Spice and Wolf: A Year with Holo is a traveling merchant and romance simulation for the Nintendo DS, where the protagonist and Holo make a year-long promise to find their homeland.
| Title of the work | Spice and Wolf: A year for me and Holo |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | Spice and Wolf: A Year I Spent with Hero |
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2008-06-26 |
| Platform | NDS |
| Genre | AVG |
| Also known as | Wolf and the Spices The Year Horo and I Spent Together |
| Script | Zhigang froze sand |
| Key animation | Placed bow cangues and wore them |
| External links to source records | https://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=10355 / https://vndb.org/v1391 |
One-year contract
Players take on the role of a young traveling merchant who meets Holo during his journey. To obtain the carriage at a low price, the protagonist agrees to help her find her hometown for a one-year period. The game adopts a different encounter setting from the novel, with players taking on the role of traveling merchants on their journey.
Traveling merchants and traveling companions
The journey unfolds between towns, where you trade to obtain funds and gather information in search of Horo's homeland. Business results and their interactions together form the journey; choices one year later involve separation, business prospects, and relationships.
Performance
Hero is voiced by Ami Koshimizu, and Schmidt by Jun Fukuyama. The characters' conversations interspersed between buying and selling, and travel, with the hometown pact setting a time boundary for business operations.
Issuance and Attachments
The publisher is ASCII Media Works. The limited first edition includes a Holo character song CD and a drawstring bag that can play character lines, with packaging illustrations illustrated by Ju Bunzo; Both the regular and limited editions once included pre-order poster bonuses.
DS Edition: The threshold for product knowledge
Goods are divided into eight categories, including livestock, agricultural products, and mineral materials, with each item assigned a grade. Merchants must have knowledge of the corresponding category reach the commodity grade before they can make purchases; Repeatedly buying and selling such goods can improve your knowledge. Farm cycles after clearing the level retain knowledge levels, allowing you to sell higher-level items earlier on your next journey.
DS version theme song and live performance
The DS game theme song "Iru Niru yo" is performed by Ami Koshimizu. At the "Hororon Festival" on May 24, 2008, she performed the game's theme song live.
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Related entries
- Characters:Hero (wolf and spice)
- Holo voices and character song performance:Ami Koshimizu
- Bonus illustrations:Ten literary warehouses
- Publisher:ASCII MEDIA WORKS
- Game System:A Year of Merchant (Spice and Wolf DS)
References
- Bangumi entry for works: Spice and Wolf - A Year for Me and Holo
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Spice and Wolf Official: DS game
- ASCII Media Works Dengeki Online: DS Wolf and Spice System Announcement
- Dengeki Online: On-site report from the 2008 Hororon Festival
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