/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
Maitetsu - June 29th release
I Walk Among Zombies - 100% translated and edited, waiting on a third party for engine work, Summer 2018 release
Koikuma - Awaiting on Steam content and Chinese script integration, 2018 release
Dracu-Riot - Through 1st round of QA, fixes from QA next before more QA
Nanairo Reincarnation - In QA, waiting on a third party
Baldr Sky - 50% translated, Combined release of Dive 1 + Dive 2 in mid 2018
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 100% translated
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - 50% translated
Riajuu Plus - Release "within a couple months"
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 33% translated
Miko no Kanata - Picked up
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
Tenshin Ranman - QA and engine work next
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
CyberRebeat - QA done, need fixes
G-senjou no Maou - Denpa version announced
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
Rewrite+ - Picked up
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Senren * Banka - Picked up
Ninja Girl - Announced
Island Diary - Announced
Love Duction - 100% translated, needs engine work
Koi ni, Kanmi o Soete - In QA, needs testing
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
>Secret Project 4 - 100% translated, needs engine work

Frontwing
>Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Vol 5 - Kickstarter ongoing
Sharin no Kuni - Targeting a May release
Island - 100% translated, 40-50% edited, 2018 release
Loca-Love - Fall release
2 upcoming secret announcements

Sol Press
>Newton to Ringo no Ki - QA finished, awaiting approval from Steam, demo released
Sakura Sakura - Demo released, remain work includes finishing the increase in resolution
>Yotsunoha - July release, 99% translated, 95% edited, demo Released

Nekonyan
Hello,good-bye - 50% translated, Auguest release
Sanoba Witch - 70% translated, 25% edited, October release
Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~ Mini Fandisc - Fall release
Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai - Early 2019 release
Melty Moment - Aiming for a release next Winter

Cherry Kiss
Harem Guild - Upcoming release

Other
Tayutama 2 - June release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch
Hemoimo - Dropped by SakuraGame and no longer being released on Steam, upcoming Fakku release planned. Currently waiting on beta build
Punchline - Summer 2018 release
E-Gene - 1st entry planned for Fall 2018
>London Detective Mysteria - Fall 2018 release
Magical Charming - Release planned
Song of Memories - 2018 release
Neighbor - 2018 release, 100% translated, editing to start soon
Venus Blood Frontier - Prefundia going up around June 26th
Angel Beats - 50% translated
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Seven Days - Picked up
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
Harumade, Kururu - Seems to have an English release planned
Monmusu - 2018 release
Taisho Alice - Volume 1 released
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>>19286607
>>19286608
>Yotsunoha
I didn't recognize this game until I saw the CG of hte little girl scrubbing the floor.
Almost complete huh? Interesting.

So what has Sol Press done before? What can be expected?
Is the demo good?

>>19286637
>So what has Sol Press done before?
Nothing.

Please keep the pointless arguing to a minimum so the thread doesn't die early and actually reaches next Sunday.

>>19287084
You're not the boss of me now

>>19286607
>>Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no - 4% (2820/68206) translated
The speed of this project is astounding.

>No Kyonyuu Fantasy Gaiden 2 and Gaiden 2 After.

Mangagamer makes me sad.

When is AX?

>>19287548
They'll get to it eventually if it keeps selling I'm sure.

Looks like the Chaos;Child PC patch is most likely releasing in 5~ days.

>>19287560
July 4th to 7th

JAST: July 4th 9PM
Denpasoft: July 6th 10PM
Sekai: July 7th 3PM
Mangagamer: July 7th 11PM

Speaking of which, MG hasn't added to their announcements list last week. Maybe they are waiting until later, or maybe they really only have 3 announcements.

>>19286637
>Is the demo good?
There were a few problems that I found in the half hour or so I played it for:
- A few untranslated lines in the Honorific script.
- A few scenes that read really awkwardly.
- The config menu being really buggy.

I'm not confident in my Japanese, so I can't say anything about the translation.

>>19286637
The demo wasn't really good, not as bad as Sakura Sakura demo but it makes me wonder if Sol Press improved even one bit if they still release demos like this after so many months with the same mistakes.

It's hard to overall judge them until they finally release something.

>>19287643
Why are they even putting it on the PC? We already got a phenomenal Vita release. Focus on Chaos;Head or something that we will never get officially in the west

>>19288191
>Vita only
This why

>>19288209
It's on PS4 as well. The Vita is an awesome system for VNs and it's also a very cheap console to get.

>>19288226

No, it isn't. The screen is small so it works only in toliet or when you are travelling. And your neck will start hurting soon.

The best way is to use a big monitor/tv, a comfy armchair and a cup of tea - this is the proper way to enjoy cute little girls in in VNs.

>>19288301
It seems we have different opinions then. Still, there's the Vita TV that is even cheaper than the original handheld and there is also the PS4 for playing on a bigger screen.

My point is that it already has a offiicaly translated release but that isn't enough for you guys

>>19288354
>but that isn't enough for you guys
I can't really justify buying a whole new console just to play one VN i'm slightly interested in.

>>19288375
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-PlayStation-Vita-TV-mit-16-GB-Speicherkarte-VTE-1016/273304905771?hash=item3fa23de82b:g:wQEAAOSwYhdbJqet

Can you not afford spending 30 dollars?

What's a good way to translate "ochinchin" to English for extremely innocent characters? Usually you'd just use "dick" for the average moege heroine but there are those occasional child characters or heroines who are so pure they don't even know what sex is, so it feels out of place for them to use "dick". Just using "penis" feels too formal and shit like "weiner" and "willy" feels like a joke.

>>19288489
Weiner

>>19288489
Wiener.

>>19288489
Mushroom?

>>19288489
pee-pee.

>>19288489
Member

>>19288489
weewee

>>19288489
sausage

>>19289582
new genre

>>19288191
It's not just a port, it's a full update to the entire localization. We have translated hundreds of CGs that were either machine translated or not translated at all, and we fixed an innumerable amount of typos and mistranslations that impeded the original experience. We have also made a consistency option which changes the terminology, order name, etc. to stay in tune with the previous translations (the previous terminology is much better anyway).

Also, we have been progressing in the port of Noah this entire time, and working on Chaos;Child hasn't really taken away much time that we could have put on Noah. There wasn't that much to re/translate, and we have more than a single translator.

>>19289980
Amazing. God bless you mad men.

>>19289980
I would've gladly taken the Chu Chu version or another entry in the ; series over an "updated" localization

>>19290089
The focus on Chaos;Child was rather TLC and editing, while that would mainly require a focus on translation and porting (just like Noah). The localization update wasn't really an impediment to our work on Noah so we were able to work on both at the same time, but translating another visual novel entirely would be, and we can't allow ourselves to do that at the time without taking longer to release Noah.

Half a year is quite short in comparison to the time a full translation would take anyway, and as I said in my previous message we have been working on Noah at the same time.

>>19290089
Even if we were slow with this project due to a lack of availability of some key members, that does not mean we "wasted" any effort that could have been used on translating something major. To begin with, translation work was minimal--it was mostly tech stuff, CG editing, and translation editing.
The CG editors aren't even doing any work on Noah yet because we haven't reached that point in the project, the tech guys who did C;C are the two that aren't working on the Noah port (and they wouldn't be even if they didn't have C;C to focus on, because the Noah port is mostly a one-man project) and the editor doesn't have much work to do on Noah right now because the translator prefers to translate entire chapters at once.

>>19288489
Nuke.

Fata Morgana's peak concurrent users has jumped from 38 (just after Requiem for Innocence was released) to 105 a few hours ago, thanks to a combination of the Steam sale and a Chinese localization being added at the start of the sale. Of course, while it will get a considerable bump now, it has continued to maintain its strong tail ever since launch, having had roughly 7-8k in sales when SteamSpy dried up and before this current boost it has been seeing a bump in concurrent users ever since the fandisc was released.

In retrospect, despite the initially weak launch, it has clearly become one of MG's better pickups for Steam and a reliable source of revenue that isn't likely to dry up soon. Based on the interview from the Japanese developers back when MG picked it up, it had seemed like the major reason it ended up with MG instead of Sekai was because Novectacle didn't wish to take on the extra work that crowdfunding would have entailed at the time. Although Sekai is probably kicking themselves for letting it pass as it would have been an ideal title for them to have worked with considering the success it has found on Steam and they likely could have gotten the console version instead of Limited Run as they jump into the console market.

>>19290467
And yet Novectacle went to Sekai for Nar Karma since they were apparently unhappy with Fata Morgana's sales. I for one am glad that MG got Fata and not Sekai so that we could actually have a half-decent translation.
Speaking of Fata, Novectacle's Twitter mentions that the localised Collected Edition is going to have new assets made for the PS4 since for some reason they're making a visual novel compatible with the Pro's 4k resolution.

>>19290526
I guess they went with them in particular because MG doesn't care for Kickstarters that much, and I very much expect Novectacle will request Nar Karma to get a KS.

Nutaku bringing over CUSTOM ORDER MAID3D2

>>19290526
>For some reason they are making a visual novel compatible with the PS4 4k resolution.

That's because they know when 4k is mainstream by 2023 that is when Sekai will be done translating their game.

>>19290948
Not bad. Is it in VR?

>>19291121
Seems so

https://twitter.com/nutakugames/status/1010948330816462848

>>19290193
whats the noah situation anyway?

if i already read CH, can i easily skip ahead to the new bits in noah on psv?

>>19291266
Noah adds half a dozen heroine routes and several intermissions (extremely important scenes in Common Route) after the first playthrough. There are really few changes in Common Route, but it's still advisable to read it again so that you remember the events in detail, and you can experience the changes at the same time (such as new CGs, different BGMs, different text, a different ending). I should also note that the current translation could use some huge improvements, and that makes Common Route all the more worth rereading when we finish translating Noah.

The heroine routes are incredible and touch upon many new plotlines and existent ones that Common Route doesn't deal with in great measure. Noah also sets the basis for the entire SciADV series through some of its heroine routes, and the True Ending is expanded upon.

It's a huge improvement to Chaos;Head in every possible way and doesn't fail to impress.

>>19291400
hmm i guess ill try rereading on vita then

how far is noah port along?

>>19291515
I wouldn't be able to say, and the tech guys can't give an estimate either because it consists on building an engine from scratch based on the existent one (so not as hard as a complete new one, but still takes a huge amount of time). What I can say is that there's been almost daily progress for several months now, and the guy doing most of the work is really good at it.

We are building an engine because the one Noah uses is extremely hard to work with without access to the code, and doing that would take longer. I really can't give enough praise to our tech guys, they are godsends.

>>19290467
I've read it years age and I can't believe that such a niche visual novel which couldn't sell 1k copies in the first month on steam is now currently ranked 9th on vndb, surpassing even Muramasa and SubaHibi.

>>19291662
word of mouth helps a lot.

>>19291662
Not really worth mentioning Muramasa since it doesn't have an English release.

>>19291677
also true

>>19291677
Soon. Please...

>>19292201
What even are the predictions for JAST at AX? I've heard rumours about pretty much every other localisation company, but basically nothing for JAST (except things that have almost zero chance of happening).

>>19288191
>Focus on Chaos;Head
y tho

>>19288489
Hyper Weapon

>>19291662
It helps that it's really damn good, so pretty much everyone that has read it is passionate about it. And I guess knowing that it isn't hugely popular also makes people want to support it more.

>>19292220
Tokyo Necro is a good bet since the fan-translation team for it suddenly gave up without a single word.

So when will we learn why she became an angel?

>>19292876
Who was fan translating it?

>>19292201
Muramasa isn't for EOP eyes.

>>19292876
Tokyo Necro is also too good for you.

>>19292890
When you learn Japanese.

>>19292895
Let's see:
The morning sun shines on an unknown girl. She has suddenly fallen from the sky. It seems like it wasn't just a dream.

How did I do?

>>19292894
>Tokyo Necro is also too good for you.
But it's shit. If TN is too good for them what would be left that they'd deserve?

>>19292902
Totono
Overhyped gimmicky shit. Exactly right for EOPs.

>>19292891
Small group but they had been making slow but steady progress and then suddenly went completely dark. https://substanceconcept.wordpress.com

>>19292907
People would just call it a DDLC ripoff.

>>19292907
Well Totono definitely does seem like something they'd like, but so do most of Shimokura's games.

>>19292913
And that would be funny.

>>19292894
I wonder if Muramasa ever actually gets translated, will I actually like it? It seems interesting, but so did several other "kamige" that I ended up not enjoying very much, or that at the least didn't live up to the hype. I can't think of anything that has, honestly. Every VN I've read always has something about it that brings it down and makes it feel subpar.

>>19292952
Are you sure you're not just jaded?

>>19292957
Maybe? It's not that I don't enjoy anything, though I'll admit that I find it difficult to find fiction that appeals to me nowadays. To use an example of a game that I actually liked, I read Subahibi when it was translated and enjoyed it. But going back and reading reviews of it from before it was translated, people blow it up into this incredible masterpiece that it really isn't. It was a good story, but I wouldn't have wanted to wait years for it and learn a language to read it. It ended up not being that special.

>>19292957
He's right. People hype up these Japanese-only games as being the best thing since sliced bread and then after years of that they finally come out in English and rarely live up to the hype, and it ended up just being a few bilingual elitists stirring shit. I've long since learnt not to expect much from any of them.

>>19293005
Hype tends to lead to disappointment, you're not wrong there. I'm sure most people will end up being disappointed by Muramasa if it ever gets a translation, simply because people have been hyping it for close to a decade now. A lot of that hype gets amplified in an echo chamber of people who can't even read it and are just parroting the opinions of those that can. You can actually see this in action with people like herkz. He doesn't know Japanese but you'll see him regurgitating the opinions of people like moogy all the time.

>>19292876
I'd be very happy for the EOPs, necro is a fun read and Vio seems to be a little depressed lately on twitter, so maybe if it does well he will cheer up

>>19293119
whats up with shimokura specifically, kinda of curious

>>19286608
>Rewrite+ - Picked up
since fucking years goddamit, no news on that?

>>19293277
Sekai is publishing it, and it's being retranslated from scratch by Conjueror. That's all the news in the last year as far as I know.

>>19293282
That's what i'm saying, they didn't give any news after saying they'll retranslate form scratch (which seems a bit stupid, but eh)

>>19293290
It's probably because it's taking time to retranslate. Apparently Key decided to have them do it, so the fan translation must actually be pretty bad.

>>19293302
Played trough the game with amaterasu's translation, didn't seemed to be bad, so idk

>>19293243
seems like nobody cares about suicide mission?

>>19293322
Yeah, I can't evaluate it either, but there must be something wrong with it since they bought it and then decided to scrap it and pay to have it retranslated anyway. If it was fine that would just be a waste of time and money.

>>19293332
Gatcha is fucking shit. It never ever goes well for eroge companies either. No, F/GO doesn't count.

>>19292220
>What even are the predictions for JAST at AX?

3-4 titles.

JASTBlue is hyping it so expect a BL license. Generally expected to be another Nitro+Chiral title (Dramatical Murder).

Flowers 3 getting 'officially' confirmed is likely too. The translator previously suggested that JAST licensed the entire series when they got the first.

Tokyo Necro as per >>19292876

As for the 4th...they'll probably announce a nukige. They referenced on their forums they want to do more Empress titles and some of their staff joined in the discussion. I wouldn't rule out Sexfriend from CODEPINK either (since they've done Ryoko and Sweet Home).

If they actually announce Tokyo Necro then that effectively means Muramasa will never get translated, or at least that's how it seems to me.

>>19293468
>Sexfriend
It already got an OVA adaptation and it seems like it's a short game. I'm not sure why they'd bother.

>>19293542
>It already got an OVA adaptation
And that OVA is one of the more well known early 2000's H-OVAs (in the west) giving it something of a name.

>it seems like it's a short game
It's about the same length as Ryoko, 8-10 hours for 100% completion.

I feel like a nukige is a safe guess though. JAST normally has at least one in the pipeline at all times and for once they have none (Unless one counts the Princess X Fandisk).

>>19293490
Fair trade. I'd be happy to lose TN to you EOPs if it means Muramasa is forever safe.

>>19293807
Does anyone actually care about Tokyo Necro?

>>19293302
Rewrite's current translation is awful, and it doesn't help that Tanaka Romeo is the best prose writer to ever step into this industry.

The problem is that Rewrite+ is also awful, it doesn't change much from the original but it does enough to obliterate, for example, the whole character development the protagonist had gotten until late into the story.

Fortunately, I know some guys who are planning to port the Rewrite+ translation to Rewrite, and retranslate the lines that aren't in Rewrite+. That will be the definitive way to experience this story.

>>19294332
Would you like to actually state what is different in Rewrite+? I've never been able to find this information and whenever someone says something about it they never follow it up with any detail whatsoever. The only description I can find is on vndb which states "direction and scenario improvements by Tanaka Romeo".

>>19294353
Random, nonsensical changes such as removing one line out of hundreds for no real reason. But the major problem is that it includes or removes others that defeat the whole point of entire character development arcs, mainly the True Ending which changes everything into random bullshit happy stuff that makes no sense, misses the entire point and makes the rest of the story look like a fucking joke with no reason to exist.

>>19294391
How so?

>>19293807
I agree with that. It should be something to strive for learning Japanese rather than sitting around waiting for it to come out. Can't wait for Tokyo Necro.

>>19294391
Could you just tell me what is different without being vague like this? I don't expect a lot of detail but something specific would be good. You can use spoiler tags.

>>19293807
>>19292894
Jesus I thought this elitism was a joke, do you legitimately take this stuff getting translated that seriously?

I'm not mad SolPress, I'm just extremely disappointed

>>19294430
Let this be a lesson to you. Never trust anything any of these companies/fan groups say until they actually do it.

>>19294461
I didn't trust them at all, I mean at least I can say I didn't support their Kickstarters. I did, however, believe they talked a good game

>>19294430
They fit right in with the other companies.

>>19294415
>>19294420
This covers the idea of what Rewrite+ does to the original story in enough depth. https://forum.kazamatsuri.org/t/rewrite-general-discussion/37/226

>>19294479
>Deletion of the baton pass scene
WHAT THE FUCK!? THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST FUCKING SCENES

Now I see, it seems like they went less in the bittersweet ending that Terra had and more of a Key magic much more positive end while removing any theme of sacrifice. Very disappointing

Remember when Rewrite was announced -- you probably don't, but you can still see it in the archive -- the hype around here was palpable.

>>19294866
I, for one, have never been hyped for an all-ages kusoge.

>>19294461
They were literally whos who just randomly showed up in the industry saying they'd be different from everyone else. But they didn't really know what they were getting into and kickstarter delays are super common for a reason. Their translation and programming seems mediocre to poor as well.

>>19294866
The original Ixwreck version? Just another example of why hype should be avoided I guess.

>>19294915
No, I mean the Japanese announcement back in 2008.

>>19294985
I should have expected that most people here only cared about RK07 being involved. I also found the Mahoyo announcement thread.

>Type-Moon are actually making something new that doesn't cash in on Fate/stay night?
>>/jp/thread/S392732

MangaGamer's Top 5 Weekly Chart:

1. Evenicle
2. Ultimate Boob Wars!! ~Big Breasts vs Flat Chests~
3. Hapymaher
4. Imouto Paradise 2
5. Beat Blades Haruka

This weeks surprise is Ultimate Boob Wars (released in 2014) on 2nd place and Beat Blades Haruka on 5th place.
Sales must be pretty low if such an old title can reach 2nd place so easily or Evenicle is eating up all the pre-orders.

>>19295062
Girls' Work was also announced back then. That sure worked out.

>>19295085
>This weeks surprise is Ultimate Boob Wars (released in 2014) on 2nd place and Beat Blades Haruka on 5th place.
Glad to see that my unending love for UBW has inspired others to purchase the title. It's a fantastic title and if you haven't read it yet I absolutely recommend it.

>>19295136
And the Tsukihime remake. Fucking Type Moon.

>>19295085
Ultimate Boobs War is 60% off and all. It's not hugely surprising. Haruka is a bit more surprising since it only has a 30% discount and hasn't appeared in the chart ever since Rance VI started selling.

I am curious how much Evenicle is cannibalizing Hapymaher's initial sales. Hapymaher is the type of game that tends to do fine on the MG store, but Evenicle is probably higher priority for anyone who wants both. Due to not having a steam release or a kickstarter, I don't expect Hapymaher to sell more than Chronoclock, but we'll see. It could be a sleeper hit for all I know.

>>19295144
I definitely like it, but I would call that a gross exaggeration.

>>19295212
Read it again and make sure you 100% it. Honestly I wish I hadn't read it since it has made every other nukige i've ever read except Euphoria feel really bland by comparison.

I think Muramasa might actually be a possibility somehow. Jast released Hanachirasu in 2015. In 2016 the Windows 10 edition of Muramasa was released. In 2017 Jlist posted pic related on Twitter as well as several other Muramasa pictures since then. Lastly, Moogy has had some secret project for a while now. You never know, of course. I'm probably just stupid, but it seems like now would be the time, if at all.

>>19292952
This. I'm sure I'll like it, but at the levels I'd expect from the hype? Probably not. Of the two supposed "kamige" I've read (Dies Irae and Subahibi) neither was a 10/10 masterpiece but at least Subahibi was somewhat close. DI was quite disappointing, if it was maybe 20 hours shorter it could have been really fucking good.

>>19295778
Is Muramasa much better than Hanachirasu? Hanachirasu was just alright.

>>19295778
>Lastly, Moogy has had some secret project for a while now
Which he hinted was Tokyo Necro. Is one of the main reasons why everyone is expecting an announcement of it from JAST.

>>19286607
>SukiSuki - In Beta

Only two more years to go!

>>19295778
Yeah both twitter accout have been posting or retweetig muramasa related content for a while so i believe it as well

>>19295212

i like boob wars, but iris (the blonde loli) was so annoying that i turned her voice off and skip any scene she's in

>>19296822
Iris H-scenes were the most fap worthy

https://www.dualshockers.com/omega-labyrinth-z-pc-port-steam/

Lol wow. Omega Z was denied on Sony platform for "Sexualizing" mah children. This is just sad.

>>19297146
Isnt that old news? I swear I heard about that near the beginning of the year, if not even earlier. I guess it was just rumors at the time though.

Fucking ugly faggot https://twitter.com/dobacco/status/1010940018024566784

>>19288191
>phenomenal Vita release
I thought it had tons of problems including untranslated images and whatnot?

Why the fuck do these faggots waste their time on this shit?

>>19297251
I forgot that the first game was ever released. I also happened to notice that Yohjo simulator was put back on Steam.

In any case, Sekai seems to be banking on its "meme"ness for lack of a better term. Unfortunately for Sekai, I doubt that would happen. Pretty much every meme game out there is an accidental success.

>>19297568
I wouldn't imagine they are paying much to get these titles out, so the "throw enough shit at the wall and something is going to stick eventually" mentality is probably at work here.

>>19293468
>Ryoko and Sweet Home
Any of those is good?

>>19297981
Sweet Home is a great fap, in my opinion. Didn't read Ryoko.

https://solpress.co/blog/264/sol-press-weekly-roundup-06-25-2018-light-novel-physicals-preview
>Yotsunoha
>Launch window changed to Q3 2018
Nice one Sol Press. Can't keep a single release date.

>>19298191
Unfortunatley, it’s too difficult to estimate release dates when we have no guidance on how long specific approvals will take. Newton has been waiting for a while, and Yotsunoha will most likely be judged with much more scrutiny.

>>19298404
Wouldn't it be better to always overestimate release dates when making them? Seems to be really common for every VN publisher to announce a date and then some "unexpected" delay happens. MG only really gets around it by not announcing most of their time frames cutting down on expectations, which isn't really possible if you have kickstarters which require them.

>>19292832
It was good until the tranny part

>>19298404
It wouldn't be a problem at all if you weren't releasing them solely on steam.

>>19298470
>tfw people still fall for this meme

>>19298492
They are working on it apparently. I guess contracts take time.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/solpress/newton-and-the-apple-tree-a-visual-novel-by-laplac/posts/2217114
>As we’ve stated before, we’re also working on distributing outside of Steam, but that is going to take some time.

>>19298500
I get what it actually was but until the reveal I was put off, and even after the gender angst monologues were a little much even if it was pretty justified. Also my main issue is the final act dragged too long in its first half and Michel giving each character a stern lecture on why they're fucked in the head was kind of underwhelming .

>>19292890
I swear MG don't give a single fuck about this one, i want to read it ffs the chara-design is beautiful and i love drama.

>>19295778
>Lastly, Moogy has had some secret project for a while now.
Moogy? On Muramasa? AHAHAHA

>>19292220
A Black Cyc game is possible since the devs of Princess X hold the rights to Black Cyc titles IIRC.

>>19298634
I think JAST just likes monster girls

>>19297568
>I also happened to notice that Yohjo simulator was put back on Steam.
Still no word on The Key to Home, though.

>>19298529
>I get what it actually was but until the reveal I was put off, and even after the gender angst monologues were a little much even if it was pretty justified.
Your mind has been poisoned by SJW and /pol/ bickering to the point that you can't even take a Japanese story about a person being born intersex and thus having a legitimate gender issue and separate it from modern day tranny nonsense.
Though MangaGamer's trigger warning post was still possibly the stupidest thing they've ever done and only harmed the perception of the game.

>>19298588
Not translating obviously. Moogy can't translate shit. He's probably just editing

>>19296822
Gay

>>19297251
They can't be spending that much time on them. It took them three years to release the first one and vndb says it's less than two hours long.

>>19297176
It was banned it some countries like Australia earlier but now Sony has legit refused to let them sell it on PS4/Vita in any NA/EU Region. The only version of the game that can be sold now is the JPN one. Unless PQube ports their translated version to steam they will see zero money for their efforts.

>>19299848
The important thing to note here is that the game was already approved by the ESRB and PEGI with M and 18 ratings respectively. Sony have stepped in and refused to grant them a license to sell it regardless. So this is a really fucked situation where even if a game's content is cleared by the ratings boards Sony can still arbitrarily say "no we don't want you releasing this" right before the game is due to come out and with zero warning for the localisation company and zero recompense for their work put into it up until that point.
I think it's pretty clear that this is going to result in significantly more localisation censorship over the next several years. Because any time things start to look better something has to fuck it all up again.

>>19300242
well yeah, it's their closed platform and if they deem that a game has a risk of damaging the appearance of their brand, they're simply going to say no. It's an extremely rare issue but it's still something you have to worry about when you're selling something on a non-open service when your title contains themes that some may find issue with. ESRB isn't an official government platform, it's an entirely outside source that most in the gaming industry look towards to make things easier on themselves. So just because ESRB says something is OK doesn't mean that a store is required to comply with that assessment and can freely deny sale of that product in their stores. ESRB is a good guideline, but that's all it really is.

>>19299205
Well he can't write for shit either so they'd be better off just getting someone else.

So this is the power of Narahara Ittetsu...

Didn't some of you want Aokana? Well, too bad.

http://aokana.net/news/2018/06/26/2835/

Summary for too EOP;didn't read people.
>Sprite will be kill.
>Aokana Extra 2 and Zwei cancelled.
>They'll have a summer even where you can give them cash for some goods.
>They'll release Aokona for mobile phones and also an anniversary box for PC.
>Afterwards they're kill.
>The cited reason is "industry getting smaller, funds getting harder to get".

Heh, and to think Sprite seemed like one of the more popular developers. Aokana sold well, didn't it? And when I was in Japan back in 2015, they always had a strong presence on every eroge event.

>>19300926
I guess it's true, eroge really are dying

>>19300926
Sounds like poor management of resources. Anime adaption, Vita port, PS4 port, Switch port, mobile port, gatcha game. All of that instead of just making new titles. Maybe the license for a western release is on clearance now that they're going out?

>>19300926
I thought Extra 2 was complete and some people already played it?

>>19301111
Nah.

>>19301073
Good riddance

>>19300926
Funny, I remember dovac not six months ago saying sprite was big enough to localize AoKana themselves which was why Sekai wouldn't consider picking up AoKana.

>>19300926
Funny, I remember dovac late last year saying sprite was big enough to localize AoKana themselves which was why Sekai wouldn't consider picking it up.

>>19295085
Hapymaher is now #4. I can't say I have huge hopes for this title selling well.

>>19301233
Amatsutsumi and Aoi Tori gonna go to sekai project confirmed.

>>19301233
Considering how all it has going for it is the art, I'd say it's doing pretty well.

>>19301233
I mean the release was timed pretty badly. Don't know what they're thinking releasing it 2 weeks after Evenicle, probably the most anticipated title of the year. And then there's Maitetsu, which has it's own fanbase, and Newton if they manage to get it out. It could have probably done much better if they got it out a month or two ago when nothing was happening.

>>19301250
Aoi Tori looks like it could have already been given to them since Denpa follow the twitter account made specifically for it.

When are we getting a good plotge?

>>19301285
Aoi Tori

again, too good for EOPs

>>19301287
Man, you either got some shit taste or don't think the peasants deserve anything at all.

>>19301285
Next one will probably be Island

>>19300926
Well damn, I was looking forward to Zwei.

>>19301298
He said good.

>>19301285
Just wait for AX where we'll get All-ages Muramasa localized by a collaboration of both Sekai Project and MoeNovel for the Nintendo Switch.

>>19301318
Yeah, I didn't see this one coming at all.

>>19300926
I don't know, if anything it could increase the chances of a translation happening. They're not actually going bankrupt (yet), just suspending all development. I'm sure they'd be willing to sell the license to one of the companies, for cheap if necessary, because they need the money now more than ever.

>>19301287
>Aoi Tori
>good
It was mediocre like all Purple Soft kusoge

>>19301343
Nah. SakuraGame will be translating CrossChannel again.

>>19295335
>>19295212
>>19295144
>>19295085

Everything about Boob Wars was awesome

>>19301883
I'm hoping Riddle Star will be at least half as fun

>>19297232
>untranslated images
And how much did that hinder your experience?

>tons of problems
like what? I don't think a couple of typos is that big of a deal

>>19301883
But did you buy it anon, are you the reason why Ultimate Boob Wars is currently ranked on 2nd place?

>>19301233
I would like to buy Happymaher but I bought Evenicle and unfortunately I can't afford it. Probably going to buy Happymaher later on since I enjoyed the routes I played in Chrono Clock. It looks really interesting.

>>19301932
I played through it a year ago and I din't pay for it

>>19301893
It certainly doesn't look like it has the same charm Boob Wars does. Who knows though, I've not read it and could be completely wrong.

>>19301278
Seriously. Evenicle may be eating into some of Hapymahers sales, but dropping to 4th now is not a good sign. Hopefully its just because 2nd and 3rd are on sale.
When Hapymaher does come out, it'll be interesting to see if it beats Evenicle, or can manage 2nd, and for how long.

>>19302126
At least it's doing better than Sorcery Jokers, after it's release it managed to stay 1 week in the chart on 2nd or 3rd place and disappeared completely. Even The Spirit Master of Retarnia managed to do better with around 3 weeks in the chart.

Why is it even translated as Happymaher? Happymare would make more sense right? The original title is ハピメア

>>19302126
It is during a sale. Wouldn't read all that much into it

>>19298404
>Unfortunatley, it’s too difficult to estimate release dates when we have no guidance on how long specific approvals will take.
Bruh, why don't you just not give a release date until you actually know when it's releasing? Like you actually gave specific month and day to the release time for Yotsunoha so of course people are gonna feel disappointed, let alone the "mid-June" that was Newton.

>>19302171
Yes that would make more sense to me since it's short for happy nightmare, but 'hapymaher' is how purplesoft romanized it.

>>19302126
>Seriously. Evenicle may be eating into some of Hapymahers sales, but dropping to 4th now is not a good sign.
It's both Evenicle coming out and that they are currently having a sale. Maybe wait till we get closer to it's release date

>>19302171
You are 100% right. However, Purplesoft doesn't agree with you

(It's Hapymaher btw)

>>19302166
Sorcery Jokers also had a Steam release. Granted it didn't do well on Steam (18 reviews and a peak of 24 concurrent users, along with poor legs), but that would have farther bumped its sales beyond what they got on the main website.

>>19301364
>I'm sure they'd be willing to sell the license to one of the companies, for cheap if necessary, because they need the money now more than ever.
Could end up a high risk localisation that no one might want to shoulder though. Look at SukiSuki to see how bankruptcy can jeopardise a localisation.

Potentially stupid question, but I got pic related on a whim. It seems better than I expected, but I'm weird and want context for the characters in my crossover fighters. Just wondering about the translation status of all the VN's represented, and thoughts on the VN vs the anime for applicable games. I watched Demonbane years ago and I'm halfway through Kikokugai, and of course I'm familiar with Saya no Uta and Fate so we can skip those four, unless I really have to read the Demonbane VN or whatever.

>>19300926
More and more Japanese developers seem to turn towards the west now due to bad sales hoping for some additional funds there.
Looking how MangaGamer has 2 new partners for AX and how the English localization of Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome saved the developer from bankruptcy are just a few small signs.
>https://twitter.com/verdelishJP/status/999148775791722497

Of course that means we will get more and more companies like SakuraGame with bad machine translations or just the bare minimum ''professional translation' which will be slapped on the visual novel to sell it only on steam for 10-20$.

>>19302834
To this day I'm still annoyed that Sakuragame got Fortissimo. Its been some time, but I remember it being a more enjoyable Fate. But seriously, did Sakuragame throw a huge ass lump sum of money or something? I'm still confused on how they got it, but oh well.

>>19302637
>Tokyo Necro

Not yet translated hinted it might be announced in a week or two.

>Marumasa

You have a better chance of learning Japanese than you will getting it. The rest Anon is owned by JAST. Who is slower than a tortoise. Always remember visual novel is almost always better than the anime there is rare exceptions of course but usually that's often the case.

>>19302834
At this point I think it's going to end up saving them but also they might focus on Western markets taste mote often in order to get sales which is good.

>>19302936
>I think it's going to end up saving them
I am more skeptical that the west will bring the salvation they are seeking. Steam isn't the cash cow it once was for VNs and your average VN seems to only get maybe 4k or so sales now. Of course you could get lucky and it goes viral/gets the meme treatment, but that isn't going to happen with every VN.

>>19303245
It depends largely on how much a company needs to stay afloat. Small companies who are already niche might be fine with whatever they can get from the West since their buyer base in Japan was never large in the first place. Larger companies may find that the money they get from the West cannot sustain them because they are naturally used to getting a lot more money.

>>19303462
It's not about staying afloat. If they stopped development, this is a simple investment. All they need to do is pay the seiyuu fee upfront, assign a couple of code monkeys who are sitting on their hands anyway, and pick someone who is able to send one e-mail per month to their chosen western localization company.

>>19303512
>All they need to do is pay the seiyuu fee upfront
Which is normally one of the most expensive things for a VN. If a company is already struggling financially then I can't see them putting up a lot of cash upfront on their titles.

>>19303512
>>19303561
I think the localization company pays some of the upfront seiyuu costs if only because MG used to occasionally sell voiceless editions before adding voices once a sales quota was met. I wouldn't know who pays what percentage though.

>>19302637

The Demonbane anime is a pretty bad adaption as it cuts out a lot of information and is just poor quality all around. It's one of those adaptions where they could have just done a straight adaption of the main route of the VN (minus the porn of course) and it probably would have turned out decently, but they decided to go off the rails for whatever reason.

I'd at least play the Al route of the VN but it wouldn't hurt to play the whole thing if you have time. It's pretty entertaining and humorous, especially if you like mecha, and the Lovecraft stuff is handled in an amusing way and surprisingly accurate with its references. It's also one of the few things from that game that has most of its relevant stuff translated. Aside from the VN, some guy over at /m/ translated the side novels as well which should be easy enough to find if you search around for them.

>>19304382
I'd say that Ruri route is important for explaining some of the background details. Metatron route isn't bad, though from what I remember, it was largely unnecessary.

>>19286607
Ca we ask for translations in this thread? If that is the case can someone translate this single page, please?

>>19304963
Do you even think before you post

>>19304963
The pleasure of being cummed inside.

>>19304963
This thread is full of EOPs and incompetent DJT EOPs, so even if it weren't against the rules to ask for translations, you'd be screwed.

http://prefundia.com/projects/view/venusblood-frontier-english-localisation/16225/

Let's place our bets. $100 on this ending as a trainwreck. It's nice of them that they said openly that the TL is gonna suck. Also am I just blind or they don't need any editor?

>>19305359
No uncensored assets either thanks to the old stock 'based in Japan' line.
The translator seems to be a white gaijin of some kind so at least it's a change from SEAniggers

>>19305449
Why you fucking lying?
https://twitter.com/Intl_Ninetail/status/1002123152967651328

>>19305359
It says that the same guy will be translating and editing. The release date is planned to be Summer 2019, so it's doable, if not optimal.

The base game price is reasonable enough. $25 for early bird, and $30 dollars for just the game is a good deal for an old but decently long gameplay VN. I can't comment on any of the higher tiers though; I wouldn't know what they are worth to the type of person who goes for them. I don't see any overly blatant red flags, but I'm not looking too hard.

The total goal of $125k seems doable enough. I'd say that by virtue of being a gameplay title, it will make that base goal for sure, so long as they can advertise to the player base. There hasn't been a gameplay VN localization KS before, but if having gameplay and ero gives a similar boon to having a Vita port, then it has a great chance of succeeding.

>>19305468
Because I'm dumb and was reading through the translator's twitter where they said no assets earlier in May. I guess this is how misinformation spreads.

>>19305477
I am scared of their outsourcing "part" of the translation.

>>19305359
Is the lead TL/editor a native speaker?

>>19305891
No.

>>19305891
A fictionpress.com account by the same username as his Fuwanovel account says English is his first language, and I haven't found any indication that he has ever used any language besides English and Japanese elsewhere online. On the other hand one of his posts on Fuwa does have him "waiting on a translation" of a Softhouse Seal game in 2014.

https://www.fictionpress.com/~assasinzassasin

>>19305916
He has a couple stories written in Japanese so anyone with the knowledge should be able to see if he's shit.

>>19305359
Based on their listed budget, roughly $50k is budgeted for the script localization across the full process, along with $25k for development.

>>19305477
>The total goal of $125k seems doable enough. I'd say that by virtue of being a gameplay title, it will make that base goal for sure, so long as they can advertise to the player base. There hasn't been a gameplay VN localization KS before, but if having gameplay and ero gives a similar boon to having a Vita port, then it has a great chance of succeeding.

I'm curious to see how it will do as a gameplay title as that is the primary positive the title has starting the campaign. Compared to some better known VNs, Venus Blood (or any Ninetails titles) doesn't exactly have that much recognition in the West at the moment. Granted the fan translation wasn't ideal, but Venus Blood -Chimera- didn't exactly make much of a splash when it was released. Just having gameplay doesn't guarantee a title to be a success either, as Sekai's has struggled to get much of a following with Re;Lord, at least on Steam.

$125k has been a tough sell for a VN Kickstarter especially with solely a PC release, something well known like Subahibi only managed $105k. Just 4 of Sekai's 18 VN Kickstarters reached that amount (Clannad, Grisaia, The Ley Line trilogy, and Root Double), and of those Ley Line got just $135k as part of a trilogy and Root Double would have failed to reach its $135k goal had it not had a Vita release added halfway (and finished with $152k). Libra famously got to $183k, although it seems like it would be hard to repeat that with a similar title today. Phantom Trigger 1+2 got $183k, Sharin got $188k with its second attempt and Dies Irae got to $224k, although those were boosted considerably with a console release (or Grisaia boxes) and would have been much closer to $125k without them.

All that said though, Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~ has shown that a H-heavy gameplay title on Steam can take off, even if it wouldn't have been well recognized before hand, although it is difficult to say if that audience would find it on Kickstarter. One benefit that the Kickstarter will have is that the prefundia does put a heavy emphasis on the gameplay within the title near the top. It's first paragraph in the prefundia describes Venus Blood as a "(Turn-Based)Strategy Role Playing Adventure Game(also tentacles)!"

>>19306372
>It's first
Its*

>Warning at the start of the screen
>Kid kills himself
>Parents ignore what their children do.
>Surprised at the result and not wanting to take responsibility for their actions.

>>19306798
Good, everyone who reads EVNs should kill themselves. Also, who are you quoting?

https://twitter.com/FAKKU/status/1011824992198131713
So it looks like there will be an 18+ patch for the steam version.

>>19306894
sometimes i think sekai just doesn't give a fuck

>>19305359
Are we really that desperate to give them 125k+$ for a mediocre gameplay title from 2012?
I think Gears of Dragoon 1 and 2 would have been a better choice for kickstarter and the only one translator with help from outsourced companies killed any kind of hype for me.

>>19306798
Yeah,because that's what happens when feminism goes around and ruins the social contract between men and women

>>19307162
$25 is not much to ask for, so I'll support it and let a messy translation slide for their first game. But if their next game has signs of outsourcing and no editor on board, they will lose my support.

>>19307695
At least it can't turn out worse than most of ''professional'' kickstarters we had in the past by ''professional'' western localization companies, r-right?

>>19306960
Of course they don't give a fuck. They actively hate the people they are releasing games for.

Laugh at Germany.

>>19308210
Fuck off.

>>19308146
Why should they? After all, they are aiming for the big leagues with their new indie Switch games.

>>19308441
They can't even translate the game properly while fan translator can do it. If it's not hate then what? And they ask money for it

>>19298859
My issue was how the fandisc sequel handled the issue, which was even though both Michel and Morgana prayed for Michel to get reincarnated in a male body in his next life in the first VN, he still got reincarnated as a hermaphrodite as the fandisc revealed. It went completely against want those characters desired. Of course you could argue that the VN is just about suffering with all your misfortunes in life and learning to live with them, but meh.

>>19302936
>they might focus on Western markets taste mote often in order to get sales which is good.

No, it isn't. This is how Grisaia Phantom Trigger became a thing.

>>19301082
>Maybe the license for a western release is on clearance now that they're going out?

More likely it'll end up in licensing hell, like what happened to Sukisuki.

>>19309487
The author clarified in a Q&A before the fan disc came out that Michel had been reincarnated as intersex because his wish to be reincarnated along with Giselle and be with her was more important to him than his wish to be a proper man. So with that in mind it's bittersweet. Also intersex =/= hermaphrodite.

>>19306894
I still wont order until people have played it and confirmed that all scenes are intact. I just can't trust those fags when they say anything. Also, no idea about the translation quality too.

>>19309545
>Also, no idea about the translation quality too
I don't think you need to worry about that.

>>19309554
And by that you mean there isn't a question because it's shit?

>>19309616
Indeed he does.

>>19309616
No, I mean your English is so bad that it shouldn't matter to you.

>>19306798
EVNs are so shit they're actually killing people now, amazing stuff.

>>19307162
Dualtail likely saw the Chimera """"translation"""" and the sales figures of Alice Soft's HRPGs and decided that the West wanted eroge with a higher focus on corruption and rape. And "mediocore" is a bit unfair; its EGS score is firmly in the mid 80s, while Dragoon is hovering around mid 70s. While GoD may indeed be an easier sell to HRPG fans who are too lazy to play strategy games, it's a good idea to pick a title with a guaranteed audience as your first release.

Well this sucks. Chaos Child is kill.

>>19310473
PQube doesn't know anything about that. Spike Chunsoft is in charge of Science Adventure properties now.

Kouryuu was on that podcast again this evening, most of the discussion ended up being on Valve's policies. Along those lines, they still hadn't heard anything from Valve on Maidens of Michael. He also noted that the GOG deal happened to be more of good timing than anything else, as that discussion had been ongoing before Valve sent out those content notices. Not much in the way of new info, the only real thing said pertains more to OELVNs than Japanese VNs, as apparently a bunch are getting added to the MG storefront near the end of July in part because of the fallout from the Valve situation.

>>19310791
So MG's store will have even more shitty nukige to sift through. Great.

Evenicle released. Doesn't look like they're announcing their next pre-order(s) till AX.

>>19310894
Report back on the quality.

>>19310894
I wouldn't be surprised if they skip over the late July period for a first party release with them adding a number of third party titles during that timeframe.

>>19310912
Not him, but this seems to be good so far. This was taken in the first scene, but nonetheless, the scenes not reading awkwardly like Hoshimemo or something is a good sign.

>>19308536
Lol, someone with very basic photoshop skills could do that edit. Hope Sekike goes under soon.

>>19311484
You don't even need basic photoshop skills. There's no background image behind the text. Nothing that needs redrawing.

>>19310894
Engrish to Spanish. The usual cancer.

>>19311658

>>19300926
Regardless of what happens with Sprite, it appears that Aokana is going to be brought Westward.

https://twitter.com/sprite_fairys/status/1012220214509953024

>>19286607
>Higurashi
How many chapters are there?

>>19312145
8 main chapters, 1 epilogue chapter, and 5 extra fanservice chapters.

>>19311807
That level of engrish makes me think that it will get picked up by SakuraGame.

Contraction usage is ridiculous throughout the whole script. 'll and 'd are used after all kinds of pos.

>>19312931
Maybe it's a character quirk?

>>19312952
Nope, all the characters use them like that.

>>19312931
Looks like a speech quirk from this screenshot. Care to provide more examples from other characters?

>>19312931
Shit like that doesn't really bother me honestly, especially in spoken dialogue

>>19310894
Hopefully no new pre-orders for now will give Hapymaher some additional sales now, it's still ranked 4th.

>>19312963
Hearing it is different. Seeing contractions after common nouns makes me want to puke.
>>19312955
Sure, here's the first one I found in the backlog.

What does evencicle even mean?

>>19313085
Eve's chronicle

What do you look forward to at AX?

>>19313369
World Election, Kamikaze Explorer

>>19313369
Muramasa :^)

>>19313369
white album 2, it's gonna happen boys

>>19313369
Tokyo Necro

>>19313369
Kamiges

What can we expect from Spike Chunsoft's panel? I want a release date for 428

>>19313369
Monobeno

>>19313085
Evenicle is the holy book of the church in game. It's short for Eve Chronicle.

>>19313369
I'd be happy if there were an Alicesoft game, or perhaps even more gameplay titles. DLsite is having a panel too, so who knows? That said, their 18+ panel seems to be saved for Otakon. Of course, Muramasa too if that's even a vague possibility. I'm a mechafag, so even if it's probably overhyped, I'd probably still enjoy it. I doubt Muramasa will be announced though.

I'm not expecting this AX to be as hype as last year, but I still have enough optimism to believe that it'll reveal one title I like that won't be released by Sekai.

>>19313369
Sukebe Elf.

>>19313369
Waiting for the Clover Day's fags to admit they sold out.

45 bucks for evenicle... ouch, right during the steam sale too

what about tokimeki memorial?

>>19314471
this

https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1012411810023010305

Doddler just accidentally confessed that the Baldr Sky translation is only half finished after SP having it for two years.

Aroduc's translation was 70% finished two years ago.

>>19314847
oh no no no

>>19314847

>>19314862
They last updated that four months ago, meaning they were lying then.

Or Doddler's lying now.

>>19314862
>on track

>>19314872
I find the 'On Track' tag to be the funniest on the TLC/Edit of Hoshimemo tab.

>>19314866
Depends on if they have the script translated but either not inserted into the game yet or they aren't giving him the full thing so he wouldn't know. He seems to be only working on the interface stuff which wouldn't need much of the game script.
In any case we can still see the project is still fucked and isn't likely to make the deadline that was set if only by the mass amount of bugs. It also is still going to need testing and QAing if they are going to do it properly, though we are talking about Sekai here.

>>19314847
I guess its kinda reassuring that they aren't halfassing it with a rush job, but on the other hand, they already have aroduc's as a reference to work off, soooooo

>>19314916
>What if they're hiding the script from their only coder

Your optimism is really weird.

>>19314930
Sekai has shown in the past that they have a fucked up corporate structure and relationship within projects. Not sharing shit with each other in a team wouldn't be so surprising.

>>19314927
Oh, it will still be bad. It'll just take longer.

>>19314866
Honestly I don't really know what the current progress is, DxS hasn't finished editing the scripts and putting them on SVN so I'm just going by the public number. The TL progress isn't really relevant to my work anyways, so I haven't followed it closely. Has it been two months already since they announced 50%?

>>19314995
>Has it been two months already since they announced 50%?

No, asshole. It's been just under five months.

>>19314995
Hi Doddler. Still love you.
>>19315013
Don't be rude

>>19314995
I don't like you.

>>19315014
Don't be a sycophantic dicksucker to backstabbing assholes who excuse and enable predatory narcissistic man-children.

>>19314710
Never happening.

>>19315025
I don't like you.

>>19315036
>narcissistic man-children
Sounds like aroduc.

>>19315036
Nigga, he's just doing his job.

>>19314995
>DxS hasn't finished editing the scripts and putting them on SVN so I'm just going by the public number.
So seems I was kinda right here >>19314916 and reinforces the internal structure is still a mess. Have fun with your bug squashing anyways Doddler.

>>19315039
But I'm you.

>>19315051
Show me where in his contract it says to be a sycophantic asshole.

>>19313369
Futanari Elf.

>>19315165
it's in every SP employee contract. I think specifically it mentions something about being a vile asshole.

>>19310112
I think the west probably wanted less corruption and rape, as that is in practically all gameplay RPG VNs right now. I don't even remember playing a gameplay RPG VN since Dragon Knight 4.

>>19315222
You joke, but you're not wrong.

MG sneak updated their Project Status page.

Welp, the worst just happened. AoKana got picked up, but NOT by SP, MG or Jast. From what I overheard, they got outbid by a company that offered them a Chinese translation.
Currently, there are two companies that would offer a Chinese translation on top of an English one: Sekai Project, and SakuraGame. And like I said, SP didn't get the rights.
So yeah. I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm fucking wrong and what I overheard was just a small part of the negotiations that are still being carried on.

>>19315914
EOPs BTFO once again.

>>19315914
Looks like it's time I start reading AoKana.

>>19315914
Couldn't it be Hikari Field? They did Tayutama 2, Sakura Mori Dreamers, Monobeno and Maitetsu in Chinese.

>>19315914
>they got outbid by a company that offered them a Chinese translation.

>>19315990
Unlikely:
While Hikari Field technically does fill these requirements, they're already struggling with two Lump of Sugar titles.
Not only that, but they recently acquired the licenses for Maitetsu and Hello Lady, and these are rather expensive.
This coupled with the fact that they have 3 other projects besides the already mentioned, and that they are smaller than SakuraGame (they are still pretty loaded, however), it is unlikely that they'll pick up another when they are already this busy.

Could be wrong too. Who knows. Either way, feel bad for you EOPs if true.

>>19316855
Fuwashill begone

>>19314995
where's the higurashi update?

>>19316933
>tfw Doddler won't be working on anything MG for some time since Baldr will be eating up all his time
REEEEE

>>19316938
Yuzusoft games too.
>implying they will ever be released

When's this AX? I have to steel myself before seeing more games getting lost to you subhuman EOPs.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1012509369513066497
So the steam version of Maitetsu will only be $15. I guess they're trying to appeal to casuals, but I don't know how interested they'd be in lolis, trains and politics. I feel like Maitetsu is the wrong VN to try to sell to your average steam user.

>>19317042
The first Visual Novel panel (Jast) is on this upcoming Wednesday

>>19317065
Lmfao these faggots who bought it on FAKKU getting scammed $15 for some H-Scenes that aren't even part of the main game.

>>19317065
>15 bucks
That is absurdly low for the amount of content that the game has. They're really trying hard to make it into the next Nekopara, I guess.

for reference, it's 66 bucks in Japan for the latest console release

>>19317083
Pretty strange that it's so cheap especially considering it has dual language support.

>>19317086
i'm guessing Sekai probably convinced them that it needs to be priced very low in order for it to tap into the meme market on Steam. it could work, i guess. which is to say, i could see people buying it casually, reading it for a bit, and then dropping it, but still purchasing it nonetheless

>>19317083
>>19317086
>>19317098

Then are they blocking it for sales in Japan or will the pricing be vastly different?

>>19317098
I can see it being a game ironic weebs buy for their friend as an epic prank, so it will probably sell pretty well.

>>19317065
Sekai still seems to be trying to find the proper price balance to get the best sales. Their full length titles have been all over the place with price, as well as how they have handled the R18 version of VNs. That Steam price certainly explains why Fakku dropped their own price from $40 to $30 though.

>>19317098
>i could see people buying it casually, reading it for a bit, and then dropping it, but still purchasing it nonetheless

That's obviously what Sekai counts on.

>>19317117
i hope it backfires, but considering the idiocy of ironic weebs and how it's Sekai's primary audience, it will probably sell well indeed.

>>19317142
I personally can't wait for the shitstorm that is going to be the steam community page.

>>19317117
Hikari Field kind of undercut Sekai's Maitetsu sales potential somewhat though the moment they got the Chinese rights on Steam, when most moege on Steam (even without a Chinese language version) have a fair number of Chinese reviews.

Wouldn't ironic weebs hate lolicon?

>>19317151
They normally don't like it, but a whole lot of them pretend to, for whatever reason.

>>19317151
considering the LE EBIN DRAGON LOLI MAID XD IM SUCH A PEDO LOL postings i've seen from ironic weeb trash in the past year, i'm certain they'd love to point out how WHACKY they are for having a lolicon game.

>>19317156
>>19317157

Yeah but when they actually see the scenes would that change their minds?

I guess I'm thinking to much though, people go ironic on Boku no Pico all the time too.

>>19315914
Does Japan not know that SakuraGame just shit out unedited machine translations, or do they simply not care?

>>19316885
settle down chuee

When is it actually coming out?

>>19317174
The latter. They're happy chinks and you EOPs pay for the shit you get.

>>19317167
>Yeah but when they actually see the scenes would that change their minds?
Only if they went out of their way to play the 18+ version, which is only being sold on FAKKU and the only information we have about the steam patch is that it is "going to exist". Considering that they are selling the game for $15 I'd put a pretty penny on the patch being paid DLC.

>>19315674
>Evenicle now on sale.
>Maggot Baits - 89.4% translated, 42% edited
>Amatarasu Riddle Star - 86% translated, 34% edited
>Kyonyuu Fantasy 2 - 68.3% translated, 67% edited
>Shiei no Sona-Nyl - 49% translated
>Steam Prison - 100% translated, 100% edited
>Trinoline - 100% translated, 74% edited
>Tsui Yuri - Beta testing complete!

>>19317072
They are part of the main game and if you don't view them they happen off-screen.

Evenicle is a blast. Haven't had this much fun with a cast in a long time.

>>19313369
Finding out that flowers 2 won't be out until next year

>>19314378
Kenka Banchou Otome PC port with an English version.

英語でおｋ

>>19317098
>in order for it to tap into the meme market on Steam.
I don't know how to feel about that being the only way a VN gets popular nowadays

>>19286607
>R18 patch released
Any link for the patch?

>>19318707
Yes.

>>19318723
P-Please post it.

>>19317701
Too bad that dumb retard ruined Gurigura H-scenes.

>>19319121
Who and how? Haven't gotten that far yet.

>>19317701
I'm only at Chapter 2 and it's pretty fun so far.
It's more vanilla than I expected considering it's from Alicesoft.

>>19319236
How many chapters are there?

>>19319209
Gurigura is the girl who calls MC Onii-chan. Surprise surprise, masterful translator arunaru thought it would be an amazing idea to localize it as his name. I knew it was coming, but I had slight hope that it would be normal for H-scenes. My dick went completely flaccid after seeing it in her first scene. I had to download the JP version with 100% save to view her scenes individually when they come up. I would rather be spoiled than have the porn ruined by a fucking moron.

>>19319270
As a siscon I'm fine with that.

>>19319358
Of course you are, MG employee. Just fuck off, my mood is ruined from this.

>>19319270
>onii-chan localize as "mister something" or "name"

For fuck sake. They are doing it on purpose, i'm sure of it.

>>19319368
let's learn japanese together and escape the cartel menace

>Thread probably isn't going to last for the Maitetsu launch.
What a shame, I was looking forward to some Sekai Project bullying.

>>19319121
>>19319270
Meh, I don't really care about that. It's Aru so I expect this.

>>19319651
I'll make another thread when this one hits last spot of page 10.
AKB and Virtual Youtuber cancer is making this board go significantly faster. Hell, there are 3 AKB generals and all of them are well past bump limit.

>>19319897
Do you really need a thread for one day?

>>19319778
Expecting something bad doesn't mean it's any less bad.

>>19320169
It just doesn't bug me anymore. I understand the arguments against it but it's not like it's going to change localization autism so I've just given up. If someone makes a patch for it, I'll gladly install it, but I've long since given up complaining about it because I find that it matters very little in the grand scheme of things.

>>19321226
Your complaints matter very little or localization choices matter very little?

>>19321285
The former. But I find that the latter also holds true as it has become normalized for me over the years.

>>19321290
Any English release is three things:
TL accuracy (which only gets noticed by a small percentage of their target audience)
English writing and grammar
Level of localization of foreign words

For a standard reader, I'd say localization matters more than TL accuracy. That is what they will see. That is what they will notice. You don't just take a character's appeal and throw it in the trash.

>>19321324
And before anyone gets riled up, I'm talking about minor misTLs, not plot rewrites.

>>19319897
Not quite the last spot but I have to go so here it is:
>>19321489
>>19321489

>>19319897
>Virtual Youtuber cancer
There's only one thread up at a time and it's slowed down significantly over the last two months. Any other threads have been moved here from other boards by the retarded mods.

>>19319270
Localising honorifics will never not be stupid.

Time to play a game of Guess the Retarded Editor. 888

>>19321683
I don't want to say Chuee, because it's too obvious.
It's Chuee isn't it?

>>19321779
You're too good at this. Hint for you, Chuee, the answer to your problem is "Master".

>>19321653
Fuck off cartel scum.

>>19321969
But the cartel is in favour of localising honorifics.

Did anyone get the R18 Maitetsu here? Can anyone confirm if it's the full game with all the additional H scenes, patches, and content added into it or is it just the standard version?

>>19321683
Lol I wonder how much these people really understand Japanese?

>>19322383
If I remember Fakku is offering 18+.