13 Facts About Steins;Gate

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Steins;Gate is a 2009 science fiction visual novel game developed by 5pb.

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The gameplay in Steins;Gate includes branching scenarios with courses of interaction.

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3.

Steins;Gate is set in the summer of 2010, approximately one year after the events that took place in Chaos;Head, in Akihabara.

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Steins;Gate's tells Rintaro that the only way to prevent World War III in the future is to prevent Kurisu's death at the hands of her father, Dr Nakabachi, who stole her time travel theory to publish it under his own name.

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5.

The title "Steins;Gate" had no specific meaning, being coined from the German word "Stein" meaning stone, and tying in with famous physicist Albert Einstein.

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6.

Steins;Gate was inspired by earlier visual novels written by Hiroyuki Kanno.

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7.

Steins;Gate's thought that the game gives the player more of a thrilling sensation rather than a frightening one and it entices the player to continue reading.

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8.

The PlayStation 4 version featuring higher quality assets then the previous releases, titled Steins;Gate HD was included with the first-print copies of Steins;Gate 0 in Japan.

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Steins;Gate has been praised by Square Enix producer Tomoya Asano, who described it as having "appealing and likable characters and a scenario that surprised players"; this led to Steins;Gate writer Naotaka Hayashi writing the plot and characters for the role-playing video game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.

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10.

Steins;Gate: Hen'i Kuukan no Octet is a non-canon extension of the True End of the original game.

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11.

An updated version of Steins;Gate, titled Steins;Gate Elite, was released in 2018 in Japan for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo Switch.

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12.

Manga adaptation of the game, titled Steins;Gate, was created by Yomi Sarachi and serialized by Media Factory in their Monthly Comic Alive from 2009 to 2013, and later published in North America by Udon Entertainment from 2015 to 2016.

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Live-action television series based on Steins;Gate, produced by Skydance Television, was announced in January 2020 at the annual Science Adventure Live event, and is planned to be available worldwide.

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