Robot Girl Novel Game COCORO Launches on PC
The release pairs two established visual novel creators, Asta Konno and Akio Watanabe, in a story that leans on the popularity of robot heroines, a niche that ATRI and GINKA have proven commercially viable.
Key Facts
- COCORO launched on August 27 for PC, priced at 3,800 yen.
- A 20 percent launch sale on Steam reduces the price to 3,040 yen until September 8.
- Hina Yumiya voices the heroine Cocoro.
- A demo version of COCORO is available on Steam.
- The game supports Japanese, English, and Chinese.
Reporting from 3 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Automaton, Denfaminicogamer.
Good Smile Company and Front Wing released the PC novel game COCORO on August 27. The game is available as a download only, priced at 3,800 yen, with a 20 percent off launch sale on Steam through September 8. A demo version is also on Steam. COCORO is set in Tsukumishi, a former utopia destroyed by a global AI rampage. The story follows Hinata Mimine, a boy who lost his hometown, and Cocoro, a humanoid girl who wishes to become human and dreams of marriage. Hinata returns to the ruined city during summer vacation and reunites with Cocoro at a botanical garden, where she tends flowers and awaits a fiance she does not realize is him. The game features full voice acting except for the protagonist. Hina Yumiya voices Cocoro, with a cast including Hikaru Tohno, Yasuaki Takumi, Riona Imaizumi, Maaya Uchida, and Shuta Morishima. Planning and scenario are by Asta Konno of ATRI -My Dear Moments-, character design by Akio Watanabe of the Grisaia series, and music by Fuminori Matsumoto. The game supports Japanese, English, and Chinese.
- Ending theme lyricist is Yui Kuwashima; opening theme "Signal" is sung by Runa Mizutani (NanosizeMir), composed and arranged by Fuminori Matsumoto.
- SD illustration is by Mai Nanaka, backgrounds by Waisshu.
- The game is rated all ages and is available on Steam, DMM GAMES, and DLsite, with the 20 percent launch sale running through September 8 on Steam.
- Automaton notes the story includes Kirika Hatsuki, Hinata's guardian and chief of the calamity investigation team, voiced by Maaya Uchida, plus childhood friend Kazane Ryuzaki (Hikaru Tohno).
- The protagonist lost the ability to speak as a child after his mother died, and met Cocoro while fleeing to the botanical garden.
- Cocoro tends the ruined garden alone and believes her fiance will come when the Natsunoshirayuki flowers bloom.
- Denfaminicogamer highlights that Hina Yumiya is known for Anna Yamada in The Dangers in My Heart and Tomori Takamatsu in BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!.
- A newly drawn illustration by Akio Watanabe commemorates the release, per Denfaminicogamer.
- Automaton reports Steam user reviews were already favorable at the time of writing.
- The game is developed by Frontwing, which has produced many bishojo titles.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) ヒトになりたいと望むロボット少女のノベルゲーム「COCORO」が本日発売！ 体験版も配信中
- Automaton 羊宮妃那さん主演・ロボ少女ADV『COCORO』配信開始。『ATRI』『GINKA』シナリオライターによる、AIが暴走した世界での少年と少女の夏
- Denfaminicogamer 羊宮妃那さんが主演を務めるビジュアルノベルゲーム『COCORO』発売開始。グッドスマイルカンパニーとフロストウイングが送る新作