2P Games and Zerocreation Games announced visual novel The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 13. Like the existing Steam version, the Nintendo Switch version of The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty features English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese language options.
In the visual novel, players experience the story through the perspective of Liang, a refugee that lost everything on the day of the Great Tianqi Explosion in 1626. He turned to crime, shutting away his dream to travel the world as a hero. However, a certain job requiring him to escort four girls to a wealthy lord in the city of Luoyang will change his fate.
The voice cast of The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty includes:
- Sui
- CN: Hanser
- JP: Rie Kugimiya
- Tongue
- CN: Lengquan Yeyue
- JP: Kazuma Horie
- QiongHua
- CN: Hualing
- JP: Risa Shimizu
- Hong’er
- CN: Shi Yan
- JP: Hiroko Watanabe
- Cui’er
- CN: Liu Yilei
- JP: Yuina Yamada
- Kite
- CN: Yu Shan
- JP: Hiroko Watanabe
- The Dashing King
- CN: Cheng Zhichao
- JP: Kazuma Horie
- Swine Demon
- CN: Wang Xigua
- JP: Katsuya Miyamoto
Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:
A Collapsing Empire
During Chongzhen’s Reign (A.D. 1628-1644), land annexation reached unmitigated extremes, the country faced domestic issues and foreign invasions, coinciding with the catastrophic Little Ice Age. After many years of horrid disasters in succession one after another, the Ming court continued to impose inhumane policies resulting in widespread starvation and leading to the rise of multiple rebellions against the court.
A Travelling With Desperados
Liang the bandit, and his companion are commissioned for a job from an unsavory merchant and must escort four girls to a wealthy lord in the city of Luoyang. They must pass through Huazhou, Wenxiang, Shanzhou, and finally reach their destination of Luoyang.
Liang initially believes that the girls he is escorting will be sold to the wealthy lord as adopted daughters to begin a new life. However, one of the four girls named “Sui” reveals the hidden secret of their journey to Luoyang.
The lord is a swine demon who has practiced devouring young ladies for over a thousand years. Every year on his birthday, he dispatches human traffickers to abduct girls from Shan in celebration of his special day. Sui’s sister was among the many who have fallen victim to the demon’s appetite.
Sui is hopeful that Liang will end the escort and join her in assassinating the swine demon to avenge her sister, and those who have perished in recent years. Although Liang wants to believe Sui, there are too many inconsistencies in her story. Throughout the journey, Liang will gather information, unravel the truth, and make his decisions accordingly.
