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Sonata (Japan / Profile Disc)

PlayStation
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Reviewed in
1998
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Sonata offers a Japanese musical visual novel with tidy art direction, charming for fans but with very restricted interactivity.

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Category
Visual Novel 1 player 12+
Description
Japanese romantic Sonata visual novel. Published by Pack-In-Soft, released in Japan in 1998. Romantic story in university setting, multiple-choice dialogues, several heroines to court, anime style illustrations, multiple endings based on choices and moving orchestral soundtrack adapted to the Japanese dating-sim genre.

Sonata review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Very easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,02 GB 📅26/11/1998
Published by Sony Music Entertainment

Sonata (PS1) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $6 Q6 complete
 $20 Q10 new
 $52 !
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Sonata
Japan
26/11/1998
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Collector interest

A romantic visual novel set on a university campus and published by Sony's music label, Sonata stands out here through its Profile Disc edition, a particular packaging that sets it apart from the common run. Kept exclusive to Japan, it targets fans of Japanese dating sims and collectors attuned to edition variants. Its desirability rests on that specific version and on a niche audience attached to narrative visual novels rarely exported.

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