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AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative is an adventure game that released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022. It is the sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, first taking place shortly after the events of the first game. The game is split between the two protagonists investigating the Half Body Serial Killings.

Gameplay[]

Plot[]

Side:Ryuki

Ryuki's plot starts a few months after the events of the first game with Ryuki joining ABIS as a rookie investigator and gaining the assistant Tama. His initial case is a bombing at a gameshow with the appearance of the right half of a body, the start of the Half Body Serial Killings

Side:Mizuki

Mizuki's plot starts 6 years after the events of the first game. Mizuki with Aiba as her partner investigate the strange appearance of half of a body in a stadium. The victim is the same as the initial victim of Half Body Serial Killings, albeit their left side and showing no signs of rot despite the time since his death.

Reception[]

AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Trivia[]

  • AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative, alongside Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, were the final video games to feature the voicework of Billy Kametz (Tearer), who died of colon cancer on June 9, 2022. Both games were released just 2 weeks after his death.
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