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The 25th Ward: The Silver Case (シルバー事件25区; also known as The Silver Case: Ward 25) is a sequel to The Silver Case.

In its original form, the episodic game was released on i-mode and Yahoo! Keitai mobile phones. Following the 2016 HD remaster of The Silver Case, SUDA51 expressed a desire to remake Ward 25 as well. Because the mobile phones it was released on eventually became obsolete and no longer supported, nobody had the ability to play it, making it, in SUDA51's words, a "phantom game". At BitSummit, on May 20th, 2017, Grasshopper announced the remake with a trailer. Due to the amount of polishing and additions the game received in the conversion, as well as how many people would be experiencing the game for the first time, SUDA51 likened the remake to a brand new Grasshopper game.[1]

Gameplay[]

The 25th Ward plays fundamentally similarly to The Silver Case; it uses the Film Window system to display images, text and other information, and it mostly consists of reading, along with occasional interactive 3D environments in which the player can move on rails in four directions. However, it features many differences that subtly affect the gameplay experience.

Instead of the MISC wheel, the menu is now a die which must be rotated in three-dimensional space, with each face containing an action. Although it is usually four-sided, the die increases its number of sides in situations in which more than four choices are available. Rather than a consistent set of functions like the MISC wheel, the die's main abilities change depending on the situation. Its usual four functions are "Look", "Talk", "Move", and "Item", but other functions are available in particular scenarios, such as "PC" or "Red" when playing as Tokio.

Movement is simplified compared to the first game, as there are no marks to move to, nor can the player rotate themselves or look up or down. Instead, movement is made up entirely of selecting options corresponding to cardinal directions, which will cause the player to take that path until they reach the next choice or point of interest.

There are also several points in the game in which puzzles must be solved through entering letter or number passwords. This is also accomplished by rotating a die; either one with all the numbers 0-9 on it, or one which has the entire alphabet and a few miscellaneous characters. There are also occasionally other puzzles and forms of gameplay scattered throughout the game, such as role-playing game combat or multiple-choice chat conversations.

Story[]

Chapters[]

  • Correctness
    • #00 prototype
    • #01 new world order
    • #02 good looking guy
    • #03 boys don't cry
    • #04 digital man (Transmitter)
    • #05 electride
    • #06 white out
    • #07 black out
  • Matchmaker
    • "01 underground theater
    • "02 quiet cradle
    • "03 about nighthawk
    • "04 the lunar orbit
    • "05 moon over 25
  • Placebo
    • *00 UTSUTSU
    • *01 NAGARE
    • *02 TIGIRI
    • *03 YOGORE
    • *04 SIZUKU
    • *05 MISOGI
    • *06 YUKI

Summary[]

The 25th Ward takes place five years after the events of The Silver Case. It focuses on the successor to Ward 24, the supposedly utopian metropolis of Ward 25. This new ward was constructed with the purpose of providing a perfect orderly lifestyle, but its ideal of order is threatened to be shattered by the chaos represented by the coming of Kamui Uehara. The story is divided into three different "story points", which take place in parallel with eachother.

The A-side of the story, Correctness, follows Mokutaro Shiroyabu of the 25th Ward Heinous Crimes Unit, the 25th Ward's counterpart to the original. It begins with an investigation into the mysterious deaths occurring at a high-rise apartment complex, and follows into more cases from there. Shiroyabu and his partner Shinko Kuroyanagi find themselves working with a mysterious new recruit.

The B-side of the story, Matchmaker, follows the Regional Adjustment Bureau, the shadow government agency who dedicate themselves to preserving the 25th Ward's lifestyle through carrying out deadly "adjustments" on its citizens. It focuses on two members, Shinkai Tsuki and Yotaro Osato, who attempt to complete their assignments while trying to hide their existence from the HC Unit.

The C-side of the story, Placebo, is a continuation of the Placebo story from the first game. Following the events of Flower, Sun, and Rain, Tokio Morishima wakes up on a boat stationed in the 25th Ward's harbor. Finding that he has lost most of his memories of the previous games, he attempts to regain them while periodically being roped into investigations on the internet by Slash.

External links[]

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References[]

Grasshopper Manufacture games
International Shining Soul · Shining Soul II · Killer7 · Michigan: Report from Hell · Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked · Contact · No More Heroes · Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise · No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle · FROG MINUTES · Shadows of the DAMNED · Sine Mora · Diabolical Pitch · Lollipop Chainsaw · Liberation Maiden · Black Knight Sword · Killer Is Dead · Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day · LET IT DIE · Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes · No More Heroes III
Japan-exclusive Shirubā Jiken · Flower, Sun, and Rain · Shirubā Jiken 25 Ku · BLOOD+ One Night Kiss · Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen · Evangerion Shin Gekijōban -Saundo Inpakuto- · No More Heroes: World Ranker · Dark Menace
Other Suda material Super Fire Prowrestling III: Final Bout · Super Fire Prowrestling Special · Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen · Twilight Syndrome: Kyūmei-hen · Moonlight Syndrome · Sdatcher · Liberation Maiden SIN · Tsukikage no Tokio · Kurayami Dance · Suda Fables
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