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Exploration and five-senses minigames, which award up to three stars, uncover the lost memories of a kappa named Morokyu.","whyItMatters":"The game uses Heisei-era pixel art and 2000s nostalgia as a setting for a story about dementia and a neighborhood losing its liveliness, rather than as a vehicle for nostalgia alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe danchi of the title is aging, and the grandmother who once chaired its summer festival now lives in a wheelchair with dementia. Hoshino\u0026#39;s response is to bring the discontinued festival back, which means persuading the complex\u0026#39;s more eccentric residents one at a time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding a button lets Hoshino examine objects and people at a distance, and the reactions come back from places players would not expect to check. Sparkles drifting in the air start minigames built on touch, smell, and sound. Clearing one in few steps earns a higher evaluation, up to three stars, and the stars return pieces of Morokyu\u0026#39;s memory. Morokyu once helped with the grandmother\u0026#39;s festival, and what passed between them is part of what the game withholds.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Danchi Days is out now from Analgesic Productions. A 12-year-old tries to revive her danchi's summer festival for a grandmother with dementia, and a memory-losing kappa named Morokyu carries part of the story.","twitterPost":"Danchi Days is out now from Analgesic Productions. A 12-year-old revives her danchi's discontinued summer festival for a grandmother with dementia. Five-senses minigames recover a kappa's lost memories.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Danchi Days, a top-down adventure from gingham games and Analgesic Productions, is out now. The protagonist is a 12-year-old trying to restart her housing complex's discontinued summer festival for a grandmother with dementia. 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