Amazing Visual Novel Ported for iOS

Priced even at $3.99, planetarian ~dream of a little star is a worthwhile purchase for any visual novel fan. With an official English translation by Visual Arts, it is worth it just to support the developers.

The app itself is very well made. Its stable, snappy, and universal, meaning your purchase is valid for all iOS devices. The way they developed the UI is very nice and out of the way. The bottom left button rewinds your progress. Top right button opens the menu for settings, bookmarks, contents, etc. Tapping on the conversation box progresses the story. Playing on the iPad version does let you see more of the original art. On the iPhone version (obviously, because of the smaller screen resolution) Yumemi is cut off from her waist down.

There isnt anything new from the original PC version. All original Japanese voices for Yumemi Hoshino (Keiko Suzuki) and the Junk Hunter (Daisuke Ono) were preserved. As for the actual visual novel, it is relatively short, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in quality. The story is fairly emotional and detailed.

It is very refreshing and encouraging to see this visual novel make it to iOS with an English translation. Any chance for Keys work to get localized is a good thing. I hope more visual novels, not just from VA/Key, make it to iOS and other mobile platforms.

Buy this app, you wont be disappointed, and tell your friends about it too!

Blenderben about planetarian 〜ちいさなほしのゆめ〜