Two Legendary Visual Novels from an Industry Icon Will Make Their Western Debut on PS4 Next Year

Japanese game director Kotaro Uchikoshi is perhaps best known for the Zero Escape series and AI: The Somnium Files, but prior to that he worked on the Infinity series, as a writer and designer.

These games, spanning Never 7: The End of Infinity and Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, launched in the early 2000s and have retained cult-like status. They’ve been ported to various platforms, including the PSP, but outside of a PC version of Ever 17, have never really released outside of North America.

That will change next year, as Spike Chunsoft is bringing remasters of both titles overseas. Available from 6th March, you’ll be able to purchase each title individually, or as part of a double-pack on the PS Store.

The press release teases: “The series is characterized by a world where time loops exist. Each instalment features an independent story, allowing players to enjoy elements of science fiction, suspense, and mystery in each one.”

Here’s the plot overview for Never 7:

The protagonist, Makoto Ishihara, had the worst possible awakening. He had a dream in which a girl died a tragic death right in front of his eyes. The seminar training camp was supposed to go off without a hitch…or so Makoto believed. April 6th. The day everything changed. The uneasiness turned in to despair, and the premonition turned into calamity… Will Makoto be able to stop the tragedy and see the light of the morning on Day 7?

And here’s the plot overview for Ever 17:

Takeshi Kuranari, an ordinary college student, visits the underwater theme park LeMU. An accident occurs, trapping Takeshi and 6 other individuals inside LeMU, 51 meters below the surface. With no hope of rescue, Takeshi explores LeMU along with the mysterious girl Tsugumi and part-time employee You, searching for a way to escape to the surface. A theme park of dreams and hopes sunk in the depths of the mysterious blue ocean. Can dreams and hopes still be found there? Or is there some other mystery lurking? Overcoming one crisis after another, they search for a way to escape!

Are you a fan of visual novels, and will you be checking these two titles out? Are you happy to see these games finally fully localised into English? Let us know in the comments section below.