{"id":615090,"date":"2024-04-01T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T04:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanon-visual-novel-receives-16-bit-makeover-for-april-fools-day\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T04:45:57","slug":"kanon-visual-novel-receives-16-bit-makeover-for-april-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanon-visual-novel-receives-16-bit-makeover-for-april-fools-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kanon Visual Novel Receives 16-Bit Makeover for April Fool\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key is celebrating <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April Fool\u2019s Day<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by giving visual novel enthusiasts a 16-bit version of its first and popular title <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 25 years after its initial release. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> first debuted in Japan as an adult game on June 4, 1999 before receiving an all-ages standard version in 2005. The most recent version was ported on the Nintendo Switch in 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although a real 16-bit version of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> visual novel is not actually going on sale, Key still dedicated themselves to the gag by releasing a 16-bit main opening sequence for the game. Fans can see how it looks compared to the original 1999 opening, which features cleaner and early 2000s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> character designs.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pw5Esc7ocxs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pw5Esc7ocxs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\uff2b\uff41\uff4e\uff4f\uff4e\u300f \u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SpEZE1QJ9cY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The company also launched a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/key.visualarts.gr.jp\/product\/kanon_16bit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">retro website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> styled in mid 90s to early 2000s visual aesthetics that features a cover for the game\u2019s 16-bit version, giving fans a glimpse into what it would\u2019ve looked like if the game was sold back then.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has inspired two TV anime adaptations, with the first one being a 13-episode <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> from <\/span><b>Toei Animation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2002 with a 2003 OVA, and the second 24-episode series from <\/span><b>Kyoto Animation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2006. The visual novel also inspired five light novels, a trading card game, drama CDs, radio, and several manga series.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">ADV licensed and dubbed the anime series in English in 2007, before the rights transferred over to Funimation the next year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll is currently streaming <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and describes the main story as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yuichi visits his cousin for the first time in years and discovers a haunting fact: he has no recollection of any previous visits. The pieces of the puzzle that might explain the gaps in his memory begin to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear\u2014a beauty with blazing tresses; a girl with the winged backpack; a sword-wielding demon slayer. Now, Yuichi must put his missing past together in the vaguely familiar present.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/key_official\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key Official Twitter<\/span><\/a><b>, <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/key.visualarts.gr.jp\/product\/kanon_16bit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanon 16-bit Webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more anime-manga articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anime-manga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime-manga category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/03\/31\/kanon-visual-novel-receives-16-bit-makeover-for-april-fools-day\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kanon-visual-novel-receives-16-bit-makeover-for-april-fools-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key is celebrating April Fool\u2019s Day by giving visual novel enthusiasts a 16-bit version of its first and popular title Kanon \u2014 25 years after its initial release. The game first debuted in Japan as an adult game on June 4, 1999 before receiving an all-ages standard version in 2005. 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