A Summer with the Shiba Inu heading to Switch next week

The visual novel A Summer with the Shiba Inu will launch on Switch next week, publisher Ratalakia Games and developer Quill Game Studios announced today. A release is planned for June 26 via the eShop.

We have the following overview and trailer for A Summer with the Shiba Inu

When Syd the Shiba Inu returns to Shiba Island after a ten-year absence, she sets off a chain of events that overturns the lives of all the dogs she had left behind. She gets back in touch with her old friend, Max, and along the way meets a mysterious Labrador retriever named Quei-Li.

(What’s a Lab doing on the Island, anyway?) They are her only remaining allies as she tries to survive the past that made her leave the Island in the first place.

Your choices matter – there are multiple drastic ways to change the fate of Shiba Island, with 10+ variants depending on how you treat the dogs you meet along the way.

Features:

– 3 main endings for Syd, with 10+ endings for other dogs depending on your actions!
– Visual novel with story wordcount of ~70,000
– Random facts about dogs in menus
– Dedicated Dog bark button in preference menu

A Summer with the Shiba Inu will cost $9.99 on the Switch eShop.

Source: Ratalakia Games PR