Circle Entertainment announced today via social media that the sequel to Parascientific Escape has been approved by Nintendo of America lotcheck, which means that the game could be released very soon.

The game is a hybrid visual novel and point and click adventure game, with some problem solving involved. Circle released the original game Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Sea [ REVIEW ] last March.

The story goes that twenty years have passed since the existence of the ESP was officially confirmed. The hero, Ayamei Kyosuke (Ayana Kyosuke) is a detective of the artificial arm artificial eye that has the ability to interfere with objects beyond time and space. He was pursuing the person who killed his own father. Together with his assistant detective cousin Hosoho truth (Mari Sasamine), they arrive at a mansion murder scene and try to unravel the truth. That is where the story begins.

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Circle Entertainment tweeted just yesterday that their upcoming title Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Sea will be released on the 3DS eShop this week.

The game follows Hitomi Akeneno, a 16 year old high school student with a little secret – she has not one, but two psychic powers. After receiving an invitation, she boards a luxury cruise ship with her friend, Chisono Shio. As soon as she enters a suite room, a loud explosion sounds…and she finds herself stuck, unable to get out. Is this an accident? Or something far more sinister…? The only way to find out is to escape, with the help of her powers.

While this certainly means that the adventure + escape game will be hitting North American eShops on Thursday, Circle also tagged Japanese developer Flyhigh Works in the tweet. Circle releases many Flyhigh Works titles in North America, so this could also suggest that the game could be seeing a Japanese release oN Wednesday’s Nintendo of Japan download.

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