Rakuen: Deluxe Edition (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.1 Update

Rakuen: Deluxe Edition is a 2017 adventure video game, created by Laura Shigihara. It was built using the RPG Maker XP engine and released on May 10, 2017. It is a sprite-based exploration game, in which text boxes serve as the primary conduit for communication. The name “Rakuen” is translated from Japanese as “paradise.”

The game is currently available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. The game has an estimated run time of around 10–12 hours and is completely free of combat. On May 10, 2022, the fifth anniversary of the game’s release, Shigihara announced on her live Twitch channel that the game was in the process of being ported to mobile operating systems.

A Nintendo Switch port, developed by Leeble Forest, was released on March 23, 2023.  A direct spinoff, Mr. Saitou, was released on March 24, 2023. This game is an adventure game where a little Boy in a hospital seeks to enter his beloved storybook fantasy world. He aims to ask the Forest Guardian for a wish, but first, he must complete challenges aiding his hospital neighbors’ alter-egos in the fantasy realm.

These neighbors harbor secrets connected to the mysterious hospital. An award-winning indie adventure game about a hospitalized Boy who travels with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world. Includes an extra game and a 3D animated film collection!  cranky old man who guards a broken music box with his life while complaining that he never gets any visitors; a young woman in a coma whose husband hasn’t left her side in months; a little girl who laments over.

PLOT

A boy is laid up in a hospital ward and is visited by his mother every day. The mother brings a book with her to read to him, called Rakuen. It is a story about a magical land that is inhabited by a creature that grants wishes known as the Guardian of the Forest. The mother reveals a secret to the boy that the book’s world is real and they can visit it together.

The boy asks his mom if they can visit the storybook world so he can ask the Guardian of the Forest to grant him one wish. To receive the wish, the boy must complete a set of challenges.  The boy’s main task is to collect pieces of music for new friends that he makes throughout the game, placing music at the center of the story.

As the boy is exploring through the game he comes across an entrance to a parallel fantasy, one that is intimately connected to the real world. He meets really strange characters during his endeavor, (a grumpy onion and a pretentious rose). The boy also undertakes quests on behalf of the hospital patients and their fantasy-world avatars.

Some of those quests include searching for lost items, collecting needed items, and figuring out logic puzzles while following basic instructions. The reward earned from these quests is that your new friends achieve happiness, as in you feel rewarded for the end of their distress.

FEATURES

• Bonus content includes Rakuen Universe’s newest game (Mr. Saitou) and a 3D animated film collection (Farmer in the Sky).
• Heartwarming, character-rich story.
• Non-combat adventure with whimsical dungeons, eerie room escape puzzles, and dialogue-based mysteries tied to the tale.
• Step into each character’s shoes, understand their unfinished business and help them through it.
• Original soundtrack with vocal songs closely tied to characters.
• Collect items and build friendships to improve the hospital.
• Embark on humorous quests for strange creatures in the fantasy world.