Today, Prototype has announced that the Nintendo Switch port for Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari or Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains (English title) will be heading the west this coming October 27, 2022.

Update: Prototype has recently posted on Twitter that the global release will be delayed to November 11, 2022.

Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari (Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains) was a game originally developed by the company Aromarie, and released as an R18 Otome Game for PC back in May 2011. A watered down 17+ version of the game was later released and ported to the PSP and the PS Vita console in the year 2014. It was in February 2020 that publishers, Prototype ported the (PS Vita version of the) game to the Nintendo Switch.

In the same year, the switch version was ported; the mobile game company Abracadabra Games picked up its localization and released “Chou no Doku -Ripple Effect Stories-“ for mobile (Android and iOS) in April 2020. Unfortunately, the mobile app did not last long as the publishers, Abracadabra Games, discontinued the app and had to pull it out from their roster English mobile games in the same year.

STORY PREMISE

A love tale of light and shadow set in the Taisho era.

Tokyo. The year is 1918, a dark age for the world.
In this tale of love and hate, five young men pursue the daughter of an aristocratic family on the verge of ruin.

Yuriko Nomiya, born and raised comfortably in an aristocratic family, is suddenly struck by a series of misfortunes.

Is this fate brought about by the Taisho era, or is someone plotting against her?
The dark, bittersweet take of Yuriko and five gorgeous men is about to unfold.

CHARACTERS

GAME FEATURES

• The text can be set to English or Japanese. This includes in-game text, options, and the digital manual. Language settings can be changed at any time.
• Voices will be in Japanese.
• The text in the opening movie and credits will be displayed in Japanese.
• The game allows you to change font styles!
• Touch-screen play is available for this game. Play in handheld mode with the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con™ controllers attached, or detach them and play with just the touch controls!

In addition, Prototype has also mentioned that the English translation will be added to the physical and digital versions of the game, previously available only in Japanese, with a free update! The English update is also compatible with your existing saves. So, if you already have the physical game in Japanese, you can just simply download the English translation for it for free through this update!

SCREENSHOTS

PRODUCT DETAILS & STAFF

Title:		Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains
Genre:		(Otome) Visual Novel
Release Date:		October 27, 2022 (TBA)
Price:		TBA
Platform:		Nintendo Switch System / Nintendo Switch Lite System
Languages:		English / Japanese (Audio is Japanese only)
Voice Acting:		Full voice acting (Protagonist is unvoiced)
ESRB Rating:		Mature 17+
Scenario Writer:		Bunge Maruki
Illustrator:		Chigiri Amano

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For more information about this localization announcement, you can visit Prototype’s official website for Chou no Doku or check out their Official Twitter page.

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