<s>
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Out	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
KID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Infinity	B-Application
series	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
preceded	O
by	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
End	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
,	O
and	O
followed	O
by	O
Remember	B-Application
11	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Age	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
,	O
the	O
spin-off	O
12Riven	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Psi-Climinal	I-Application
of	I-Application
Integral	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
reboot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
localization	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Hirameki	O
International	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
aspects	O
of	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
had	O
been	O
positively	O
received	O
,	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
was	O
made	O
with	O
a	O
larger	O
focus	O
on	O
science	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
,	O
simply	O
titled	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
5pb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Cyberfront	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
reads	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
playing	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
once	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
fast-forward	B-Application
past	O
text	O
to	O
decision	O
points	O
;	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
choose	O
to	O
start	O
from	O
a	O
point	O
further	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
go	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
each	O
playthrough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
underwater	O
marine	O
theme	O
park	O
LeMU	O
,	O
51	O
meters	O
below	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
artificial	O
island	O
Insel	O
Null	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
characters	O
are	O
You	O
Tanaka	O
,	O
a	O
part-time	O
employee	O
at	O
LeMU	O
;	O
Tsugumi	O
Komachi	O
,	O
a	O
woman	O
who	O
is	O
distrustful	O
of	O
the	O
others	O
;	O
Sora	O
Akanegasaki	O
,	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
the	O
computer	O
engineer	O
of	O
LeMU	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
only	O
seen	O
through	O
a	O
projection	O
onto	O
the	O
other	O
characters	O
 '	O
eyes	O
;	O
Sara	O
Matsunaga	O
,	O
a	O
second-year	O
student	O
and	O
a	O
hacker	O
;	O
and	O
Coco	O
Yagami	O
,	O
a	O
girl	O
who	O
is	O
stranded	O
on	O
LeMU	O
with	O
her	O
dog	O
Pipi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recreation	O
was	O
done	O
to	O
line	O
up	O
two	O
points	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
dimension	O
,	O
time	O
,	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
the	O
person	O
playing	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
;	O
the	O
characters	O
see	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
a	O
4th-dimensional	O
being	O
,	O
"	O
Blick	O
Winkel	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
can	O
move	O
through	O
time	O
;	O
Blick	O
Winkel	O
appearing	O
was	O
what	O
caused	O
Hokuto	O
's	O
amnesia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nakazawa	O
and	O
Uchikoshi	O
were	O
appointed	O
to	O
their	O
respective	O
positions	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Infinity	B-Application
series	O
,	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
End	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
well	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
consoles	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
finished	O
two	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
planned	O
August	O
release	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
after	O
the	O
scenario	O
's	O
completion	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
only	O
time	O
for	O
debugging	O
until	O
late	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nakazawa	O
described	O
himself	O
as	O
working	O
particularly	O
hard	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
because	O
he	O
felt	O
bitter	O
that	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
had	O
not	O
sold	O
particularly	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
reflect	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
connects	O
the	O
future	O
and	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
ever	O
"	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
read	O
with	O
two	O
meanings	O
:	O
"	O
once	O
before	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
someday	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
number	O
"	O
17	O
"	O
was	O
initially	O
simply	O
chosen	O
as	O
Uchikoshi	O
liked	O
the	O
number	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
born	O
on	O
the	O
17th	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
he	O
liked	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
"	O
17	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
7	O
"	O
in	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
;	O
upon	O
checking	O
the	O
calendar	O
for	O
year	O
spans	O
where	O
dates	O
and	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
would	O
line	O
up	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
that	O
one	O
such	O
occurrence	O
was	O
the	O
seventeen	O
years	O
between	O
2017	O
and	O
2034	O
;	O
other	O
spans	O
included	O
eleven	O
years	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
too	O
short	O
,	O
and	O
twenty-eight	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
too	O
long	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Uchikoshi	O
considered	O
how	O
to	O
bring	O
characters	O
over	O
from	O
2017	O
to	O
2034	O
,	O
some	O
worked	O
out	O
naturally	O
:	O
Tsugumi	O
was	O
immortal	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
infected	O
with	O
the	O
Curé	O
Virus	O
,	O
You	O
had	O
a	O
clone	O
in	O
2034	O
,	O
and	O
Sora	O
was	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
Nakazawa	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
content	O
for	O
it	O
;	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
hard	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
story	O
or	O
add	O
new	O
event	O
computer	O
graphics	O
artwork	O
(	O
CGs	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
in-game	O
dictionary	O
explaining	O
terms	O
used	O
to	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
enjoy	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
deeper	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
,	O
the	O
series	O
saw	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
a	O
shift	O
from	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
focus	O
on	O
romance	O
with	O
only	O
light	O
use	O
of	O
science	O
fiction	O
themes	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
balanced	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
,	O
a	O
shift	O
that	O
would	O
continue	O
in	O
the	O
entirely	O
science	O
fiction-based	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Remember	B-Application
11	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Age	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Uchikoshi	O
planned	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
initially	O
proposed	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
"	O
following	O
the	O
tradition	O
"	O
of	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
had	O
been	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
during	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
development	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
connect	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
 '	O
worlds	O
,	O
when	O
Uchikoshi	O
wrote	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
plot	O
and	O
used	O
keywords	O
relating	O
to	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intending	O
to	O
make	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
similar	O
to	O
but	O
distinct	O
from	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
referenced	O
series	O
where	O
different	O
entries	O
were	O
of	O
different	O
genres	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Koji	O
Suzuki	O
's	O
novels	O
Ring	O
,	O
Spiral	O
and	O
Loop	O
,	O
and	O
films	O
like	O
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
and	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
and	O
Alien	O
and	O
Aliens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
included	O
elements	O
meant	O
to	O
mislead	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
played	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
misleading	O
implication	O
that	O
a	O
Never	O
7-like	O
time	O
travel	O
occurred	O
after	O
Takeshi	O
's	O
routes	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
Kid	O
's	O
,	O
and	O
elements	O
meant	O
to	O
feel	O
nostalgic	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
names	O
and	O
terms	O
from	O
Never	B-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
Blick	O
Winkel	O
came	O
from	O
how	O
Uchikoshi	O
's	O
first	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
Memories	B-Application
Off	I-Application
,	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
players	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
understand	O
that	O
in	O
bishoujo	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
is	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phrase	O
"	O
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
bishoujo	B-Application
games	I-Application
is	O
the	O
player	O
themselves	O
"	O
stuck	O
with	O
him	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
impact	O
the	O
criticism	O
had	O
on	O
him	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
Blick	O
Winkel	O
's	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sora	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
from	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
but	O
because	O
Uchikoshi	O
thought	O
robots	O
seemed	O
cliché	O
,	O
and	O
holograms	O
could	O
not	O
move	O
around	O
to	O
different	O
places	O
,	O
he	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
her	O
being	O
an	O
image	O
shot	O
onto	O
people	O
's	O
eyes	O
with	O
a	O
laser	O
;	O
thinking	O
that	O
if	O
a	O
layman	O
like	O
himself	O
could	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
such	O
technology	O
,	O
an	O
expert	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
developing	O
it	O
already	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
researched	O
it	O
and	O
found	O
out	O
about	O
retinal	B-General_Concept
scanning	I-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
technology	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
background	O
art	O
,	O
inspiration	O
was	O
drawn	O
from	O
the	O
films	O
Cube	O
and	O
The	O
Abyss	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
movie	O
to	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
producer	O
,	O
who	O
picked	O
out	O
CGs	O
and	O
keywords	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
include	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
opening	O
movie	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
a	O
video	O
design	O
company	O
,	O
chosen	O
specifically	O
for	O
one	O
designer	O
working	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
release	O
,	O
Asami	O
Imai	O
performed	O
the	O
opening	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
localized	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Hirameki	O
International	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
744th	O
best	O
selling	O
game	O
of	O
2009	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
7,482	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
music	O
album	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
titled	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Out	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
–	O
Sound	O
Collection	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Scitron	O
on	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scitron	O
released	O
another	O
album	O
,	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Out	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
–	O
Vocal	O
Collection	O
,	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
which	O
collects	O
singles	O
previously	O
released	O
during	O
a	O
two-year	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
book	O
,	O
titled	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
10th	O
Anniversary	O
Fanbook	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
at	O
2012	O
's	O
winter	O
edition	O
of	O
Comiket	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
new	O
art	O
by	O
Takigawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
simply	O
titled	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
by	O
5pb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
market	O
was	O
not	O
strong	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
Japanese	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
users	O
were	O
people	O
who	O
liked	O
video	O
games	O
a	O
lot	O
,	O
and	O
who	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
increase	O
their	O
community	O
;	O
he	O
believed	O
word-of-mouth	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
important	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neal	O
Chandran	O
at	O
RPGFan	O
called	O
Ever	B-Application
17	I-Application
"	O
a	O
fantastic	O
adventure	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Japanese	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
must-play	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chandran	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
best	O
role-playing	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
sixth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
of	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
his	O
favorite	O
in	O
the	O
Infinity	B-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
video	O
games	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
