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Originally Posted by DarkCntry
The problem lies in the fact that a lot of forces control the markets in the US. Take for example the popular Walmart chain...they will not shelve any offensive material, from M-rated games, to overly offensive music titles. They even limit the movies that they sell based upon a criteria similar to this. It's a matter of image, would you carry a game that deplicts someone obviously under 18 getting raped? Would you carry a game that deplicts someone under 18 having sex? This is an image that many consumer shoppers will not allow and will vocally oppose it.
Remember back in the days of the SegaCD, you remember that one game that brought the existence of the ESRB into our lives? Yea, Night Trap...the worst freaking game ever also was the sole force in creating a ratings board for video games. Also, the ESRB has a rating for Adult titles that carry the AO tag, how many games on the market do you see with the AO tag?
We're stuck between a rock and a hard place really...we've got so many uptight people in positions to rock a boat if something doesn't go their way. This limits our abilities to get something that another person might find offensive. The lolita-concept is the least of the worries in most english-released ero's...why do you think that such a popular ero like Kana doesn't sell on American shelves? Because it also carries a theme of incest...it's a taboo subject and taboos don't sell on American shelves, sadly. And it's because of this that we find it hard to get a steady source of ero's localized. The market is too thin and too shakey for a company to invest without the proper incentives, and thus why it would be more powerful to have a large group suggest titles that are thought to be complex and time consuming, otherwise we may never get the chance to see it. I would expect that if KGNE's anime gets liscensed and released with the same exhubrance that something like Love Hina would get, I'm sure you would see a surgance in people wanting to try the game.
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This is why i believe there should be somewhat of a focus on Shingetsutan Tsukihime:
While the game is violent, and contains sex, and "incest" (even though...Akiha isn't TECHNICALLY Shiki's sister...) watching the anime and reading a lot about the game made me realize it's a bit more suited for american audiences than other games are
in addition, the anime was recently licensed by Geneon, which, i believe, marks the second h-game-to-anime series to be licensed by a US company (Comic Party is the first, i believe, though i could be wrong) and the first by one of the popular companies (Bandai-Geneon-ADV-FUNimation-4Kids...i.e. the ones that get the most attention)
So, if sales go well for Tsukihime, then people will obviously want the game.
As such, i will be doing my part to "advertise" the anime and game by buying the DVDs and such
And, if Tsukihime's game gets brought stateside, then that would open the door for more ero-games (which would likely be labeled as "Dating Simulations" in the states) to be brought over.
Comic Party and To Heart are other options, as their respective manga series (and Comic Party's anime) have been brought over by "mainstream" companies (ADV has the To Heart manga, Tokyopop has the Comic Party manga, Right Stuf has the Comic Party anime, and the "extra" comic party manga is held by...either CPM or ComicsOne...)