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Kanon: Standard Edition

A port of Kanon: Best Edition that brings the extra CGs from the console versions and Windows 2000/XP support.

28 January 2005

Kanon: Standard Edition is a visual novel developed by Key, released 28 January 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Kanon: Standard Edition is

Kanon: Standard Edition is a visual novel game developed by Key and released in 2005. It was published by Visual Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Real Live.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Yuichi Aizawa is a second-year high school student who visited the city where the story takes place seven years before Kanon's beginning. The story opens on Wednesday January 6, 1999 when Yuichi arrives in the city and is very detached from it and its inhabitants. Before his return, it is decided that he is to stay with his first cousin, Nayuki Minase, and her mother, Akiko. After his long absence, Yuichi has forgotten almost everything except minor details of what happened seven years before and needs to be reminded of what he left behind. Nayuki initially tries repeatedly to jog his memory but is unsuccessful. Throughout the story, as he learns about the supernatural undertones of the…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy, romance and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Kanon: Standard Edition launched on 28 January 2005, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and Star Wars: Republic Commando.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Kanon: Standard Edition come out?
Kanon: Standard Edition was released on 28 January 2005 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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