The official website of DMM Games' Iwaihime, a new PC horror game written by Higurashi no Naku Koro ni creator Ryukishi07, announced on Friday that DMM Games has delayed the game from November 27 to January 29.
The official website also began streaming a demo movie for the game on Thursday. The movie previews some scenes from the game, introduces the characters, and also previews the game's theme song "Chitose Tsuzuri" by Rinne Yoshida.
The game's cast includes:
Makoto Furukawa as Ryō Susuhara
Chinatsu Akasaki as Toe Kurogami
Mariko Honda as Tsubakiko Harumiya
Yuka Ōtsubo as Kanae Minobe
Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Lilia Nunokawa
Ryouko Tanaka as Mayu Hinakata
Yuuki Tai as Natsuya Netsuda
Freelance illustrator Kina Kazuharu provides the character art for the "Japanese style romance novel game," and mocha provides the background art.
In the story, for generations the men of the Susuhara family have, upon reaching a certain age, left home and gone their own way, living alone with no one to depend on until they are acknowledged. The protagonist is a high school student who has left home and is comfortable at his new school. But there's a strange girl named Toe Kurokami. She carries what appears to be Japanese doll, and he's sure its hair grows and it whispers things. Meeting her might be his destiny.