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Norn9: Var Commons

2014 74 / 100 Adventure Visual Novel

The PSVita port that includes a mini game and bonus content. While on a school field trip, child prodigy Sorata Suzuhara wanders off after hearing a mysterious song and blacks out. When he comes to, he finds himself in unfamiliar place, and soon encounters a girl who informs him that he’s currently in turn of the century Japan! In order to help him get home, Sorata follows her to a ship that she’s waiting for but when it appears it is not a wooden sailing ship, but a round aircraft that flies using technology that is beyond Sorata’s imagination. Even stranger, he discovers that the other 12 passengers – 3 young women and 9 men – are all supposedly espers with special powers, and are on some kind of journey at the behest of a multinational entity only known as The World. What is the purpose of their journey? What is their destination? Who is The World? Before Sorata can even begin to take stock of his situation, the ship is attacked, and the mystery surrounding the ship only deepens. Delve into the story of the ship and its occupants through the point of views of each of the three girls, and unravel the mysteries trapped within.

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Within an old-fashioned town, much like the Meiji and Taisho Era, there exists a giant globe that floats in midair. This is the ‘ship’ called ‘Norn’. The inside is set like a small town with parks, etc. The story takes place a little in the future. Guided by one particular song, young elementary kid, Suzuhara Sorata is warped through a time skip to an unfamiliar place much like the Meiji and Taisho eras from his textbooks. In this world, he meets 3 young ladies and 9 young men, and joins them on a journey aboard the mysterious ‘Norn’ ship in the sky.

ExperienceChoices GenreAdventure GenreVisual Novel ThemeDrama ThemeFantasy ThemeRomance

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Developer: Otomate
Publisher: Aksys Games, Idea Factory
Franchise: Norn9

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Modi: Single player
Perspective: Text
Themes: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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PC (Microsoft Windows) May 27, 2020
PlayStation Vita Nov 03, 2015
PlayStation Vita Dec 11, 2014
PlayStation Vita Nov 04, 2015
Nintendo Switch Mar 30, 2023

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