---
title: "NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!-"
description: "An adaptation based on Tokunou Shoutarou's 4-koma manga.  Having been a strong fan of a particular video game, Suzukaze Aoba, a high school graduate, begins wor"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/32/88932.jpg"
---

# NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!-

![NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!-](https://t.vndb.org/cv/32/88932.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE！-

**Aliases:** ニューゲーム ザ チャレンジ ステージ

**Developer:** MAGES. / CONNECT WIZARD Co.,Ltd.

**Release date:** Jan 26, 2017

**Platform:** PS4, PS Vita

**Language:** Japanese, Chinese (traditional), English

**Rating:** 7.0/10 (11 votes)

## Description
An adaptation based on Tokunou Shoutarou's 4-koma manga.

Having been a strong fan of a particular video game, Suzukaze Aoba, a high school graduate, begins working at the game's developer, Eagle Jump, as a CG artist. As she works on modelling and designing characters for games in development, she becomes acquainted with her fellow co-workers in the character design department, as well as those from across the company.

[From Wikipedia]

The Challenge Stage is a training adventure game based on the popular anime. The player is Suzukaze Aoba, who is tasked with creating add-on downloadable content for a hurriedly decided RPG epic.

During Training Parts, your more experienced co-workers teach you and you learn skills. Your training parameters will change depending on which co-workers teach you.

The story will advance during Adventure Parts. You’ll be able to enjoy conversations with your co-workers and friends, and your friendships can change based on your responses. In the second half of the game, you can enjoy the individual episodes of the co-workers you became friends with in the previous parts, as well as trigger character routes.

[From [Gematsu](http://gematsu.com/2016/07/new-game-challenge-stage-announced-ps4-ps-vita)]

## Characters
### Suzukaze Aoba (涼風 青葉)
Aoba is a recent high school graduate who joins the game company Eagle Jump at the start of the series. She works as a character designer and wanted to join Eagle Jump because they produced her favorite game. Due to her small stature, she is often mistaken for a middle school student.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 149cm
- **Birthday:** 2 February
- **Hair:** Violet, Twin Tails, Long, Straight, Blunt Bangs
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Small Breasts
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Friendly, Clumsy, Watashi
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Knee-high Socks, Hair Flower, Skirt Suit, String Ribbon Tie
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, Coworker, Video Game Developer, Illustrator
- **Subject of:** Teasing
- **Items:** Bag
- **Engages in:** Computering, Not Sexually Involved, Drawing
- **Voiced by:** Takada Yuuki

### Iijima Yun (飯島 ゆん)
A character designer who is responsible for the monster designs. She speaks in kansai-ben and has a firm personality, and often brings tea and tea sets into the company. Due to her mature personality, she gives off the aura of being older than she actually is. Yun also dresses often in gothic fashion.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 151cm
- **Birthday:** 6 December
- **Hair:** Blond, Twin Tails, Shoulder-length, Straight, Blunt Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Small Breasts
- **Role:** Full Sister, Coworker, Tsukkomi, Older Sister, Video Game Developer, Illustrator
- **Engages in:** Teasing, Shopping, Computering, Not Sexually Involved, Drawing
- **Personality:** Relaxed, Kansai-ben, Sweets Lover, Confident, Mature, Uchi
- **Clothes:** Gothic, Cuffs, Ribbon Hair Tie, Choker
- **Eyes:** Pink
- **Voiced by:** Takeo Ayumi

### Shinoda Hajime (篠田 はじめ)
A motion designer. As her appearance suggests, Hajime is a tomboy who enjoys sentai shows and owns superhero masks and prop weapons. She works on the character design team as there are no open seats in the animation department.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 167cm
- **Birthday:** 1 January
- **Hair:** Brown, Ahoge, Short, Spiky Bangs, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Big Breasts
- **Personality:** Hotblooded, Otaku, Tomboy, Energetic, Watashi
- **Clothes:** Gym Shorts, Belt, Hoodie, Tank Top, Short Shorts
- **Role:** Coworker, Video Game Developer
- **Subject of:** Teasing
- **Engages in:** Computering, Not Sexually Involved
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Voiced by:** Toda Megumi

### Takimoto Hifumi (滝本 ひふみ)
Age: 20+

A character designer and a member in Aoba's team. She is extremely shy when she tries talking with others and often stutters but turns instantly into a chatterbox when chatting using e-mail (she even adds emoticons at the end of her lines). Secretly enjoys cosplaying.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 162cm
- **Birthday:** 23 January
- **Hair:** Ponytail, Long, Wavy, Blunt Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Big Breasts
- **Eyes:** Blue, Jitome
- **Clothes:** Skirt, Blouse, Towel, Ribbon Hair Tie, Pleated Skirt
- **Personality:** Otaku, Shy, Flustered, Watashi, Stutter
- **Role:** Coworker, Pet Owner, Video Game Developer, Illustrator
- **Engages in:** Computering, Not Sexually Involved, Drawing
- **Voiced by:** Yamaguchi Megumi

### Touyama Rin (遠山 りん)
An art director and head of the background department who is very motherly. She is close friends with Kou and tends to get jealous when others get close to her.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 158cm
- **Birthday:** 3 December
- **Hair:** Brown, Violet, Wavy, Short, Parted in Middle
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Medium Breasts
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Skirt, Pantyhose, Blouse, Name Tag, Pleated Skirt
- **Engages in:** Planning, Teasing, Not Sexually Involved
- **Role:** Friend, Coworker, Video Game Developer, Illustrator
- **Personality:** Kind, Watashi
- **Voiced by:** Kayano Ai

### Yagami Kou (八神 コウ)
The lead character designer of Eagle Jump; she was the character designer for the game that inspired Aoba to become one herself. Though she has a laidback attitude, she is quite stern and a bit of perfectionist: Kou quite often works overnight to complete her work and sleeps at the office. She gets easily drunk and is also Rin's close friend.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 164cm
- **Birthday:** 2 August
- **Hair:** Blond, Ahoge, Waist Length+, Spiky Bangs, Parted to Side, Shaggy
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Low Alcohol Tolerance, Medium Breasts
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Friendly, Relaxed, Perfectionist, Watashi
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Shirt, Jeans, Slippers
- **Engages in:** Planning, Drinking, Computering, Not Sexually Involved, Drawing
- **Role:** Friend, Coworker, Gamer, Video Game Developer, Illustrator
- **Subject of:** Teasing
- **Voiced by:** Hikasa Youko

### Ahagon Umiko (阿波根 うみこ)
The chief of the programming team at Eagle Jump who is from Okinawa. She is a huge military fan, collects all kinds of model guns and enjoys playing airsoft a lot - to the point where she even carries an airsoft gun around the office. She hates it when people call her by her last name, "Ahagon" because it sounds like "Ahegao".

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 162cm
- **Birthday:** 20 July
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail, Waist Length+, Straight, Parted in Middle
- **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark, Medium Breasts
- **Personality:** Stoic, Strict, Short-tempered, Tomboy, Mature, Watashi
- **Role:** Coworker, Video Game Developer
- **Clothes:** Sandals, Hairpin, Blouse
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved
- **Voiced by:** Morinaga Chitose

### Hazuki Shizuku (葉月 しずく)
Age: Unknown

A game director who is also the director of Eagle Jump's next title. She is mature and proactive woman who has a strong interest in cute girls, hence why her department is entirely female. She owns a cat named Mozuku who strolls freely around the office.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 161cm
- **Birthday:** 22 May
- **Hair:** Waist Length+, Grey, Blunt Bangs, Shaggy
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Big Breasts
- **Personality:** Proactive, Friendly, Strange, Mature, Watashi
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Skirt, Shawl, Blouse, Turtleneck Shirt
- **Engages in:** Teasing, Not Sexually Involved
- **Role:** Coworker, Pet Owner, Management, Video Game Developer
- **Voiced by:** Kitamura Eri

### Sakura Nene (桜 ねね)
[url=/c50618]Aoba's[/url] childhood and best friend from high school who loves Eagle Jump's games.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Nenecchi
- **Measurements:** Height: 144cm
- **Birthday:** 5 May
- **Hair:** Blond, Twin Tails, Shoulder-length, Blunt Bangs
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Younger Appearance, Medium Breasts
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Otaku, Clumsy, Immature, Watashi, Loud
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, University Student, Gamer, Part-time Worker
- **Clothes:** Hoodie, Rubber Band With Beads, Short Shorts
- **Subject of:** Teasing
- **Engages in:** Shopping, Not Sexually Involved
- **Voiced by:** Asahina Madoka

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Regular Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24042), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70acj7)
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Regular Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24065), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70acj9)
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Limited Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24042), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70acjd)
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Limited Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24065), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70acjf)
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Download Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24042), [PlayStation Store (JP)](https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0745-CUSA05153_00-NEWGAMETCSPS4001)
- **2017-01-26**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Download Edition - [Official website](http://5pb.jp/games/newgame/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24065)

### Chinese (traditional)
- **2018-11-21**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Regular Edition - [Official website](http://gloriaworks.com/newgame/)
- **2018-11-21**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Limited Edition - [Official website](http://gloriaworks.com/newgame/)
- **2018-11-21**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Regular Edition - [Official website](http://gloriaworks.com/newgame/)
- **2018-11-21**: NEW GAME! -THE CHALLENGE STAGE!- Limited Edition - [Official website](http://gloriaworks.com/newgame/)

### English
- **2021-12-02**: New Game! -The Challenge Stage!- - [Official website](https://www.reddit.com/r/VitaPiracy/comments/r7he6n/releasepcsg00903_new_game_the_challenge_stage/)

## Tags
Female Protagonist, No Sexual Content, Design Story, Based on a Manga, Based on an Anime, Flat Tints Only

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