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Higurashi - When They Cry Hou Switch Version's 6 Insert Song Videos Posted

Entergram began streaming six insert song videos for the Switch release of Ryukishi07's Higurashi: When They Cry Hou (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou) game on Friday.

The game will ship in Japan on July 26. The release will include 19 scenarios from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui, as well as three new scenarios. A limited-edition release will bundle a drama CD and visual book for 9,980 yen (about US$95). The regular physical version will cost 7,980 yen (about US$76), and the digital version will cost 6,980 yen (about US$66).

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. The software inspired two television anime series, several video anime projects, a live-action television series, two live-action films, and manga adaptations by several artists.

Ryūkishi07 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 game includes the previously unreleased work "Hinamizawa Teiryūjo" (Hinamizawa Bus Stop) that was a precursor to the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, the Higurashi Outbreak original story, and the Higurashi Outbreak: Kamikanshi-hen sequel.

MangaGamer released the original visual novel in 2009, and has been releasing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou as 14 individual chapters. The company released the Higurashi: When They Cry Hou - Ch 4 Meakashi visual novel on Steam in April 2017.

[Via Siliconera]