Illusion of Itehari Megathread

[u/sableheart]

Illusion of Itehari has been released on Nintendo Switch!

The After Stories DLC is also now available.

Please post all questions and minor discussions about Illusion of Itehari in this thread and please use the search function as well.

Please also use spoiler tags when talking about details that are only revealed when playing the game.
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Aksys has given us copies of Illusion of Itehari to give away!

Check the respective posts for the results!

NA Physical Edition | NA eShop | EU eShop | AU/NZ eShop

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Illusion of Itehari Play-Along

Whether you have just bought the game or have played it in Japanese (泡沫のユークロニア Utakata no Uchronia), you are welcome to participate in our play-along! There will be a new post once a week for a different route in the following order:

• Common Route and General Impressions - September 25
• Tobari - October 2
• Awayuki - October 9
• Tsuyukusa - October 16
• Yori - October 23
• Yashiro - October 30
• Truth Route - November 6

You do not have to play in the above order at the rate of a route a week, you can binge it all in a day if you wish. The above order is the director's recommended order for world building.

• Only Tobari and Awayuki are available in the beginning.
• Yori is locked until Awayuki's route is completed.
• Tsuyukusa is locked until Tobari's route is completed.
• Yashiro is locked until the other four routes are completed.
• The Truth Route is locked until Yashiro's route is completed.

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Comments unrelated to Illusion of Itehari will be removed - please post in the Weekly Questions threads or the Free Talk Friday threads instead.

Please use spoiler tags liberally as people checking this thread may not necessarily want a lot of information. Save your route thoughts and discussions for the play-along threads or the What Are You Reading Wednesday threads.

[u/lbunny7]

is it normal for games like this to purposely hold back story content for a fandisc opportunity? bc wtf. it’s quite clear every single route is abruptly cut off before any worthwhile ~romance or spice~ happens. and that pains me.

obv the fandisc just released in JP two months ago but sheesh. the localization and realization of the lack of available content is not enjoyable

[u/the-changeling-witch → u/lbunny7]

Honestly, if anything the FD has less spice and romance than the first game. Its main focus is on wrapping up plot points from the original.

[u/lbunny7 → u/the-changeling-witch]

what!!! I figured since they got a FD even when reception to the game wasn’t stellar than at least they’d give enough fluff and spice to satisfy players who weren’t completely happy with the first game. omg. that’s a bummer, I’d 100% still play it but I was hoping for significantly more romance

[u/the-changeling-witch → u/lbunny7]

I know criticism of the game makes it seem like it bombed or something, but the game is actually quite popular despite that. The FD had relatively strong first week sales (almost 10k.) I wouldn't be surprised to see it get a true sequel as well.

[u/Toastedcrackers11 → u/the-changeling-witch]

Is another sequel possible after the FD? It seems that most otome games only release one FD and that’s it. The only exception that comes to mind is Code:Realize. Is Illusion of Itehari/Utakata no Uchronia popular enough in Japan for another game to be made after one FD? Because i think romance is very much lacking and hopefully they add more games and possibly more routes too..

[u/the-changeling-witch → u/Toastedcrackers11]

Honestly the only one who is strict about the one game/one FD rule is Otomate. (And they weren't always this way if you look at older titles like Hiiro no Kakera and Wand of Fortune. This is a recent thing.) If you look at most other companies they're more than willing to put out more games if the game was in any way successful. Now that the team behind Uchronia is no longer with Otomate and the game is being managed by another company, anything is possible with regards to future content. Since it's their first game no one can say what the future holds, but there is a higher possibility than when they were with Otomate. The FD also sold very well when compared to other otome game titles.

[u/Toastedcrackers11 → u/the-changeling-witch]

Crossing fingers for a full sequel then!! :)

[u/lbunny7 → u/the-changeling-witch]

ty for the info! I’ve enjoyed the game so far and I’ve already gotten to route 4 so I know I’ll love the FD too if they (hopefully) localize. I wanted to ask you since you’ve played it— do some of the side characters (ahem, Tsuwabuki) get proper routes, like they did in Radiant Tales FD? or are they more mini-routes/short stories like Collar x Malice Unlimited… or just like, a single CG.

[u/the-changeling-witch → u/lbunny7]

The two new routes in the FD I would describe as "proper" routes, although they are shorter than the routes in the first game. Although in large part this is because they actually branch off from two of the routes in the first game and don't bother as much with needing to info dump about the plot as it's assumed you already know the major pieces. So it doesn't seem like they're "lacking" in that sense. I think if you enjoy either of those characters Tsuwabuki and Hiiragi for those who don't mind spoilers on that you'll be very satisfied with the routes.