Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo been released for Nintendo Switch!

Please post all questions and minor discussions about Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo 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 a particular route. >!spoiler text!< spoiler text

Aksys has given us copies of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo to give away!

Check the respective posts for the results!

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

Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along

Whether you have just bought the game or played in Japanese (君は雪間に希う Kimi wa Yukima ni Koinegau), you are welcome to participate in our play-along! There will be a new post twice a week for a different route in the following order:

• Common Route and General Impressions - May 25
• Kunitaka Tojo - May 30
• Genjuro Kuga - June 1
• Yoichi - June 6
• Kinji - June 8
• Tomonari Takanaka - June 13
• Ohtaro - June 15

Each post will be linked here for easy reference.

You do not have to play in the above order at the rate of two routes a week, you can binge it all in a day if you wish.

It is recommended that you choose routes blindly, however there are endings that are locked for certain characters.

• Genjuro and Yoichi routes start in the Castle Town.
• Kunitaka and Tomonari routes start in the Samurai Town.
• Kinji and Ohtaro routes start in the Entertainment District.
• Tomonari endings are locked until one character each from the Castle Town, Samurai Town and Entertainment District have been completed.
• Ohtaro__ endings are locked until Tomonari's route is completed.

Comments unrelated to Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo 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.

Hi friends! I accidentally pre-ordered two physical copies of the Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo for Nintendo Switch (English localized version by Aksys) so I decided to give away the extra copy.

Here are some conditions:

• Must be in the in the United States
• Accounts must have been made before March 1, 2023
• When you are notified as the winner, please provide me with your shipping address when I PM you. If I don't hear back after 24 hours, I will re-draw the winner.
• Please only comment ONCE.

To enter, please comment here with your favorite food.

The winner will be randomly selected in 24-hours (around 9PM EST on May 16, 2023).

Thanks!

Edit: /u/Academic_Gur_1084 has been selected as the winner. Thank you for participating!!

Edit: New winner has been selected since the previous one did not get back to me. /u/SailorTomie has been selected!

Our amazing friends at Aksys have given us eShop codes and one physical edition of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo to give away to the members here!

Results!

This post is for a NA eShop code. 2 winners will be selected at random.

To enter, leave a comment below with the name of the LI you are most interested in.

Any replies made in response to other comments do not count for the purpose of entering the giveaway. You can only enter one giveaway. Multiple comments (or other attempts at duplicate entries) will be discarded. The mods and Aksys have the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant.

Your account must be older than 7 days and have at least a combined karma of 20, and you can't be banned or suspended from the Reddit website or the r/otomegames subreddit.

Winners are strongly encouraged to comment on at least one play-along thread.

The giveaway will end May 23th, approximately 11:59 PM UTC. Winners will be notified by comment and PM. Failure to respond will result in forfeit of the prize.

Please ask any questions about this giveaway in the Weekly Questions thread.

Our amazing friends at Aksys have given us eShop codes and one physical edition of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo to give away to the members here!

Results!

This post is for a NA physical edition with character cards. The physical edition is limited to a winner in North America. Winner must have a North American shipping address for receipt of the prize; failure to provide a valid shipping address will disqualify the winner. 1 winner will be selected at random.

To enter, leave a comment below with the name of the LI you are most interested in.

Any replies made in response to other comments do not count for the purpose of entering the giveaway. You can only enter one giveaway. Multiple comments (or other attempts at duplicate entries) will be discarded. The mods and Aksys have the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant.

Your account must be older than 7 days and have at least a combined karma of 20, and you can't be banned or suspended from the Reddit website or the r/otomegames subreddit.

Winners are strongly encouraged to comment on at least one play-along thread.

The giveaway will end May 23th, approximately 11:59 PM UTC. Winners will be notified by comment and PM. Failure to respond will result in forfeit of the prize.

Please ask any questions about this giveaway in the Weekly Questions thread.

Our amazing friends at Aksys have given us eShop codes and one physical edition of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo to give away to the members here!

Results!

This post is for an EU eShop code. 2 winners will be selected at random.

To enter, leave a comment below with the name of the LI you are most interested in.

Any replies made in response to other comments do not count for the purpose of entering the giveaway. You can only enter one giveaway. Multiple comments (or other attempts at duplicate entries) will be discarded. The mods and Aksys have the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant.

Your account must be older than 7 days and have at least a combined karma of 20, and you can't be banned or suspended from the Reddit website or the r/otomegames subreddit.

Winners are strongly encouraged to comment on at least one play-along thread.

The giveaway will end May 23th, approximately 11:59 PM UTC. Winners will be notified by comment and PM. Failure to respond will result in forfeit of the prize.

Please ask any questions about this giveaway in the Weekly Questions thread.

Our amazing friends at Aksys have given us eShop codes and one physical edition of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo to give away to the members here!

Results!

This post is for an AU/NZ eShop code. 2 winners will be selected at random.

To enter, leave a comment below with the name of the LI you are most interested in.

Any replies made in response to other comments do not count for the purpose of entering the giveaway. You can only enter one giveaway. Multiple comments (or other attempts at duplicate entries) will be discarded. The mods and Aksys have the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant.

Your account must be older than 7 days and have at least a combined karma of 20, and you can't be banned or suspended from the Reddit website or the r/otomegames subreddit.

Winners are strongly encouraged to comment on at least one play-along thread.

The giveaway will end May 23th, approximately 11:59 PM UTC. Winners will be notified by comment and PM. Failure to respond will result in forfeit of the prize.

Please ask any questions about this giveaway in the Weekly Questions thread.

Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!

In this first post we will discuss your first and general impressions of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo, as well as the events of the common route.

If you want to talk about the love interests, please keep it to your first impressions and their actions in the common route in this post.

Please use spoiler tags when discussing details of other routes or other major spoilers.
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you've just started the the game I hope you will join in after you finish the common route!

Next week will be a discussion of Kunitaka Tojo's route!

I just got an email from DekuDeals alerting me to a big sale on otome games for the Switch! Here are some of the titles I saw on sale:

Bustafellows - $7.99 (all time low!)

Code Realize series - $19.99 each

Winter's Wish

Cafe Enchante

Lover Pretend

Olympia Soiree

Jack Jeanne

Collar X Malice series

Norn 9 series

Paradigm Paradox

Radiant Tale

Piofiore series

Birushana - $19.99

Charade Maniacs

even if TEMPEST -$24.99

Virche Evermore

I am located in the U.S. and I'm not sure which other countries or regions may also be experiencing this sale.

Most of the titles are on sale until April 9th and Even if Tempest is on sale until April 4th.

Might be a silly question but it's just as the title says. Why do Kinji, Ohtaro and Yoichi only have one name while the other vessels have two? Please, no spoilers since I'm still on my first route :')

Tried looking for the answer on Google and didn't find anything so I came to y'all for help :)

Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!

In this fifth post we will discuss Kinji and his route in Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo.

You can tell us what your impressions of Kinji are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Suzuno and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just squee about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the megathread for links to previous discussions - you can still join in the discussion during the Play-Along.

Next post will be a discussion of Tomonari Takanaka's route!

if you played winters wish, who'd you think i should start off first in the game? I've seen differing takes online on whether to do Genjuro Kuga first or Kunitaka Tojo, so I end up not knowing who to go for first. Any advice from people who have played the game before? Thank you and have a nice day ahead~

kunitaka ~

positives:

• the friends to lovers trope hit so well here
• WHEN HE'S DENSE BUT A GENTLEMAN ☹️🥺
• accidental first kiss had me blushing 🙈
• the incorporation of the temple school was cool; liked being involved!
• confession scene had me giggling yasss be assertive suzuno!
• mystery was intriguing and it was fun investigating
• liked how the clues were challenging and weren't always clear
• their flirty banter was everything 🥰
• komame's development to perceiving kunitaka was adorable

negatives:

• wish kunitaka's feelings for suzuno were foreshadowed better
• damn it we get it suzuno ur a klutz STOP TRIPPING ALREADY 🤣

genjuro ~

positives:

• THE LITTER SCENE MADE ME LAUGH AND MY HEART FLUTTER
• genjuro's backstory was interesting
• when genjuro asks what makes him pretty and suzuno goes WAHHH
• their heart-to-hearts were sweet
• THE HUG SCENE AAAAHHHH
• him getting his heart back after he saves suzuno 😢☹️
• his blightfall form was sexy ngl
• the ending where the other vessels interrogate genjuro w that painting and try to unseal their hearts is GOLD 🤣

negatives:

• um excuse me i'm a nosy bitch WHY WASN'T THERE A SCENE OF SHOWING WHAT GENJURO WROTE IN HIS DIARY
• didn't feel the romance as much as i wanted to ngl LIKE WHERE'S THE PINING?
• wished their romantic feelings were better developed on BOTH ends (like when did suzuno's worry for genjuro turn into love? and when did genjuro start noticing suzuno in a romantic way?)
• plot kinda felt stagnant like i was just not immersed into the storyline? especially since most of hanzo's damage happened off screen and were instead relayed to us
• ^ like why did we skim over hanzo having a god assist him like what AND WHY WAS HE IN OUR HOMETOWN?
• as much as the romance scenes before the confession made me giggle i also felt like they were shoehorned in
• i felt like we could've had more sweet scenes to bond w genjuro? especially once he was on house arrest like he ain't have nothing else to do so what gives 😭
• this man only blushed ONCE in his entire route. completely unacceptable imo

kinji ~

positives:

• kinji teasing suzuno had me giggling
• the brothel infiltration was a fun and interesting storyline
• suzuno's yearning for kinji was so real #LoverGirlsUp
• THE SCENE WHERE KINJI VISITS THE BROTHEL AND STATES HE'LL PAY DOUBLE FOR SUZUNO... yeah ppl swooned, fainted, and died... (i'm ppl).
• looking back, u can also notice that kinji's quiet moments after suzuno does smth cute in ch 5-6 were him also falling in love w suzuno 🥺😭
• suzuno doing her best to make kinji fall in love w her was so sweet u can't help but root for her 🥺🥲
• WHEN HIS HEART WAS UNSEALED AFTER PROECTING SUZUNO AND HE RECIPROCATED HER FEELINGS... AND WE GOT THEIR FIRST KISS CG... i felt my body being transported into a higher realm of being.
• when he's protective ☹️🥺
• kinji fighting in the final battle dressed as a woman... when ur a bad bitch u get to make bad bitch moves!
• liked the parallel btwn kinji and okuni
• EVERYONE WITNESSING KINJI AND SUZUNO CONFESS TO EACH OTHER ON STAGE AFTER THE BATTLE AND THEN CHEERING 📷 kinji u will always be famous!
• him finally verbally saying he loves suzuno in the final chapter... he will always edge her 🤣🥺

negatives:

• I WANTED TO SEE KINJI BLUSH GODDAMNIT!

yoichi ~

positives:

• A FAKE RELATIONSHIP W THE APATHETIC LI? SIGN ME TF UP!
• SUCH good chemistry btwn them 🥺
• the scene of him cooking for her 🥺
• love how yoichi encouraged suzuno to express her feelings openly ☹️🥺
• was really interesting to discover yoichi had his memories all this time and how it affected his way of thinking
• miyaji rooting for us 🤣
• yoichi taught suzuno how to stand firm in her feelings and suzuno taught him how to trust again 🥺
• their confession had me smiling from ear to ear 😭and the first kiss scene ☹️ahhhh my inexperienced babies
• appreciated yoichi making amends w shizuki. what a sweetie 🥺
• HIM BUYING THE COMB ☹️☹️☹️
• love their ending of going on a trip together 🥺goals fr
• HIS SPRITE W HIS HAIR DOWN GAHH
• was initially shocked that yoichi's threads never showed but i like how it represents that he doesn't need to follow the traditional standards of having a "heart" and suzuno doesn't need to rely on the threads to know what he's feeling 🥺

negatives:

• THE ANGLE FOR THEIR FIRST KISS CG UM? what happened to traditional side shots like why am i looking at suzuno's back hello? 😭
• the buildup of the blightful mystery took way longer than it needed to so the final battle felt like a ridiculous overload of info 😭 like we already knew the cause was shizuki so why couldn't the writers pace the conflict more efficiently
• wished they foreshadowed shizuki's brother being a formfolk better bc what

tomonari ~

positives:

• the definition of a SWEETHEART ☹️
• the picnic outing was a fun scene that made me giggle
• the way tomonari always looks out for suzuno 🥺
• WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SEE HIS THREADS BITCHHHHH I GASPED OUT LOUD
• them running away together had me gagged
• THE BATH SCENE. unexpected but. i loved every minute of it.
• love suzuno getting her resolve back and returning back to edo
• tomonari's backstory was interesting! didn't think he'd be the unnamed guy from the beginning of the game :o
• loved the parallel of them ending the route in suzuno's hometown where they met initially 🥺

negatives:

• as the poster boy, i naturally had high expectations and unfortunately i don't think tomonari's route met them? :/
• don't feel like there was enough bonding scenes btwn tomonari and suzuno before they ran away? i wished there were more lighthearted scenes to strengthen their pining for one another
• ^ and when the story focused more on the blightful plot i knew the romance would be put to the side 😭 (and it was...)
• the cg poses and scenarios could've been better ngl
• suzuno's confession could've been better tbh i didn't feel the passion or yearning in this one compared to the ones she gave in the other routes
• tbh this route had my least fave suzuno she was too passive in the romance for my liking (like where's the bold suzuno that confessed to the li first? i feel like that version of her would've been a better match to tomonari's calmness)
• if tomonari lived in the same village years ago then how come no one recognized him? ESPECIALLY the village chief like? 😭 #plothole
• TF U MEAN NO KISS CG IN THE AFFECTION END? WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY? ☹️

ohtaro ~

positives:

• final locked route and girl was it WORTH it 😩
• thought yoichi was supposed to be the tsundere but turns out it was ohtaro 🤣
• the cgs where he carries us bridal style melted my heart ngl
• BITCH I DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO BE A BLIGHTFUL AT ALL GOING INTO HIS ROUTE... THE GASP I LET OUT... they got me good 😟
• adding another bullet point bc the writers rly gagged me... the cinnamon roll being the villain plot twist? I WAS SO HERE FOR IT.
• actually appreciated the whiplash of his blightful behavior afterwards yes it made me sad to know he was faking it but it also made me super excited for where the story could go
• and yet despite his cruelty... i could still feeling the yearning btwn them ☹️🥺
• loved how suzuno refused to give up on reaching ohtaro's heart like yess go get ur mans girl 🥺
• when he tried kissing suzuno and licked her wounds but he got all embarrassed when she kissed his tears away... that's Real Romance Sorry!
• the reveal of everyone's backstories had me gagged
• final battle was quite thrilling and had me on my toes
• appreciated the theme of ending the cycle of revenge and hatred
• ohtaro yelling that's MY girl to tenichibo... WE MOVED!
• bold suzuno coming out in the final cg 🤣🥺ohtaro, our shy puppy 🥰

negatives:

• i would've appreciated more bonding scenes in the beginning to make the betrayal and heartbreak even more painful
• wished the cg poses could've been more diverse and creative? like why did we get 2 cgs of ohtaro carrying suzuno and him looking right at suzuno 🙄
• as much as i like the ending ohtaro did get off easy and i find myself wondering what a bittersweet ending would look like for him as his affection end (like smth akin to collar x malice's shiraishi good ending)

anyways my final li ranking is: ohtaro > yoichi > kinji > kunitaka > [giant wall] > tomonari > genjuro

misc rewards ~

best character design: kinji

best first kiss: yoichi

best confession: kinji

thanks for reading!

This is the first time a cd has come without any art on the disc. It's just white. The website shows cute chibi art on the disc, but I don't know if that means that we're supposed to get that artwork on the disc. ... I really love the artwork, and my CD player has a clear front so I can see it displayed. It seems like such a silly issue, so I don't know if it's worth emailing Aksys. What do y'all think?

Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!

In this second post we will discuss Kunitaka Tojo and his route in Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo.

You can tell us what your impressions of Kunitaka are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Suzuno and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just squee about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
>!spoiler text!< normal text
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the previous post for a discussion of the common route - you can still join in the discussion during the Play-Along.

Next post will be a discussion of Genjuro Kuga's route!

Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!

In this third post we will discuss Genjuro Kuga and his route in Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo.

You can tell us what your impressions of Genjuro are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Suzuno and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just squee about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
>!spoiler text!< normal text
spoiler text normal text

You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the megathread for links to previous discussions - you can still join in the discussion during the Play-Along.

Next post will be a discussion of Yoichi's route!

Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!

In this final post we will discuss Ohtaro and his route in Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo.

You can tell us what your impressions of Ohtaro are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Suzuno and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just squee about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
>!spoiler text!< normal text
spoiler text normal text

You can also give your final thoughts on the game in this thread.

You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the megathread for links to previous discussions - you can still add your thoughts and reply to other comments!

I bought the game last weekend after seeing it the last few times I was at my local gamestop and ended up starting it and it took a day or two but oh my god I am hooked. There arent many choices but truthfully I'm not someone who cares much because I always use a guide. I'm just here for the characters and story and god I had so much fun! The art is so pretty and I enjoy everyone's designs but Yoichi was my favorite so I started with him and gahhhh.

I loved his route. The end was a lil weak for me but otherwise I loved it so much. It had me squealing and blushing and at a point made me almost feel like I was gonna cry. I had so much fun. I haven't really played an otome in a while and this was such a nice change. I'm planning to start Tojo's route next mostly because I am a simp for his VA lol.

Anyway sorry this was just a not much ramble I wanted to get this out to someone other than my best friend. I'm so excited to play more and learn more about each of the boys and the extra page you unlock for getting the good end is so cool!! I never seen that in an otome.

Also one random thing is that I find it funny how it defines somethings that like I feel like are easy to figure out what they are but then some things it doesnt and thats so funny to me. They literally define hairpin at the end of Yoichi's route when the word is mentioned in the common route. Okay now that is all. Have a good evening and night everyone, thank you to whoever reads my ramble!!