2004 · Navel · Adult · Adventure

Soul Link

PlayStation console exclusive

An all-ages release of the original game with the adult elements removed but with additional material.

Released: 17 December 2004
Platforms: PlayStation 2 Windows
Genres: Adult Adventure Visual novel
Developers: Navel
Publishers: MangaGamer Navel Interchannel
Perspective: Text
Themes: Science fiction
Country: Japan

About

Soul Link is a Japanese visual novel developed by Navel. It was originally released as an adult game for Windows on December 17, 2004. It centers on a group of military cadets' adventure aboard a space hotel called Aries.

An all-ages release of the original game, titled Soul Link Extension, was released in Japan for the PlayStation 2 on June 29, 2006. It contains additional material to supplement the removal of adult content.

›Story

Fall, 2045C.E. Aizawa Shuuhei, a second-year cadet enrolled in Central Military Academy's primary division, is dispatched to Aries's orbital space station on a training mission. He reunites with his younger brother, Ryouta, and his childhood friend, Nao, both of whom reside there as cadets enrolled in the preparatory division.

Then an unidentified spaceship under the control of Jararacas, a radical terrorist organization, suddenly attacks the Aries and seizes control of the main control room. With all communication lines cut off, Shuuhei and the others have no way to escape. Trapped in space, 250 miles above the Earth, they have nowhere to run. Amid this desperate situation, the cadets must gather their courage and rise to take back the Aries. As they do, they draw ever closer to the horrifying truth lurking behind this incident...

Keywords

anime
adult
multiple endings
nudity
branching storyline
adapted to - anime
nsfw version exists

Media

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Story

In AD 2045, a group of military cadets attending the preparatory course of the Central Military Academy transfer to the space station Aries for zero-g training. This class of cadets includes Ryota Aizawa, Sayaka Nagase and Kazuhiko Nitta. Their training is interrupted when a terrorist group called "Hallarax" takes over the station. While the military successfully evacuates the civilians on board the station, Ryota and his group are trapped. Worse still, the boarding assault has left most of the military personnel dead, effectively leaving the cadets on their own.

An unexpected twist occurs when a mysterious virus is released within the station, which turns those infected into mindless creatures. This forces everyone, friend and foe alike, to work together to find a way off of the station alive.