Child-Dream announced that the Scar of the Doll remake will launch for Nintendo Switch on August 18 in Japan. The download version is priced at JPY$1,500 (tax included) and a commemorative sale will be held after the release.
Scar of the Doll is an suspense visual novel game created in 1998 in RPG Maker 95. It is a work that has been highly praised for its psychological horror elements and dramatic scenarios. The game has also been released for smartphones.
The remake features Hiroyuki Oshima’s “Tobu Yume o Mienai” as the main theme song; remastered versions of the original background music; major additions to the latter half of the story, including a scenario told from the perspective of a sub-character; updated graphics, including characters and stills; and the option to turn on or off the game’s horror elements.
▍Scar of the Doll PV
▍Scar of the Doll Story
It is December. It is the end of the year in Tokyo. The protagonist is Asumi Kamijo, who has come to Tokyo by herself. The story unfolds rapidly over the seven days from December 18 to 24.
She has lost all contact with her sister, who is attending graduate school in Tokyo.
Concerned, the younger sister, Asumi Kamijyo, travels to Tokyo by herself to check on her sister’s safety.
However, she finds that there is no trace of her sister in the laboratory she belonged to or in the apartment where her sister was supposed to have lived. Asumi is at a loss. She wonders what has happened to her sister…
