is a 1993

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video game that was released exclusively in Japan. A fan translation group released an unofficial English translation patch for the game on December 28, 2018.

Gameplay

The story depicts the action as taking place in the utopian world of Ihatovo. The game focuses on collecting information (notebooks from Miyazawa's fairy tales) and items (that are related to those fairy tales) instead of fighting monsters. The game is broken up into eight chapters, each of which tells its own story in which the player helps the denizens of Ihatovo, often featuring talking animals. Inspired by the stories of

Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was also known as an agricultural science teacher, a vegetarian, cellist, devout Buddhist, and utopian social acti ...

, the story covers nine chapters and surreal environments. The ending involves speaking to Mr. Miyazawa himself and boarding on the Galaxy Railroad train.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ihatovo Monogatari 1993 video games Adventure games Japan-exclusive video games Hect games Satellaview games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Tsukasa Tawada