Your average visual novel usually consists of alot of text (obviously), some sort of background music or noise that sets the mood for the part you are reading, decisions you can make that affect either the ending or some part of the story, and visuals that are usually the characters that are talking in the foreground and scenery in the background.
In recent years, there have been many visual novels that are considered videogames. Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney was the first visual novel I ever experienced. In the game, you take the role of a young defense lawyer that just joins this new law firm. The game has three main elements: the story part, the investigation section, and the court room. The story part is similar to most other visual novels. It's mainly reading and making decisions that affect certain story elements. The investigation section is where you have to go over the crime scene and other places that the accused may have possibly gone so that you can look for clues to use during the court room section. Finally, the court room section is where, like in a normal court case, you have to prove that your client is innocent by using the clues you found to contradict or prove the witness is telling the truth.
Many companies are also porting their existing visual novels to game consoles. The most popular console for visual novels is the Playstation Vita. My guess for why they would pick the Vita would be because it is a portable gaming so it would allow people the ability to read them on the go as apposed to sitting a computer to read them.
Ingress update: So I realized after getting destroyed by the Enlightened this week that numbers are everything in Ingress. So if you plan on taking over an area with multiple portals, find some friends and take some fields.
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