Kanon
Kanon is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key that follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years prior, and he has little recollection of the…
Kanon is a visual novel developed by Key, released 4 June 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Kanon is
Kanon is a visual novel game developed by Key and released in 1999. It was published by Visual Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on AVG32.
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…
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 launched on 4 June 1999, within three weeks of Driver, Mario Golf, Outcast and Star Wars: Episode I - Racer.
Released around the same time: Driver, Mario Golf, Outcast, Star Wars: Episode I - Racer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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