Platform: Microsoft Xbox 360
Region: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Key
Publishers(s): Prototype
ReleaseDate: 2010-09-22
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life
Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life is a sequel to Clannad. The events of the game take place one month after those described in the predecessor. Tomoya Okazaki, the protagonist of the previous game, has graduated from high school and lives alone, working as a garbage collector. One day he discovers that he has a half-sister, his father's illegitimate daughter. Tomoyo Sakagami, Tomoya's friend and one of the main characters in Clannad, offers to take care of the girl. The story then focuses on the personal problems and relationships of these characters. The game is primarily a visual novel, the player's interaction mostly reduced to making occasional decisions that move the story forward. Locations and events are displayed as still images accompanied by text. In order to access all the scenarios, however, the player has to participate in a game called "Dungeons & Takafumis", which is a simple turn-based RPG in Japanese style. Unlike Clannad, the PC version of Tomoyo After contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations. PSP, PS3 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game contain certain updates such as additional scenario and CG events, and full voice-acting for the main character. Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life (智代アフター ～It's a Wonderful Life～, Tomoyo Afutā ~It's a Wonderful Life~) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on November 25, 2005 for Windows PCs. The game is a spin-off of Key's earlier all ages game Clannad. Key later released versions of Tomoyo After without the erotic content, and the game was ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Switch under the title Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition; CS stands for "consumer software". The story follows the lives of Tomoya Okazaki, a young man who recently graduated from high school, and his close friend Tomoyo Sakagami as they start to see more of each other in a romantic relationship. The gameplay in Tomoyo After follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the title character Tomoyo. Being a spin-off of Clannad, where Tomoyo is one of the game's heroines, Tomoyo After provides an expansion of Tomoyo's story after the events of Clannad and is written by Jun Maeda and Leo Kashida. The art was done by Fumio, as opposed to Itaru Hinoue who had done the art in Clannad. The game ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 twice more afterwards. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yukiko Sumiyoshi, under the title Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories, was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Age Pure in 2007. Unlike the game which is told from Tomoya's point of view, the manga is told from Tomoyo's perspective. A single tankōbon volume was released in Japan in December 2007.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Life Simulation