D3 Publisher and developer OperaHouse have announced otome visual novel / rhythm game I-Chu for Switch. It will launch in spring 2022 in Japan.
The Switch title is the first home console game in the I-Chu series. The original I-Cju launched for Android in June 2015 in Japan and iOS in July 2015, and ended service in July 2020. The current game, I-Chu: Etoile Stage, launched for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play in April 2020.
Here is an overview of the Switch title, via its official website:
Story
Etoile Vio Academy is a school established by a certain famous office called Ailedore.
The school trains idols in the making to become full-fledged stars. As their teacher and producer, you will help them mature into established idols.
I-Chu is about idols in the making—on their way to becoming mature talents.
Cast
- Akio Ootsuka
- Atsushi Abe
- Atsushi Tamaru
- Ayumu Murase
- Daisuke Hirakawa
- Gakuto Kajiwara
- Hiro Shimono
- Hiroyuki Kagura
- Junta Terashima
- Junya Enoki
- KENN
- Katsufumi Yachi
- Kazutomi Yamamoto
- Kei Minegishi
- Kenji Roa
- Kohei Fujii
- Kouhei Amasaki
- Koutaro Nishiyama
- Masatomo Nakazawa
- Naoya Nakanishi
- Natsuki Hanae
- Ryouhei Kimura
- Showtaro Morikubo
- Souma saitou
- Taishi Murata
- Takashi Kondou
- Takato Nagata
- Tasuku Hatanaka
- Tetsuya Kakihara
- Tomoaki Maeno
- Tomohito Takatsuka
- Toshiki Masuda
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Yasuaki Takumi
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
- Yuuichi Iguchi
- Yuuichirou Umehara
- Yuuki Ono
- Yuuma Uchida
- Yuusuke Kobayashi
- Yuusuke Shirai
Game System
By training I-Chu (cards), performing concerts, and increasing their favorability, you will be able to read stories about their interactions.
The cycle is: Concert –> Story –> Training (lessons, change).
With the new “seasons” system, you can enjoy events and scouting to your heart’s content. The content released in the app version is divided into seasons, which once unlocked can be replayed at any time, allowing you to enjoy it at your own pace.