A poetic Nintendo visual novel, released only on Satellaview. A hard to access rarity, worth discovering for its melancholy.
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Visual Novel1 player12+
Description
Atmospheric visual novel in which a child explores a mysterious forest populated by creatures. Published by Nintendo, released in Japan in 1998 via Nintendo Power. Click-through narrative with illustrations, fantastical tale atmosphere and multiple endings. Rare visual novel distributed via Nintendo Power on Super Famicom.
Famicom Bunko - Hajimari no Mori review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾2,2 MB📅31/07/1998
Published by Nintendo
Famicom Bunko - Hajimari no Mori (SNES) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Visual novel published by Nintendo in 1998 exclusively on a Nintendo Power flash cartridge, with no masked pressing at all, making it one of the console's rare games that never existed as a standard cartridge. Its fairy-tale atmosphere and multiple endings earned it cult status among Super Famicom visual-novel enthusiasts. Desirability rests on this purely dematerialised existence of a Nintendo title become a sought-after object.
Is Famicom Bunko - Hajimari no Mori still worth playing in 2026?
A Nintendo visual novel distributed late and digitally on Super Famicom, Hajimari no Mori follows a child exploring a mysterious forest filled with creatures. The narration relies on clicks and illustrations, in a melancholy fairy-tale atmosphere heightened by multiple endings. It is a hard-to-find rarity with little ludic challenge but a strange gentleness. Worth discovering for fans of contemplative visual novels willing to use a translation, more for the mood than the interaction.
