Contact: Ethan Fox, Tanuki-sama Studios

tanukisamastudios@gmail.com

S TEAM, July 16th, 2021, 8:00 PDT – Tanuki-sama Studios announces its intent that its recent release, the indie courtroom drama/adventure game Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One will support Valve’s upcoming SteamDeck platform.
 

TSS is currently discussing the hardware requirements on developer channels while crowdsourcing Linux users from the Linux_gaming subreddit to test the game on similar hardware profiles, in anticipation of testing on final hardware closer to launch.
 

TSS is presently pursuing a solution via Proton, to play the Windows version of the game on the new handheld, while also evaluating whether a native Linux/SteamOS release would be possible.
 

The game is presently available here for Windows platform:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1547290/Nina_Aquila_Legal_Eagle_Season_One/
 

A full presskit has been uploaded to this URL for media use: https://tanukisamastudios.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/presskit-nina-aquila-legal-eagle-season-one/
 

Press review codes available on request: tanukisamastudios@gmail.com

About Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One

This new release collects together and enhances all existing chapters of the popular ongoing indie graphic adventure/visual novel hybrid videogame series, Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle — a courtroom drama game which takes place in a world where all anime genres exist at once.
 

The collection includes ~10 hours of content, in which players take on the role of Nina Aquila, a rookie defense attorney, as she represents clients accused of capital crimes. In it’s three-faceted gameplay, players will INVESTIGATE crimes (examining crime scenes and speaking to witnesses), PARTICIPATE in activities relevant to their case (such as illegal street racing) and finally, step into court and DEFEND their client in the manner of a courtroom drama visual novel.
 

  • In Chapter 1, players defend a cosplayer accused of arson, due to her cosplaying as a fire mage
  • In Chapter 2, players defend a client accused of murdering the world champion at Dragon Fantasy Arena (a card-game similar in concept to Yu-Gi-Oh) on the eve of the national tournament
  • In Chapter 3, players defend three street racers, accused of causing the death of a fourth, in a homage to the classic mountain-road racing anime Initial D
     

NALE has previously appeared on services such as Newgrounds & itch.io in an episodic format (starting in winter 2018), where the releases have garnered praise, with Chapter I receiving “Best of November 2020” on Newgrounds and a 5-star review score on itch.io from over 200 user reviews.
 

This new collected release is significantly enhanced over the original episodic releases. Enhancements include a wide variety of audio-visual and feature improvements, including new character art, more & higher quality speech samples, reworked video sequences, Steam Achievements, an unlockable explorer mode and many more! This is the definitive NALE experience for both existing and new fans alike.
 

Veteran anime & gaming voice actor Rachael Messer (Azur Lane, Goblin Slayer, Forgotten Anne) provides the voice of Nina Aquila, the protagonist.
 

The game has an RRP of $8.99, with a free demo.
 

About Rachael Messer

Rachael is an industry veteran, recently voicing Enterprise in Funimation’s Azur Lane dub. She has a long history of dub roles in both anime & videogames, including Paladins, Warframe, Akashic Records, Princess Principal, Knight’s & Magic, A Centaur’s Life, Infinite Dendogram and the remake of System Shock.
 

Ethan originally contacted Rachael after hearing her performance as the protagonist in Forgotten Anne, by Square-Enix, believing her voice would be perfect for the role.

About Tanuki-sama Studios

Tanuki-sama Studios is an indie videogame developer, based in the UK, owned and managed by the solo developer Ethan Fox, who came to the Visual Novel space from a Kindle author background.
 

Ethan’s games draw upon his past experiences living in Japan, as well as a lifelong love of anime & manga. This season, he is watching Fruits Basket and To Your Eternity.
 

NALE was conceived as a way to create a narrative experience that has plotting, pacing and direction similar to that of watching an anime show, as well as serving as a homage to multiple anime genres. TSS’s ambition is to see NALE realised as a fully-fledged anime production.

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