Mononoke Chigiri
After one thousand years, the great yokai “Bake neko,” who was sealed away by the protagonist’s ancestor Abe no Seimei, begins the process of resurfacing in the world once again. The protagonist, an onmyoji…
Mononoke Chigiri is a visual novel developed by Otomate, released 31 July 2025 on Nintendo Switch.
What Mononoke Chigiri is
Mononoke Chigiri is a visual novel game developed by Otomate and released in 2025. It was published by Idea Factory. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After one thousand years, the great yokai “Bake neko,” who was sealed away by the protagonist’s ancestor Abe no Seimei, begins the process of resurfacing in the world once again. The protagonist, an onmyoji, confronts the Great Yokai alongside the yokai that appear before her…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Mononoke Chigiri launched on 31 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Sword of the Sea. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Sword of the Sea.
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