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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
Eroge is what you call this genre. I tell you, in Japan, mention VN or ビジュアルノベル, not everyone knows what you are saying.
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Well, part of this is because, technically, most eroge would actually be classed as AVG (Adventure Games) and not "Visual Novels" because of the sprites. In English fandom, we've appropriated Visual Novel as a catch-all for the whole medium, mostly because it's a useful separation (since many Western gamers have a problem calling these "games" due to the limited "gameplay") that is also less loaded than "eroge" (precisely because some people immediately think porn).
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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
Eroge OTOH, everyone understands what you mean, and they don't think nukige eitther but rather Key stuff or other more famous ones
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This gets complicated though, because there are always all-ages works (such as some of those by Key) that don't have any erotic content. When people mistakenly call that "eroge" (at least around here), they get swiftly corrected. And likewise, some people hesitate to call everything eroge just by virtual of having a few adult scenes because of the bad association.
So... basically all the common definitions are flawed in some way.
