How to play H2O -Footprints in the Sand- on Mac

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Game summary

H2O's story revolves around Takuma Hirose, a blind young male junior-high school student, though the cause for his blindness is undetermined. After his mother died an unexpected death, it left a deep emotional scar on him, which caused him to become very lonely and reserved. Due to this, Takuma and his uncle move from the city out into a rural area and Takuma is enrolled into a new junior-high school. At his new school, he meets several new girls, though three of whom he gets to know the most out of anyone else. They are, the firm and obstinate Hayami Kohinata, the kind and obliging Hinata Kagura, and the cheerful and mysterious Otoha. As Takuma interacts with these girls, his medical condition gradually begins to heal. An updated release titled H2O √ after and another Complete story Edition was released in 2009, containing the story content from both H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~ and √ after and another combined into one game. Original H2O release contained: Hayami, Hinata and Otoha routes as well as their respective after stories (はやみの友達, 雪の振る道, 魔法少女マジカルひなた). Also a staff corner which includes 3 nonsense omake scenarios with nothing to do with the game at all. Original Root after and another contained: Hayami and Hinata routes, with completely new after stories (Hayami: FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND, 思い出の果てに, Hinata: レインボー). New routes are for Yui and Hamaji/Yukiji, which unlock the after stories 命の共有 and 夏草 (Maki's route). In the extras section there is a new after story for Otoha which includes blackjack and poker mini-games as well as H-scenes for multiple characters including Hamaji. (For people interested, the Hamaji/Yukiji route is the one which is related to Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue o Mau-).
First released: Jun 2006

Play H2O -Footprints in the Sand- on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play H2O -Footprints in the Sand- on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

H2O -Footprints in the Sand- installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install H2O -Footprints in the Sand- like you would on any PC.
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