Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
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| Developer(s) | Millennium Kitchen |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen (ぼくのなつやすみ2海の冒険篇, lit. "My Summer Vacation 2: Sea Adventure Chapter") is a video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the popular Boku no Natsuyasumi series and was released in Japan on July 11, 2002. It is an alternate universe sequel in which the main character spends his summer in a different part of Japan from the first game. It takes place during the same summer with many of the same characters, but in a different location, a town on Japan's southern coast. A PlayStation Portable version was released on June 24, 2010, and a fan translation of the PlayStation 2 game into English was released on November 1, 2023.[1]
Description[edit]
The main character spends his summer vacation at his aunt and uncle's bed and breakfast in a southern Japanese coastal town. Features from the first game, like collecting and bug battles, return, along with new facets, like swimming. The player controls the main character for the thirty-one days of August 1975.
Reception[edit]
On release, Famitsu magazine scored the game a 33 out of 40.[2] The game was a jury recommended title at the 6th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2002.[3]
In Japan, sales of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 surpassed 250,000 copies after only 17 days on shelves.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English Patch - Release Trailer, retrieved 2023-11-02
- ^ プレイステーション2 - ぼくのなつやすみ2 海の冒険篇. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.78. 30 June 2006.
- ^ "『ぼくらのかぞく』がメディア芸術祭・審査委員会推薦作品に!!". Millennium Kitchen (in Japanese). December 26, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Wong, Amos (October 2002). "Eastern Experience". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine (25): 51.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese; defunct link archived via the Wayback Machine)
- Boku no Natsuyasumi (series) at Sony Computer Entertainment (in Japanese; defunct link archived via the Wayback Machine)
- Single-player video games
- Adventure games
- Japan-exclusive video games
- Sony Interactive Entertainment games
- 2002 video games
- PlayStation 2 games
- 2010 video games
- PlayStation Portable games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games about children
- Video games about insects
- Video game sequels
- Video games set in 1975
- Video games set in Japan
- Works about vacationing
- Millennium Kitchen games