Doki Doki Literature Club’s Natsuki is joining the lineup of Nendoroid figures, and now her pricing and release date have been revealed. She’s the second to join the lineup, following Monika, the club’s leader and founder.
Doki Doki Literature Clubis anindiegame that has generated an impressive level of cult appeal, taking players by surprise by its turn to dark and fourth wall-breaking story and immersion. Though the game initially looks like a Japanese-style visual novel dating sim, by the end, players realize it’s far from anything that simple.
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The Good Smile Company has now fully revealed Natsuki in Nendoroid form, a type of semi-posable chibi-stylized figure that comes with swappable parts. The recreation is quite faithful to Natsuki’s in-game appearance and attitude, and fans may recognize some of her included faces and poses from the game. She comes with additional faceplates to change her expression, allowing her to look happy, surprised, pouty, or glitched, a rare appearance she takes on during the course of thevisual novel.
Her face isn’t the only thing that can be swapped and customized. Natsuki can stand with her arms folded, with her hands on her hips akin to how she looks on the game’s title screen, she can hold a manga, a cupcake, or she can sit down to read. TheNendoroidalso ships with a couple text boxes that can be put in front of her, replicating scenes from the game, and a poem and Cocoa-Cat Cake Box. The faces and poses are all included as part of the base figure, but anyone who chooses to pre-order the Nendoroid through the Good Smile shop directly will also receive one of Natsuki’s adorable purple cat cupcakes. Natsuki is available for $55.99 and will release in August in Japan and October in the US.
For those who have been hoping for the Nendoroid treatment of the remaining club members, there’s good news on that front.Yuri and Sayoriare also set to receive their own Nendoroids, but there’s no news yet on when they’ll become available for pre-order. Since there haven’t been any prototypes revealed yet, fans will likely have to wait over a year to collect the entire set of characters.
While DDLC has been out for years now, the release ofDoki Doki Literature Club Plusfor consoles and PC has sparked renewed interest in the game. The release added additional story and worldbuilding to the title, leaving many fans with more questions than answers. While the game is best known for its frightening twists, the release of these cute figures mostly focus on the heartwarming moments with the club members. Fans who put in the extra work to achieveDoki Doki Literature Club’s good endingwill likely be intrigued by the series' newest Nendoroid.
Doki Doki Literature Club Plusis available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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