Shin chan: Shiro & Coal Town

Shin-chan: Shiro & Coal Town is a very fun action-adventure game set in Japan's Showa era. Players will be immersed in a charming town, enjoying the unique rural environment. Join the protagonist, Shin-chan Nohara, as he grows vegetables and cooks delicious meals with his grandmother. Create with a beautiful inventor, or help a restaurant owner design menus and serve customers. Embark on a meaningful adventure in this mysterious coal town. Collect various nature illustrations, participate in tram races, customize and upgrade your tram, and take on daily chores. Complete different tasks in various areas, creating unforgettable memories.

Features   

Fish in Akita's diverse rivers, catching common and rare species to enrich your nature book collection.

Search for various insects in Akita's forests and woodlands, further enriching your nature book collection.

Learn to grow vegetables with your grandmother and use them in dishes.

Create amazing inventions with a beautiful young female inventor in Coal Town!

Help the owner of the Coal Town restaurant design new menus to serve enthusiastic customers.

Participate in tram races! Explore unique tracks, choose from a variety of trams, and upgrade your tram using custom parts.

Highlights

Country Life Delights: Since the Nohara family moved to the quiet farmland, they have had more time for country life. Players play as Shin and do the work of an agriculturist. Numerous plots of land will be redesigned to develop food and vegetables. This quiet life can also bring unending bliss.

Town Day by Day Stories: Players can take part in day-to-day labor missions to encounter life in the wide open more clearly. Each day, they will complete a diverse mission within the areas. Angling sessions by the waterway will create profound memories for players.

Hearthside Minutes: Shin is fascinated by life within the farmland. Players will start to get to know this place and slowly find numerous secrets. The warm climate, when everybody assembles by the chimney, will be a wonderful moment.

Concoct and Race: Shin and Shiro will accompany each other within the enterprise in Coal Town. They can connect the classic car races in this town. Numerous carts will be given for players to select from. The parts on the car will be customized to suit the player’s fashion.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Distinct contrast between rural Akita and Showa-inspired Coal Town

Fishing, bug collecting, farming, and cooking support the setting

Customizable trolley races add a welcome change of pace

Community tasks connect naturally with Coal Town’s residents

Cons

Requires a Crunchyroll Mega or Ultimate Fan membership

Story may feel too short

Cache cleaners and optimization apps may put saved progress at risk

User Reviews

Yes, yes, you have to have a mid-tier Crunchyroll subscription to play—this isn’t a secret or a surprise.  But the game itself!  Oh my gosh!  So cute, so wholesome, and so satisfying!  Not too difficult, but not too easy, either!  I managed to finish the game with all the achievements completed, and if I can do it, pretty much anyone can.  My big piece of general gameplay advice would be, only trade away the things that are common or easy to come by—You might need the rarer fish and insects later.  Also, you can keep playing after the big race, so don’t worry too much about getting everything other achievement finished before that. 

Many of the reviews give it one star for “needing a $12 subscription”, which isn’t fair. In the app description it says that this game is exclusive for Crunchyroll members; they aren’t misleading people. For those who have Crunchyroll, this app has been advertised for months leading up to its release which us users looked forward to. It’s a cute game, reminds me some of animal crossing and Rune Factory. The low reviews stemming from people not reading aren’t fair to the developers. 

Very cute and cozy game, lots of voice acting as well, and really incredible art. People need to learn how to read before they complain, though that probably wouldn’t stop them anyways. I can almost never get an accurate read on crunchyroll games because of them 

Conclusion

Shin chan: Shiro & Coal Town has an unusually appealing rhythm, shifting from family meals and nature collecting to inventions and customized trolley races. Its brief story, restricted access, and reported save vulnerability temper the recommendation, but subscribers who want a calm Shin chan adventure have plenty here to enjoy.