Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey playthrough - Day 1
18Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey is a 2021 adventure game developed by Neos Corporation, Millennium Kitchen, and Star Factory, and designed and written by Kaz Ayabe. Based on the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan, the game has been described as a spiritual successor to the Boku no Natsuyasumi video game series directed by Ayabe and developed by Millennium Kitchen. Like Boku no Natsuyasumi, Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation follow the player character as he spends his summer vacation in an open-ended environment with few set gameplay goals or obligations. It was released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch on July 15, 2021, and worldwide for Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 31 August 2022.
Like other entries in the Crayon Shin-chan series, Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation follows the comedic and occasionally surreal adventures of the Nohara family: five-year-old Shinnosuke (the titular "Shin-chan"), his father Hiroshi, mother Misae, younger sister Himawari, and the family dog Shiro. When Hiroshi goes on a week-long business trip to Kyushu, the rest of the family travels with him to vacation at the home of Misae's childhood friend in rural "Asso", Kumamoto. Upon arriving at Kumamoto Station, the family is approached by Dr. Akuno, a mad scientist who gives Shinnosuke a camera that produces illustrations rather than photographs. Shortly after the Nohara family's arrival in Asso, Akuno reappears with a dinosaur he claims to have extracted from the past using time travel. When Shinnosuke witnesses Akuno summoning a dinosaur at his laboratory, Akuno puts Shinnosuke in a time loop that endlessly repeats the seven days of his vacation.
While the gameplay of Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation is loosely framed by Shinnosuke's quest to fill his vacation journal with pictures and search for interesting stories to print in the local newspaper, the player is generally free to spend their time as they see fit, with few set goals or obligations. The open-ended, laid-back nature of the gameplay was designed in order to appeal to a wide audience, from child-aged Shin-chan fans to adult fans of Boku no Natsuyasumi. The game includes an achievement system based on activities such as catching insects, fishing, growing vegetables, and running errands for the townspeople. Time passes from day to night, with certain activities and events exclusive to specific times of the day.
For PC version, this game can be said as very small sized and even smaller than Super Robot Wars V and X being about approximately 2.50 GB while the latter is between 7-9 GB along with the DLC. I got this game 2 days after the release and yes, the control is a bit complicated so I will need to get used to the control and default keybinding before starting the game first.
In terms of gameplay, it reminded me a lot of Harvest Moon especially when I realized that some events are only available at specific time of the day but unlike the Harvest Moon, events aren't skippable so at one time or another, the event will forcefully play when you didn't expect it.
Note: This is the first time I played a game so blindly and I think I just mind my own business of what to do, the events play at random times in my case when I was busy doing something.
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