Another Code: Recollection Review and Walkthrough 2024

Another Code: Recollection is a new version of the game Trace Memory from 2005. It includes the original game, and its sequels, which only came out in Japan and Europe. The sequel, Another Code R: Journey Into Lost Memories, has not been released in North America until now. This remake tells the story of two games as one story. It follows Ashley, a teenager, as she tries to remember things from her childhood. Now we will review and share some interesting facts about this fantastic story game.

Nintendo usually doesn’t change much when they remake games. They mostly update the look and how the game is played while keeping the story and gameplay the same. They have updated two niche puzzle adventure games with new exploration, a different viewpoint, and a better script with good voice acting.

However, despite some improvements, Another Code: Recollection is not great because the puzzles are not very exciting, the story is too predictable, and relies too much on the idea of characters conveniently having amnesia.

Overview of Another Code: Recollection

We completed the simple story of Another Code: Recollection in a little over 13 hours, and Ashley is the main character that makes it good. She’s friendly and easy to relate to the whole time, as she tries to figure out her complicated relationships with her family and also deals with typical teenage stuff like wanting to play in a band.

However, she also shows that she is very emotionally mature and caring for others, even though she is quite young. We cheered for her the whole time, and we want to see her on a new adventure soon.

Remembrance changes the old-fashioned DS game style and the odd Wii game style to a new third-person view and 3D areas that you can fully explore. Imagine Life Is Strange for Kids: You’ll hear Ashley’s funny thoughts as you explore and look at things, talk to people to solve the mystery, and continue the story. It’s a bit like Life is Strange, with some supernatural stuff, but it’s meant for younger teenagers compared to other adventure games.

Storyline of Another Code: Recollection

Another Code: Recollection is a list that focuses on changes in the story. The North American version of Another Code: Two Memories stays more true to the original Japanese script, compared to the European versions and Trace Memory.

As a result, Ashley seems calmer and happier in the new North American script, and she is less mad at Jessica. Ashley also gets a hug. Another Code: R has some big changes to its story. The English speaking was recorded in Canada instead of the United States or the United Kingdom. Done at KOKO Productions, which has worked with Nintendo on commercials before.

Some people who worked on the Another Code series also worked on this game. They include Ann Lin, Reiko Ninomiya, Matthew Mawer, and Andrea De Benedetto, who were in charge of the localization for the North American and European versions.

Character of Another Code: Recollection

The characters in Another Code: Recollection have a cartoon-like style. The characters have been changed a lot in Journey into Lost Memories. Dan Maxwell and Janet Rice have been changed from white to black in the game, probably to add more diversity since most of the characters in the original game were white, except for Ashley and her mother.

The people in this group wear different outfits and items, like Ashley, Jessica, and Cliff Fox. They wear pants, necklaces, and watches instead of shorts, skirts, and heels. The other characters wear different clothes too.

All Main Character List & Review

Out of all the main characters, Ashley has a picture of Pinkie Rabbit on her hoodie because the North Wells University logo has rabbit ears. The developers may have added this to show that she likes the fictional character in the story. In Two Memories, Ashley’s jeans have a pouch on the back that is not in the original design. The DAS design changed to look more like a Nintendo Switch instead of a DS. The device’s color was changed to black with white sides. New items were added, like the Another Keys.

Ashley Mizuki Robbins

Ashley Mizuki Robbins, also known as Ash, is the main character in the Another Code series. The series includes games like Another Code: Two Memories and Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories, as well as remakes called Another Code: Recollection.

At the beginning of the series, Ashley is shown as a girl who doesn’t have any real friends and feels lonely. Two days before she turned 14 in 2005, she got a letter from her father who she was told had died 10 years ago. She decides to go to Blood Edward Island to find him.

Dan Maxwell

Dan Maxwell is a very important person in the game Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories and its remake Another Code: Recollection. He is a park worker who regularly checks the area to keep Lake Juliet safe and beautiful.

Janet Rice

Janet Rice is an interesting character in the game Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories and its remake Another Code: Recollection. She is related to Elizabeth Alfred. Now that Sam Hillman is no longer in the band, Janet is the new drummer, taking over his role as the third member of Tommy’s and Elizabeth’s band. She broke Elizabeth’s music by mistake instead of Ashley’s.

Jessica Robbins

Jessica Robbins is a character that shows up often in the Another Code series. She is Richard’s little sister and Ashley’s aunt. She is the only family member alive that Richard has, besides Ashley. She is a chemistry teacher at a high school.

Cliff Fox

Cliff Fox, also called the Captain, is an important person in Another Code: Recollection. He looks like an old man who has spent a lot of time at sea. Just like in the original Two Memories, he is wearing a long-sleeved light blue and white shirt with a collar, a red hat, a lighter-colored shirt underneath, dark gray pants, and brown shoes.

Gameplay of Another Code: Recollection

Another Code: Recollection has been changed or created, and now the characters can speak in English and Japanese for the first time in the series. In Two Memories, some of the people are drawn as cartoons. When talking with other characters, it is shown in a manga style.

The game has all new puzzles. In Two Memories, they changed the way you see the game. In Another Code: R, you can move around freely instead of being limited to a certain style. The DAS is not used as a menu anymore, they use a regular menu now. In a memory scene, the memories are shown in a different art style. They have also been changed.

Another Code: Recollection now has new ways to help players figure out puzzle answers. Also, you can choose to display a direction arrow that points to the specific object or area that you need to interact with to move forward.

Fortunately, players can turn these on and off if they don’t want as much help. Although we were disappointed because there wasn’t much challenge, we still found these options very useful because we focused more on the story than solving the puzzles. The new choices make it easier for people who just want to enjoy the great graphics and story in the games.

How to Solve Difficult Puzzles in Another Code: Recollection

The Puzzles of Another Code: Recollection is comparatively hard regarding all other puzzle-solving games. Another Code: Recollection now has new ways to help players figure out puzzle answers. Also, you can choose to display a direction arrow that points to the specific object or area that you need to interact with to move forward Rephrase.

Although we were disappointed because there wasn’t much challenge, we still found these options very useful because we focused more on the story than solving the puzzles. The new choices make it easier for people who just want to enjoy the great graphics and story in the games. We will give some essential walkthroughs as you need to complete difficult puzzles inside Another Code: Recollection.

How to Unlock the Butler’s Safe in Another Code: Recollection

The Butler’s Room is in the hallway on the first floor of the East Wing. After they get in, Ashley and D can explore and try to find out who the room belongs to. There is a picture on the wall that players can look at to help D remember something. He recalls that the Butler, a man named Wells, was in the room and had all the keys. Looking for keys in the room doesn’t work, but players will find a strong and secure safe.

The first plate is in the Butler’s Room. There is a desk next to the bed. When players open the middle drawer, they will find a photo album and one of the plates. The other two plates are in the other rooms of the Mansion.

Gamers can locate the second plate in the Art Studio next to the Butler’s Room. When they first come in, D will see a painting of Frannie. Talk to him to remember something else. After the quick scene, players can check out the Art Studio. There is a table behind the big stand, and the second plate is on it.

The last dish is in the room with the drawing and the piano. A small dish for putting out cigarettes is on the table where the key to the East Wing was found. Ashley needs to remove the cigarette butts and ashes to uncover the third plate.

Players need to put the dishes on the shelves in the right order in the Butler’s Room. The plates are arranged from left to right in the following order:

• Flying Bird Plate
• Tiny Plate with Singing Bird
• Tiny plate with a bird pecking at something on it.

When the plates are put on the shelf, the shelf moves down. When you move all the shelves, a secret compartment in the wall is revealed behind the portrait of Wells. Players can get a map of the Mansion from inside.

The map in the Butler’s Room has some notes written by hand. These notes have the code to open the safe.

• R 13
• L 1
• R 6
• L 20

Players can put in the combination using the left (L) and right (R) bumpers. Be careful not to rotate it too much because you will have to begin again if the combination is not precise. Players will discover two keys in the safe: The Flower Key and the Three Leaf Clover Key.

How to Solve the Piano Puzzle in Another Code: Recollection

After Ashley and D go through the Mansion door, they will find their way to the Drawing Room on the first floor. In the room, there is a nice Piano and D remembers the times when a girl named Frannie used to play it. Players will also find a table with an ashtray, a lighter, and the letter E key that they can take. The E key opens the way to the hallway in the eastern part of the second floor of the big house.

Players need to go into the bedroom with a hummingbird holding a two-leaf clover to start the Piano puzzle. To do this, they need to first go into the Butler’s Safe on the first floor of the East Wing. The safe has two keys: the Flower Key for Frannie’s room and the Three-Leaf Clover Key. Players can find the Sprout Key in Frannie’s room, in her doll’s lockbox.

Players need to go into the box and they can then grab the Sprout Key. Once Ashley goes into the Sprout room, she will see a crooked painting. Players can touch it to repair it and then a piece of music paper will come out. D will always remember when Frannie told him that there is a secret message hidden in the sheet music that reveals the Piano’s secret.

Return to the room with the piano and play the music notes from the sheet. D will hear the music and think it sounds sad or not finished, like something is missing.

Go back to the picture of the hummingbird and look at it more closely. Players will see a musical staff and notes at the top of the picture. Take a picture of the music notes with the DAS Camera and then return to the Piano in the Drawing Room.

The two parts need to be put together to complete the song and solve the puzzle. Use the DAS system to take a picture of the sheet music, like you did with the hummingbird photo. To put them together, go to the photo album in the DAS and use the overlay function to match the music staff. After that, Ashley can write down the notes on the sheet music.

If you play the song again with the extra parts, a secret compartment will open, and a box will fall out. Players will discover story parts and a small computer chip-like item called a small card inside.

Ashley didn’t know about the small card until her father explained that it was a different key. The ANOTHER Key is one of three important keys that players need to find to move forward in Another Code: Recollection.

How to Get Inside the Mansion (Door Knocker Puzzle) in Another Code: Recollection

Solving puzzles is an important part of progressing in the story in Another Code: Recollection. After entering the Mansion gates, players will be stopped by a locked door. The front door of the Mansion has a special lock that opens with a specific sound. This puzzle is hard to find clues for, but you can use this guide to open the Mansion door.

Ashley meets a nice ghost named D in the Graveyard after opening a wooden door. But we don’t want to give away too much of the story. The two friends decide to work together, and they go on a journey to the front of the big old Mansion. The big house has locked doors in the front, with gold and silver hummingbird knockers on them.

Ashley is looking for her dad and aunt Jessica. She needs to find a way to get into the big house. D has trouble remembering things but has a faint memory of how to open the door. It seems like the door lock has something to do with the two hummingbird-shaped door knockers.

Instead of using a key, players can pull the knockers to make a sound that unlocks the mechanism. The only way to open the mansion door is by hitting the knockers in the right order. Fortunately, there are clues you can hear and see in this puzzle.

In the game D’s Memory, players will hear a certain rhythm to open the door. If you can’t remember, there’s a hint hidden at the entrance. The entrance is made of rocks, and near the front gate, there’s a group of rocks that are darker than the others.

If the players stand on the darker stones, they will see a hopscotch pattern. The stones match the silver (left) and gold (right) door knockers. You have to hit them in a certain order to unlock the mansion door.

To go into the big house, tap the door knockers with the left and right sticks in this order.

• Gold
• Silver
• Gold
• Silver
• Gold
• Silver and Gold simultaneously

Silver and Gold at the same time The door will open, and D and Ashley can keep looking.

So, this is how you will unlock the main puzzles of this game. Hopefully, you guys will be cherished to complete this game with our guides and tips over Another Code: Recollection.

Gameplay Overview of Another Code: Recollection

Another Code: Recollection features Ashley Mizuki Robins, a young teenager who gets a letter from her father whom she doesn’t see often, right before her fourteenth birthday. Her dad wants her to come to Blood Edward Island to meet him for the first time in eleven years. Ashley also got a strange device called the DAS with this letter.

It only works with her body features and has many special features. After meeting a ghost boy named D who has lost his memory, Mizuki goes to the Edward Mansion to find out why her father wanted her to come to the island. She also wants to learn about D’s past and how it is related to the tragedies in the Edward family.

In the second game, Another Code R, Ashley (now sixteen) goes to Lake Juliet to see her dad. While remembering her past, she also helps a boy named Matthew find his dad who is missing.

Both stories have unique vibes that make them interesting for different reasons. The island where Two Memories takes place can make you feel alone and creepy as you explore the dark rooms of the Edward Mansion. It is sadder and more serious, but not too much so; Ashley and D are close friends and have some happy moments together, which is heartwarming to see.

The mood is filled with sadness and feeling sorry for what has happened, but it doesn’t make the story any less enjoyable. It’s well-paced, and each step into the mansion shows more about the Edward family. Even though we only saw old pictures and letters about the island, we wanted to know why it was empty for so long.

The game Another Code: Recollection is calm and relaxed, with a focus on talking to characters, exploring, and solving puzzles. Although the gameplay in the first versions of the games was a little different, they are mostly combined to feel like one complete experience.

Technical Overview of Another Code: Recollection

About Another Code: Recollection We think that the graphics might make some people disagree about whether to play this game and we also have mixed feelings about them. The character designs look good, but Ashley’s facial expressions are not as well animated as the others. The others are simple, but the improved design made her a likable main character. A lot of the characters have been redesigned, and we think all of them are much better now.

The game has good music, even though the graphics are not all great. The music fits well with the relaxing game, adding a nice synth and ambient background to the game. “Slower and sadder music fits Two Memories nicely, and the happy beats of Another Code R also sound good there. ” Only a few tracks are really good, but the overall quality is great. It’s a really good soundtrack to listen to even when you’re not playing the game.

We think that the gameplay experience is unique and aesthetic in the same way. We should reconsider playing this game once you are a fan of Nintendo Switch Games.

Our Overall Experience of Another Code: Recollection

Another Code: Recollection is a very interesting experience that mystery fans will enjoy because of its relaxed atmosphere and likable characters. It’s missing something special, but it has a lot of heart. We will go through the pros and cons to make it more clear for our viewers.

We hope Nintendo keeps finding and bringing back old games from its collection. We would love to see a new version of Hotel Dusk. Until then, Another Code: Recollection will be a nice thing to remember as we start a new year with the Nintendo Switch.

Platforms for Another Code: Recollections

Another Code: Two Memories was first released on Nintendo DS. This game, known as Recollection in the US, is about a girl named Ashley Robbins. You need to help her find her father. Another Code: Recollection has a sequel that fans of the first game may not have played before. It also has better graphics, voice acting, and new storylines that were not in the original games.

If you want a real copy of Another Code: Recollection, some big stores have had it in stock since it came out. Digital copies are also available online and official website of Nintendo Switch games. These are the list where you will find Another Code: Recollection game physical and digital copies.

Physical Copies

• Walmart
• Amazon
• GameStop

Digital Copies

• Nintendo Switch
• Starselect
• NedGame

Final Thoughts

Another Code: Recollection is a relaxing and easy adventure game that is full of charm and not very difficult. This is one of the biggest remakes Nintendo has made in a long time. We are really happy that Arc System Works has updated these two unique puzzle games with care.

Recollection has some problems like predictable mysteries and not very good puzzle design, but it is saved by its improved appearance and great atmosphere. The main character, Ashley, is very likable and her mission to remember her lost memories is memorable.

The way something is shown makes it easier to remember it. Chats are fun because they look like comic book panels. The characters sound good and you can choose to listen in English or Japanese. The background music has a piano and sounds nice. Some places could use more details, but the videos that show up during the important parts of the story usually look very good. The new art style shows the personality of the characters and story. It was great to see these old games remade with so much attention to detail.