<s>
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
:	I-Application
Before	I-Application
Crime	I-Application
*	I-Application
After	I-Application
Days	I-Application
,	O
{{	O
efn|{{nihongo|Root	O
Double	O
:	O
Before	O
Crime	O
*	O
After	O
Days|ルートダブル	O
-Before	O
Crime	O
*	O
After	O
Days-	O
|Rūto	O
Daburu	O
-Before	O
Crime	O
*	O
After	O
Days-	O
|lead	O
=	O
yes}}}}	O
stylized	O
as	O
ROOT√DOUBLE	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
in	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Regista	O
and	O
Yeti	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Yeti	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
ending	O
,	O
titled	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
:	I-Application
Before	I-Application
Crime	I-Application
*	I-Application
After	I-Application
Days	I-Application
:	O
Xtend	O
Edition	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
2013	O
and	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
by	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
;	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Setting	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
at	O
a	O
fictional	O
location	O
in	O
Japan	O
named	O
Rokumei	O
City	O
,	O
a	O
combined	O
city	O
and	O
research	O
hub	O
with	O
180,000	O
residents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
,	O
humans	O
who	O
have	O
extrasensory	O
perception	O
abilities	O
has	O
become	O
commonplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
cited	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
Christopher	O
Nolan	O
and	O
J	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Abrams	O
as	O
heavy	O
influences	O
on	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
,	O
mentioning	O
Nolan	O
's	O
Memento	O
and	O
Inception	O
,	O
and	O
Abrams	O
 '	O
Fringe	O
and	O
Lost	O
;	O
another	O
work	O
that	O
inspired	O
him	O
was	O
the	O
film	O
The	O
Poseidon	O
Adventure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Nakazawa	O
's	O
previous	O
works	O
focused	O
on	O
characters	O
awaiting	O
rescue	O
from	O
dangerous	O
situations	O
,	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
reverse	O
that	O
situation	O
with	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
;	O
he	O
wanted	O
the	O
protagonists	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
opposite	O
situations	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
had	O
one	O
be	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
rescuing	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
being	O
rescued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
was	O
Souki	O
Tsukishima	O
's	O
first	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
long	O
"	O
novel	O
game	O
"	O
;	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
much	O
experience	O
with	O
this	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
put	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
effort	O
into	O
writing	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
Yeti	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
publicize	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
themes	O
and	O
the	O
2011	O
Tōhoku	O
earthquake	O
and	O
tsunami	O
;	O
development	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
Yeti	O
revealed	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
taken	O
up	O
again	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtend	O
Edition	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
new	O
ending	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
;	O
according	O
to	O
Nakazawa	O
,	O
it	O
felt	O
necessary	O
to	O
make	O
Xtend	O
Edition	O
to	O
get	O
more	O
people	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Nakazawa	O
heard	O
English-speaking	O
people	O
ask	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
if	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
he	O
looked	O
into	O
it	O
,	O
finding	O
that	O
the	O
English-speaking	O
audience	O
for	O
visual	O
novels	O
had	O
grown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
Root	B-Application
Double	I-Application
would	O
be	O
enjoyable	O
for	O
English-speakers	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
translated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
their	O
panel	O
at	O
Anime	O
Expo	O
2015	O
,	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
localize	O
Xtend	O
Edition	O
in	O
a	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Lemnisca	O
Translations	O
,	O
and	O
release	O
it	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
Sekai	O
started	O
examining	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
;	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
managed	O
to	O
get	O
it	O
approved	O
by	O
Sony	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
for	O
that	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
required	O
additional	O
programming	O
by	O
Regista	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
's	O
engine	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
reformatted	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
English	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Yeti	O
on	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtend	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Xtend	O
Edition	O
was	O
initially	O
estimated	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
April	O
27	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2018	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
's	O
file	O
size	O
exceeds	O
the	O
size	O
limitation	O
for	O
physical	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
games	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
Japanese	O
and	O
English	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
releases	O
are	O
only	O
available	O
digitally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
the	O
392nd	O
best	O
selling	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
in	O
Japan	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
2,567	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
had	O
an	O
estimated	O
total	O
of	O
26,200	O
players	O
by	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
