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He said he believed the song came from his own yearning for an ideal world.
A reviewer in the latter magazine said in a world full of brutal games, you can't help but root for more experimental titles like Ihatovo Monogatari and Otogirisō (1992).
One of the Famitsu reviewers also praised the music, scenario and artwork as being very emotionally moving and made the game their "Best Picks of This Week" (for March 1 to 7, 1993) along with Albert Odyssey and Star Fox.
A reviewer in Hippon Super! magazine complimented the game for its ambition but said it was constrained by the conventions of video games as a whole, suggesting that it felt forced to incorporate tasks such as collecting items or gathering information.
In 2012, "Ihatōvo Sanka" was performed at the 7th annual Press Start: Symphony of Games orchestral concerts in Tokyo.
In the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu it received 9, 5, 7 and 6 for a total of 27 out of 40, and reviewers commented that "it takes the world of Kenji as its motif, and you want to play it as though watching an ambient video".
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 18.94 out of 30, as shown below.
This score placed it 250th among all Super Famicom titles (323 titles in total, as of 1993).
It was never released outside of Japan and Hector went bankrupt in 2002.
One of the Famitsu reviewers also praised the music, scenario and artwork as being very emotionally moving and made the game their "Best Picks of This Week" (for March 1 to 7, 1993) along with Albert Odyssey and Star Fox.
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