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Jack Jeanne
Developer(s)Broccoli
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseNintendo Switch
iOS and Android
Genre(s)Visual novel, rhythm game, dating sim, otome
Mode(s)Single-player

Jack Jeanne (ジャックジャンヌ) is an otome visual novel with dating sim and rhythm game elements.

Plot

As children, Kisa Tachibana and her older brother Tsuki loved acting. Tsuki attended the prestigious boys-only Univeil Drama School, and disappeared after graduating. Wanting to continue performing just like him, Kisa cross-dresses to be able to attend the school.

At Univeil, students choose to train for playing male or female parts during the performances, and these students are known as "Jacks" or "Jeannes" respectively.

Gameplay

Players read dialogue between characters during story scenes in a visual novel format.[2][3] Players have the option to skip previously read dialogue.[2]

Each in-game day, the player chooses what classes Kisa takes, if she should rest, or if she should talk to other characters. Kisa's health meter depletes every time she takes a class, increasing the chances of her failing a lesson the lower it goes, but it can be replenished by letting Kisa rest.[2] All of these activities adjust Kisa's stats. Kisa's stats, the number of times Kisa visits characters, and what dialogue options the player chooses all factor into which events take place between characters.[2][3]

Players complete different rhythm games for singing and dancing. For the singing games, the player moves a cursor left or right to follow a line of notes.[3] For the dancing games, players hit one of four different buttons or tap one of four different icons[4] when falling icons hit indicators at the bottom of the screen.[3] The game allows players to choose a difficulty level for the rhythm games,[2] and reaching a certain score during the dancing games affects the game's story and ending.[2][3]

The game's gallery feature allows players to replay the rhythm game performances,[3] read the full scripts for the plays performed by the characters,[5] listen to the game's background music, re-watch the performance music videos, view CGs, re-read certain scenes, and view achievements after the player unlocks them.[2]

Reception

RPGFan and Digitally Downloaded considered the rhythm game sections "solid additions to the game"[2] and a "nice highlight"[5] respectively. Digitally Downloaded praised the game's art style in its CGs as well as the look and choreography of the game's dancing scenes, though RPGFan considered the graphics of the game's dancing scenes to be "not as compelling as the visual novel illustrations" and distracting while playing the rhythm game.[5][2]

Reviewers praised the game's narrative.[2][3][4][5] Silliconera praised the game's approach to and acceptance of characters who cross-dress or have a nonconforming gender presentation.[3] Digitally Downloaded writer Matt S. "was impressed by the maturity and restraint that [the writers had in regards to Kisa's cross-dressing]."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jack Jeanne". Gematsu. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bowling, Audra (2023-06-14). "Jack Jeanne Review". RPGFan. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lada, Jenni (2023-07-01). "Review: Jack Jeanne Is My New Favorite Switch Otome Game". Siliconera. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  4. ^ a b Madnani, Mikhail (June 19, 2023). "SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring 'Jack Jeanne' & 'Bloo Kid', Plus the Latest Releases and Sales". Touch Arcade. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f S., Matt (2023-06-06). "Review: Jack Jeanne (Nintendo Switch)". Digitally Downloaded. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  6. ^ "Jack Jeanne for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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