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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced Time Hollow
for NintendoDS will be released across Europe in November. The
original title marks the
directorial return of Shadow of Memories’ creator Junko
Kawano, who returns to her favoured themes of time manipulation and
paradoxes.
Time Hollow details the repercussions of meddling with the
past and the ramifications it can have on the present. The game
revolves around a young student called Horo Tokio, on the eve of his
17th birthday, who wakes up to find himself in a reality whereupon
his parents went missing twelve years ago. Clasping a mysterious pen
in his hand, Horo discovers his parents have been removed from time
by an unknown entity, but discovers the pen has the ability to
create time tunnels to varying points in his past.
This unique setting allows the players to alter elements in the past
to help return the timelines to normal. For instance, if someone
close to Horo is killed, he can use the pen to go back to a point
where he can alter circumstances to prevent their death. The pen
also offers an incredible level of precision and, using the
NintendoDS Stylus to draw around a person or item of interest, the
player can find out about its history. However, Horo can only tinker
with time so much, before events are changed too much and the game
ends.
Featuring Cut-Scenes developed by the renowned Anima International
Company, Time Hollow takes the player on an epic and
engrossing journey, where every action has a domino effect on
others. The result is a deep and enjoyable Action-Adventure title
that will constantly surprise the player.
“The manipulation of time is a subject that constantly intrigues
me,” commented Junko Kawano, Director of Time Hollow.
“Imagine if we could indeed find out about something or somebody’s
past and its links to mysteries? This was the basis for Time
Hollow and with its innovative stylus control system, the
NintendoDS was a logical platform for my game, and I hope people
enjoy the many twists and turns the paradoxes in the game offer.”
Time Hollow will be released for NintendoDS across Europe in
November 2008. |
