Novelizations of the game series were released by Kodansha between August 2007 and March 2009. Two sets of drama CDs were produced, one by Wayuta and the other by Frontier Works. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer between 20. In addition to the original series, new stories were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, in order to expand the story. While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and are considered the first entry in the When They Cry franchise, the next four games were produced under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai and are considered the second entry.Ī bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released in December 2006. The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen, was released in August 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen, was released in August 2006. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983. 'When the Cicadas Cry') is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. Higurashi When They Cry ( Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に, Hepburn: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, lit.
