Clannad (video game)

Clannad is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and released on April 28, 2004 for Windows. While both of Key’s first two previous works, Kanon and Air, had been released first as adult games and then censored for the younger market, Clannad was released with a rating for all ages. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2PlayStation PortableXbox 360PlayStation 3PlayStation VitaPlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. An English version for Windows was released on Steam by Sekai Project in 2015.

The story follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, from adolescence to adulthood. As an average high school student, he meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls whose individual problems he helps resolve, and his life is further detailed after graduating from high school. The gameplay of Clannad follows a plot that branches into different scenarios based on various courses of interaction by the player character. The game was ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. Key went on to produce an adult spin-off titled Tomoyo After: It’s a Wonderful Life in November 2005, which expanded on the scenario of Tomoyo Sakagami, one of the five heroines from Clannad.

 

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Clannad original visual novel cover, featuring Nagisa Furukawa.
Genre Romance, slice of life, tragedy
Game
Developer Key
Publisher
  • JPPrototype (PSP, Xbox 360, S3G, FOMA, PS3, Vita)
  • WW: Prototype (PS4, Switch)
Genre Visual novel
Platform WindowsPS2S3GFOMAXbox 360PSPPS3AndroidPS VitaPS4Switch
Released
  • JP: April 28, 2004
  • WW: November 23, 2015

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