Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Kakera Asobi

Higurashi When They Cry (Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に, Hepburn: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni; lit. 'When the Cicadas Cry') is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. A bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released in December 2006. Apart from the original series, new stories were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, to expand the story. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer between 2009 and 2010.