Flower, Sun and Rain (DS)

Flower, Sun, and Rain (花と太陽と雨と Hana to Taiyō to Ame to?) is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was initially released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on May 2, 2001, while an enhanced Nintendo DS remake entitled Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise was released in Japan on March 6, 2008, Europe on November 14, 2008 and North America on June 16, 2009. Players control Sumio Mondo, the "searcher", to seek people's items in a seemingly-endless loop. Sumio uses a suitcase-shaped versatile instrument named "Catherine" to solve the mysteries about the people's items. Sumio can crack any secret code by using Catherine with a "Dial" for inputting numbers and a plug compatible to many specifications around the world. The player will discover some hints from what people say, combined with a tourbook of Lospas Island to input numbers into "Catherine" to crack the codes and find the people's items. There is a luxurious atmosphere of the southern island resort and the hotel, with waves of unexpected mysteries, and witty, characteristic - but sometimes poisonous - characters' lines. The DS version has a feature called "Lost and Found" which allows players to find additional hidden capsules, crack their codes and unlock items. At the beginning of every chapter, the player is given a "Lost and Found Report" which gives him/her three clues of the items and their locations.