is a first-person

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developed by NK System and published by Team Bughouse in Japan and

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in Europe for the

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. It was released in

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on January 17, 1997; and in

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on October 1 of the same year. The game was not released in

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Story

The game is set in January, 1997. Akira, a freelance

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journalist, is visited by a woman whose daughter left on a trip with her friends and never returned. He agrees to look for the woman's daughter, and is given the last things the woman received from her, including a photo of an old run-down mansion somewhere in Europe, and what seem to be unearthly spirits. Two weeks after this meeting, Akira and his partner Angela find themselves in a remote European village in front of the mansion shown in the photos, where the game begins.

Characters

*Akira (Aged 23) A freelance occult journalist for the past three years, who has never written an article based on an actual

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experience. His work so far has been selling fake ghost photos and fabricated articles to specialist magazines. *Angela (Aged 21) Akira's partner, who accompanies him to Europe to help him find the missing teenagers. *Linda, Toshi, Dave (Agesd 18, 17, 18) The missing senior high school students who Akira and Angela have been tasked with locating. *Paulo: (Aged 26) Akira and Angela first meet Paulo in the mansion, and he seems extremely knowledgeable about the occult and the mansion.

Reception

References

External links

''The Note'' game profile
on

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