shinsengumi.

VOICE ACTORS

(Wow! Look at that seiyuu line-up!)

SCREENSHOTS

Originally released on the Nintendo DS in 2008, “Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi” has been given a new look. This title is an otome visual novel that depicts the growth of the protagonist and her relationships with the Mibu Roshi members, intertwined with actual historical events. As the first female member of the Shinsengumi, you will deepen your bond with Isami Kondo, Toshizo Hijikata, as well as the other Shinsengumi members through battle, and eventually fall in love with them. What is the fate that awaits them at the end of this turbulent era?

Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi for the Switch / Steam is set to release this coming June 17, 2021. For more information about this announcement, visit D3 Publisher’s official site for this game here.

Update: Physical copies for Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi (Nintendo Switch) is now up for pre-orders here.