Higurashi Daybreak

Higurashi Daybreak (Higurashi Deibureiku) is a Japanese dojin third person shooter developed by Twilight Frontier, first released on August 13, 2006 and is based on the popular visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
The game is Twilight Frontier's first attempt in making a 3D game.
07th Expansion, the creators of the original franchise, assisted in making the game — most notably, Ryukishi07, the writer of the original game, provided the script for Higurashi Daybreak.
Also, this game uses the same voice cast as the drama CD of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
In the title, the "Bu" is made red, a practice similar to the original material.
In Japan, the game is also called Hidebu, by taking the initials of the game.
Hirukowashi-hen of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, out now, is a novelization of this game.

Gameplay

The game is a 2 vs. 2 versus third person shooter based on the system of the Gundam arcade games.
Each of the four players can be played by humans (either together locally or through netplay) or controlled by the computer.
Each character has a choice of two different weapons, with vastly different properties.
Actions such as dashing, guarding, jumping, or flying through the air are restricted by a "stamina" gauge — once that gauge is depleted, none of the said actions can be carried out, though the gauge refills itself when it is not in use.
Also, a "charge" and "main" gauge determine what kind of projectile the player fires, and how many he or she can fire.
And finally, there is also a "limit gauge" that can be charged in one of two ways: when the player is damaged, or when the player deals damage.
Once the gauge is full, the player can receive some stat bonuses for a limited period of time.
The game ends when a team's balloon reaches a preset limit (default at 100%); the percentage increases when a team member's HP bar gets depleted.

Plot

In a peaceful day like any other, a small box was dropped on Furude Rika's head when she was sweeping in the Furude Shrine.
The magatama are actually the sacred treasure of the Furude Shrine.
With its magical powers, the holder of the red magatama would unconditionally fall for the holder of the white one.
Upon testing its effects on the school faculty, the club members of a Hinamizawa school decided that they should duel each other to see which pair gets to keep the magatama.
In the beginning it was only an afterschool club activity, but their game eventually engulfed all of Hinamizawa.

This is a screenshot from the game

Characters

Maebara Keiichi (Seiyuu - Souichirou Hoshi)

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Ryuugu Rena (Seiyuu - Mai Nakahara)

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Sonozaki Mion (Seiyuu - Satsuki Yukino)

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Sonozaki Shion (Seiyuu - Satsuki Yukino)

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Furude Rika (Seiyuu - Yukari Tamura)

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Houjou Satoko (Seiyuu - Mika Kanai)

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Tomitake Jiro (Seiyuu - Toru Okawa)

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Takano Miyo (Seiyuu - Miki Ito)

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Oishi Kuraudo (Seiyuu - Chafurin)

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Akasaka Mamoru (Seiyuu - Takehito Koyasu)

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Irie Kyousuke (Seiyuu - Toshihiko Seki)

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Chie Rumiko (Seiyuu - Fumiko Orikasa)

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Sonozaki Akane (Seiyuu - Kikuko Inoue)

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Kasai Tatsuyoshi (Seiyuu - Fumihiko Tachiki)

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Teams




Higurashi Daybreak