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title: "A Summer with the Shiba Inu"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-switch/a-summer-with-the-shiba-inu/"
description: "When Syd the Shiba Inu returns to Shiba Island after a ten-year absence, she sets off a chain of events that overturns the lives of all the dogs she had left behind."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-06-26 00:00:00"
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A Summer with the Shiba Inu | Nintendo Switch Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![A Summer with the Shiba Inu](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/a-summer-with-the-shiba-inu.jpeg "A Summer with the Shiba Inu")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/a-summer-with-the-shiba-inu.jpeg)When Syd the Shiba Inu returns to Shiba Island after a ten-year absence, she sets off a chain of events that overturns the lives of all the dogs she had left behind. She gets back in touch with her old friend, Max, and along the way meets a mysterious Labrador retriever named Quei-Li. (What’s a Lab doing on the Island, anyway?) They are her only remaining allies as she tries to survive the past that made her leave the Island in the first place.

Your choices matter – there are multiple drastic ways to change the fate of Shiba Island, with 10+ variants depending on how you treat the dogs you meet along the way.

## [](#features)Features:

- 3 main endings for Syd, with 10+ endings for other dogs depending on your actions!
- Visual novel with story wordcount of ~70,000
- Random facts about dogs in menus
- Dedicated Dog bark button in preference menu

### Release info - A Summer with the Shiba Inu

Release date

 2020-06-26 00:00:00

Publisher

 Ratalaika Games

Demo available

DLC available

Max players

 1

Age rating

 7

NS Online support

Game code

 HACPAX5AA

Cloud Saves support

Voice Chat support

HD Rumble support

Languages

english

 Genres

adventure, simulation, rpg

### Nintendo eShop - A Summer with the Shiba Inu

[EUR 9.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/NL/nl/titles/70010000030183/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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