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Torrance, Calif.—March 21, in the year of our Lord 2022 —Aksys Games announced today that the English title of Kimi wa Yukima ni Koinegau is Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo. The game, developed by Idea Factory and Watanabe Entertainment, features the story of a young girl’s encounters with non-human beings.

Preorders are now open for special editions of Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo, Lover Pretend and Paradigm Paradox which bundle each game with its soundtrack CD. These editions are available exclusively to customers who purchase the game via the Aksys Games Store while supplies last.

The soundtrack CDs will be available for purchase at $9.99 for all those who have already pre-ordered games from the Aksys Games Online. If you have already pre-ordered Lover Pretend, Paradigm Paradox and/or Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo you will receive an email with instructions on how to add-on the soundtracks to your order if you choose to, so keep an eye on your inbox. Please do not cancel your current pre-order! Instructions on how to add on the soundtrack if you want it should arrive in a few days.
The company also announced Lover Pretend and Paradigm Paradox are expected to launch in Fall of 2022, and Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo is coming in 2023. Preorders for all three titles on Nintendo Switch are available now at the Aksys Games Store.

About Lover Pretend
Chiyuki lives alone, spending all her time studying for university and doing part-time work. She has two dreams in life: One is to become a scriptwriter—also a dream of her late mother—and the other is to find her father whom she never met. From leftover clues, it seems her mother was writing a drama script before she was born. Chiyuki lands a job as a scriptwriter assistant for a film that the sons of the drama staff are making. She searches for information while working her new job, but in a twist of events ends up cast in the role of their love interest…? This is a pretend love role, not true love. Can Chiyuki create a script about fake lovers, while not knowing anything about falling in love herself?

About Paradigm Paradox
The year is 25XX, a world where mankind lives only in isolated colonies. The protagonist, a student at the academy, is bored with the drudgery of everyday life, a day-to-day existence untouched by gossip about "Heroes" and "Vermin," the enemy of mankind, and unnoticed by the good-looking guys at the academy. One night she slips out of the dormitory and encounters colony-invading Vermin, landing herself in danger! Four girls appear suddenly and repel the Vermin with miraculous abilities. The protagonist decides to work as a Hero, leading a busy life as both a student and champion of justice. But why is it that she has more opportunities to talk to the good-looking guys everyone is gossiping about…? What is their (the girls’ / guys’) secret…? And what is the enemy’s true identity…?

About Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo
The first year of the Kyoho era. The land is ruled by the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. Repeated incidents caused by monsters in the town of Edo upset and frighten the people so the Tokugawa shogunate establishes the “Oniwaban” to maintain public order and secure the town. Seasons pass—to year 11 of the Kyoho era. A girl in a village far from Edo has the power to see a "black thread" before every catastrophe and the panicked villagers drove her away into the snowy mountains. One day, two young men from the Oniwaban, appear before her. This is a story in which a girl encounters "non-humans," and learns about love.

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