On 31st January 2025, UK-based publisher PQube announced the release of Genso Manège. Genso Manège was initially released in 2020 for Nintendo Switch and as an iOS app by LOVE&ART, a relatively new Otome Game subsidiary of Japanese visual novel developer and publisher MAGES. which was also just founded in 2020.
As usual with PQube releases, the game will be co-released as a PC version on Steam and a console version on Nintendo eShop and there will also be a package/physical version for Nintendo Switch. The price for the digital version is set to 39,99€ while the price for the package version is listed on Amazon for approx. 55€.
Story and Characters
I will awaken the magic within you, and you will free us from the Rêve…
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, this beautifully crafted otome visual novel follows Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories. A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
Filled with magic and dreams but holding a dark secret, Emma feels an immediate connection to the wondrous La Foire du Rêve. She discovers that hidden underneath the lustrous fairy-like charm of the park, its employees are trapped, bound to the amusement park and only the magic within Emma can free them. But it has been years since Emma has been able to access her magic, and she must dig deep within herself, navigating painful repressed memories, in order to recover it.
Working at the Rêve as she unravels the tangled threads of her forgotten past, Emma forges bonds with the employees of the amusement park. A cast of wonderful characters; the dazzling director Hugo, the stoic accountant Serge, the tsundere performer Crier, the kind-hearted rabbit Lyon, the reclusive mechanic Luciole, and Emma’s special childhood friend, Arnaud. Each character with their own crosses to bear, stories of tragedy and longing woven together with desperation, Emma builds deepening bonds of friendship, and maybe more, as she works to unlock her magic and their freedom.
Trailer and impressions
Links
Official product page (Japanese)
Official product page of the English version
Japanese Nintendo Switch version on PlayAsia
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