Software:Another Code: Recollection

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Short description: 2024 video game by Arc System Works
Another Code: Recollection
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Developer(s)Arc System Works
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Tetsuro Shoji
Producer(s)
  • Shinya Saito
  • Satoshi Shimada
  • Toyokazu Nonaka
Designer(s)
  • Shinichi Nakagawa
  • Masayuki Hida
Programmer(s)Kentarou Hata
Artist(s)Taisuke Kanasaki
Writer(s)
  • Rika Suzuki
  • Aiko Takami
  • Mariko Yuuda
  • Hiromitsu Azuma
Composer(s)
  • Satoshi Okubo
  • Rei Kondoh
  • Haruno Ito
  • Shoma Murata
  • Chihori Yamada
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseJanuary 19, 2024
Genre(s)Puzzle adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Another Code: Recollection[lower-alpha 1] is a 2024 puzzle adventure game developed by Arc System Works and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Released worldwide on January 19, 2024, it is a remake of two point-and-click adventure games originally developed by Cing: 2005's Another Code[lower-alpha 2] for the Nintendo DS handheld console, and 2009's Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories for the Wii console.[1] Along with updated visuals and gameplay, the remake's versions of these titles saw several narrative changes to streamline their respective stories, with the plot of the latter game also diverging heavily from the original.

Gameplay

Players control protagonist Ashley Mizuki Robins to explore and solve puzzles in Blood Edward Island (Two Memories) and Lake Juliet (Journey into Lost Memories). Interaction with the non-player characters still retains the visual novel style segment from the original games, but with the addition of the voice acting and fully 3D models.[2] The remake introduces an optional escalating hint system, where it hints the player if they ever get stuck or missed a puzzle.[3]

Plot

Two Memories

See also: Another Code: Two Memories story|Another Code: Two Memories#Story and setting|Another Code: Two Memories story

In 2005, thirteen-year-old Ashley Mizuki Robins arrives on Blood Edward Island on a boat with her aunt Jessica after she receives a letter from her father, Richard, who is believed to be dead. After Jessica goes missing, Ashley explores the island and encounters a ghost of a 10-year-old boy named D. Together, they search for clues to Jessica and Richard's whereabouts and restore D's memories in the Edward mansion.

Journey into Lost Memories

See also: Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories story|Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories#Plot|Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories story

Two years later, now sixteen-year-old Ashley receives a call from her father for a camping trip to Lake Juliet. After she arrives, she starts having flashbacks of her mother, Sayoko, from thirteen years ago on the same lake. As Ashley searches for clues, she befriends a thirteen-year-old boy named Matthew Crusoe, a runaway who is searching for his father's disappearance.

Development and release

Another Code: Recollection is a remake of Another Code,[lower-alpha 2] released for the Nintendo DS handheld console in 2005, and its sequel, Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories for the Wii console in 2009, for the Nintendo Switch. It was first announced during September 2023's Nintendo Direct.[1] It also marked the first time the sequel was being released in North America, as the original game was only released in Japan and European countries. In addition to enhanced visuals, puzzles and music, Recollection features fully explorable areas and voice acting in cutscenes, which were not present in the original games.[4][5] That same day, Taisuke Kanasaki, who served as a director, art director and character designer for both original games confirmed that he returned as an art director for the remakes.[6] A demo of the game was released on Nintendo eShop on December 14, 2023, which allowed the progression from the first chapter.[7]

Reception

Critical reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic72/100[8]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid7/10[11]
Famitsu32/40[10]
IGN7/10[12]
Nintendo Life7/10[13]

Recollection received "mixed or average reviews" on review aggregator website Metacritic.[8] Chris Scullion of Video Games Chronicle rated the game positively, saying that "while it lasts, however, Another Code: Recollection is a beautiful adventure game with a touching storyline that only goes to remind us why Cing's closure all those years ago remains such a loss."[9] GameCentral on Metro UK gave the game a mixed review, praising the visuals and artwork, but stating that they felt the script and the puzzles were weak.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: アナザーコード リコレクション: ２つの記憶 / 記憶の扉 Hepburn: Anazā Kōdo Rikorekushon: Futatsu no Kioku/Kioku no Tobira, lit. "Another Code Recollection: Two Memories/Door of Memories"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Released in North America as Trace Memory.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rivera, Joshua (September 14, 2023). "Cult detective game Trace Memory's long-lost sequel is finally coming to North America". https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23873390/another-code-recollection-nintendo-direct-switch-announced. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GameCentral (January 18, 2024). "Another Code: Recollection review – the Nintendo game that time forgot". https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/18/another-code-recollection-review-nintendo-game-time-forgot-20134666/amp/. 
  3. ↑ Webster, Andrew (January 18, 2024). "Another Code: Recollection brings cult classic mystery games to the Switch". https://www.theverge.com/24041577/another-code-recollection-review-nintendo-switch. 
  4. ↑ LeBlanc, Wesley (September 14, 2023). "Trace Memory And Its Wii Sequel That Never Hit The States Come To Switch In Another Code: Recollection". Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/nintendo-direct/2023/09/14/trace-memory-and-its-wii-sequel-that-never-hit-the-states-come-to-switch. Retrieved September 15, 2023. 
  5. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). September 15, 2023. https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/6bb1b69d-39d8-4142-9a46-317fe6763b5a. 
  6. ↑ 金崎 泰輔 [@kanayan2929] (September 14, 2023). "Taisuke Kanasaki confirms his return for 'Another Code: Recollection'" (in ja). https://twitter.com/kanayan2929/status/1702326019334815941. 
  7. ↑ Phillips, Tom (December 15, 2023). "Nintendo Switch Another Code: Recollection demo now available". https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-another-code-recollection-demo-now-available. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Another Code: Recollection". January 18, 2024. https://www.metacritic.com/game/another-code-recollection/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Scullion, Chris (January 18, 2024). "Another Code: Recollection Is An Impressive Overhaul of Two Nintendo Favourites". https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/another-code-recollection/. 
  10. ↑ Romano, Sal (January 17, 2024). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1833". https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1833. 
  11. ↑ Handley, Zoey (January 18, 2024). "Review: Another Code: Recollection". https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-another-code-recollection/. 
  12. ↑ Plant, Logan (January 19, 2024). "Another Code: Recollection Review". https://www.ign.com/articles/another-code-recollection-review. 
  13. ↑ Dooley, Liam (January 18, 2024). "Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Another Code: Recollection". https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/01/round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-another-code-recollection. 

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