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<\/figure>\n Sometimes, the games announced or showcased on a Nintendo Direct are the same in the West as they are in Japan<\/span>. Other times it\u2019s not until you circle back around and check out the Japanese video that you realise it contained news of a new Summer Vacation game<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Boku no Natsuyasumi <\/em>series, which has been running in Japan for decades, are basically a bunch of games where you play as a kid and get to enjoy a leisurely few weeks of your summer vacation<\/span> wandering around a town, catching bugs and just generally soaking up the vibes.<\/p>\n The main games in the series had never been released in the West until last year, when Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation: The Endless Seven-Day Journey <\/em>dropped on Switch and PC. As I said at the time, that was a bit <\/em>of a bummer because the license slapped over the top of the experience kinda ruined the whole thing<\/span>.<\/p>\n So maybe it\u2019s little surprise that while no mention was made of this game on the Western Nintendo Direct whatsover, the Japanese show had a trailer for Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Vacation<\/em>, a brand new game written and designed by Boku no Natsuyasumi<\/em> series creator Kaz Ayabe, and developed by his studio Millennium Kitchen. <\/p>\n Seemingly going back to the series\u2019 roots, it takes us back to a time that looks like the 80s or early 90s, and has us playing as a 10-year-old, on holidays, doing all the stuff I said above: climbing trees, chatting with locals, spotting bugs, doing some dancing. <\/p>\n