Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th /early 19th century. In North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.

History

Lullabies

The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound, or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.

Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).

Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)

Nursery Rhyme (ナーサリィ ライム, Nāsaryi Raimu) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lump of Sugar. Nursery Rhyme is Lump of Sugar's first project. The all-ages trial edition for the game was released on October 21, 2005, and then the completed version was released on November 25, 2005. On August 6, 2010, Nursery Rhyme: Lump of Sugar Collection Vol.1 was released. A drama CD called Nursery Rhyme: Life is Sweet (ナーサリィ ライム: Life is Sweet) was published by Rio on June 30, 2006, containing three chapters. A light novel was published by Softgarage on September 25, 2006, called Nursery Rhyme: Watakushi no ōji-sama, it was written by Sasa Miyachiruda. In the same year, on September 8, a mobile phone app version was also released from a girl mobile game distribution site called MoePuri. TLWiki is attempting to provide an unofficial English translation for the visual novel.

Gameplay

Nursery Rhyme is a bishōjo visual novel game, which requires minimal interaction from the player of the game, who assumes the role of Hasekura Shizuma, the protagonist. Most of the time playing the game is spent on reading the text on the bottom of the screen, the text will either maintain diologue between characters, or the protagonist's inner thoughts. At certain points in the game, the player will encounter decision points, where the player can decide which action out of two or more may be carried out. These decision points will determine the route the player will have access to, and the ending. The protagonist can end up with one of the five heroines of the game, Makina Tomoe, Yukina Tomoe, Tita Flawless Brandt, Krile Shikishima and Rin Lim Venus. In order to experience all the various routes and endings, the player will have to replay the game several times and experiment with different choices.