What Ero-games are your favorites at the moment?

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

I'm in Australia as well, theoretically it shouldn't be a problem. What ISP are you using?

figured it out it was a firewall, neways there is only one difference between To Heart 2 and To Heart 2 X Rated and i agree withjohnishida its the fact that they addaed a new character

[relentlessflame]

I believe the only the difference between To Heart 2 and To Heart 2 X Rated is that in X Rated they added a new character.Well, the difference is the new character and the added sex scenes, of course (as is suggested by the "X-Rated" subtitle). The original version was not "adult-only". The question was whether or not they had to alter the rest of the story to blend the scenes in, and I would guess they did have to modify it slightly, but probably not all that much.

[Shadow Miko]

1. Gore Screaming Show (It's my all time favorite)
2. Yume Miru Kusuri ~ The Drug that Makes you Dream
3. Relict ~Toki no Wasuremono~
4. Alice Parade
5. Princess Waltz

[Shinova]

I lost my bookmarks so I need help finding a site. It's a repository of sorts that has links to walkthroughs and walkthrough sites of pretty much every erogame in existence. It's in all Japanese, the background is grey, with no pictures. Does anyone have the link to it?

[musashiken]

I lost my bookmarks so I need help finding a site. It's a repository of sorts that has links to walkthroughs and walkthrough sites of pretty much every erogame in existence. It's in all Japanese, the background is grey, with no pictures. Does anyone have the link to it?

You mean this one (http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/nekoneko/)? This the the only greyish walkthrough site I know. In any case typing the game's name + kouryaku (in Japanese) and using google Japan can solve your problems.

[Shinova]

Goooooood, that's the site. thanks.

[Dagger]

I've been playing Soshite Ashita no Sekai Yori in a leisurely fashion. Finished Aoba's route first (god, she's beautiful) and am just beginning Minami's. The one-on-one interactions with the heroines are pretty engaging, but I find the daily life & group activity stuff somewhat less than interesting. I dunno... do we really have to tag along with the protagonist for dinner every single night?

My main worry right now is Yuuhi... I really hope she gets more depth in her route, because right now she has the double whammy of being an archetype I usually dislike and having a voice that makes me want to bang my head on my keyboard. :heh:

[Shinova]

Thanks to Erhjegel, I'm playing FESTA Hyper Girls Pop, and is that a Mortal Kombat reference at one point?

"Ho-piiiii!"

This game is really, really funny.

[Erhjegel]

Glad to hear that! Just finished Seinarukana, again, and I might go back to playing FESTA now. Either that, or I swoon over Narukana-sama.

[Shinova]

Kusun. I didn't realize there was a capture order for Festa, so the game punished me. Takahiro and Sho.... they..... !!!!!

[Erhjegel]

Lol.

...Wait. Let me rephrase that.

LOL!

Me, I'm going after the miko. since she's the character who got me interested in the game, but I guess that'll have to wait!

Can someone help me out here? On AXL's site, it says that they're coming out with a new game, PrincessFrontier. While new AXL games are always welcome, here's where I get confused.

The site says that this game is their fourth product, but if you count it...they have Tutorial Summer, Hidamari, Kimi no Koe ga Kikoeru and Koisuru Otome no Shugo no Tate, right? So wouldn't PrincessFrontier be their fifth game? Or am I getting something wrong here?

[renandzz]

mmmmmhhh. i know these are old games but i love 'exchange 2' and 'heart de roommate'.

exchange2: cuz it's funny and cool and i like it

heart de roommate: if you follow the story you will realize if the story is deep and you can see that in the true ending after you finish the game 3 times with moe2,marutan n asumin.you will find it in the album in appendix.

that's all for now i think.

oh yes, and the most bad ero games is virgin rooster(it sucks!!!).because i hate the story and the main character!!!

[Erhjegel]

You want bad eroges?

Go play Water Closet.

And may god have mercy on your soul.

[MakubeX2]

You want bad eroges?

Go play Water Closet.

And may god have mercy on your soul.

No. Try the series that starts the bad Eroges genre. Paradise Heights.

Praise the lord that you can't even run the game on XP.

[Oppius]

What about Tsuki: Possession?

Unless you are Satan or brainlessly cruel towards women, you shouldn't play this game.

[velocity7]

http://www.i-love-key.net/archives/2007/12/clannad_full_voice.html

http://www.i-love-key.net/img1/2007122901.jpg

Full voice version of CLANNAD PC confirmed.

For everyone who's wondering; yes, this will affect my plans on distribution of the CLANNAD Translation Patch.

[Shinova]

Lol.

...Wait. Let me rephrase that.

LOL!

Me, I'm going after the miko. since she's the character who got me interested in the game, but I guess that'll have to wait!

I tried to go for the miko too, but I discovered that's she's second to last on the capture order. X__X

Bright side: each route seems pretty short compared to most erogames.


Basically you do the mirror town people first, and then the sword town second.

[Erhjegel]

Wow, that's...ugh. x_x Ah well, at least the routes aren't that long!

[Shinova]

A little off-topic, but Sengoku Rance just hit the manga world, and I have the first chapter. It's looking pretty good. From my limited experience, they're jumping into the story a little after some of the whole beginning story exposition has already taken place.

[selkirk]

There's actually two, and I'll upload the other one in a bit. This other one (serialized in Dengeki G's Festival COMIC) is 18+ though, while the other one wasn't IIRC.

Ch00 of the, uh, other serialization also just popped up. This is gonna get confusing...

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

What about Tsuki: Possession?

Unless you are Satan or brainlessly cruel towards women, you shouldn't play this game.

god i hated that game played about 10 minutes of it never toched it again, and paradise heights? i dont think ive played that one. can someone give me a rap?

[Croix]

Has always been "Divi-Dead" and "Noturnal Illusion".

[Erhjegel]

A little off-topic, but Sengoku Rance just hit the manga world, and I have the first chapter. It's looking pretty good. From my limited experience, they're jumping into the story a little after some of the whole beginning story exposition has already taken place.

The first chapter made me lol. Now I feel like playing through Sengoku Rance!

[serenade_beta]

Finished "Maid Promotion Master" once (one route... can you really say there are routes in this game?...)

It's kind of brainless fun, but not to the simpleton level of Alice Parade (<--Loved Miori's path though).
Recommendation (?) for the bored that have the time, space on the computer, and can enjoy stereotypes, perhaps?

Characters:

Put in one word, stereotypical. But who cares anyways. A lot of things in this world are stereotypical.

Well, except maybe the male protagonist, but that's for later...

Komari: Tsundere (?); the most normal of the bunch, slaps Riku with a harisen
Yukine: No brain, all brawn; carries around a gun (in other words, shoots Riku with it)
Aoi: Quiet type; slightly off in the head... A bit obsessed with black magic... casts curses (not like it works... I think.)
Koyomi: Airhead type; loli type; glares at Riku (least harmful?)
Miu: Older sister type; OK with both genders (-_-; ); her story takes place in the first chapter, so no more must be said

And the protagonist, who I really wonder why he hasn't been arrested yet.

Riku: He's okay when he's serious, but that goes for many protagonists. He has this complex where he believes he's like a bringer of bad luck and misfortune and doesn't want to be around other people stemming from past events where he brought misfortune to others... But the game would be gloomy with such a depressed main character right? Unfortunately, this guy is so freakin' "my-pace" and he doesn't really get too depressed over it. It only takes over in the "dramatic" scenes.
He's also a huge pervert with some twisted pee fetish... And he's VERY open about it to the heroines... I wonder how many times he asked them to... not saying too much there, but let's just say he would be fine with listening to it or drinking it...
He also tends to set up cameras in the girl's bathroom and owns lots of porn videos; This guy is open enough that he could bring out a porn video in public (though at night with no one around at that time) and gladly show it to the heroine... only to have it confiscated.
If Nozomu from "Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei" always uses "despair", this guy always "sobs" (Musebinaku).
But he's a pushover for those violent maids of his... They start to threaten him, and he gives up right away.
Oh, and I almost forgot his appearance... He's a 28-year-old that looks like a yound teenager... :eyespin:
Oh, and he can talk to animals...

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Drama:

To be honest, it isn't all that great because besides for the main character, it's nearly impossible to relate to the heroines.
Because it pretty much all involves maids.
And I will NEVER become a maid. But there's very little drama anyways...
And apparently, there are departments/classes of maids that focus on different things, but who cares.

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Story progression:

Very simple (this is why I said this game doesn't even have a route for characters).
Besides for the main story, in each chapter, you can freely move (in a point-and-go way) to talk to the heroines. Obviously, the game limits the choices/movement to a certain number of times.
The first several chapters each focus on one heroine (kind of resembles an actual anime in format), one chapter that has them all (AKA Choose heroines to talk to and enjoy the H-scene that follows), and after this one, you choose a heroine close to you (there's a screen that gauges their attraction/thoughts towards you) and the last chapter will focus on them and give you their end. In other words, after finishing the game once, the only new things will be in the last chapter.

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Comedy:

What rules this game and makes it worth playing (?).

There are obviously gags that are repeated, but I managed to get through without really getting bored.
Some examples of comedy-

-Beating Taito (from Jyushin Enbu) in repeating words.
-Heroines attacking the text box when Riku says something unpleasant to them. Example: Shooting and creating a hole in the box, smacking words out of a sentence.
-Speech text changes in way written. For instance, Riku mights suddenly talk in katakana or in romanization.
-The most prominent: Fighting over Riku... It gets kind of scary. They're all so violent towards each other. And the language gets extremely crude, to the point where it gets censored sometimes.

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CG:

*thumbs-up*

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H-scene:

5 girls, 1 man.
Make up any combination you like and it's probably there (not necessarily, but you get the idea).
There's also Harem, and some H-scenes don't necessarily require the guy...

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Size:

3+ GBs...

http://www.clearrave.co.jp/product/mp/top.html (Obviously 18+)

Just who are those sub-characters... Never saw them (yet).

[hungarianrhapsody]

I'd like some help in identifying a possibly obscure, old ero-game. It was very short, and it was a traditional point and click, choose dialogue sort of thing. I was given it by a friend along with a game called "True Love". But I can't remember what this second one was. It might even have been translated rather than an official english release. I think the main female character (there was only one, and the game was short) had red hair or something like that, and wasn't a unique character, the usual tricky and somewhat rude, then succumbs to the protaganist, though at the end she reveals she was planning the whole time, or something. I think the male character was a tutor, or a doctor, or something like that, invited to the girl's house. And there was some other male who became "involved" at some point. There was animation for one scene, I think. Again, it was pretty short, and took place entirely in the house/room. Lol, you're probably wondering why I would bother to try and find such a thing but it's a nostalgia thing, and I don't really play many ero-games. THanks for the help, I didn't think this was important enough to be posted as a thread of it's own.

[PGilis]

@hungarianrhapsody:
The erogame you're talking about is probably IMMORAL STUDY 2: Yuka Ijima, an old bgame translated and released in english long time ago by HIMEYA. It's the second from 3 installments of the IMMORAL STUDY series. Review here (http://www.mobygames.com/game/immoral-study-2).


So what was the difference between To Heart 2 and To Heart 2 Xrated anyway?


As far i remember, the difference is - besides the obviously addition of H-Scenes :heh: - some new characters, new CGs, new scenarios and minigames.

The new, only TH2:XR version character, is Sasara Kusugawa. And, of course, Maa-ryan senpai comes along, too! :D

You can read more about the differences between TH2 and TH2XR here (http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/archives/toheart2-xrated/).

If you want, read more about her and another characters' stories here (http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/toheart2/). :) Be warned: You will have HEAVY SPOILERS... without eroscenes! :p

[musashiken]

As far i remember, the difference is - besides the obviously addition of H-Scenes :heh: - some new characters, new CGs, new scenarios and minigames.

The new, only TH2:XR version character, is Sasara Kusugawa. And, of course, Maa-ryan senpai comes along, too! :D

You can read more about the differences between TH2 and TH2XR here (http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/archives/toheart2-xrated/).

If you want, read more about her and another characters' stories here (http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/toheart2/). :)
Sasara is a fantastic addition to the game, hell she's my favourite character even though I didn't like her bittersweet ending (and because everyone else had a definite sweet/happy ending while Sasara didn't). Maa-ryan Sempai is going to be my favourite in "Another Days".

[johnishida]

Just finished playing the Hikaru route of Peace@Pieces! Loved it! Never thought the story would get so interesting! Can't wait to read the other girls routes, especially, Nagi's and Anzu's!

[Erhjegel]

Just finished playing the Hikaru route of Peace@Pieces! Loved it! Never thought the story would get so interesting! Can't wait to read the other girls routes, especially, Nagi's and Anzu's!

I'm actually going for Anzu's route first. I just like her so much!

Would you mind telling me how Hikaru's route ends?

[shadowplay]

Finally finished Asukimi and well overall it's been a decent game, but again not nearly dramatic as that fab opening animation would suggest. Actually though the game has it's 'serious' parts it was still far from being 'crying game', for me at least; saddest thing in whole game was probably breaking little Rin's cellphone toy :heh: ...still feeling guilt about that :uhoh:. In the end couldn't help thinking they could've make game lot more deeper and moving with that sort of plot. No complaints for CG art and technical side of things.

Moving now onto Liar Soft’s Sekien no Inganock.

[johnishida]

I'm actually going for Anzu's route first. I just like her so much!

Would you mind telling me how Hikaru's route ends?

To be honest I thought it was going to have a not so happy ending considering my experiences from others Unisonshift games like Nanatsuiro Drops where 'something' has to happen for everything to return to normal but, it did have a happy ending. They become lovers and after some really shocking events and stuf they get the happy ending I really hoped for :D

Was that fine or you want something with a bit more of spoilers? Considering the events on Hikaru's route it would be better to play Anzu's after reading Hikaru's and Nagi's. Well, that's just me.

[Dagger]

So you would say that Peace@Pieces has a worthwhile story? Interested in it because of the Noizi Ito art, but I don't love her quite enough to make my way through a halfheartedly-written game.


Moving now onto Liar Soft’s Sekien no Inganock.
V. interested in discussing this one... if only to find out whether or not I understood the backstory properly before it fades from memory. Seriously, though, it's gotten me thinking about delving into other Liarsoft games, although I don't know if they'll be similar. Might just start looking for something by the same scenario writer.

Almost done with Soshite Ashita no Sekai Yori. Still hung up on Yuuhi, haha (I put off her route as long as I could). I would have stopped after Asahi's route if not for the damn epilogue... now I just feel like I'm wading through a swamp to get there. :heh: I guess that's kind of an unfair impression to leave, because I quite liked Aoba and Minami's routes; they didn't feel enormously special or outstanding, but I enjoyed them. Asahi's end was--well, not quite to my tastes, I guess.

I just feel like they could have done more with the premise (not necessarily in the Infinite Ryvius sense, either) and still made the game shorter. The CGs are stunning. The music is kind of crap, which is unfortunate; I get the sense that this is a game that needed a lot more atmosphere, but it never really evoked that for me except in some isolated scenes. The protagonist has a sort of black hole feeling to him.

I don't think it's a terrible game by any means, but I was expecting quite a bit more, with the positive stuff that's been said about the scenario writer. All of the good things about it--good themes, good characters, good art--seem to slip by each other without ever 100% synchronizing.

Guess I'll see how the after story is. Just gotta finish Yuuhi first...

[johnishida]

So you would say that Peace@Pieces has a worthwhile story? Interested in it because of the Noizi Ito art, but I don't love her quite enough to make my way through a halfheartedly-written game.

Yes, I would say. I have only played Hikaru's route but, her's alone is good enough. I got hooked with it and keep reading and reading non-stop until I finished it.

Now onto Nagi's and Anzu's route where I'm sure the questions not answered in Hikaru's will get their respective answers.

--------------

Also, I finished playing Ashita No Sekai Yori and I was just like you are right now. It was a pain to go through Yuhi's route. I really liked both Aoba's and Minami's but, for some reason Yuhi's felt annoying... Asahi's was ok.

And the epilogue... Expected something different but, it was ok.

Overall, the game was fine but, I was expecting something different. If they had showed more of the Dark side of every character things would have gone much better.

[mt-i]

Very interesting topic, thanks to all contributors.

So I resolved to get RUNE's Musume Shimai for the fetish aspect, and since I'd rather pick at least two titles at a time from Himeya due to the steep shipping price, I was wondering if you had any suggestion of another recent ADV title that is less of a nukige and more story-oriented, in the soft, heart-warming style. Non-consensuality is a definite turn-off, and kyonyuu is as well. It doesn't have to be loli per se, but youthfulness is certainly appreciated.

Kissy kissy ~watashi no tamago~, mentioned earlier in this thread, looks cute enough. Fair Child seems to be a nice title as well. Any comment on how good they are story-wise?

Thanks a lot.

[Shiryuu]

My fave at the moment is Erogos' In Series. I don't really care about story in my ero-games though, so yeah. (not like I can understand moonspeak anyways, though it's actual story is pretty easy to figure out) :uhoh:

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

I just finished the Majipuri trial from my Insani disk and i only have one thing to say ~mauuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!! that game is, oh i just cant describe it :) easily the best i have played...ever and its not a modern one either, The character designs are great, and just the whole atmosphere is Beautiful and funny, they characters are so great and well u just fall in love with some of there personalities, especially Soracchi's :) all in all i absolutley love this game and if anyone else has played it id love to hear there opions on it :) man i cant believe i missed this jewel....

[Wild Goose]

At the moment, Critical Point and Crescendo. Replayed them a few weeks ago, in between Call of Duty 4 marathons.

Critical Point was the first H-game that I'd ever played, and one thing that I was struck by is how much of it made sense; most H-games tend to flip out when you get to tech, but Critical Point wasn't too bad; references to wars, CIC, Wild Wheels (though I think the real reference was Wild Weasel..)

...then again, the senario writer worked on Macross.

...I do remember feeling oddly awed at how many ways there were to creatively die in that game.

Crescendo... totally different kettle of fish, as the Brits say. It's one of those stories which is heartwarming, tearjerking... I remember being moved to tears at several key moments in Ayame and Kaho's storylines... *coughs*

...but I like Call of Duty 4, Front Mission 5 and the Ace Combats better -_-

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

^omg u just spoke sacrelige, How can u say that Call of Duty 4, Front Mission 5 and the Ace Combats are better than Cresendo o.o man i think your crazy i mean those games are fun but honestly, Cresendo, takes the Cake and Ayames Story Arc was the sadest if you ask me :(

[shadowplay]

V. interested in discussing this one... if only to find out whether or not I understood the backstory properly before it fades from memory. Seriously, though, it's gotten me thinking about delving into other Liarsoft games, although I don't know if they'll be similar. Might just start looking for something by the same scenario writer.Have you finished the game, are there a lot of H scenes with those mutant characters, not sure if I'm into that right now? :heh: ...maybe I should finish voiced version of Saihate no Ima instead.

[Dagger]

Yeah, I've finished it. It's pretty low on ero-scenes... maybe four total, if I've remembering right, with three involving mutants. They're pretty softcore to begin with, though.

[Wild Goose]

^omg u just spoke sacrelige, How can u say that Call of Duty 4, Front Mission 5 and the Ace Combats are better than Cresendo o.o man i think your crazy i mean those games are fun but honestly, Cresendo, takes the Cake and Ayames Story Arc was the sadest if you ask me :(

I'm referring to the fun factor and the level of mental stimulation, as opposed to the emotional stimulation of the Ayame path. I'm the kind of guy who likes to be stimulated mentally and physically :P Hence FM5, which is like chess with mecha, and COD4, which is fun and needs thinking, especially on multiplayer, and the Ace Combat games, where you need planning, skill, determination...

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

^ i guesss you do raise a fair point, and i like the way you describe it "chess with mecha" ^^Ace combat was rather good, * we better slip back on topic lol*

[evarcrazy89]

can anyone recommend me a game like ayakashi, fate, bullet buttler, or dies irae

[Dagger]

Well, there's Ayakashibito (not the same as Ayakashi) if you liked Bullet Butlers, and most stuff from Nitro+ (like Jingai Makyou and Gekkou no Carnevale).

[luckyovermind]

I second that, those are pretty famous ones.

Plus V.G.neo from GIGA and ... Paradise lost was it? A relatively old game from Light if you like Dies irae.

[Potatochobit]

I was just browsing around to see what new toys and dojin games might be out and
I thought this was funny

HimeyaShop Special Offer January 2008
You'll get the HimeyaShop Official Pocketable Wet Tissue Paper with every shipment during January 2008.
It will be useful for your daily life, especially when you want to clean your hands.

[MeganeShounen]

Blame me for being a slowpoke, but I just heard that Peach Princess was working on an English port for Princess Waltz. Really nice, since it's one of those eroge that isn't just your usual fare.

Besides that, I liked the OP for it (dissonant chord, by NANA, I think?)

Can't wait until it's finished. ^_^;

[Erhjegel]

I can't wait for Kamipani to come out. I just can't! ;__;

Luckily Fortune Arterial comes out this month, not the next...and my backlog should be enough to whet my appetite until both games are released.

Koyori and Narukana-sama...<3!

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

Another one i cant wait for is Navel's new release,i forget the name of it atm, but i have been following it .I really like Navel's character designs :) the game comes out in feb does it not?

[relentlessflame]

Another one i cant wait for is Navel's new release,i forget the name of it atm, but i have been following it .I really like Navel's character designs :) the game comes out in feb does it not?Navel's new game (Oretachi ni tsubasa wa nai) comes out in June, but Lime (Navel's sister brand, still part of Omegavision) has their first game, Nostradamus ni kiitemiru, coming out in a few weeks. Even though it obviously has a different character designer, of course, I'm curious to see how the game will turn out. It, along with Fortune Arterial, are the two games I'm picking up in January.

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

Ahh thats the one ^^Oretachi ni tsubasa wa nai i really love the characters for that, there so kawaii :) i must say ive been doing a bit of following on Lime aswell, If there products will be as good as Navel*which i dont doubt* then my wallet will be very empty over the next few years :)

[Erhjegel]

Purely～その狭い青空を見上げて～ is awesome. ;__; There's just something about the music in the game that makes me all...well, not really sentimental, but more like nostalgic. ;__;

[velocity7]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6289/clannadfvq2akb3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clannadfvq2akb3.jpg)

http://www.i-love-key.net/archives/2008/01/clannad_full_voice_cg.html

Key notes:

1. Retails for 6800 yen
2. Supports Windows Vista
3. 640x480 -> 800x600 upgrade!
4. Redraws? Looks like it, CGs shown in the link imply so... (Little Busters! style of drawing)

[-Nyu-]

Ok, moment,
- price 6800yen, checked
- supports vista, checked
- 640x480 to 800x600 upgrade, checked
- same voice actors as the clannad tv series??
- new CGs??

Seems I'll get it then. Have the original Clannad already (even limited edition) but if those features are all true I just cannot ignore it :)

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

^ seems like ill have to use my brothers Visa card :P All these good games, there making me broke

[nahraz]

Hello everyone, this is the first time i've posted in animesuki, i just recently been playing ero-games (thanks to AGTH), just finished Ayakashi and Ayakashi H, there were awesome , yoake aim is sooo moe!!, i'm thinking of getting Alicematic, is it better than Ayakashi are the same level? in term of fights and story.

[velocity7]

http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/newsoft/

Little Busters EX page up for the time being.

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

ahhhhh awesome XD looks good

[Dxon]

Im playing Shuffle now. Great game. ^^
Jaaj for AGTH!! :D

[Hypertaost]

AGTH hates my computer...sad....
Playing air right now. I'll probably get to kanna little sister some time this year...(I've had this thing on my computer for at least a year already, but the first 3 endings didn't make me feel touched at all so I'm not sure if I should finish it.)
My fave would be a tie between air and clannad...

[-Nyu-]

Air, Kana, Clannad. Uhoh, you'll shed some tears, be prepared ;)

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

make sure you stock up on tissues and feel good choclate especialy when you get to Air

[luckyovermind]

AGTH hates my computer...sad....
Playing air right now. I'll probably get to kanna little sister some time this year...(I've had this thing on my computer for at least a year already, but the first 3 endings didn't make me feel touched at all so I'm not sure if I should finish it.)
My fave would be a tie between air and clannad...

Of course you would feel nothing if you only completed the first 3 endings. Everything lies in ending no.5 or no.6. (actually the last 3 endings are kinda similar)

I felt the same as you do at first, mindlessly reading the story while thinking: "this is the second best tear jerker in 1999 just after KANON? I don't believe this!" After reaching ending no.5, I was crushed as if the author slaps me in the face and said: "that is for underestimating the great ROMEO!":D (In case you are wondering, romeo is the nickname of the author)

[Sakura_Kinomoto]

^ thats right i forgot his nickname was that, ive been keening over it for weeks

[velocity7]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6289/clannadfvq2akb3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clannadfvq2akb3.jpg)

http://www.i-love-key.net/archives/2008/01/clannad_full_voice_cg.html

Key notes:

1. Retails for 6800 yen
2. Supports Windows Vista
3. 640x480 -> 800x600 upgrade!
4. Redraws? Looks like it, CGs shown in the link imply so... (Little Busters! style of drawing)

I missed this part in the page:

さらに新規イベントＣＧも追加！

which roughly translates to "Even more, new CGs are also added!"

So that means we're getting new CGs, though if it will replace everything is another story. To be honest though, considering that Itaru's style has greatly changed in the last four years, it's very likely all of them will be replaced.

[p997tt]

I have been playing Utawarerumono for the past 2 weeks and I think I am about half way through the game now (if the story follows the one in the anime). The game is quite good so far and the battle system is real simple. There are also quite a bit of extra (funny) scenes that weren't included in the anime.

But I wonder if it is possible to get the CGs in the game in a larger version? This game has some of the best CGs and artwork I have come across but it's such a waste to view them in 640*480. :(

[luckyovermind]

You will have to hack into LEAF's internal network to get that I guess.

What about the PS2 version? They could be bigger I suppose?

[boggart]

But I wonder if it is possible to get the CGs in the game in a larger version? This game has some of the best CGs and artwork I have come across but it's such a waste to view them in 640*480. :(
I've seen some higher res CGs floating around the place. I'm not sure if they are re-renders but they look pretty VN CG-ish to me... :heh:

[W-General]

Looks like Fortune Arterial have been leaked at some places. There are already screencaps, CGs, and spoiler reports floating about, along with some other *ahem* files.

[Kibari]

Hi
someone told me, this picture are a eroge game
someone can tell me what is her name?

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8382/cuffs18za8.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cuffs18za8.jpg

Atte.Kibari

[p997tt]

I've seen some higher res CGs floating around the place. I'm not sure if they are re-renders but they look pretty VN CG-ish to me... :heh:

Ahh ok...I guess I will have to hunt these CGs down once I am done with the game.

btw I don't think the PS2 version has higher res CGs since afaik most PS2 games run at 640*480. Even if they are in high res, I wouldn't know how to extract them from the PS2 disc to the computer.

[MakubeX2]

Otome Function (Production Title) (http://www.skyrockets.jp/otome/index.html)

From the programmers and publisher of the popular loli simulator 陽射しの中のリアル comes this spiritual successor to be slated for commericial release this summer.

[inappropriate link removed by a moderator]

[shadowplay]

Hi
someone told me, this picture are a eroge game
someone can tell me what is her name?

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8382/cuffs18za8.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cuffs18za8.jpg

Atte.KibariSakura Musubi by Cuffs

Talking about Cuffs they totally screwed up this week by releasing unfinished version of Garden with two missing paths/endings and bunch of bugs, lot of hateful comments on egs from people that bought the game.

[Xaron]

I really liked X-change Alternative
Haven't really played other eros yet...

[Erhjegel]

I've heard about that too. Too bad for Cuffs. :( They could have just delayed the release instead of pushing through with it on the 25th, like what ROOT did with Touka Gettan...though in Touka Gettan's case, all those delays still resulted with the game being far from complete. >_>

Additional: Just saw this from Marmalade's site. It's about Omi Asakura and what people would like to see.

# 浅倉臣攻略ルートを作ってください！！！
# 空野太陽はネ申
# 臣さんと拓登君のＢＬ展開をお願いします！　
あとドラマＣＤとか出ないんですか？

I think my brain just exploded. I agree with the other suggestions, though, especially with Takami Rin's, Asakura Nanao's, Arietta-hime's, Tsukimiya Kaede's, and Seihouin Erika's!

[rg4619]

Too bad for Cuffs. They could have just delayed the release instead of pushing through with it on the 25th, like what ROOT did with Touka Gettan...though in Touka Gettan's case, all those delays still resulted with the game being far from complete. >_>

Cuffs already delayed Garden by a few months. In a niche business, there isn't room for lengthy delays, so publishers (unless they're super successful, like Aquaplus or Visual Art's) get boxed into lose/lose situations. When funds run low, they have to ship, even if it means losing a lot of good will.

Touka Gettan was far too ambitious of a game, especially when Orbit operates on a yearly turnaround.

[-Nyu-]

It's exactly the same for normal games. I.E. Electronic Arts said C&C 3 is going to be released on that date, point. What we have is a game full of bugs. Hope that isn't too common for visual novel business too.

[MeganeShounen]

Just wondering, has anyone played Fortune Arterial? It's already been out (on different places), so I was just curious if anyone had something so say about it.

Haven't seen any rants/reviews/comments about it in the internet too. Would anyone like to give a brief comment? ^_^;

[Erhjegel]

I have. People are rating it as quite a success. Individual endings are somewhat weak, but the true ending blew a lot of people away - and these people are cynics!

[HashiriyaR32]

While we're on the topic of Fortune Arterial........

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/566/114941bj1.jpg

[Shinova]

Having a gander at that Prism Ark expansion thingie game that came out recently. Now I know how much I've missed Prism Ark's brand of humor. :D The way Hyaweh keeps jumping from one landmine to another continuously is awesome. :heh:

[electronicmaji]

Whats a god place to buy English EROGE?

[selkirk]

Having a gander at that Prism Ark expansion thingie game that came out recently. Now I know how much I've missed Prism Ark's brand of humor. :D The way Hyaweh keeps jumping from one landmine to another continuously is awesome. :heh:
I've been playing the two bonus games that came with Love^2 Maximum more than the actual expansion. (Puzzle Ark and Jyarajyara Ark)

[Shinova]

Hyaweh's maximum penis size is finally revealed.


length: 20cm
thickness: 5 cm

inches-wise, about 7.8 inches long, almost 2 inches thick. Hyaweh's "Ara-Gladius" is a mighty sword indeed.

[Supah Em]

i will sound ignorant but:

are ero-games really in japanese only? or are there some in english? tried to look for one but without success

[Shinova]

Most of the English ones are almost purely sex, no real story ones made from years and years ago.

Tsukihime's been translated entirely to English. So has Wind -a breath of heart-.

[Erhjegel]

Having a gander at that Prism Ark expansion thingie game that came out recently. Now I know how much I've missed Prism Ark's brand of humor. :D The way Hyaweh keeps jumping from one landmine to another continuously is awesome. :heh:

In that respect, both Hyaweh and Nozomu seem to just love doing that while in a state of blissful ignorance. Stepping into landmines, I mean.

That and they have swords. Big, shiny, pointy, stabby swords. Well, in Nozomu's case, he's paired off with his sword, but that's besides the point.

[Shinova]

The new character's name is Ettil, for the curious.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4485/pkcap1ft8.jpg

What the freak.

[PhoenixG]

So....

Ultima vs. Ultima :O

[Shinova]

More specifically,

Fel versus Palty, Ultima Angel forms.

"Zaquel Hammer!!"

"Radiel Barrier!!"

*cue sounds of Zaquel and Radiel dying honorable deaths* :D

[boggart]

Here's some fun reading about the new 18+ Little Busters!

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/20080128#p7

[johnishida]

The new character's name is Ettil, for the curious.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4485/pkcap1ft8.jpg

What the freak.

hahaha, that reminds me of Princess Witches xD There was a similar CG there :D

Gotta finish P@P and LB! so I can start with FA and PALLM >.>

But, sadly... College >>>>> VNs

[Shinova]

http://www.fizzsoftware.jp/top.php?name=dl01&name2=aqua

http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=444665

(NSFW)


Aquanauts of a morning calm, from Fizz, coming out Feb 29, has a demo out. I'm going to give it a spin.


EDIT: It needs an /H code to properly work in AGTH.

EDIT2: This is a very lightweight trial version. Only some of the character voices are present, and some of the graphics seem to be not present either. I hope this game doesn't get delayed. &___&


EDIT3:


I finished the trial and I'll write up a summary tomorrow.

[Shinova]

Here's how the trial for Aquanauts went:



The game takes place on either an island or a seaside town; lack of AGTH support for now hampered my understanding of things. The characters are as follows:




Emoto Aki

The male protagonist. Not too much to say about him. Basically your typical male protagonist, but with glasses, and an inability to swim.



Asanagi Mio

Main heroine, the redhead. Her true form is that of a mermaid, and she switches to that form when she gets doused with water. She relies on a magical mermaid hammer to transform herself into a human, and it's with this hammer that she erases the memories of people who happen to see her true form. She's kinda popular around the school, and is also in a music or singing club of some sort. She has a straightforward and blunt personality, and fits into the tsundere category, and since she's a sort of princess in the mermaid world, she's kind of an ojousama too. She's also in the same class as Aki, but the two haven't really interacted until the start of this story.



Takanashi Miyuki

I'm running down Getchu's character list so she is the blondish girl with the whale ornament in her hair. She's Mio's friend, one year under Aki and Mio, and obviously totally in love with Aki, who's totally dense in return. She makes a bento almost daily for her senpai and tries to hang out with him when possible. Those experienced with ero games know that type of girl I'm talking about. ;)



Emoto Yuriko

Aki's older twin sister, who is in a different class. A boisterous and energetic personality, frequently doting on her brother and teasing him about his choice in friends, his lack of a love life, his indulgence in the occasional ero-game, and other things. Judging from her profile, apparently possessive of him as well (If any girl wants a hand at my brother, she has to get through me first!! or something like that). Has great proportions ( ;) ), and currently the #1 ranked character on a poll on the official website. My favorite character as well so far.



Shiratama Kanaka

A mysterious girl in traditional Japanese garb who roams the city. Aki meets her one day when she eating an ice cream and the wind knocks it over. Aki buys her another one, and their interaction starts from then. The trial doesn't reveal much else about her.



Mariel Livingstone

Aki's classmate with whom Aki is friends with and chats often. Cute in that sort of small child sort of way kind of. Not much more of an impression of her at the moment.



Emoto Himawari

Aki and Yuriko's mother, and a miko (or the owner I think) of the shrine, where she and her two children live. A bit of an air-head and over-protective of her children, throwing a worriesome fit when they come home ten minutes late. :p And I have a feeling that she can't cook. :heh:



Takamoto Souchirou

Aki's best friend, sort of. That slightly off dude who's responsible for your family members thinking that you're obsessed with ero-games. ;)



The story:

The trial tells the story so far with a lot of mix-ins of flashbacks and some parts seem as if they're not exactly complete, so I'm going to give a chronological summary.

Yuriko ambushes Aki in his room while he's playing an FPS game (a Japanese FPS gamer!? Hell --> Frozen?? O___O ), and after some teasing, she joins him in the game where she somehow beats him every single time. In the last match, she makes a bet: beat her and she'll strip however much Aki wants her to. If he loses, he has to go buy her a drink. So he loses and goes to get the drinks. ;)

On the way back he happens to pass the beach where he catches Mio singing. A gust of wind blows and lifts her skirt to reveal no pantsu. Mio spots Aki, and Aki falls into the ocean in a panic. When he regains consciousness he's somehow back on the beach and alive.

The next morning at school, Mio calls him out to a secluded area in the school and asks him if he remembers what happened. You can offer either a yes or a no at this point, but in either case she materializes that hammer of hers and manages to strike him in the head with it.

He wakes up in a nurse's office with Mio going on about how he fainted in class.... and then changes it to how he fainted in the courtyard, and about how she found him unconscious and he had to be carried to the infirmary. Aki feels there's something wrong with all this and briefly remembers her clonking him on the head with her hammer out in the courtyard but says nothing about it after Miyuki suddenly comes in gushing about her sempai being okay and unhurt and such.

Mio has a feeling that Aki remembers something so she stalks him the next day after school as he hangs out with Souchirou. Some time after, Mio confronts him in her clubroom and finds out that he does remember. She clobbers him with her hammer again.... and nothing happens. She's surprised, and then angry, and demands that Aki let her clobber him some more. The struggle moves into one corner of the classroom where they accidentally tip over a bucket of water......


http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08055/aqua1563.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs124&d=08055&f=aqua1563.jpg)


and then:

http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08055/aqua2323.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs124&d=08055&f=aqua2323.jpg)


As Mio is crying and lamenting her situation, some people enter the classroom, and Aki carries Mio and jumps out the window, from the second floor, into the pool below (shallow end). He then carries her all the way out to a secluded beach.

Explanation time happens. Mio explains that her hammer allows her to change into human form and erase people's memories when needed. She demonstrates and is surprised when her human transformation works. She's happy that her hammer's apparently not broken.... or not, when she tries to clobber Aki again and nothing happens.

Mio has Aki promise never to reveal her secret to anyone, but that's not enough. She tells him that he now has to be her 24/7 bodyguard to help keep her secret safe. Dun dun dun!!


So that's how the trial of Aquanauts of a morning calm, or Asanagi no Aquanauts went. It was kinda jarring at first, but eventually the pace settled and it got fun towards the end of the trial when all the stuff finally started happening. I like the characters so far, and the plot has my attention. The in-game art is okay, but the full CGs are jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and the artist's skill shows. The premise defininetly feels like a rip of Seto no Hanayome though, for sure.:heh: Let's see if the full game turns out differently and in what way.



EDIT: One more thing: Yuriko and Nozomi of Seinarukana share the same VA. Behold the transformation of the timid osanajimi into the boisterous ane-san!

[Erhjegel]

Aoyama Yukari (she's the VA of Nozomi, btw). I don't really like her much. >_>

[johnishida]

Finally! The release date for Yuzu Soft's new game Natsuzora Kanata was announced! It will be released 05/23/2008!! Can't wait! :D

The HP was updated with new sample CGs, wallpapers and info about the characters. Of course, some of the contents are NSFW.

Natsuzora Kanata Home Page (http://yuzu-soft.com/natsu/main.html)

[Vibeke]

Fans of NNL rejoice!
http://nnl1.com/
ef - transaltion project :bow:

[Xellos-_^]

Anyone happen to have either a english Walkthrough or Faq of this game: Suzukuri Dragon?

[luckyovermind]

Fans of NNL rejoice!
http://nnl1.com/
ef - transaltion project :bow:

Our lovely gipface-san is back, which is good!

Err, that's probably the only thing I cared about :p

[~ Lawliet ~]

At this moment Yume Miru Kusuri.

[MrBiggens]

1. Crescendo
2. Kana Little Sister
3. Yume Miru Kasuri

in that order... very touching and thought-provoking games...

[musashiken]

Yeah I'm slow, but I'm currently playing Yoake. After that, I'm gonna try "Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de" since the anime piqued my interest.

Hopefully someday I get to sit down and play Pia Carrot GP.

[Micchi]

Update. Working on Time Leap and Nagisa no now. Need to start.... Fortune Arterial, Clover Point, FairChild, and a few others. Need to finish before the next batch on Feb 29th ~.~

[aolas]

right now "alice parade" by unisonshift

[JarOfMayo]

I haven't checked this in awhile... :p

With the god like powers of nico-nico I was able to "watch" read Song of Saya recently... what a powerful, horrorful game.. lol. If you've never seen it before, never play it or watch it at night... "ran~ran~ra~ ran~ran~ra~" :heh:

I'm still in the midst of reading through the nekoneko soft, Giniro as well and now I know all about bloody riceballs. Its so good for such age, such a powerful work. :eyespin:

Currently playing Fortune Arterial off and on, can't say much yet. Good old over emphasis on food ... lol forget that. :heh:

[luckyovermind]

I'm still in the midst of reading through the nekoneko soft, Giniro as well and now I know all about bloody riceballs. Its so good for such age, such a powerful work. :eyespin:


The ones that are red, tastes better, dont they? (Very nutritious as well!) XD

[boggart]

I'm about to start Fortune Arterial as well... the opening looks oddly like it was directed by the same director of the Little Busters! OP...

[Shinova]

Skyfish has another Shirogane no Soleil-like epic in development called ChaosRegion.

[Erhjegel]

Oh man...ChaosRegion's characters look sweet. @_@ Add another title to my list!

They're also coming out with a PS2 adaptation of Shirogane no Soleil called Contract to the Future.

I have to wonder, though, how ChaosRegion will play out, since they're calling it a "Valkyrie Saga with Card Battle". Oh, and it seems that it'll be released on the same date as Lass' 11eyes.

[Xellos-_^]

Slightly off-topic

Does anyone know how extract game openings form game files?

[MeganeShounen]

Hmm... I'm liking the art from ChaosRegion so far. That's a given, since the art from Shirogane no Soleil was just to my liking as well. It seems like there are three factions (or just divisions, perhaps?) for the cast... One side that's related to "Heaven", and I'm guessing the last one is somewhat related to "Hell" (hey, what can I say? The only character in the latter category looks like a succubus to me. :heh:). I'll be looking out for this one, for sure. :D

And also, from the same website for the PS2 version of Shirogane no Soleil (Shirogane no Soleil -Contract to the Future-, it seems like they also have a PS2 port for Alicematic called "Shuumatsu Shoujo Gensou Alicematic -Apocalypse-". Expect the usual port bonuses and features, I guess.

<-- still pondering about Little Busters! eX...

[Vibeke]

The English patch fo Utawarerumono has been released~!
http://mirrormoon.org/node/239

Thank you Mirror Moon <3

So, right now this is my favorite ero-game ^^'

[MatriXX]

The English patch fo Utawarerumono has been released~!
http://mirrormoon.org/node/239

Thank you Mirror Moon <3

So, right now this is my favorite ero-game ^^'

OH MY GOD, HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS SOONER.

*downloads*

Now I have to replay the game again just to see if I read parts wrong the first time.

[Klashikari]

Dear usual buyers on Himeya and Paletweb, I'm begging for help here :heh:

To summary a bit my issue: I wish to buy many products in one go through Paletweb. Unfortunately, some of these are simply not available on Paletweb, and I'm not exactly thinking it might be a good idea to go wild with the "request" option. Hence, I tried to check Himeyashop, though the shipping fee is growing quite quick... Considering both shops don't sell the goods with the exact same price, I wonder if buying everything on Himeya wouldn't be a safer bet.

Here is what I would like to buy

-CLANNAD Full Voice
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Himatsubushi-hen
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
-Higurashi Daybreak
-Higurashi Daybreak Kai
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2

Italic bold red games are unavailable on Paletweb

8 items. that's nice and dandy. However, the problem to figure if buying everything on Himeya, or buying 5 on Palet + 3 on Himeya is simply... the shippingt fee.

First Option:
all 8 items with Himeya shop:
Net Total: $228
Shipping fee ($19 for first item, $4 for each additional item): $47
Whooping total: $275
_____________________________________________

Second Option
5 items with Paletweb, and 3 with Himeya :
Palet:
Net total: $158
Shipping fee ($15 for the first item, ??? for additional): $15
Whooping total 1: $173 + unknown supplement

Himeya:
Net total: $57
Shipping fee: $27
whooping total 2: $84

Hence, Grand total: minimum $257
As you can see, the second method has a complete unknown factor. Currently, it is $18 in difference, but I still don't know what is the additional fee.
What is worse if the fact paletweb doesn't give a proper shipping fee total until you actually make your purchase, and receiving a proper e-mail, giving out the total shipping fee. See below
# When you order two or more items, we inform you the combined shipping cost by E-mail.
# Airmail cannot be used when sum total weight exceeds 2kg.
# The item which you ordered can be sent with the item of ebay auction.
Moreover, when you are waiting for the end of ebay auction, we can hold your item for two weeks from order.
# When you delay the payment for a long time, we will withdraw your order.
Furthermore, keep in mind that it becomes impossible for you to use our store henceforth.
# If you have further questions, please contact to "Palet Mail Service".

For reference, I'm living in Europe (belgium), hence the $15 for the E.M.S with insurance. It might look kinda stingy, but the total cost is reaching dangerously the limit of $284 i can afford :heh:. Also, I believe Paletweb add some interesting extra when you buy doujin from them... well kinda. (ironically, even if I pay twice a "starting shipping fee" from both shops, it might turn cheaper than "all 8 with himeya" :heh:)
Any help or indication for such cost would be really a lifesaver ^^

PS: my apologizes for this somewhat off topic post, I thought this thread would be "kinda" more appropriate than "where to buy" which is kinda more towards general in anime industry than softwares and such...

[relentlessflame]

It's been my experience that palet's shipping costs scale up very quickly. When I've ordered two items from them, my EMS cost was around $32-36 (North America), and when I ordered 3 items it was around $47. I think that's because they have some sort of calculation by weight (which is how EMS is priced to begin with). So I'm not sure how much the items weigh, but I'm guessing that, in the end, Himeya will end up being cheaper simply due to their shipping cost calculations.

Basically, Himeya eats some of the shipping costs when you order a lot (but bump up the cost of each item thanks to some extremely unfair currency exchange). Palet, on the other hand, gives you cheaper/more reasonable prices on the individual items, but charge a bit extra on the shipping to make it worth their while. So if you're ordering a few items, Palet's cheaper, but if you're ordering many items, Himeya will probably end up working in your favour.

In some cases, it's actually cheaper to use an agent instead, especially if you can find all the items at a Japanese web store for a good rate. Typically they collect a percentage of the total but only have a single fee per order, and then they charge you the actual EMS shipping cost. So, in some cases, that may be cheapest of all, but I'm not sure how it would work for your order since you have a lot of doujin items.

Anyway, in the end, I've basically come to accept that there's no cheap way to collect stuff from Japan! :heh: Hope that gives you some food for thought, but hopefully others will chime in with their opinions as well. (I am wondering, though, whether we should split it into its own thread, but I guess we'll leave it for now...)

[harukamae]

Klash, I don't know if this will be of any help, but the Higurashi games (both question and answer arcs) can be purchased via download if you go to 07th Expansion's site (http://07th-expansion.net/Main.htm) - Rei will become available sometime this month. That should remove the shipping burden!

[Klashikari]

It's been my experience that palet's shipping costs scale up very quickly. When I've ordered two items from them, my EMS cost was around $32-36 (North America), and when I ordered 3 items it was around $47. I think that's because they have some sort of calculation by weight (which is how EMS is priced to begin with). So I'm not sure how much the items weigh, but I'm guessing that, in the end, Himeya will end up being cheaper simply due to their shipping cost calculations.
It is quite surprising... I mean well a CD case weight is like what...? 50 g at most? (hard... might be a random number I pulled off of my brain). I wouldn't be much surprised for 1kg etc, but... 3 items resulting into 47?
*Sigh* I do wonder why approximation isn't available (because going reckless on such shop might give quite an obnoxious surprise...)

Basically, Himeya eats some of the shipping costs when you order a lot (but bump up the cost of each item thanks to some extremely unfair currency exchange). Palet, on the other hand, gives you cheaper/more reasonable prices on the individual items, but charge a bit extra on the shipping to make it worth their while. So if you're ordering a few items, Palet's cheaper, but if you're ordering many items, Himeya will probably end up working in your favour.I see... that's kinda what I concluded as well after reading your own experience... looks like a linear bias cost progression for himeya while it is a hyperbol for Paletweb.
Anyway, in the end, I've basically come to accept that there's no cheap way to collect stuff from Japan! :heh: Hope that gives you some food for thought, but hopefully others will chime in with their opinions as well. (I am wondering, though, whether we should split it into its own thread, but I guess we'll leave it for now...)Heh... That is basically what refrained me to do so until now :heh:. (I feel like my wallet will be extremely light once I will try to get my claws on LB Exctasy and Kamipani *sigh in depression*).
Klash, I don't know if this will be of any help, but the Higurashi games (both question and answer arcs) can be purchased via download if you go to 07th Expansion's site (http://07th-expansion.net/Main.htm) - Rei will become available sometime this month. That should remove the shipping burden!
Unfortunately, it seems that you must have a Visa, which is something I simply can't get (student, so see the problem). Furthermore... I have the stupid and insane habit to always try to get the said item physically ^^".
Good thing I'm not a "LE" crazed guy... yet...

[selkirk]

Dear usual buyers on Himeya and Paletweb, I'm begging for help here :heh:

Here is what I would like to buy

-CLANNAD Full Voice
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Himatsubushi-hen
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
-Higurashi Daybreak
-Higurashi Daybreak Kai
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1
-Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2

Italic bold red games are unavailable on Paletweb

In some cases, it's actually cheaper to use an agent instead, especially if you can find all the items at a Japanese web store for a good rate. Typically they collect a percentage of the total but only have a single fee per order, and then they charge you the actual EMS shipping cost. So, in some cases, that may be cheapest of all, but I'm not sure how it would work for your order since you have a lot of doujin items.

I'm faced with this problem a lot myself :heh:. I've used Paletweb, Amazon.jp direct, and an agent service.

Warning, long post...

My agent service of choice is Japan-Auction-Agency, since they have a very nice shipping only service, where you order from the online store yourself, have them as the address, then they only charge a very small commission based on the total price range. From what I've seen, their shipping prices are fair, and they even give you the weight of your package for you to check against prices. Of course, by that time it's too late to change your mind...

Prices in yen, unless otherwise specified...


Shipping service
(about 12 or 13 books, 2 software packages with about 5 games, and other assorted extras/books)

Item prices
14300
15834
3028
2666
Fees
3028
2099
2099
530
530
530
Shipping
6890 (5.5 kg)

Item Price = 38856
Fees + Shipping = 12678
Grand total = 51534 (fees+shipping about 25% total, no markup)
(This one was partly their store service, since it was Cash on Delivery, so I messed up a bit... ending up paying a lot more than I was expecting. Fees are a lot higher there, so it ends up being a bit more than the typical markup you see on importers)

Online store service
(2 doujin books)

Item prices
1260
1260
Fees
2780 (ie 85% markup) :twitch:

Shipping service
(2 CDs, 3 books)

Item prices
3085
3085
550
578
580
376 (tax)
Fees
1039
Shipping
2862 (1.66 kg)

Item price = 10774
Fees + Shipping + markup = 6881
Grand total = 17655 (fees+shipping+markup about 40%)

Since I messed up this order, the shipping only service is probaly less than 40% fees, while the Online shop service is probably a lot more.
(3 books)

Item prices
2900
550
900
Shipping
2800

Item Price = 4350
Fees + Shipping = 2800
Grand total = 7145 (fees+shipping about 40%)
Paletweb (USD)
(6 doujin games)

Item prices
$30
$18
$18
$18
$15
$15
Shipping
$32.00

Actual item price = 88.4
Fees + Shipping + markup = 57.6
Grand total = 142 (fees+markup = 40%)

Amazingly consistent pricing between all three companies, with shipping, fees and item markups being about 40% of the total cost. The JAA shipping only service is the only cheaper one, but not by much, and only applicable if you can order everything you need from one Japanese site yourself. Everything I've gotten from these companies have been well packed as well, so no damaged items.


EDIT: Everything expect Higurashi Daybreak Kai seems to be available on Melonbooks. You'd have to wait for Clannad Full Voice to be out to use the JAA shipping only service, but that'd probably be one of the cheapest ways to get what you want.

[Xellos-_^]

Unfortunately, it seems that you must have a Visa, which is something I simply can't get (student, so see the problem). Furthermore... I have the stupid and insane habit to always try to get the said item physically ^^".
Good thing I'm not a "LE" crazed guy... yet...

why is that a problem? they were those things out like candy when i was student.

[Klashikari]

why is that a problem? they were those things out like candy when i was student.
Depends of the country as I expected. Over here, you can't get a visa until you have a regular salary which is above a certain treshold.
No charge whatsoever to get it (but usual small fee each year), but it requires to have a proper job.

[Xellos-_^]

Depends of the country as I expected. Over here, you can't get a visa until you have a regular salary which is above a certain treshold.
No charge whatsoever to get it (but usual small fee each year), but it requires to have a proper job.

out here, only requiremnet is that you are 18+

and NO FEEs

why you guy accept fees on your credit card is beyond me.

[p997tt]

The English patch fo Utawarerumono has been released~!
http://mirrormoon.org/node/239

Thank you Mirror Moon <3

So, right now this is my favorite ero-game ^^'

I finished Utawarerumono last night (the Chinese translation one) and now I really want to try the full voice PS2 edition. I know the Chinese community has already made a patch for the PS2 version (even seen screenshots of it) but I have no idea how it works since it's a PS2 game.

As for visa, I got one while I was still a student years ago. For the income requirement, I just used student loan and allowance.

[Hypertaost]

I finished Utawarerumono last night (the Chinese translation one) and now I really want to try the full voice PS2 edition. I know the Chinese community has already made a patch for the PS2 version (even seen screenshots of it) but I have no idea how it works since it's a PS2 game.


ohhh, me too, a thread on the kfc forum said to use this emulator, but it kinda didn't agree with my computer and now I'm just waiting for my friend to give back my utaware cd so I can install utaware english.

[Shinova]

Kamipani's been pushed further back to 3/28. I cry lots inside.

[Erhjegel]

Aye. So am I.

[Micchi]

Kamipani's been pushed further back to 3/28. I cry lots inside.

What?!?!?! Noooooooooo!!!

[johnishida]

Kamipani's been pushed further back to 3/28. I cry lots inside.

*same reaction as Micchi*

[Shinova]

Chaos Region's main character is a girl. It'll be interesting to see how that arrangement plays out. It seems like she's a full girl, since she's not freaking out in one sample cg where she's taking a bath with one of the heroines, and there's cgs where she's getting it on with other girls.

Oh and its release date's been put to April 25th.



EDIT:

According to the description, the main char had her original body stolen by someone else or something. On getchu, there's a character near the bottom that I think is the one who's currently possessing her old body, and looking at that picture and the one that's kinda darkened out on the homepage's information section, I really cannot tell if it's a girl or a really feminine-looking guy. I think it's a girl though, cause the character's quote has something like going that he/she's (boku) is a feminist so he/she (probably he originally) isn't going to do any weird things to the body.


EDIT2: Or maybe not. I'm still investigating.

So what does the text here say?

http://www.sky-fish.jp/soleil-region/image/regengtop5a1.jpg


EDIT3: It's a little confusing but I think I have it down, or at least one theory of it:

Main character gets her body taken away and gets a shorty girl's body instead. A different character, probably originally a guy, also gets his body taken away and gets put in a body just like the main character's new one. The one in the character ranking poll is that other character.

Over time as we get closer to the release date I'm sure we'll be introduced to the rest of the characters.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

I'm totally playing Utawarerumono with the English patch. It's totally awesome. I totally used "totally" too many times already.

[Potatochobit]

Oooh, I got a chance to see some of Time Leap

this definately looks great.

its widescreen friendly in full screen mode. with real time 3D cel-shaded graphics.

sounds like Kousaka Tamaki from To Heart 2 is the main lead, but I did not confirm that.

it seems like it will be mild enough to be a visual novel with just skipping one or two ending scenes, since thats all I play.

I cant believe I have not heard more about this game.

[Micchi]

Time Leap is a game by Frontwing. I've been slowly playing it and like it a lot. The main heroine is Nagase Ayumu, although I like the younger Ayumu more. :)

[Ryougi Shiki]

Does anyone have a translation for Peace@Pieces?

[Shinova]

None such thing exists.

[Ryougi Shiki]

None such thing exists.

god damn it.

[Erhjegel]

Lyrical DS (http://www.web-marmalade.com/data/product/lyrical_ds/index.html)!

The DS stands for Dramatic Stories. Looks like it's a fandisc full of After Stories for these characters: Asakura Nanao, Takami Rin, Kuu and Arietta of Lyrical Lyric, along with Tsukimiya Kaede of Miraroma, and Yuki Nako of Konneko! It also seems to include a Daidouji Ryouko route for Lyrical Lyric (DO WANT!), and the last story is a Marmalade All Heroines story...wonder how that is. @_@

In any case, this one's on my "to look out for" list now, and I can't wait for Marmalade to publish more information regarding this one, since all the characters involved are all my favorite! >w<

[JarOfMayo]

Happened to stumble on Kazoku Keikaku after finishing Giniro (and trying to move on to Aka) on NicoNico, anybody ever play it?

Amazing how... unknown it is but strangely good... lol

[luckyovermind]

Happened to stumble on Kazoku Keikaku after finishing Giniro (and trying to move on to Aka) on NicoNico, anybody ever play it?

Amazing how... unknown it is but strangely good... lol

I am only half way through Kazoku Keikaku... After I heard that G-collection is going to translated it, I became lazy :heh:

Just a heart warming story I think, you can look through the earlier posts of this thread, KJ did a quite good introduction of it. :D

[JarOfMayo]

I am only half way through Kazoku Keikaku... After I heard that G-collection is going to translated it, I became lazy :heh:

Just a heart warming story I think, you can look through the earlier posts of this thread, KJ did a quite good introduction of it. :D

its terribly long.. lol :heh: Its sort of CLANNADish in the sense of its themes thats for sure. Nothing flashy like light globes (lol) but the main character (Tsukasa) isn't exactly one the highly regarded ero-ge MCs around for no reason either. The voices in the voiced version is very good too.

Right now I wish it was easy/easier or even possible to get Giniro OST. :(

[luckyovermind]

Right now I wish it was easy/easier or even possible to get Giniro OST. :(

Giniro uses the same script engine (Nscripter) as narcissu. Insani have tools for extracting the resource from the game.

So if you have the original giniro game, just go here:
http://nscripter.insani.org/sdk.html
download the NSAout.rar from there, extract it, then run nasout.exe in the giniro game folder. It will give you all the resources of the game, including music in the ARC folder :D

[serenade_beta]

*sigh*
Finally finished Yoake Mae Yori Ruri-iro na once. Now I can freely choose a path. Well, except Wreathlit's, since apparently, I still can't choose her path yet.
Glad those anime-only character do not exist and never knew Midori had a different appearance from the PS2 and anime version


Now if only "Sakura no Uta (サクラノ詩)" will be released... It keeps on getting pushed back...

[zalas]

sounds like Kousaka Tamaki from To Heart 2 is the main lead, but I did not confirm that.
That is correct. Ayumu Nagase is played by someone called 鳥羽すの, which happens to be a pseudonym for 伊藤静, who played Tamaki in ToHeart2.

[Erhjegel]

Narika is just so awesome. It also helps that she's voiced by Sol Valkyr, making both of them completely irresistible tsundere lolis! Much love!

Also, her Papa is Master Asia! TALK ABOUT AWESOME!

[HashiriyaR32]

I'm currently playing "D.C.P.K.～ダ・カーポーカー", a poker game within the Da Capo / Da Capo II universes. Specifically, Texas Hold'em (HELL YEAH!).

Main site here: http://circus.nandemo.gr.jp/sakuhin/dcpk/

I don't know much about the story for this game. One cool thing is, you can choose to play as either Junichi or Yoshiyuki. And here's something creepy, whichever you choose, you will eventually meet characters from both series as opponents. The only exception would be the Suginamis (e.g if you're doing the DC path, only DC Suginami will be an opponent. YOu won't even meet DCII Suginami, but you will meet and eventually have Wataru as one of your opponents)

In addition to regular texas hold'em, there's also something called "Force Card Battle" or FCB. These substitute regular points for cards worth certain amounts of points, and you use them to bet. Unlike regular hold'em, if you lose the hand, those cards are gone for the rest of the match. If you win a hand, you only gain back what you bet. The conditions for winning an FCB are different as well. You only have to take down the host (usually the person with the highest amount of starting points) as opposed to eliminating EVERYONE.
In addition to the standard 4 LEVELS of card, there are also special cards, unlocked by going through a character's path, for use in the final FCB. You can also discover some of these card when the main targets from earlier FCBs play their own card (may or may not happen). These cards have various effects. For example, one card allows you to swap out a card in your hand for a random card, with varying results. At least 2 cards adds additional points to your bet.

I've just finished the second of the 3 final FCBs in the game on a second run-through (second run because I had to reload to an earlier save point to rearrange my card inventory. I kept getting my ass kicked by Minatsu during the final FCB because I didn't have enough points to compete)

[Shinova]

I should've mentioned this earlier, but Aquanauts got pushed back to the end of March as well. ;___;

[MeganeShounen]

@HashiriyaR32
So it seems that KBTKaiser was not the only person here who was interested in D.C.P.K. It does make me wonder if Circus really wants to milk the Da Capo franchise for all its worth... :heh:

I am kinda interested in how the whole plot works, for both Junichi and Yoshiyuki. I think I remember that everyone kinda forgot Junichi/Yoshiyuki and the protagonists find themselves in a casino run by a mysterious green-haired... catgirl named Shiiren (who is voiced by Sakakibara Yui, oh wow :D)?

Is this another of Junichi's/Yoshiyuki's wacky dreams?

P.S. Listening to everyone's Clip #2 (the one with the girls saying "1 card, 2 card, 3 card, Royal Straight Flush~") was a pretty nice experience. I got the best kick from Nanaka and Nemu..

[relentlessflame]

I am kinda interested in how the whole plot works, for both Junichi and Yoshiyuki. I think I remember that everyone kinda forgot Junichi/Yoshiyuki and the protagonists find themselves in a casino run by a mysterious green-haired... catgirl named Shiiren (who is voiced by Sakakibara Yui, oh wow :D)?

Is this another of Junichi's/Yoshiyuki's wacky dreams?Well, yeah, I'm assuming that it's probably something like C.D.C.D. -- more of an omake disc than anything else, but the sub-stories will probably written so that they could have happened. In C.D.C.D. it was "explained" sort of as a "Suginami presents" sort of thing, so who knows how they'll present it here.

But yeah, with Aquanauts being delayed, I decided to get this game as well. Only problem is that I have no idea how to play poker (watched it on TV a few times, know the basic terms, but...), so this could be interesting! :heh:

And yeah, I guess Da Capo is sort of becoming the "Mario" of the adult gaming world. Take any game concept, add the D.C. characters, and your sales are good to go! :heh: Well, so long as they keep things interesting, it's not like I mind... (/me is obviously in the target audience... :heh: )

[zalas]

@HashiriyaR32
So it seems that KBTKaiser was not the only person here who was interested in D.C.P.K. It does make me wonder if Circus really wants to milk the Da Capo franchise for all its worth... :heh:
"wants"? They ARE milking the franchise. XD I mean, something smells fishy when
they release 7 versions of the same game, not to mention spinoffs, etc.

[Ketro]

I want to play/download Tomoyo After Its a Wonderful Life! (If that's an eroge)somewhere, along with the english translation patch, but I cant find it anywhere.

[HashiriyaR32]

"wants"? They ARE milking the franchise. XD I mean, something smells fishy when
they release 7 versions of the same game, not to mention spinoffs, etc.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8822/foxxdcd1.gif http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8822/foxxdcd1.gif

BTW, I finished Nemu's path an hour or two after my previous post and here's what I discovered. It's fun to play the final 4 FCBs while listening to a combination of Janne da Arc songs and select tracks from various Touhou Project soundtracks. Seems to fit because default game BGM for those 4 battles sounds a bit darker when compared to the others.

[Hypertaost]

I want to play/download Tomoyo After Its a Wonderful Life! (If that's an eroge)somewhere, along with the english translation patch, but I cant find it anywhere.

It's an eroge, the pc version is sold out everywhere (they stopped producing it sfter the ps2 ver came put) and there isn't an english translation patch, only an chinese one. While people have bee talking about an english translation, Iｗｏｕｌｄｎ＇ｔ　ｅｘｐｅｃｔ　ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒ　ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　２　ｙｅａｒｓ　ｏｒ　ｓ ｏ．　ｇｏｏｄ　ｇａｍｅ　ｔｈｏｕｇｈ．

Edit: the font suddenly changed, strange...

[Shinova]

Not sure how it works, but it looks like some people from Pajamas Soft seem to have split or something and founded a company called Lillian and are making a game called Twinkle Crusaders. The people seem to be the same ones who made Princess Witches, which I've played and thought it utterly rocked.

[Micchi]

Playing Nanatsuiro Drops slowly cuz I loved the anime. I'm also playing DCPK atm. It's kinda nice seeing most of the DC and DCII casts together. Story is so-so, poker play is... interesting and fun actually. I'm a DC fan for life, so it's fine by me :)

P.S. <3 Miharu wan wan~

[MrBiggens]

Crecendo, Kana - Little Sister, and Yume Miru Kusuri are by far the best eroge to date.

[ID of Fei]

Crescendo, Kana - Little Sister, Suigetsu and Niji wo Mitsuketara Oshiete are some of my all time favourites. My current favourites are To Heart 2 AD and Really? Really! (hence my wanting to translate this game)

[HashiriyaR32]

Just 12 hours ago, I listened to a review of SHUFFLE! done by one of the members from the Initial D World forums and the IDW radio. 2 things set the review apart.
1: We all got to commentate on the review AS IT WAS HAPPENING on AIM and the DJ would respond to our comments.
2. The DJ broadcasted audio from his mic AND FROM HIS PC as he did the review, since he was playing the game (which he completed god knows when) as he was broadcasting.

Here's the premise. He basically went through 3 of the h-scenes plus a few storyline scenes while translating the dialogue for us. I can't seem to say much more. If anyone wants the log for the commentary, you'll have to PM me, as it's NSFW! Same goes for the audio. I'm just
waiting for someone to post it.

For the thread: Start from THIS (http://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=28680&view=findpost&p=938725) post and keep reading on.

[relentlessflame]

1: We all got to commentate on the review AS IT WAS HAPPENING on AIM and the DJ would respond to our comments.
2. The DJ broadcasted audio from his mic AND FROM HIS PC as he did the review, since he was playing the game (which he completed god knows when) as he was broadcasting.

Here's the premise. He basically went through 3 of the h-scenes plus a few storyline scenes while translating the dialogue for us.That has got to be the single strangest idea I've heard in a very long time. It's just begging for dirty jokes and comments! He was translating/narrating the ero-scenes on the fly? ... :heh: Only on the Internet! (Need an MST3K-style parody... :heh: )

[HashiriyaR32]

As soon as I get a hold of the audio, I'll send you that and the chat log.

[Deathkillz]

That is...err...unique...to say the least :heh:

I don't know what to think about the guy during the ero scenes :heh:

Send me a PM too when you can :)

*goes to mentally prepare*

Currently playing utawa...slowly...

[HashiriyaR32]

BTW, did I mention that he's going to review Da Capo next week?

[Sterling01]

My favorite ero-game for this week is To Heart 2 AD

[Tragic]

I've been playing Nostradamus, ToHeart:AD, and After and Another. They're all pretty good. Also the occasional Seinarukana.

[MeganeShounen]

To anyone who has played Kishinhishou Demonbane (or any of the other Demonbane games)(and I decided to ask here, since there was no other more apropriate thread to ask in)...

Can anyone give me Kurou's and/or Kuzaku's lines before they attack with Lemuria Impact? I can only recall that part about "returning to nothingness" near the end. :heh:

[Erhjegel]

あ～んっ！や～んっ！たっ・まっ・ごっ！ごっ・はっ・んっ・ちゃ～

Shirogane no Soleil is just too awesome. I'd love to have both Sol and Hagaru as my Valkyries! Only...I don't want Sol to waste fifteen freaking days of my life just to make egg on rice. @_@

[johnishida]

Finally finished Peace@Pieces, Little Busters! and Akane-iro Somaru Saka. It took me long enough xD

Of these three games my fav. was Little Busters! God, just loved this game! The Refrain Episode made me cry all the way to end even though I already had an idea of what was going to happen. This one goes to my TOP Fav. games! 10/10 for this one!

Peace@Pieces was good. The game failed in character development, they all stayed the same from beginning to end. Once you read your way through the game the first time everything from there on you can just sit and skip everything just stopping to click on the choices to enter another girl's route. 6/10.

Finally Akane-iro Somaru Saka. I enjoyed feng's first game: Aozora No Mieru Oka. That and the possibility to can hook up with Mikoto in this game was my incentive to play. All the stories are about getting over the obstacles that prevent you from being with the girl you love. Overall, the game is pretty good, there's plenty of development for every character and the story is ok. 7/10.

Now it's time to play Fortune Arterial, Time Leap and Seiken No Inganock!

[HashiriyaR32]

For those of you asking for the audio and the logs for the SHUFFLE! review. I've managed to get a hold of the audio and I'm currently uploading a rar of it and the text logs to a better file sharing site. The moment it's done, I'll send PMs to the 2 users who requested it. Anyone else who wants it MUST PM me first.


Finally Akane-iro Somaru Saka. I enjoyed feng's first game: Aozora No Mieru Oka. That and the possibility to can hook up with Mikoto in this game was my incentive to play. All the stories are about getting over the obstacles that prevent you from being with the girl you love. Overall, the game is pretty good, there's plenty of development for every character and the story is ok. 7/10.

A PS2 port for Akane-iro is coming out. For lulz, try guessing who's going to voice Yuuhi in the port.

[Whitemoon648]

In my case, My computer would always get driver errors so i could never play ero-games, But finally figured it out and played school days. So Thats my favorite so far :heh:.



Any ways, i am kind of new to this, So i had a question :).

If a game has japanese only text ( meaning not released in America), what are the ways to translate it to english?

Well i had heard one way is to use Translation softwares and some other softwares to do it . I dont know how to do it yet , But does any one know where i could find a guide for it :)? If so ( if its allowed here ) could some one post a link to a guide or if not allowed in the thread, could some one that knows PM me :)?

Another way that i had head, was that a group had to make a translated patch for it, and that patch would replace the japanese patch or something.

Are these two ways the only ways?


Thanks alot in advance for helpfull tips :).

[Erhjegel]

In my case, My computer would always get driver errors so i could never play ero-games, But finally figured it out and played school days. So Thats my favorite so far :heh:.



Any ways, i am kind of new to this, So i had a question :).

If a game has japanese only text ( meaning not released in America), what are the ways to translate it to english?

Well i had heard one way is to use Translation softwares and some other softwares to do it . I dont know how to do it yet , But does any one know where i could find a guide for it :)? If so ( if its allowed here ) could some one post a link to a guide or if not allowed in the thread, could some one that knows PM me :)?

Another way that i had head, was that a group had to make a translated patch for it, and that patch would replace the japanese patch or something.

Are these two ways the only ways?


Thanks alot in advance for helpfull tips :).

How to hook Japanese text for translators (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1327368&postcount=6).

And yes, sometimes you can just wait for patches.

[Whitemoon648]

How to hook Japanese text for translators (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1327368&postcount=6).

And yes, sometimes you can just wait for patches.

Thank you very much :D.

[HashiriyaR32]

Okay, Nomake Wan over at the Initial D World forums ended his Da Capo Plus Communication review on the IDW radio just over half an hour ago. As usual, audio and text logs available ONLY ON REQUEST AND THROUGH PMs.

[Whitemoon648]

Okay, Nomake Wan over at the Initial D World forums ended his Da Capo Plus Communication review on the IDW radio just over half an hour ago. As usual, audio and text logs available ONLY ON REQUEST AND TH/ROUGH PMs.

I am kind of new to this thread, so could explain what you mean :)?

[Erhjegel]

Finally finished Peace@Pieces, Little Busters! and Akane-iro Somaru Saka. It took me long enough xD

Of these three games my fav. was Little Busters! God, just loved this game! The Refrain Episode made me cry all the way to end even though I already had an idea of what was going to happen. This one goes to my TOP Fav. games! 10/10 for this one!

Peace@Pieces was good. The game failed in character development, they all stayed the same from beginning to end. Once you read your way through the game the first time everything from there on you can just sit and skip everything just stopping to click on the choices to enter another girl's route. 6/10.

Finally Akane-iro Somaru Saka. I enjoyed feng's first game: Aozora No Mieru Oka. That and the possibility to can hook up with Mikoto in this game was my incentive to play. All the stories are about getting over the obstacles that prevent you from being with the girl you love. Overall, the game is pretty good, there's plenty of development for every character and the story is ok. 7/10.

Now it's time to play Fortune Arterial, Time Leap and Seiken No Inganock!

Reading that about Peace@Pieces is somewhat disappointing. :( I'm still planning on continuing with the game, along with the fandisc, but I don't know if it's worth it, since I have a huge list of titles to go through.

As for Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, it's a pretty enjoyable title that's worth checking out for people who haven't done so. A lot of scenes in that game cracked me up, particularly Mihato's initial reaction after finding out that Junichi has a wife-to-be. XD


A PS2 port for Akane-iro is coming out. For lulz, try guessing who's going to voice Yuuhi in the port.

Why, who's voicing Yuuhi? It's not Kazune?

I'm playing Itsuka, Todoku, Ano Sora ni along with Purely right now. Both are rather pretty good titles, though I've yet to explore individual routes. Just finished ExE with Natsuki's and Mio's routes, and I'm thinking of going through Ninomiya's, but...

...I don't really like Aoyama Yukari. >__<

[HashiriyaR32]

Why, who's voicing Yuuhi? It's not Kazune?

Alright, since you can't guess it I'll tell you. KUGIMIYA RIE is voicing Yuuhi in the PS2 version.

I am kind of new to this thread, so could explain what you mean :)?

Read my post about N1 SHUFFLE! review. For info on the DC review, start from THIS POST (http://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=28680&view=findpost&p=942554) and keep reading.

[Whitemoon648]

[i]

Read my post about N1 SHUFFLE! review. For info on the DC review, start from THIS POST (http://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=28680&view=findpost&p=942554) and keep reading.

I read it, but too many abbreviated jargon. For starters what is DC review ? more specificly what does DC stand for?

[HashiriyaR32]

DC = Da Capo.

Nomake Wan was reviewing the PC version of the PS2 port, which is Da Capo Plus Communication.

[Erhjegel]

Alright, since you can't guess it I'll tell you. KUGIMIYA RIE is voicing Yuuhi in the PS2 version.

...Haha. Oh wow. >___< It just had to be her.

[HashiriyaR32]

...Haha. Oh wow. >___< It just had to be her.

That's right. Instead of telling Yuji to SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!, she'll be telling Jun'ichi to JUST DIE!

[cicido]

The Ubw English Patch Is Leaked In /jp/! This Is Not A Drill! I Repeat, This Is Not A Drill!

[Vibeke]

The Ubw English Patch Is Leaked In /jp/! This Is Not A Drill! I Repeat, This Is Not A Drill!

I smell new Drama...:uhoh:

[MeganeShounen]

I smell new Drama...:uhoh:

From the things are looking, it doesn't seem that way. It seems that everyone is taking the leak(?) quite nicely. Or it might just be me, and there's something big afoot.

Anyway... is it me or are there more and more willing people to start game translations? At least, in AnimeSuki and among other places in the Internet. Don't get me wrong, this is great... at least more people are interested. :D

[Ray Huynh]

Fate/stay night
Clover heart's

[Illuminati]

Is there a list somewhere about the games who are translated in english? I'd like to try the genre, especially the romance one (maybe hentai too but it's must have a killer plot or something). Thanks

[MeganeShounen]

Is there a list somewhere about the games who are translated in english? I'd like to try the genre, especially the romance one (maybe hentai too but it's must have a killer plot or something). Thanks

Current list of Completed and English-Translated Visual Novels (http://shii.org/translate/)

Seriously, isn't this sort of information supposed to be postied/stickied/pinned somewhere here? :heh:

[Illuminati]

Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I am looking for! BTW Can I make choice in visual novel or I should turn to dating sim if I want that?

Oh and what do you recommend is that list you gave?

[Hypertaost]

Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I am looking for! BTW Can I make choice in visual novel or I should turn to dating sim if I want that?

Oh and what do you recommend is that list you gave?

In most visual novels you can make decisions (exepet in ones like higurashi and narcissu). In some games like ever 17 you have to make somewhere around 40 decisions for every path. Dating sims in english is pretty rare (my definition of dating sims are games where you have to control stats like intelligence and stuff like that. To those who are thinking of little busters, that dosen't count).

For my recommedation, I think it is good if you start with simple and free games like a dream of summer, collage and narcissu (none of them are commercial games and they go from full picture and voice to extreme minamalist). After that you can move on to planeterian (no choices), utawarerumono (part rpg) and other commercial games. I also recommend anything translated by deja vu.

There are some professionally translated vns, but most of tham are nothing but sex and thus not worth the time. But ever 17 (I think this is 15+) and yume miru kusuri (18+) are really great.

If you really like these things you can start learning japanese or chinese since there really isn't many games in english after all. Also, you can start playing come of the partial translations like fate stay night (best selling vn ever), Clannad (better than fate stay night in some respects) and higurashi (best selling doujin ever).

Now if you say you can read other languages the I can really start going, but you only asked about the list, so I'll shut up now.

[-Nyu-]

So the UBW patch has been finaly released! A shame an earlier version was leaked though..

@Illuminati
Also check this for translation info:
http://www.tsukuru.info/tlwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

[HashiriyaR32]

I should've been saying this next week, but due to personal reasons, Nomake Wan decided to advance his review of Really? Really! by a week, meaning that he reviewed it this Saturday instead of doing it next week. The audio for the show is going to take time since I'm having someone excise some content from it.

[Deathkillz]

Okay, Nomake Wan over at the Initial D World forums ended his Da Capo Plus Communication review on the IDW radio just over half an hour ago. As usual, audio and text logs available ONLY ON REQUEST AND THROUGH PMs.
Do you happen to still have the copy? The shuffle one was hilarious so I want to hear this one was well ^^
So the UBW patch has been finaly released! A shame an earlier version was leaked though..

@Illuminati
Also check this for translation info:
http://www.tsukuru.info/tlwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
GREAT! I guess the leek pushed them into finishing the installer ^^

Also the mention about the voices...oh dam O.o

[HashiriyaR32]

Remember everyone, audio for the shows IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Just send me a PM, and I'll reply with the link.

[relentlessflame]

With that said, let's please not let this thread become a PR thread for that guy's reviews. This thread is called, and is about, everyone's current favourite ero-games. So please, no more posting about that in here.

[Erhjegel]

Gouen no Soleil's demo is up and available for download!

[Shinova]

Gouen no Soleil's demo is up and available for download!

WAZZAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Orrin]

Chaos Head's demo is also up for download.

[Dagger]

Thanks for the heads-up! Gonna go check out Chaos Head ASAP.

[Dagger]

So I played through the trial ver. once. Wow, really intriguing stuff. Except I haven't figured out what to do with those beeping red and green dots that appear at the top of the screen once in a while... is there a way to make something happen with them, or are they just some kind of signal?

If I could figure out how to extract the script, I might consider translating the demo. Any suggestions? Really interested in the full game now (I mean, not that I wasn't already, but still).

[Orrin]

So I played through the trial ver. once. Wow, really intriguing stuff. Except I haven't figured out what to do with those beeping red and green dots that appear at the top of the screen once in a while... is there a way to make something happen with them, or are they just some kind of signal?
I was a bit confused about them first as well. If you click the green one Takumi will get delusional and quite hilarious scenes can occur.

「こ……これは……なんというエロゲフラグ……！
実妹攻略可ですか！」
And I also found it very entertaining, going to be a long month to wait for the full game now.

[Shinova]

Gouen no Soleil trial was win! Nagare and Rin's interaction reminds me much of Ryuuhei and Sol's bickering, except this time they added some of that master-servant element from Familiar Spirit so Nagare can coerce Rin to do whatever if she wants her to (no abusive play so far, so don't worry). Nagare is a hilarious protagonist. ;)

[Erhjegel]

LOL yeah. It was awesome seeing Rin go "Yes Master - HEY WAIT WHAT?!". I can't wait for the full game to come out!

[Varion]

So I played through the trial ver. once. Wow, really intriguing stuff. Except I haven't figured out what to do with those beeping red and green dots that appear at the top of the screen once in a while... is there a way to make something happen with them, or are they just some kind of signal?

If I could figure out how to extract the script, I might consider translating the demo. Any suggestions? Really interested in the full game now (I mean, not that I wasn't already, but still).

http://www.tsukuru.info/tlwiki/index.php?title=Image:Gnc_logo.png

You could always try contacting this guy who seems to have Gekkou's engine worked out, and I figure Chaos Head's wouldn't be all that different (but I've never played either, so I wouldn't know for sure). The translation for that project doesn't seem to be moving anywhere fast so he might be able to help.

[Dagger]

Unfortunately, it looks like Chaos Head uses .npa archive format instead of .pak like Gekkou and some of the other older-but-not-too-old Nitro games. ;_; I don't know a lot about these things, but I'm guessing that for now I can work up to the first decision point safely (using agth or something to pull out the original text)... I assume that it's once the option for alternate scenes comes up that you really need to have the original script files at hand.

I'll try contacting him (or making a general plea for help at the VisualNews forum) once I've gotten that far. The decision point comes early on, so it shouldn't take long, once I sit down and get my school-related stuff out of the way, haha.

[Varion]

Unfortunately, it looks like Chaos Head uses .npa archive format instead of .pak like Gekkou and some of the other older-but-not-too-old Nitro games. ;_; I don't know a lot about these things, but I'm guessing that for now I can work up to the first decision point safely (using agth or something to pull out the original text)... I assume that it's once the option for alternate scenes comes up that you really need to have the original script files at hand.

I'll try contacting him (or making a general plea for help at the VisualNews forum) once I've gotten that far. The decision point comes early on, so it shouldn't take long, once I sit down and get my school-related stuff out of the way, haha.
Yeah, can't find .npa on the usual formats list (http://haven.parodius.com/formats/) so it looks like they made up a nice new format to spite you. No idea how hard a new format would be to figure out but yeah, Visualnews or maybe even /jp/ will probably be your best bets. The latter might just jump on you to translate Saya instead though.

Should be okay just translating from AGTH until someone works it out if you do it japanese line/english line style formatting, it'd just take a bit more time than it otherwise would - but probably still less than starting once the format's sorted. The only problem really would be if no one can figure the format out and you've wasted all that work...

[Kresnik]

I don't really know should I be happy or sad knowing that Chaos;Head is a 15+ game. I guess that shows how much my mind has been corrupted.

(>_<)a

[johnishida]

Today I finished all the individual routes of FORTUNE ARTERIAL so, before I read the True Ending, I would like to share my thoughts of the game’s story so far.

First, my general impression.

All the routes had their strong and weak points, some more on the latter side. Every time the story reached its climax and you just don’t know what to do with all accumulated tension and suspense then, suddenly, everything ends which is not necessarily bad just “unsatisfying”. This doesn’t mean the story is bad or disappointing is just that (in my case) it leaves you wanting more and more.

As for characters, right now, I’m torn between Kiriha and Erika >.< They are both great characters! Kiriha is… I will quote Kouhei here:

くそっ、なんてかわい人なん

Erika is also lovely, though, on a different way. dere dere Kiriha and Erika are just MOE. Kiriha is slightly lovelier though. Both of them are honest with their feelings towards Kouhei which is good considering the nature of their routes. Also, every time these two girls talk to each other is just hilarious.

Their stories are not directly related but, the concept is basically the same. Of course, they are different enough as not to conflict with each other.

Also, does someone know what the text that appears at the end of Erika’s route says? and, anyone has the ending song for Erika? It's called Akai Yakuzoku.

Next to those two stands Shiro-chan. Quite the innocent type yet, bold which surprised me. She would often take the first step when she and Kouhei enter the love love mode. A good example would be:

Before her first h-scene she fell asleep due to the tiredness accumulated with all the work of the Student Council. When she wakes up, half-sleep, she tells Kouhei if he would like to go to the bed? When Kouhei asks her what she meant by that she reveals to him that she was practicing how to say in her room before coming to his.

After the h-scene she also reveals she took a bath beforehand ‘cause she was expecting THAT to happen that night.
As part of the Tougi house she is very formal in the way she speaks and acts. She works hard as not to be a burden for her brother. There is still some unexplained stuff in her story which I hope will be solved in the True End.

Last but no less come Haruna and Kanade-san (in that order). Haruna and Kanade are the only characters whose past was fully explored yet a HUGE doubt remains in my mind but is just too much of a spoiler to say it… Apart from that, Kanade’s existence is pretty much an extra for Haruna.

Haruna and Kanade are both your childhood friends. Haruna is perhaps the most normal of the girls: Cute yet beautiful, great at house shores such a laundry, cooking, etc. Has a quiet personality and is attentive with the people who surround her. Plus, her club “uniform” is just GREAT :D (Thank Iori for that).

Kanade is noisy and energetic but that is because she always wants everyone to have fun. More of the elder-sister type cares a lot for Haruna and wishes for her to be happy.

Well, so far the game has been pretty good. In numerical value would be around 7 out of 10. For the comments I have read about the True End I hope it goes from pretty good to great or perfect which would be 9/10 and 10/10 :D

[Erhjegel]

Awesome, can't wait to see what you think of FA's true end!

Which reminds me, I have to get started on Yoake and FA soon.

[serenade_beta]

Finished my playing of Yoake Mae Yori iro na and Witch's Slave...
Don't intend to play Sayaka's or Wreathlit's paths (Yoake), or that stupid teacher's path (Witch's Slave).

Yoake... wasn't as good as I expected. Music was nice though.

Maybe I'm just getting fed up off colorless protagonists like this guy, but he really didn't interest me.
I don't have any interest in Sayaka or her path at all, nor Wreathlit's because I would have to go through Sayaka's to get to her. And... I have this feeling the path is going to be on that boring war between the Earth and the Moon...

Didn't really feel this way until my second time through the game, but the game just tends to be a bit overdramatic...
And how annoying that Natsuki can have the most normal relationship with the guy, yet her end felt like a bad/bittersweet/just bitter end...

But made it through Feena's, Mia's, Natsuki's, and Mai's and liked it, though Feena's was a bit of a bore...
Liked Mai's the most, even if it dealt with Sayaka being confused for many days to the point I wished she just hurry and got over with it.

Maybe I will play the remaining paths... just because I like completion...

Never thought I would have enjoyed this game as much as I did... :heh:
I tend to think of Rinon and Takuma's relationship to be just like Louise and Saito's, just that Rinon is far more sadistic, Takuma's more girlish, and it's a H-game. There even was a breast complex thing. :heh:

Amusingly, Rinon gets to play the protagonist and antagonist role in the game, being antagonistic in every character's path except her own. Never thought I'd like her character, but still ended up liking her, despite her being a bit eviller in Sham(sp?)'s path.
Liked Sham's path the most, though the ending was a bit confusing, while Rinon's had a meh end, though enjoyable to watch. Waka simply deserves Takuma more than Rinon, so felt sorry for her when I went to Rinon's path.

The teacher... don't care. Doubt I'll play her path anyways.

Nice game, even if it lacks normal CGs... only has like 4 of them with the rest being HCGs...

Next up... HoneyComing.

[Erhjegel]

I love you AXL, GIGA and Clochette. ;__;

[johnishida]

*comes in*

I just need to get this out of me...

FORTUNE ARTERIAL's TRUE ENDING IS AWESOME!!!

*leaves*

[Erhjegel]

Okay, I guess that's a fact then. Awesomeness of true end, confirmed!

[johnishida]

I haven't finished reading it but, so far it's just great! Most of the unsolved mysteries from the individual routes are solved. New mysteries appears, shocking secrets about some characters are revealed, etc!

Just awesome!!

[Shinova]

Kamipani:


Mizuki: 「お、おに……鬼いちゃ……」



Finally, it was only a matter of time before this pun on words was used.

Kamipani attains god status.

[Erhjegel]

Voice patch for Gouen no Soleil's trial 1 is out!

Unfortunately, the links are throttled, even the mirrors. ;__;

NANASHIKI RIN IS LOVE!

[johnishida]

Just finished reading through FORTUNE ARTERIAL's True Ending. It was great from beginning to end!! Without a doubt FA deserves a 10/10 in my book and is also part of my top. favorite VNs!!

Greatly Recommended for everyone!!

Now... I just hope August releases a Fan Disc or something soon >.> 'cause I need more Kiriha and Erika!! And I would love to see more of Kaya as well

[DeotoxSlayer]

Just finished reading through FORTUNE ARTERIAL's True Ending. It was great from beginning to end!! Without a doubt FA deserves a 10/10 in my book and is also part of my top. favorite VNs!!

Greatly Recommended for everyone!!

Now... I just hope August releases a Fan Disc or something soon >.> 'cause I need more Kiriha and Erika!! And I would love to see more of Kaya as well

Wow is it really that good....your luck that you can read Japanese the.

As for me i'm waiting for the Fortune Arterial translation team to finish their patch before buying, and playing it, considering the game only came out about 2 months ago, they've gotten pretty far in the translations.

[Shinova]

Wootage, I hear voices!!!

(Gouen no Soleil Trial with voices)


EDIT: Mugen has an unexpected kind of voice, but I think it fits her in a paradoxical kind of way. Makes Mugen seem even more awesome I think.

Rin's voice is awesome. And I'm a little sad that Nagare isn't voiced full-time. Maybe it'll be different in the full version.

[johnishida]

Wow is it really that good....your luck that you can read Japanese the.

As for me i'm waiting for the Fortune Arterial translation team to finish their patch before buying, and playing it, considering the game only came out about 2 months ago, they've gotten pretty far in the translations.

I used AGTH+ATLAS combo to translate the game. That is how I have played all the eroges I have. It's not perfect but it gives you an idea of what is going on.

[Erhjegel]

Wootage, I hear voices!!!

(Gouen no Soleil Trial with voices)


EDIT: Mugen has an unexpected kind of voice, but I think it fits her in a paradoxical kind of way. Makes Mugen seem even more awesome I think.

Rin's voice is awesome. And I'm a little sad that Nagare isn't voiced full-time. Maybe it'll be different in the full version.

I was also hoping that Nagare gets fully voiced, but alas, seems that isn't the case. In the trial, at least.

Rin is so awesome. ;__; Time to start grabbing new sound clips!

[Shinova]

I'm well into Amane's arc in Kamipani.


First off it's not all Amane; there's a lot of Koyori, and I think the other two initial arcs (Nonoka and Mizuki) will have bits of her as well. (You have to finish those three first, and then Megumi, and then Koyori).


But right now I would like to say that Kamipani is great. Really good. It's not just another run-of-the-mill erogame. No way. This is clochette's debut work, and they really did their work to make a big impression on their first try.

[Dagger]

On the Chaos;Head front, I like Nitro's April Fool's joke (http://www.nitroplus.co.jp/pc/lineup/into_15/index.php). ^^

[PhoenixG]

What about Circus....

http://circus.nandemo.gr.jp/sakuhin/dc2bl/index.html


:p

Edit: I'm not responsible for burned eyes...

[Varion]

What about Circus....

http://circus.nandemo.gr.jp/sakuhin/dc2bl/index.html


:p
Oh god no.

More:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7359/1206984618423ss2.jpg

[MeganeShounen]

What about Circus....

http://circus.nandemo.gr.jp/sakuhin/dc2bl/index.html


:p

I never thought I'd see that day...
...that they'd actually go as far as this. Last time, it was a collection of game males...
... but they went ahead with the genderbending in this one.

Da Capo II Boy's Love(?)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8474/dc2bllk5.png (http://imageshack.us)

Featuring:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/742/yumetocgur4.th.jpg (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yumetocgur4.jpg) http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/1374/otoyacgak5.th.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=otoyacgak5.jpg)
Asakura Yumeto and Otoya

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/332/rencgbu1.th.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rencgbu1.jpg) http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7114/nanaocgmx6.th.jpg (http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nanaocgmx6.jpg)
Tsukishima Ren and Shirakawa Nanao (Oh god, what did they do... T_T)

And finally...

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5092/kyoucgin5.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kyoucgin5.jpg) http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5893/minatucgty1.th.jpg (http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=minatucgty1.jpg)
Yukimura Kyou (seriously, he actually looks like a passable trap...) and Amakase Minatsu (he actually looks like a passable guy... :heh:)

I'll even throw in the extra wallpaper. :D
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6056/dc2blpm2.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dc2blpm2.jpg)


Meanwhile, TYPEMOON won't give up easily about its tradition of wtflol-worthy April Fools gimmicks.

This year...
... it's wrestling???

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3950/fwfpz1.th.png (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fwfpz1.png) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/239/tmoonbd1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tmoonbd1.jpg)

Meanwhile, Key is brewing something...
...with Ryukishi07 of Higurashi fame? :heh:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9568/1206982534269lm2.th.jpg (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1206982534269lm2.jpg)

And don't let me get started with 0verflow's Sekai Days....
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2720/sekaidaysiz5.th.png (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sekaidaysiz5.png)
(Last year was Magical Girl Kokoro-chan, which was animated just recently too. And then there's Kotonoha Days...)

Lastly, there was something between Danny Choo's mascot/poster girl Mirai and...
of all the people... Nitro+?
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3077/nitroplusdannydr0.th.png (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nitroplusdannydr0.png)

There was also rumors of an Idolm@asterxTouhou game in the works, but I was unable to collect sufficient info on it...

'Tis a fun April 1st, indeed.

[johnishida]

OMG! That DCII one is just... LOL

KEY + Ryukishi07... interesting...

[Shinova]

The DC2 one actually even looks decent in some respects. (Nanaka looks great, Otome not so much :D )

[Varion]

Meanwhile, Key is brewing something...
...with Ryukishi07 of Higurashi fame? :heh:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9568/1206982534269lm2.th.jpg (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1206982534269lm2.jpg)


Maeda Jun down as QC this time :heh: Hell, Maeda and Orito doing the music, Tanaka Romeo and Ryukishi07 doing the scenario and that many artists on the CGs? I'd buy it.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2083/1206986056597gb1.jpg

I won't, however, ever be able to play DC2 again. Every time I see Otome I'm going to reminded of the manly version's head.

[Micchi]

KEY + Ryukishi07... interesting...

That's one killer storyline. :D

I'd buy it!!!

[Klashikari]

The horrible side of this news is the fact it MIGHT be true, and it is doubting enough that I would buy it as well :heh:.
*sigh* damn such fantaisies >_>

[tarq]

omgwtfDCBLbbq -.-.........


i knew april fools were dangerous!...XD

[HashiriyaR32]

The moment I even saw THAT acronym in the title, I immediately went into "DO NOT WANT" mode.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I'm waiting for Eushully's Ikusa Megami Zero.

[luckyovermind]

Just here to spread the news :heh:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2vu0kfn.jpg

So... yeah :p

[Klashikari]

Yeah, I just saw that on Hotaru's blog.

That's an OVERKILL project O_o
It is sure a giant surprise they promised for their anniversary :heh:

so we got for ONE VN:
-Direction: Hinoue Itaru
-Scenario: Tanaka Romeo / Ryukishi07 / Tonogawa Yuuto
-Music: Maeda Jun / Orito Shinji
-CG: Na-Ga + Shinorii + ? *can't read*

That's quite filled serious business *drools*

[Varion]

Full list of staff members:

Original Plan: Hinoue Itaru
Scenario: Tanaka Romeo, Ryukishi07, Tonogawa Yuuto
Music: Maeda Jun, Orito Shinji
CG: Shinorii, NaGa, Mochisuke, Tayama Minimo
Background Art: Torino
QC: Maeda Jun

...I still don't want to believe it.

[johnishida]

Full list of staff members:

Original Plan: Hinoue Itaru
Scenario: Tanaka Romeo, Ryukishi07, Tonogawa Yuuto
Music: Maeda Jun, Orito Shinji
CG: Shinorii, NaGa, Mochisuke, Tayama Minimo
Background Art: Torino
QC: Maeda Jun

...I still don't want to believe it.

So... Is that project for real? Not a AF joke? :confused:

[Klashikari]

So... Is that project for real? Not a AF joke? :confused:
The sites aren't down, and Hinoue Itaru herself confirmed on her blog.
Key never did an april fool before, and they confirmed the announcement of CLANNAD movie 2 years ago while everyone thought it was an AF.

Considering it is largely past midnight, yep, time for an agonizing wait :heh:


Meanwhile, TYPE-MOON still milks F/SN >_>

[luckyovermind]

I was wondering how is Maeda Jun going to do the QC of the final work. If it is Tanaka Romeo PLUS Ryukishi07, the script is going to be completely out of his control :heh:

[Klashikari]

I was wondering how is Maeda Jun going to do the QC of the final work. If it is Tanaka Romeo PLUS Ryukishi07, the script is going to be completely out of his control :heh:
And if we add the text of the image, roughly "Is it possible to rewrite? For that girl, it is her fate", I think it will go completely nuts in the dimension/timeline/etc whatever Ryukishi and Romeo will craft. :heh:

Combination of Nakuge/galge and creepy/mind blowing scenarii? DO WANT!

[luckyovermind]

And Maeda Jun is concentrating on producing music this time, just think about Air's "Natsukage" track plus Clannad's "Nagisa" track, these plus the goodness of Orito Shinji - it's going to make one hell of a Nakige :D


The real outcome doesn't really matter anymore, just thinking about it makes me super excited :p



That being said, if this were to come true, it will be a game that's based on a very loose team work. It all comes down to how well could Hinoue Itaru pull everyone together.

[Varion]

Ugh, the more I think about this the more plausible it actually seems.
- Jun Maeda isn't writing the scenario - which ties in with his whole not wanting to write anything new after Little Busters policy. He's just QCing and doing the music. Having him writing would make people even more excited.
- Little Busters didn't do as well as it should with the old writers. Key have lots of money - why not drag a few famous ones in to get people excited about the company again?
- Tonogawa Yuuto is still listed as a writer. His scenarios didn't go down all that well. Replacing him with Maeda would be the more idealistic way (though this doesn't worry me too much with Ryukishi and Tanaka on board).
- The background art and CG staff are all attached to Key normally. It's not like they got the background artist from ef in or anything.

I think I'm about to start getting excited.

[tarq]

that's certainly good news...just when I thought I was happy enough on Clannad After :D

[Micchi]

Omg, a title I'll be waiting for now :D

[Varion]

Opening movie for the barely mentioned 11eyes -罪と罰と購いの少女- came out the other day, and is... surprisingly awesome. I had the game down as another 'Like the character designs, otherwise meh' but it actually looks like it has promise now. Still love the character designs, and the opening has an awesome atmosphere to it. And action. And the OP theme is great (as are the BGM samples on the official site).

Official Site (in the download section) - http://www.lass.jp/product/11eyes/
Nicovideo - http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2816707

...please don't be a landmine? :heh:

[MeganeShounen]

Opening movie for the barely mentioned 11eyes -罪と罰と購いの少女- came out the other day, and is... surprisingly awesome. I had the game down as another 'Like the character designs, otherwise meh' but it actually looks like it has promise now. Still love the character designs, and the opening has an awesome atmosphere to it. And action. And the OP theme is great (as are the BGM samples on the official site).

Official Site (in the download section) - http://www.lass.jp/product/11eyes/
Nicovideo - http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2816707

...please don't be a landmine? :heh:

According to Hemisphere's blog, that game has several mystery elements similar to Persona 3 (Dark Hour-ish time period, w/ blood everywhere and monsters are afoot), which makes it interesting to me. And then, yes, the OP sounds fantastic. :)

The protagonist looks badass too. You just can't beat eyepatches.


btw, hooray for Key's too-good-to-be-true-yet-OMG-it's-really-true AF, Rewrite~ :D

[Dagger]

11eyes looks awesome... def. my kind of thing. I didn't know anything about it before, but I'm looking forward to it now.

[Erhjegel]

I'm actually looking out for that one, along with Gouen no Soleil for this month's releases - I'm jut not as vocal with my expectations for it. Yet. XD

[Varion]

Translated the story section of the site just for the hell of it. A little rough around the edges, but functional. I left the colours in just because.

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His older sister, who suddenly committed suicide.

5 years have passed since the one-eyed young man Satsuki Kakeru lost his older sister, his last remaining blood relative. Thanks to the support of Minase Yuka, his childhood friend, his heart is now somewhat calm, but somewhere inside of it a feeling of nothingness floats around, and he continues to live out his life without any hopes for the future. The two attend Kouryoukan Academy (popularly 'Nijikou') in the developing city Ayamegaoka. She gets close to the lethargic Kakeru as if it was natural and devotes herself to him, but their relationship does not develop at all. Even so, little by little the two of them continue moving forward, but as if to sneer at them, their fate takes a dramatic turn.

Without any previous warning, the two of them are thrust into a mysteriously transfigured world...
All signs of people disappear, and the world is filled with a silence that makes it seem like an uninhabited ruin.
The sky is dyed the crimson of a fountain of fresh blood, and a jet black moon hangs in the sky.

Ayamegaoka had been turned into a desolate world with no one other than themselves.
Under the great black moon, Kakeru and Yuka had been left behind in the World of Red Night.

Instead of people the town was filled with grotesque looking beings wriggling around, and Kakeru and Yuka had no choice but to run.
After a short time had passed, they returned from the World of Red Night to reality, but they return to it suddenly, regardless of time or place.
Exhausted by this repetition, their lives are exposed to danger.

During this, Kakeru and Yuka notice that there are another humans, companions, besides themselves who have been thrust into the World of Red Night.
One uses Onmyoudou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onmyoudou) techniques to overwhelm their enemies, and another beats about their enemies with otherworldly combat strength.
The humans they met in the World of Red Night possessed different abilities, each outside the realms of their common sense.

Kakeru and Yuka included, the humans in the Red Night numbered six.
They decided to cooperate with one another in order to survive.

However, six shadows with clearly murderous intent stood in their way.
Kakeru and the others were forced into a life-or-death battle with the six Black Knights, who hold power that cannot be compared with the other monsters.

Though their reasons for fighting differed, through their time spent together in school, and their time spent fighting together, it became a battle to protect their priceless companions.

Before reaching the truth of the Red Night through heroic battles, what kind of choices will they make?
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[johnishida]

Looks pretty good. Anyone knows anything about the story? From the OP I can tell some people seem to have some kind of guardian. Anyway, looks like an action packed game. Looking forward to it.

Finally starting reading Seiken No Inganock. I'm currently on the third chapter. So far, an interesting game. The story is a bit weird but interesting. Every character has a story to tell either related to their current situation or to the "Revival" ten years ago. Salem's secret was just O_O.

About characters. There are plenty of characters so I will just talk about the main three.

Gy (Main Hero) seem to have a dark past he can't and doesn't want to remember. Wanders the many lower layers of the city of Inganock healing people for free with his "Cracking" ability. His actions seem to be illegal but he doesn't care about it.

Then is Aty. After The Revival 10 years ago her body mutated into a hybrid of cat and human. She has been Gy's friend for quite some time now. I still don't have a clear idea of what she does but, she is kinda like a mercenary. She protects stuff/steals/??? for her clients.

Finally is Kya. The Mysterious Girl Gy saved from being kidnapped. He also almost got killed during the process until Aty kicked and saved him. No one knows anything about her and she won't speak either. She is currently living with Gy and helping him with his work as a doctor by which she dyed some of her clothes to white 'cause according to her: Doctors must have nurses!.

Well, that is all, for now.

Edit: Wow! Thanks for translating the story, Valdra! Looks pretty good. Being a long time since I played an action filled eroge!

[Erhjegel]

I'm guessing that based on the OP (and some hints on the site), that those six guardians are directly related to the six main characters. >__>;

[MeganeShounen]

5 years have passed since the one-eyed young man Satsuki Kakeru lost his older sister, his last remaining blood relative. Thanks to the support of Minase Yuka, his childhood friend, his heart is now somewhat calm, but somewhere inside of it a feeling of nothingness floats around, and he continues to live out his life without any hopes for the future.
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She gets close to the lethargic Kakeru as if it was natural and devotes herself to him, but their relationship does not develop at all.
Is it bad when I remember Shuffle's Kaede and Rin when I read those circumstances? Though, with an albeit more depressed Rin and a cuter Kaede... :heh:

Also, it seems that there's still a connection between the six people , besides some of them (or is it all of them?) having supernatural powers and the obvious factor of being able to travel into the World of Red Night, and the 6 Counter-G... Black Knights. :D

[Orrin]

Typemoon doing something else then a Fate/Stay Night Fandisk/Novel etc? I don't know what to believe anymore... Well it has a webpage now but there's nothing there yet, more information will be revealed in the next Tech Gian.

http://www.typemoon.com/product/witch/witch.html

And Chaos;Head's opening movie is up on Nicovideo.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2884775

Edit: Chaos;Head's opening movie is also available at http://www.nitroplus.co.jp/pc/lineup/into_15/index.php now.

[Varion]

11eyes trial out. 978mb ;o

[Klashikari]

11eyes trial out. 978mb ;o
That's... quite a fat trial file :heh:


Satte... Just got my claws on my Kamipani! order... do you guys have any suggested order?
I think I will start with amane... humm