is a brand of the

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Visual Arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...

. The productions of the KineticNovel label are unlike other

visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...

s in that no choices are given to the player. They have only one possible outcome. The player can choose when to go to the next dialogue screen or else put the game on autoplay and just sit back and enjoy, analogous to listening to a CD or watching a

DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...

movie. The majority of KineticNovel's products contain

adult An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. In human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a " minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of major ...

material of a sexual nature, though all-ages products are produced as well, such as Key's '' Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet''. The company gets most of its sales via offering its products for download over the Internet. However, there are instances where kinetic novels will be ported to consumer consoles, as with what occurred with ''Planetarian'' when it was ported to the

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

Prototype A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototyp ...

. After over three years since the last kinetic novel was produced in April 2006, the VisualArt's brand Issue produced a new kinetic novel, '' Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo'', on August 28, 2009.

Kinetic novels

*'' Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet'', released November 29, 2004 by

Key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...

*''Maiden Halo'', released January 7, 2005 by Giant Panda. *''Kare to Kare no Hazama De ~White Labyrinth~'', released February 14, 2005 by Amedeo *''Trance Kiss'', released March 28, 2005 *''

Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica , also known as simply ''Polyphonica'', is a Japanese all-age visual novel created by Ocelot and first released for Windows on April 28, 2006. Aside from the game, multiple series of light novels have been created, and a manga adaptatio ...

'', released August 8, 2005 by Ocelot *''Kare to Kare no Hazama De Saikon Kazoku Hen'', released February 13, 2006 by Amedeo *''Fushigi no Kuni no Kanojo'', released March 6, 2006 by

Saga Planets (often stylized as SAGA PLANETS), is a Japanese adult visual novel brand and a formerly subsidiary of Visual Art's. Their debut title, '' Mukuro ~Mesu o Nerau Agito~'', was released in 1998 and their most recent work, '' AMBITIOUS MISSION'', was ...

*''Beni Hime'', released April 3, 2006 *''Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo'', released August 28, 2009

External links

KineticNovel's official website
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