Today Square Enix released a new trailer of its live-action mystery-adventure game The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story.
The trailer focuses on revealing the main theme song titled “Drifting Fruit,” composed by Yuki Hayashi and performed by Jennifer Sumire.
We also get a list of the cast involved in the game:
- Nanami Sakuraba
- Yuta Hiraoka
- Wakana Matsumoto
- Sei Matobu
- Motoki Fukami
- Megumi Yokoyama
- Mansaku Ikeuchi
- Gaku Sano
- Mariko Tsutsui
- Takaaki Enoki
You can check out the trailer below.
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is coming for PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on May 12, 2022.
If you’re unfamiliar with the game, here’s an official description from Square Enix:
“Directed by Koichiro Ito (Metal Gear Solid V) and produced by Junichi Ehara (NieR:Automata), The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story centers around the ill-fated Shijima family, who have experienced a chain of inexplicable deaths in their family over the past century. Players will take on the role of mystery novelist, Haruka Kagami and use their powers of deductions to uncover the truth behind four murder cases that have taken place in the Shijima household over the last one hundred years. Take on this accessible mystery story, uncover the truth of the case and reveal the culprit!
Yasuhito Tachibana, producer of Netflix’s ‘The Naked Director’ serves as Cinematographer and Scenario Director on The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story, taking visual storytelling to a new level with high-quality cinematography and thrilling live-action gameplay. Players will be immersed into an authentically traditional Japanese story where they will transcend time across different eras of Japan while collecting information scattered throughout each era to uncover the truth behind the ill-fated Shijima family and solve an age-old mystery.
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story features compelling performances from Nanami Sakuraba as the games’ protagonist, Haruka Kagami and Yuta Hiraoka as Eiji Shijima, the second son of the Shijima family who returns home to help unravel the mystery behind his ill-fated family. A cast of talented Japanese actors bring this enigmatic Japanese adventure to life, depicting an array of characters throughout each period setting.”
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