Several years ago I watched the anime Canaan, and at the time I knew it was somehow related to 428: Shibuya Scramble, but I had no access to the game.
I gotta be honest, I was really excited for Canaan ahead of its release, and it was a lot of fun to watch, but the grand arc of its story felt like I was in the dark about some context... which made me less than super enthusiastic about it.
I kind of assumed 428: Shibuya Scramble would never come stateside, so I had to content myself with Canaan as the least satisfying of the Typemoon anime shows (not that it is one, but I treat it as one due to Kinoko Nasu's involvement.) About 3 weeks ago I found out 428 had come out stateside 4 years ago!
So even though I usually drag my feet buying videogames, I took about 20 hours to go from finding out I could finally play 428 and trying out the demo, to buying it. I may or may not continue to bring it up on Tumblr as it strikes my mood.
So anyways, here's to Canaan, I always wanted to know the context of its story world, so now I'm playing the game and finding out.