TYPE-MOUNT and Aniplex (the publishers) rely on sales from Witch on the Holy Night to fund future localizations, such as the upcoming Tsukihime - A piece of blue glass moon . If you enjoy the game, consider purchasing it on Steam, especially during sales where it often drops to $29.99.
The original game, Witch on the Holy Night , had been a visual novel from 2012—a melancholic story about a young witch named Aoko Aozaki hiding her powers during a snowy Christmas Eve in a remote Japanese town. Elara had played it as a teenager, crying at the ending where the witch erased her own lover’s memory to save him from a curse. The game was beautiful, obscure, and officially abandoned. Its last patch, v1.0, had been released twelve years ago.
Only download the TENOKE update if you have a non-Steam copy (e.g., a GOG version converted to Steam files) or if you are a digital archivist preserving the scene version history.
To apply the TENOKE v1.1 update Witch on the Holy Night (also known as Mahoutsukai no Yoru
“Every patch is a promise,” said the Other Witch. “v1.0 was a lie. We made the boy forget to protect him. But v1.1… v1.1 is the truth patch.”