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VNTS !!UcDDlzwANFs Sun Apr 29 05:25:59 2018 No.18918347 [Reply] [Original]

Visual Novel translation status

>Aiyoku No Eustia - 40.53% Translated, 29.49% edited
Amagami - "Script translation done. 611/2308 original edition scenario scripts edited (26.5%)"
Clover Day's - 100% translated, editing + TLC still to go
Chaos;Head Noah - Fan translation ongoing
Daitoshokan - 100% translated and edited, images, engine work and QC remain
Dragon Knight 4 - Being translated
Fate/Extra CCC - 17% translated
Gakuen Heaven 2 - Demo released
HaraChuchu - Kukuri + Mei routes patch released
>Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no - 2% (1426/68206) translated
Heart no Kuni no Alice - 99% translated, 4th partial patch released
Hoka no Onna - 100% translated, looking to go official
Junketsu Megami-Sama - partial patch released
Kanojo to Ore to Koibito to - 8% (2443/28887) lines translated
Koiken Otome Revive - 13% (3528/27095) lines translated
Lovely x Cation 2 - Common route translated, majority of Hime's route translated
>Lover Able - 100% translated, 36.33% edited
Maji Koi A-3 - 32/95 scripts translated
Majo Koi Nikki - Through TLC + Editing, QC remains, prologue patch released
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 3 semi-active projects, one project released ch 1-7
Monster girl quest paradox - Part 1 patch released
Musumaker - 52.0% translated
Nanatsuiro Drops - Partial patch with episodes 1 and 2 released
Nursery Rhyme - 100% translated, technical issues resolved, being edited now
>Oreimo Tsuzuku - All scripts through TLC+Editing, 255/268 scripts finalized
Pure Pure - 72,20% translated
Sayonara wo Oshiete - 116405/257436 (45.2%) characters translated
>Shin Koihime Musou - 93% (100958/108888) translated, 28% (29955/108888) edited
Tsui Yuri - 30% (2687/5872) QC
Tsuriotsu - 7637/31643 (24.1%) lines translated, 4080/31643 (12.9%) lines edited
Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete - 34% (11889/35476) lines translated
Watashi wa Kyou Koko de Shinimasu - 12% (269/2265) lines translated
Witch's Garden - 44% (23501/53677) lines translated
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 100%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 89.88%, Motoka 51.62%, Common and Kazuha fully edited

Official work

MangaGamer
>Magical Marriage Lunatics - Released
Fata morgana fan disc - May 17th release
>Kuroinu - Chapter 3 May 31st release
Koropokkur - Kickstarter started, September release
Higurashi Hou - chapter 5 released. Chapter 6 in Beta, chapters 7-8 through TLC+Editing, answer arcs to be released within a year and Rei arcs started
Bokuten - Port in progress
SukiSuki - In Beta
Maggot Baits - 80% translated, 38% edited
Hapymaher - In testing
Hadaka Shitsuji fandisc - Picked up
Shiei no Sona-Nyl - 40% translated
Hashihime - 100% translated and edited
Trinoline - 91% translated, 56% edited
Evenicle - In testing
Damekoi - "Beta testing complete, in scripting"
Room No.9 - Picked up
Sengoku Rance - 100% translated and edited
Rance Quest - 90% translated, 74% edited
Sweet Switch - Testing complete
Bitter Exclusion - 100% translated and edited
Overdrive's Final title - English release planned
Amatarasu Riddle Star - 83% translated, 10% edited
Steam Prison - 78% translated, 78% edited
Kindred Spirits on the Roof: Full Chorus - Picked up

JAST
Sweet Home - May 1st release
Princess X fandisc - Picked up
Flowers - Volume 2 Winter release, 100% translated
Katahane - Fully translated, in editing + QC, Early 2018 release
Majikoi - 2018 release
Trample on Schatten- 2018 release, Translation 100%, in editing, porting complete
Django - Waiting on translation.
Sumaga- Fully translated, 70% edited
Machine Child - Announced
Sweet Pool - Picked up

Age titles with various publishers
Muv Luv Alternative - Released, R18 patch still to come
Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up

Aksys
>Kokuchou no Psychedelica - Released
>7'scarlet - May 25th release
>Haitaka no Psychedelica - June 29th release

Spike Chunsoft
428: Shibuya Scramble - Summer release
Steins;Gate Elite - 2018 release

VNTS !!UcDDlzwANFs Sun Apr 29 05:26:09 2018 No.18918348

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>Neko-nin exHeart 2 - Released
Koikuma - Needs testing, Waiting on a third party
2236 A.D. - English version released by the Japanese developer, Through QA
Dracu-Riot - Through 1st round of QA, fixes from QA next before more QA
Maitetsu - In QA, needs testing
Nanairo Reincarnation - 100% translated, waiting on a third party for engine work
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 - Picked up
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Secret Project 1 - In QA
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated, 99% edited, needs engine work
Secret Project 4 - 10% translated, needs engine work

Frontwing
>Momoiro Closet - Released with English in Japan, Steam release delayed
>Sharin no Kuni - Targeting a May release
Island - 100% translated, 40-50% edited, 2018 release
2 upcoming secret announcements

Fruitbat
>Chuusotsu! 1st graduation - Released
Seven Days - Picked up

Sol Press
>Sakura Sakura - Released delayed to beyond April, demo released, remain work includes finishing the increase in resolution
Newton to Ringo no Ki - May 25th release, 85% translated, 70% edited, demo released
Yotsunoha - July 27th release, 60% translated, 30% edited

Nekonyan
Hello,good-bye - 25% translated, 2018 release, Summer 2018 release
Sanoba Witch - 30% translated, 10% edited, Fall 2018 release
Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~ Mini Fandisc - Fall release
Melty Moment - Aiming for a release next Winter
Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai - Early 2019 release

Cherry Kiss
Harem Guild - April release
Tsundere Idol - Translation to be finished by end of April, followed by editing/QC/etc

Other
>UmiKana - Released
Princess Maker 5 - April release
Tayutama 2 - April release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms - Spring 2018 release
>Hemoimo - Dropped by SakuraGame and no longer being released on Steam, upcoming Fakku release planned. Currently waiting on beta build
Punchline - Summer 2018 release
Magical Charming - Release planned
Song of Memories - 2018 release
Neighbor - 2018 release, Kickstarter started
>E-Gene - 1st entry planned for Fall 2018
Angel Beats - 50% translated
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - 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

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 05:50:12 2018 No.18918438 File: 595 KB, 1280x1440, sasuga nekonyan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >corrupt music note into "j" How did they do it?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 05:58:09 2018 No.18918478 >>18918438 I'm pretty sure that's your font

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:00:08 2018 No.18918485 >>18918478 It is. No issues with segoe ui semibold.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:01:37 2018 No.18918489 >>18918485 I get @s everywhere unless I use a Japanese font, though

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:01:53 2018 No.18918491 [DELETED]

>>18918438
I've tried several Japanese fonts and none of them displayed the note correctly. In fact, the font I'm using right now is a very popular Japanese font even a couple of companies use (M+ Rounded) so I don't see why it wouldn't display it properly. I'm also on Japanese locale and format so it can't be that either.
>It is. No issues with segoe ui semibold.
You're lying. In fact, if you use a non-japanese font, it'll look even worse, with "@"s enclosing the line. Pic related

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:02:49 2018 No.18918494 >>18918489 Where is it in the route?

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:03:03 2018 No.18918496
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>>18918478
I've tried several Japanese fonts and none of them displayed the note correctly. In fact, the font I'm using right now is a very popular Japanese font even a couple of companies use (M+ Rounded) so I don't see why it wouldn't display it properly. I'm also on Japanese locale and format so it can't be that either.
>>18918485
>It is. No issues with segoe ui semibold.
You're lying . In fact, if you use a non-japanese font, it'll look even worse, with "@"s enclosing the line. Pic related.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:05:26 2018 No.18918506 File: 1.37 MB, 1280x720, fureraba_2018-04-29_05-05-18.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18918494 Not route specific, it's in every line. So between the @s and the random js everywhere, I opted for ditching non-japanese fonts.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:08:39 2018 No.18918523 >>18918506 If it's in every line, then the problem is definitely on your end. I had no issues whatsoever with segoe ui semibold from start to end.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:09:20 2018 No.18918525 >>18918523 Post screenshots

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:10:05 2018 No.18918529 >>18918523 >then the problem is definitely on your end I mean, it seems like someone else has the same problem I do (>>18918496) Saw a few people on /vn/ mention it, too. I don't get any other issues with any other VNs.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:11:27 2018 No.18918536 File: 390 KB, 1282x747, 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18918525

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:11:59 2018 No.18918539 >>18918496 Try this one, read through the entire VN with no problems http://jikasei.me/font/genjyuu/ I think it looks better than most other JP fonts too

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:15:17 2018 No.18918546 The problems from Fureraba in this regard seem to come from its lack of being completely locale/region agnostic. Incompetent programming on their part.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:18:35 2018 No.18918562 File: 1.55 MB, 1282x2988, 123.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18918536 Here, have some more. Windows 10, JP locale, US format.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:19:53 2018 No.18918569 >>18918562 >Windows 10 I knew it. I'm on Win7.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:20:17 2018 No.18918570 >>18918569 Nigger, I will test in on win7, just for you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:20:57 2018 No.18918573 >>18918562 >>18918569 Now wait a minute, I'm on W10 and I get the @ and j issue.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:21:21 2018 No.18918574 >>18918570 Did Nekonyan push out an update or something?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:21:22 2018 No.18918576 >>18918569 I have Win 7 and have no problems with it. I have Japanese format/region, I used source sans pro bold.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:21:49 2018 No.18918580 >>18918525 Not him but I didn’t have any issues with non-japanese fonts either.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:24:15 2018 No.18918588 >>18918574 Even if they did, I don't have that update. I read it right after it was released.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:30:08 2018 No.18918607 File: 1.29 MB, 1280x720, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] nvm fixed it

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:52:11 2018 No.18918699 >Haruka ni Aogi 2% Isn't that game ridiculously long? Is there a competent group working on this, or just some random guy from fuwa?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:55:42 2018 No.18918707 >>18918607 Did you restart the computer? Only tried and true fix for everything.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 06:55:51 2018 No.18918708 Who said that PE is longer than MML? MML's script size is bigger.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 07:05:22 2018 No.18918754 >>18918570 Alright, no issues on Windows 7 with US format and JP locale. Then I tried it again on Win10 while changing the format to various non-standard formats like French, Icelandic, Korean. Nothing fucked up the font.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 07:11:50 2018 No.18918774 >>18918699 Everything's gonna be alright, they have the spurdo highschooler who's been promising his Finnish->English translation of Bishoujo Mangekyou for years.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 07:16:32 2018 No.18918801 >>18918699 One of the translators is the guy who did ToHeart 2 and Clover Days. Dunno about the other one.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 08:23:40 2018 No.18919062 I can confirm Chuusotsu is boring as fuck

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 09:53:52 2018 No.18919526 Why did Musumaker stop? It was chipping away nicely.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 10:11:50 2018 No.18919599 >>18919526 My guess would be that it's because the game has so much terrible boring filler in the middle of the game. If it's boring to read through that part of the game, then it's probably ten times more boring to translate all that junk.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 10:16:05 2018 No.18919621

>>18919526
Probably either the person doing it ran into real life issues or they lost motivation because of things the other anon said.
Not really uncommon for fan projects to just stall and die half way through, so it is best to not have much hope for completion.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 11:28:55 2018 No.18920012 >>18919062 It gets better later on. It starts off very pretentious though.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 12:28:00 2018 No.18920474

Mosaic free CGs in Magical Marriage Lunatics look really good, compared to something recent like Fureraba where the genitals look really pale and it seemed like it's missing some color.

Guess it all depends on the artist or do localization companies change/edit something themselves?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 13:14:25 2018 No.18920789 >>18920474 There might be minor touchups done, but in most cases it depends what was under the mosaic to begin with.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 14:17:35 2018 No.18921146

>>18919526
https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/12348-musumaker-translation-project-common-route-100-translated/?do=findComment&comment=484112
>I have decided to stop weekly updates for the time being. The reason is that the translation progress is not doing great right now for undisclosed reasons and I don't feel like making a setup where some people outside the project will tell the translators to not be lazy without knowing anything about what is going on. However I can assure you that there is work being done to the project on a daily basis and as such it's far from dead.

>>18918348
>E-Gene - 1st entry planned for Fall 2018
https://www.patreon.com/posts/18270196
This seems to be where MiKandi is putting their resources now, creating their own series of short VNs hoping to find meme appeal on Steam. They look to be working with Laplacian, probably developing a relationship back when they were promoting the Newton Kickstarter for Sol Press.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 14:40:36 2018 No.18921254

>>18921146
>This seems to be where MiKandi is putting their resources now, creating their own series of short VNs hoping to find meme appeal on Steam.
Can't really blame them, everyone is trying to put meme visual novels on steam.

Just look at Sekai Project, despite having so many high quality licenses (Baldr Sky, Maitetsu, Nanairo Reincarnation, Koikuma and so on) they are focusing all their resources on meme visual novels while neglecting their other ''normal visual novels'' titles.

First there was that wacky freeware visual novel with insects, which they tried to meme promote in a cringe and autistic way on reddit and twitter:
>https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/80s2dd/bringing_you_the_titles_you_want_creature/

And now they are skipping the whole Whirlpool catalogue just to publish the Nekopara clone which will outsell pretty much every other ''normal'' visual novel just like Tropical Liquor did.

Hopefully another decent publisher will pick up the older Whirlpool titles instead of them (pls MangaGamer) since they genuinely seem like decent moege titles.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 15:08:50 2018 No.18921372 >Shin Koihime Musou - 93% (100958/108888) translated, 28% (29955/108888) edited one day this will be finished

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 15:09:40 2018 No.18921376 >>18921372 I don't think so. The guy will be sitting on it and waiting for MG to buy it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 15:10:59 2018 No.18921383 >>18921372 its a mtl

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 15:18:11 2018 No.18921427

>>18921376
He contacted MangaGamer years ago and MangaGamer declined it due to the translation not meeting their standards, it's a edited machine translation if you didn't know.

He has better chances with SP considering their track record of picking up fan translation regardless of quality.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 16:41:36 2018 No.18921786 >>18921372 The translator doesn't know kanji and puts everything into romaji when he translates it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 16:43:12 2018 No.18921794 >>18921372 Translator only uses romaji. He can't read kanji.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 16:44:26 2018 No.18921799 >>18921786 and still it takes years

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:01:43 2018 No.18922187 Reading MML after Fureraba is tearing my soul. It's so mediocre.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:09:21 2018 No.18922204 >>18922187 Good for you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:10:50 2018 No.18922214 >>18922204 No, it's not good. That's what I'm saying.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:13:40 2018 No.18922229 >>18922214 ok

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:16:33 2018 No.18922243 >>18922214 And why the fuck should I care? Go post that shit on your twitter or whatever, no one cares about what VNs you like/dislike.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:17:42 2018 No.18922248 >>18922243 It's not about liking or disliking. I'm speaking objectively here.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:19:42 2018 No.18922261 >>18922243 Please, people post how much they liked a game here every week. Even now, there's stuff lie >>18919062. You don't need to get mad just because it's about MG.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 18:23:37 2018 No.18922273 >>18922243 What a dumb thing to get upset over

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 20:07:59 2018 No.18922628

>>18921146
>all-ages episodic wanko to kurasou meets Boob Wars
Looks like hot garbage, sounds like hot garbage. I thought Mikandi was supposed to be a decent company but here they go alienating their entire fanbase like MG did with their own vn. I just don't understand these companies.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 20:12:26 2018 No.18922650

>>18922628
I phrased that incorrectly. I don't think 'Decent' was the appropriate word to use. It should probably be 'knowledgeable'. They interact with their customers/fans often due to the mess that was Libra, so I'd assume they'd know better than to do a complete 180 on their customers and patreons?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 20:38:53 2018 No.18922767 https://imgur.com/a/GPitbnN QC

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 20:46:45 2018 No.18922799 Just learn Japanese.

Anonymous Sun Apr 29 21:28:45 2018 No.18922965

>>18922187
Yeah, I'm a bit conflicted. I think it's the whole, "We're already in love with the protagonist" so there's not to much that feels like development in regards to the relationships. That, and the protagonist is one of the most boring fuckers ever, absolutely 0 chemistry with any of the girls and he's generally just extremely passive. Things get a bit more interesting once you actually get in the routes, where the protagonist needs to adapt to each of the girls once he actually starts dating them. Not bad that they actually focused on the race differences and integrated it into a rocky relationship, but it's still not very fun. I liked Princess Evangile, but not this. Oh well.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 22:53:56 2018 No.18923341 anyone play Momoiro Closet yet? Is it worth a read?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 23:00:12 2018 No.18923383 >>18923341 western release isn't out yet, only the JP one. JP one for whatever reason has dual language support though. I'm waiting on the western release to see if mosaics would be removed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 00:49:49 2018 No.18923985 >>18922650

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 00:59:08 2018 No.18924030 >>18918607 How? I've been getting the same problem trying to play the sigh Funbags Fantasy sequel. Maybe your fix can help me too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 01:40:25 2018 No.18924217 >>18924030 Do you use mactype?

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 05:24:41 2018 No.18925005

So Venus Blood Frontier in English might be a thing... The op. dub(or i assume it was anyway) was actually not bad, usually I can't listen to that kind of stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=K4W8zbiMhUA

If it does end up happening, do the previous entries require playing or is every entry independent of each other?

I also hope they don't cut out the 18+ stuff...

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 05:27:19 2018 No.18925013 >>18925005 It's a nukige.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 06:33:52 2018 No.18925213 >>18922187 Both are garbage.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 06:59:18 2018 No.18925302
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>>18925005
www.ninetail. tk/tde10/
It looks like there's a very short english demo already available. The link is hidden at the very bottom. At very least, the text seems passably decent, not particularly great but still clearly the work of a native english speaker. I wish that was something I could take for granted but... japanese devs diving in without a proper translation is not unheard of.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 07:02:18 2018 No.18925310 >>18925213 Are you commenting on things that are outside of your area of expertise again, plotfriend?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 07:36:14 2018 No.18925411 >>18925013 It's happened before. Never underestimate the incompetence of Japanese companies.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 07:58:26 2018 No.18925474 >>18925411 Well its a series about sexually training and corrupting goddesses so it would be hard to make an all ages version of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 08:00:34 2018 No.18925480 File: 630 KB, 1277x1000, 流れる.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] "Flowing"? Now I'm no master translator or anything, but is it not just "Coming from the tv"?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 08:09:51 2018 No.18925508 >>18925480 you can't seriously be bothered by that

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 08:52:19 2018 No.18925682

>>18925480
That's correct English usage. From dictionary.com definition of flow
>7. to proceed continuously and smoothly:
>Melody flowed from the violin.
You can usage Google to see this type of use being applied to TVs and such. I don't know why you people bother doing this when almost every criticism you make is fucking retarded.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 08:53:49 2018 No.18925693 >>18925682 I wonder who this editor is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 08:56:26 2018 No.18925703 >>18925693 Apparently someone who realizes the translation of a term is not confined to the words used on a dictionary website.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:11:32 2018 No.18925781 >>18925480 That's a semicommon usage of the term anon. Don't criticize English use when you're ESL. I see that way too often around here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:42:21 2018 No.18925912 >>18922965 The funny thing is that MML was a fairly popular and requested title in the west at one point, but by the time MG announced it, alot of people didn't seem to care about it any more and wanted Sakura no Mori Dreamers instead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:47:09 2018 No.18925939 >>18925912 wasn't it announced like 2 years ago? or am I thinking of another title? I'm sure people cared 2 years ago but the longer you keep people waiting, the less they care since they'll just find something else to scratch that itch.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:51:21 2018 No.18925958

>>18925912
I was down for it because he had some slightly monster-ish girls as heroines, and there's really a lack of translated eroge with those. Unfortunately, though, it just doesn't seem that good. Hell, I would say that many of the CG actually feel worse in quality than some of PE's CG, which is weird. Also, a boring protagonist and some pretty boring heroines. I like the dandere and the fox, that's about it. Succubus' route was boring as shit and what I've done of the vampire is pretty fucking dull too.

Sakura no Mori seems to have higher scores, more interesting artwork, and an interesting premise so I have hopes for that.

>>18925939
No. MML was announced less than a year ago.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:55:29 2018 No.18925976

>>18925958
Sakura no Mori is fucking great, but I doubt MG would ever bring it over since it's long as fuck and MG doesn't do long titles other than rance. What was the title they announced alongside Sorcery Jokers? was it SukiSuki? I could have sworn it was some sort of comfy nukige-esque title that we never got. My memory is atrocious though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:58:22 2018 No.18925986 >>18925976 They hinted at Sakura no Mori during this year's survey. Or at least something with Sakura in the name.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 09:59:12 2018 No.18925990

>>18925976
>but I doubt MG would ever bring it over since it's long as fuck and MG doesn't do long titles other than rance
?
They've done plenty of 30-50 hour titles. Also, there's a "Sakura" hint for one of MG's license announcements this year, so I'm pretty sure it'll be announced sometime this Summer. Moonstone stuff sells well for them so it's inevitable, anyway.

SukiSuki might've been the one you mentioned, but I dunno if people have stopped caring about it since we hear about it practically every thread.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:10:43 2018 No.18926048 >>18925990 the only lengthy titles I can think of would be Koihime Musou, Rance, BBH, and Cho Stryker.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:14:34 2018 No.18926069 >>18926048 Da Capo 3, KnS 2, Fata Morgana, Sorcery Jokers, Dal Segno, Umineko, Tokyo Babel, and ef are all pretty long. Especially Da Capo 3. Painfully long, that one. I think it's one of the longest titles translated.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:18:18 2018 No.18926087

>>18926069
Oh I probably should've counted most of those titles but they're so awful that I do my best to forget that someone actually wasted their time on them. Outside of two of those series though, none of them have sold well at all which is why I don't expect any other long titles.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:24:36 2018 No.18926120

>>18926087
The only one that's an outright failure on that list is Tokyo Babel, though, and that's mostly because of the licensing costs. DC3 was explicitly mentioned as doing good enough. KnS 2, Fata Morgana, Umineko all did well, with the first two getting hard-copies. The only ones in murky-waters is Dal Segno and Sorcery Jokers and I'm not really sure how well they did. Thinking that MG is gonna stop doing long titles despite more than a few long titles succeeding is pretty silly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:25:29 2018 No.18926125 >>18926087 Most moege are long and do sell decently well. On top of that MG does do a number of passion projects that are risky. So saying they won't do long projects anymore is very shortsighted.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:26:37 2018 No.18926137 >>18926125 Their passion projects are mostly BL and chuunige.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:27:07 2018 No.18926139 >>18926048 >>18926069 Princess Evangile is pretty fucking long too

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:27:48 2018 No.18926144 >>18926139 MML is longer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:28:46 2018 No.18926151 >>18926144 Another one to the list, then. Long titles don't seem to be an issue.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:34:00 2018 No.18926185

>>18926139
Not if you skip all the drama that goes nowhere that was added for padding.

>>18926144
Again, just a bunch of padding that ultimately goes nowhere and feels like a waste of time. I'd say it's a moonstone thing but their imopara titles move along at a pretty brisk pace with a little bit of downtime between H.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:36:58 2018 No.18926196 >>18926185 Uh, does it really matter? They're long regardless. >MG doesn't do long titles other than rance >No, here are some other long titles they have done >Oh, I didn't count those because they suck and there's padding in a few of them ???

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:43:28 2018 No.18926224

>>18926196
I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see them doing dreamers because of how poorly most of their lengthy titles have done as of late. With that being said, most of the lengthy titles they've done as of late have been trash which may be the reason they haven't sold well. Same reason I don't expect them to do any of the sequels to Koihime Musou. It's too much time, effort, and money to do and even if it does turn a profit it'd take too long to get to that point when they could just smash out 6 or 7 short nukiges and make much more from them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 10:48:14 2018 No.18926251 >>18926224 What else do you think their 'Sakura' hint could be then?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 11:00:39 2018 No.18926324 >>18926251 no idea, I'm sure there's 50 possible VN's with Sakura in the name though.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 11:13:38 2018 No.18926419

>>18926224
Here's the thing, how titles did recently doesn't matter, since they license titles months in advance of them being announced.

On top of that, Sakura no Mori Dreamers is a frequently requested title from an existing partner, so it stands a good chance of getting licensed by MG, especially if their Sakura hint is anything to go by.

The only scenario in them not licensing it would be if Hikari Field already has the right to the English version on top of the Chinese version.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 11:18:40 2018 No.18926448 Kangoku Senkan 2 has been released: https://vndb.org/v4852

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 11:19:44 2018 No.18926457 >>18926448 *translated

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 11:55:09 2018 No.18926657 >>18926448 rattan man the only Lilith translator still alive

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:08:59 2018 No.18926738

>>18926251
Would be really funny if it ends up as Sakura no Uta.
Though I doubt Frontwing and Sekai Project will pass on a opportunity to kickstart such a highly rated title and get 100k-200k $ from kickstarter alone.

But it's 99% Sakura no Mori Dreamers, they are going to translate most of Moonstone's catalogue unless the upcoming titles sell really badly, but seeing that Imouto Paradise 2 was 4+ months in their Top 5 weekly chart alone I doubt that.

>>18926419
>The only scenario in them not licensing it would be if Hikari Field already has the right to the English version on top of the Chinese version.
Some people contacted and asked Hikari Field about the English version of Sakura no Mori Dreamers on steam and they said that they have no intention of releasing it in English.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:15:59 2018 No.18926789

How allergic to money must Lilith be, that they would rather let their old games rot and be translated for free when they could be getting translated and sold by someone like MangaGamer instead? Like, are they really that satisfied with their TABA money that they don't like the idea of making MORE money? Every fan patch Rattanman releases of their games is essentially lost revenue.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:18:39 2018 No.18926802

>>18926789
I'm guessing the initial patch of Lilith titles that MG licensed didn't meet Lilith's expectations, so they decided not to license any more of them. The titles were okay, but if they took the risk on more recent titles they could've sold much better.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:25:26 2018 No.18926855

>>18926802
Their expectations must have been pretty damn high if losing money to Rattanman's projects is better than not continuing to let MG license their games. Especially the actual popular ones like Taimanin Asagi. But seriously, though, they must think the majority of their visual novels are the hot shit when they're no better than Norn/Ammolite tier in a lot of their stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:29:18 2018 No.18926877 >>18926855 Not sure if it's changed, but MG's old licensing method was a revenue share of the VNs and not paying most of the licensing costs upfront, meaning that Lilith was at risk of taking losses if the VNs didn't sell well enough via MG.

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:33:43 2018 No.18926902

>>18926789
MangaGamer's last Lilith games that they released are from 2014:
>https://vndb.org/v2306
>https://vndb.org/v3458
They most likely didn't meet Lilith expectations or Lilith is asking too much money for titles that won't sell 1k+ copies max, but that's still better than getting no money at all I guess.

MangaGamer is still picking up risky and rape nukiges like Kuroinu, Maggot Baits or even the Rance series, so it can't be them avoiding Lilith unless they are asking too much money or aren't interested in giving them any more licenses.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:42:34 2018 No.18926972 >>18926902 I think Liquid gave MG a second try, since I doubt their original works did all that well given when they were released. Of their prior works before Kuroinu, only Conquering the Queen had a good translation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:45:09 2018 No.18926986 >>18921794 Lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 12:48:37 2018 No.18927009 >>18926986 It's true. He coverts the entire script to romaji that he can read, since he can't read Japanese characters.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 13:03:02 2018 No.18927095 >>18925005 It's a good start hopefully it gets better.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 13:56:05 2018 No.18927421 I haven't been here in a while. Is the ftp still running?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 14:15:01 2018 No.18927523 >>18926902 Wasn't the issue with Lilith wanting an expensive form of DRM?

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 15:35:10 2018 No.18928096

>>18926972
I'm not sure who owns Mangagamer now, but Liquid is a branch of Nexton which was one of the companies that started up Mangagamer. Mangagamer probably just has a really good relationship with them in general, and their games probably sell consistently enough to satisfy Nexton's standards. I wouldn't be surprised if Lilith simply had unreasonable standards, but we have no idea of knowing of what those standards are in the first place. It probably just varies by a company on company basis. The only case I can recall where a company mentioned how Western sales for a title when compared to their expectations was when TADA mentioned in an Alicesoft blog about how he was happy Haruka sold pretty well.

http://blog.alicesoft.com/archives/4686061.html

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 15:50:41 2018 No.18928181

An additional look at Umikana, solving for the owner amounts that meet the Steam global achievements data, times from between 1-2PM (Eastern) each day

4/27 - 87 owners on Steam
4/28 - 144 owners on Steam
4/29 - 192 owners on Steam
4/30 - 219 owners on Steam

Aside from this method, it has also only peaked at 19 concurrent users on Steam which is a poor showing especially for a title only being released on Steam. Seeing that Pulltop likely made this all ages title with the Western market in mind (being an all ages title on the shorter side), the poor launch is likely quite disappointing for them. Factoring in Valve's cut and the relatively cheap $11.69 launch price, and they seem to be well under $2,000 in revenue thus far. It would be Moenovel's second straight dud at launch, with this method bringing up 344 owners currently for Cross Channel. That said, I imagine that Moenovel will attempt to bring in more revenue for both titles with various promotions and bundles in the future.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 16:20:40 2018 No.18928337 >>18926972 >Conquering the Queen funniest game ever

Anonymous Mon Apr 30 16:56:27 2018 No.18928567

>>18928181
The Umikana localization is okay but nothing special. It has about a 3 hour common route where the 2 girls are jealous of each other over the MC, then they both have a 1 hour long heroine route where the other girl suddenly backs off and supports who you chose wholeheartedly. I thought Emily's route was much better than Chisa's, since Chisa spends a good chunk of her route rejecting the MC and insulting him. It also felt much less impactful.

I liked the art and the scuba diving trivia though. And bonus points for comedic dolphin character.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:14:46 2018 No.18929067 >>18920474 https://imgur.com/a/YfmDZWH No

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:17:36 2018 No.18929092 >>18929067 This was the only slightly-off CG that I've seen so far after playing 4 routes, and even this is better than most of the Fureraba ones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:19:40 2018 No.18929107 >>18929092 >slightly-off You mean like the huge pussy and no balls? Details, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:21:35 2018 No.18929126 >>18929092 >better than most of the Fureraba ones Well, not exactly setting the bar high there. It seems like a lot of moege-style artists tend to have a lot of trouble with good uncensored assets. ImoPara 2 looked great, though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:24:11 2018 No.18929138 >>18929107 >no balls Holy shit how did i not even see this. Yeah, quite a bit more than slightly off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 18:34:12 2018 No.18929191 So having never played any Lilith titles, which one should I try first?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 19:31:07 2018 No.18929472 >>18929191 Kangoku Senkan

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 19:53:23 2018 No.18929608 https://terracannon876.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/luchino-part-3-update/ Luckydog1 updated.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 19:56:00 2018 No.18929627 >>18929608 >Random news: LD1 bad egg+ is … most likely coming out this year – likelier than other years, at least. MG release practically confirmed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:15:42 2018 No.18929694 >>18926902 Probably just replaced Black Lilith with Clock Up. >Better art >Better writing >Routes for vanilla fans too >Probably ask less money And I have a feeling 'Eroge! H game' sold more than those two Black Lilith games combined.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:18:56 2018 No.18929706 >>18929694 The better art part is very subjective.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:21:40 2018 No.18929719 >>18929694 You forgot >Has a BL branch keeping them in favor with the fujoshi

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:22:14 2018 No.18929723 >>18929706 Lilith only gave MG older titles that didn't have that good of art. CLOCKUP gives MG current titles.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:23:49 2018 No.18929732 >>18929723 >CLOCKUP gives MG current titles Which still have shitty art.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:25:13 2018 No.18929736 >>18929723 Sagojou's artwork in Space Pirate Sara is okay, though. I have neved liked ZOL's artwork much in comparison.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 20:42:14 2018 No.18929798 Are the team translating Majo Koi Nikki competent? If anyone has played the prologue patch was it decently translated?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 21:07:15 2018 No.18929932 >>18929732 Have to disagree. Hamashima's art is pretty amazing. No surprise her Clockup/Orcsoft titles are really popular. Even Nitroplus have made her the sole artist in their upcoming big budget game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 21:09:14 2018 No.18929946 >>18929732 Dumb

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 21:31:53 2018 No.18930048 >>18929732 Art is probably their only good asset >>18929932 If she leaves to Nitroplus then ClockUp are screwed. Everything she is not involved in is bang average

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 21:33:32 2018 No.18930057 >>18929946 I bet you like Mizuryuu Kei too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 30 22:23:48 2018 No.18930385 >>18930048 Eh. The did have Treetop Helper with Mako Hunter, but MG doesnt seem like they want to market that for the west.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 00:03:12 2018 No.18930884 >>18930048 there's that new impregnation title they're doing with obmas -- pretty great artist. hopefully it's Lewd Elves level of good, but with onis.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 00:26:08 2018 No.18930968 >>18929798 It was translated by a MG translator so yes. The editor is good too. Expect literature tier writing.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 00:27:36 2018 No.18930972 >>18930884 Isn't he the guy that releases oni manga? He never did a vn before

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 00:31:20 2018 No.18930989 File: 523 KB, 684x736, chrome_2018-04-30_23-30-58.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18930972 Yes. And yes, it's a debut title for him.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 06:11:18 2018 No.18932134 >>18930968 >It was translated by a MG translator so yes That's a very nice implication.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 06:35:04 2018 No.18932215 >>18930884 >>18930989 That's awesome.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:04:16 2018 No.18932342 >>>/v/414875431 What are these people blowing up about? It seems to be about NISA snatching a license from Xseed and someone named Hatsuu.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:19:23 2018 No.18932412 >>18929694 Everything but Black Lilith in the Lilith branches would probably have worked as well. The problem is that when the only games you release are rape games, you only sell to the rape crowd.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:24:41 2018 No.18932428 >>18932412 The most famous series, the Taimanin series, are not rape games.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:41:50 2018 No.18932508 >Tayutama 2 - April release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch It got moved to May 2018 and the last official info is from 27th december. Hikari Field masters of PR.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:51:18 2018 No.18932550 >>18932342 Why are people seriously defending NISA? XSEED isn't perfect and does deserve some of the shit it gets, but NISA is also horrible if not worse in some aspects.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 07:52:12 2018 No.18932552 Is the Vita still alive? I though it was dead, at least in the west.

Anonymous Tue May 1 08:02:00 2018 No.18932602
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>>18932342
From my understanding, Xseed used to handle localization of Nihon Falcom's titles. They also looked after publishing in the US. NIS America and Aksys Games would look after the publishing outside of the US. Nihon Falcom decided to cut Xseed out of the process entirely.

Aksys is now handling localization and worldwide publishing for the Tokyo Xanadu series while NIS America is handling localization and worldwide publishing for the Ys series. It's believed NIS America may have also taken the Trails of Cold Steel series from Xseed too.

Hatsuu is a girl that works for Xseed that /v/ really likes. Losing the Ys series apparently brought her to tears and possibly made her suicidal.

I could be completely wrong, but that's what I can gather from that thread.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 09:05:24 2018 No.18932884 >>18932342 >NISA https://pastebin.com/1tSpV4E2

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 09:12:47 2018 No.18932919 >>18932884 >FAIRY FENCER F >Changed character names in the english localization (ex. Alyn to Eryn) due to the translator not liking the way they sounded. Sounds like Arunaru should work for them.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 09:37:31 2018 No.18933060 >>18932342 I'm so fucking glad that Xseed and NISA didn't try to get into the VN market.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 09:38:51 2018 No.18933069 File: 8 KB, 224x225, 1487354579737.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18932428

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 09:47:33 2018 No.18933118 >>18933069 If you understood rape fetish, you'd know that people who are limited to it would never fap to it. There is not a single rape scene in Taimanin Yukikaze. That game is all corruption and prostitution.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 11:33:50 2018 No.18933782 >>18932919 Arunaru did nothing wrong

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 11:46:18 2018 No.18933866 >>18933782 Except for fucking with names for who knows how many years, and now finally bringing completely new fucking names to an established fandom just to make one retarded pun.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 11:55:07 2018 No.18933916 File: 90 KB, 1201x333, fuwa.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 12:00:07 2018 No.18933933 File: 78 KB, 614x599, all-ages venus blood.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18933916 This is fucking gold. They are actually doing it.

Anonymous Tue May 1 12:08:34 2018 No.18933966

>>18933933
>>18933916
What a strange visual novel to kickstart, it will all depend on the amount of money they ask. It might end up as ChuSinGura 46+1 tier of failure since I doubt there are many people who want an initial steam only version with mosaics considering that it's pretty much a tentacle, corruption and rape game.

They would have been better off with a Gears of Dragoon kickstarter.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 12:11:24 2018 No.18933980 >>18933966 Well, Chimera was an absolutely amazing nukige, and I'm not even into tentacles that much. I have high hopes for it.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 12:22:21 2018 No.18934040 >>18933933 https://vndb.org/t10558#16 I'm sure this isn't going to be a mess.

Anonymous Tue May 1 12:27:00 2018 No.18934064

>>18933966
>They would have been better off with a Gears of Dragoon kickstarter.

I have never backed anything on Kickstarter, but Gears of Dragoon would get my money. I played it with the English interface patch years ago and it is an actually good dungeon crawler. Better than a bunch of "normal" dungeon crawling games I've played. I would back it for the gameplay alone so even if they fucked up the translation to a hilarious degree I would still come away satisfied.

>>18933933
All ages nukige is the dumbest thing. Why do companies keep doing this? I get the chase for Steam meme money or whatever, but surely they realize gutting a significant portion of the game is going to result in a shitty experience. I would think they have more respect for their own intellectual properties than that. Not to mention all the extra work that goes into chopping a game into pieces.

Anonymous Tue May 1 12:31:50 2018 No.18934091

>>18934064
Not only chopping the game into pieces, they are actually going to write completely new all-ages content to replacement majority of the dialogue and events outside of H-scenes so that it makes sense even without sexual corruption, based on what the translator said.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 12:50:58 2018 No.18934211 >>18927009 You would think anyone would take the time to learn the language than taking shortcuts.

Anonymous Tue May 1 12:52:42 2018 No.18934225

>>18934091
I don't really mind as long as there is a patch like what the tl promised. Though, whether or not the company executes that promise is a big risk for any potential backer. At the very least, I won't be backing because of the huge chance that they may break the 18+ patch promise.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:02:20 2018 No.18934287 >>18929732 >Shitty art Lol sure keep telling yourself that.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:03:36 2018 No.18934291 >>18929932 >Leaving to Nitro+ Wait they are working on something for once?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:06:28 2018 No.18934306 >>18934287 https://exhentai.org/s/661a3070b7/629668-162 This body does not arouse me and I love lolis&cowtits alike.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:23:28 2018 No.18934428 >>18934306 the body looks great aside from that terrible vag. I'd rather have censored

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:25:36 2018 No.18934451 >>18934428 No, the artist can't draw small tits for shit. Not that the bigger breasts look any better. They are super saggy.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 13:47:21 2018 No.18934628 >>18934306 Eroge! is 8 years old so it's hardly a modern title. >>18934451 >They are super saggy Shigeo just knows how to actually draw breasts instead of shitty implants.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 16:56:22 2018 No.18936027 >>18924217 Never heard of it.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 16:58:35 2018 No.18936041 >>18934628 http://clockup.net/erewhon/img/graphic/sample02b.jpg So bad.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 17:12:41 2018 No.18936132 JASTUSA released Sweet Home https://www.jastusa.com/sweet-home

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 19:11:17 2018 No.18936851 >>18936041 Why?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 19:33:06 2018 No.18936971 >>18930884 Does ClockUp even remembers how to make vanilla eroges? They have spend so much time doing edgefests and slutges that im not sure anymore.

Anonymous Tue May 1 19:39:29 2018 No.18937006
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>>18936971
obmas only does pretty vanilla content. pretty much just /ss/ and impregnation, i can't really see them bringing him on to do some whore title.

it seems more like an attempt to capitalize on a similar market that Lewd Elves managed to capture, given that it's focused on impregnating a fantasy race.

Anonymous Tue May 1 19:50:58 2018 No.18937073

>>18937006
Well i doubt he writes the scenario so it could still potentially waste the art. And yes its obvious that this is an attempt on cashing in on the Sukebe Elf craze, lets hope it does well. ClockUp obsession with topping Euphoria is getting out of hand and this game is probably one of the most promising tittles from them since Mako Hunter for me.

Just hope they dont expect Sukebe Elf tier success sine Obmas is not really as mainstream as Aoi Nagisa is so i hope they have their expectations in check.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 20:15:29 2018 No.18937204 >>18936851 Because that's not a delicious flat chest.

Anonymous Tue May 1 21:15:15 2018 No.18937588

>>18933966
I think it should be pretty easy to get six digits if they run the campaign semicompetently since people seem pretty starved for gameplay eroge in general. That said, they'll probably fuck up somehow due to a lack of experience and due to not really researching what other KS's did wrong. They are doing a prefundia, but just doing a prefundia doesn't mean that they'll listen to the people giving suggestions. It's likely just so they can pretend they care.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 21:26:28 2018 No.18937653 >>18937006 Everyone's trying to copy Lune. But I doubt this one has 7 heroines like Youkoso Elf

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 21:54:26 2018 No.18937814 >>18937653 Well for some that is good news since some heroines got shafted there content wise but i had wager that if they had cut Lucie's and Evelyn's routes they could had squeezed 2 more scenes for Elda, Nol and Misery.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 22:21:02 2018 No.18937973 >>18936132 Holy crap, JAST hit a release date!

Anonymous Tue May 1 22:49:45 2018 No.18938135

The localization choices in MML are really strange. Anime was left as is, while manga was changed to comic books. Bloomers were translated to short pants or something like that. Bukatsu (including chess/shogi) was translated as sports teams. Conbini was left as is. Who the fuck made these decisions?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 22:53:17 2018 No.18938152 >>18938135 Noticed this too. Also in one route (Yorihime's i think) anime was changed to cartoon.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 22:54:05 2018 No.18938157 >>18938135 >>18938152 Multiple translators/editors?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 22:54:47 2018 No.18938159 >>18938157 No, just one of each according to the credits.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 1 22:55:40 2018 No.18938166 >>18938159 Bizarre for sure.

Anonymous Tue May 1 23:57:06 2018 No.18938429

>>18938135
Putting the questionable localization (which is also connected to the controversial name stuff they did) aside.
I'm still in the common route, but there have been many instances of inconsistent honorific usage. I saw a picture of some QA guy trying to defend it as different styles of speech in different situations, but that's clearly not it. The same character keeps using different honorifics for the same people in a single scene, even though the voice lines are consistent. Another funny thing is how they tried to use fiancé wtih the fancy e for the first couple of scenes, and then they just gave up and settled for fiance.
The lack of typos is praiseworthy - I found just one missing space and one missing apostrophe so far. You can clearly see the work QA did. However, I think they worked with the script instead of reading through the game, or they were way too focused on the text instead of listening to the lines as well. Also, they didn't think to connect lines which are said by the same characters or which talk about the same or similar things.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 01:17:39 2018 No.18938760 >>18936132 JAST released something? Nvm this isn't Django and its definitely not Sumaga

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 03:05:24 2018 No.18939086 What's this about: https://twitter.com/tokimekishiken/status/991537315372720128

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 03:28:44 2018 No.18939162 File: 85 KB, 1280x720, 1446791813994.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18939086 My nip is shit but >200万本売れた「ネコぱら」などを販売するSteam

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 03:34:09 2018 No.18939184 >>18939086 Shit Project's CEO is going to be talking at a conference thing in japan on the fourth.

Anonymous Wed May 2 03:35:51 2018 No.18939195
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>>18939086
>>18939162
Found another news article about it.
https://twitter.com/Anime/status/989308089970167808

Still, 2 million sales. For a simple nekomimi eroge.
SP has no right being this rich.
Dovac has no fucking excuse now if they make another botched release.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 07:14:12 2018 No.18939986 Supipara vol. 2 made ~$3000 in sales in April. Not looking good for future chapters. http://mangagamer.org/minori/

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 07:20:41 2018 No.18940012 >>18939986 Aww, I like Supipara, seeing it sell only 200 copies is really too low.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 07:23:16 2018 No.18940028 >>18940012 It's more than it deserves.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:19:38 2018 No.18940302 >>18939986 >Most ambitious title ever >all-ages I don't know what they expected. I mean yeah it's ambitious, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:23:46 2018 No.18940326 >>18940302 I unironically prefer all-ages VNs.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:28:48 2018 No.18940353 >>18940302 >>18940326 Honestly the problem with it isn't that it's all-ages, the problem with it is that it's boring as fuck

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:31:12 2018 No.18940367 >>18940353 Of course the problem is that it's all-ages. It was proven over and over again that all-agesfags are a small minority, yet the localization companies keep trying to pander to them even if it means estranging their core audience.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:32:08 2018 No.18940371 >>18940367 >that all-agesfags are a small minority What about all the all-ages VNs on consoles that sell far more than their counterparts on PC?

Anonymous Wed May 2 08:35:51 2018 No.18940383

>>18940326
Nothing wrong with all-ages if it's interesting, but you see when you make an episodic all-ages series that is relying entirely on selling copies to finish the sequels you've done fucked up since all the boring shit will be in the early volumes and all the good shit will be in the later volumes. So unless you have an extremely strong opener people are just going to ignore it until all parts of it are out and there's absolutely nothing for it to fallback on.

Also when you make an all-ages title but throw in Ecchi that has no fucking payoff, you're literally cancer and should die in your sleep. If you want an all-ages title you don't need that shit, if you want that shit in your title, make it +18.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:36:12 2018 No.18940387 >>18940371 Adaptations of popular anime/LN

Anonymous Wed May 2 08:38:18 2018 No.18940399

>>18932602
This is accurate except XSeed did admit they did not focus hard enough on the YS license and everyone felt bad about it. Because NISA while they had money they were not as good of a reputation as XSeed does.

XSeed recently has been turning it around though after trying to chase popularity and instead of the niche stuff that gets them the sales. Which I am glad for.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 08:43:36 2018 No.18940434 >>18932884 Looking at Danganronpa the errors were fixed in the PC version and I never noticed them.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 09:42:21 2018 No.18940795 >>18940434 They didn't fix the awful translation though

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 10:31:11 2018 No.18941105 >>18936132 Oi Vei!!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 11:44:18 2018 No.18941562 >>18936132 damn I remember they licensed this back in 2013. Everyone forgot about it now lol. 5 years is kinda quick for jast.

Anonymous Wed May 2 11:46:01 2018 No.18941578

>>18940383
>Also when you make an all-ages title but throw in Ecchi that has no fucking payoff, you're literally cancer and should die in your sleep. If you want an all-ages title you don't need that shit, if you want that shit in your title, make it +18.
That's pretty normal in other mediums, like anime, though.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 11:51:37 2018 No.18941619 >>18941562 5 years and the 30+ $ price doesn't help either. JAST always overprices their nukige, though this will most likely outsell most of the recent releases considering JAST's and JLIST's fan base.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 12:04:32 2018 No.18941702 >>18918347 >SukiSuki - In Beta Only two more years to go!

Anonymous Wed May 2 12:36:39 2018 No.18941938

>>18939162
>>18939086
Basically i can translate it but i did have to look up a few words here and there. It may not be the best but i tried.

"However on the neighborhood talk show Sekai Project CEO from Los Angeles is going to put something on the platform(Maybe a hint to a new Steam Game), sounds amazing! lol.

200,000 volumes have been sold(Nekopara), something along those lines. The sales on Steam have been the hugest of any bishoujo game of any producer on the platform.

If the CEO can meet us at Tokushima from where he lives overseas, under the right circumstances we can keep in contact, well be waiting to hear back!"

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 12:43:50 2018 No.18941973 >>18941938 Hey, don't you want to become a translator for Sekai Project? Send us an e-mail.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 12:50:18 2018 No.18942003 File: 57 KB, 379x364, 1503167265861.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18941973 I would work for MG before selling my soul to Sekai.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 13:16:15 2018 No.18942150 >>18941938 >i can translate it but i did have to look up a few words here and there you are now qualified to work at SP or SakuraGame

Anonymous Wed May 2 13:53:34 2018 No.18942329
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Damn was it a pain to get this one to work properly on Windows 7.
There's something alluring about old visual novel art styles, everything is so bright and colorful these days.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 14:17:09 2018 No.18942448 >>18942329 does it work on windows 10? I wanna give it a try.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 14:24:42 2018 No.18942494 >>18942448 Anything works on Windows 10. Just use a VM.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 15:48:25 2018 No.18942907 >>18942329 Wordsworth has always been hell to get to work. Fun game, but damn...

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 16:46:23 2018 No.18943199 >>18941562 On the plus side...with the release of Sweet Home JASTUSA finally got through their 2013 licenses.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 17:20:27 2018 No.18943359 >>18943199 Jeez and people complain that Evenicle is taking too long to release.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 17:22:40 2018 No.18943368 >>18942329 It worked fine for me, I got the torrent from Nyaa that had fix/patch in the name. Also using Windows 7

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 17:28:12 2018 No.18943387 >>18940353 To top it off, the title heroine Alice doesn't even have a route currently.

Anonymous Wed May 2 17:31:42 2018 No.18943402

>>18940367
The Supipara project was started up back when Steam sales were doing much better than they are now. Even the recent kickstarter MG did for Koropokkur was likely planned some time ago. By the time Space Live launched it was also too late to take advantage of the market MG hoped it would have.

There might still be a few things in the pipeline that were started before the decline in Steam sales, but hopefully not too many more things, since most of them feel like low effort garbage.

Anonymous Wed May 2 17:33:25 2018 No.18943412

>>18940383
>Also when you make an all-ages title but throw in Ecchi that has no fucking payoff, you're literally cancer and should die in your sleep. If you want an all-ages title you don't need that shit, if you want that shit in your title, make it +18.

Literally Chuusotsu.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 17:47:14 2018 No.18943472 >>18943412 That is only bad because it is a loli game and we all know they will forever taunt us with all-ages loli games. No balls anywhere.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 17:52:27 2018 No.18943497 >>18943472 Chuusotsu is also a yuri game. All the characters with any art are girls and all existing and potential couples are all female.

Anonymous Wed May 2 18:11:12 2018 No.18943590

>>18943402
The thing is not only is the steam craze over (without counting meme visual novels like Nekopara) but overall it seems like visual novels are selling less and less.
I bought ImoPara 2 back in January and pre-ordered Fata Morgana Fandisc last month, and just looking at the order numbers MangaGamer sold less than 10k visual novels in around 4 months.

If you want some comparison Kindred Spirits sold 10k copies on steam alone before it was bundled a few months ago, no wonder they are licensing more yuri and otome stuff, since that seems to be still selling really well.
Hell, even JAST jumped in onto the otome/yuri train with Katahane and Sweet Pool.

Anonymous Wed May 2 18:18:14 2018 No.18943624

>>18943199
It's funny how JAST USA is probably the slowest company but also has the least amount of titles in its pipeline compared to MG and Sekai. JAST has 7 titles in the pipeline, not counting Machine Child, while MG has 17 localizations in its pipeline. I think Sekai+Denpa has 25, but I may have miscounted with the various OELVNs and Korean titles they have in their pipeline. I also didn't count the console releases still in their pipeline.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 18:19:01 2018 No.18943630 >>18943590 >Kindred Spirits sold 10k copies on steam alone That got major press when the outlets mistakenly advertised it as first sex game uncensored on Steam.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 18:20:59 2018 No.18943644 >>18943630 Then MG tried to follow that up by doing the same thing with Gahkthun's Steam release but the outlets didn't take the bait the second time, so Gahkthun ended up not selling nearly as well as Kindred Spirits.

Anonymous Wed May 2 18:48:27 2018 No.18943740

Is having experience on fan translation projects considered a plus or minus when applying for an official translation job with MG or other VN localization companies? Fan TLs do seem to get a lot of flack for being illegal or in the gray area so I'm not sure if it's something I should market myself for.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 18:50:40 2018 No.18943750 >>18943740 If the project was good then it would be a plus, but if the translation was shitty then obviously it would work against you. The main thing is being able to pass the translation test they give you.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 18:57:38 2018 No.18943792 >>18943740 I have a hard time thinking of a prominent TLer of one of those companies that didn't start out with fan projects.

Anonymous Wed May 2 18:58:12 2018 No.18943795

Nekonyan and Frontwing both seem to have resolved their issues with Valve. The Steam release of Fureraba is on Friday while the Steam release of Momoiro Closet is being released next Monday.

>>18933966
Tsundere Idol's lowest tier gave the option of either a Steam release or a standalone Fakku release, even for such a nukige the Steam release was preferred by 156 to 32 of the backers who choose one of the lowest tiers. With that in mind, those grabbing nukige from Kickstarter don't seem to mind (or even prefer) for it to be released on Steam as long as there is an R18 patch. Although on the other hand, Kickstarter backers certainly do care about having an R18 version, as the overwhelming majority of users opted to pay extra for the R18 version in the couple Sekai Kickstarters with an option for either.

There is a market for R18 titles with gameplay on Steam. While not a VN, Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~ peaked around 600 concurrent users on Steam earlier this year as a sizable success. That said, it is difficult to guess which particular title would manage to take off and if Venus Blood would be one of them, though it seems to have better chances than something like Sekai's Relord which found relatively poor results. Their Twitter account suggested they qill also looking into other platforms although the Steam release was going to be first, and I would imagine that an R18 title with gameplay would enough sales on Fakku/MG/Jast for it to be worth the effort since they are already planning an R18 patch.

>>18939986
The minori fundraiser is up roughly $3500 from April, after gaining $1000 in March without a sale on a Minori title during that time (the majority of the March sales likely coming from Eden). If that were to hold, somewhere around $2500 is likely from the new Supipara release. That said, the crowdfunding represents how much goes back to Minori (a percentage rate which we are not aware of), so the actual revenue would be higher than that. Factoring in Steam's cut, during the launch sale MG should have been bringing in between $9-10 from Western countries, and around $5 for each Chinese copy sold, with the majority of the sales being Chinese. While it won't be overly actuate, if you were to use a simplistic 50/50 revenue split (thus $5k in total revenue after Valve), that would be anywhere from 500-1000 copies sold depending on the ratio of Western vs Chinese sales (which would favor the higher end of the range with just 7 of the 42 reviews being in English.)

Obviously there are other variables involved, but without knowing farther details that is probably the best one can do with ballparking the sales. Regardless of the details though, future additions until Trinoline's release are likely to be dominated by Eden* as both Supipara titles are now showing less daily activity on Steam than Eden*.

>>18943740
There are quite a few people who do work for MG (and most of the other localization companies) who have significant fan translation experience, and having translation experience that you can point to would be a plus (provided that the translations themselves are good). There are even a couple individuals who continue to have some involvement in fan translations despite generally working officially.

Anonymous Wed May 2 19:13:54 2018 No.18943857

>>18943795
>Nekonyan and Frontwing both seem to have resolved their issues with Valve.
It's not they were having issues, but that Steam has been screening visual novels more thoroughly lately if they contain potential adult content. An OEVLN dev I know told me about it recently.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 19:18:52 2018 No.18943877 >>18943199 Hooray only three decades left before Muramasa.

Anonymous Wed May 2 19:51:33 2018 No.18944034

There's another Fragments of Silicon podcast with Kouryuu today at 9:30 PM EST if anyone is interested. The focus is Supipara, so I wouldn't expect any big news.

Anime Central is coming up in about 2 and a half weeks though, so I'd imagine that the announcement slots for that event might be appearing soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 21:12:53 2018 No.18944493 File: 69 KB, 650x648, 1523755155975.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18944034 Soon...

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 21:21:56 2018 No.18944559 >>18944493 Pffftb. I can just imagine the inevitable blogpost being exactly like that.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 22:53:46 2018 No.18945175 >>18944034 Nothing too important IIRC, but I didn't hear the beginning part >Steam is silent on the Maidens of Michael issue >MG plans to attend Anime NYC in November >OELVN later in May >Sale later on in the week

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 23:41:13 2018 No.18945466 >>18936132 Is this even the animated cg version? Cause that one came out about 3 years ago before JAST announced they were localizing the original version.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 2 23:49:40 2018 No.18945504 >>18945466 trust me, you don't want the animated cg version. it's the most lazy animation possible and it ruins the CG

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 00:01:05 2018 No.18945567 >>18945504 I have the animated cg version.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 00:03:53 2018 No.18945584 >>18945567 i'm sorry

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 00:35:03 2018 No.18945759 Anyone played Kuro-senpai to Kuroyashiki no Yami ni Mayowanai? I can't find it on VNDB, even though I've found a place with the translation.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 02:43:09 2018 No.18946268 >>18945759 nobody plays VNs here, we are only here to complain

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 04:26:57 2018 No.18946607 >>18945759 I wouldn't really call an RPG Maker game a VN

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 04:39:36 2018 No.18946636 >>18946607 Happy H Apartment Life is on VNDB, so I assumed this wasn't too different in form, even though it uses Wolf RPG.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 10:13:03 2018 No.18948040 How is Fureraba?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 10:14:36 2018 No.18948047 >>18948040 Fun and cute. It was a pretty obviously rushed release, though. Practically no QA and it shows.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 10:22:11 2018 No.18948105 >>18948040 Great game despite its flawed localization.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 10:28:54 2018 No.18948143 >>18948047 That's typical Sekai though. At least they didn't rush another title and release them the same day/week again.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 11:00:39 2018 No.18948309 This week sure is packed with releases: Fureraba, Momoiro Closet and STEINS;GATE 0 all coming out on steam in the next 5 days. I wonder if STEINS;GATE 0 will eat up their sales considering how anime weebs love the series.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 11:40:52 2018 No.18948539 Wondered what happened to the people that did sakusaku https://vndb.org/t10464

Anonymous Thu May 3 11:48:16 2018 No.18948588

>>18948539
https://vndb.org/t10464
>Hoshizora still hasn't been fixed/patched after almost 6 months despite them getting almost 90k $ from the kickstarter
>the Hoshizora fandisc isn't even full translated
>AstralAir translation is in the hands of these NekoNyan clowns
Favorite is cursed

Anonymous Thu May 3 12:32:37 2018 No.18948835
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Okay, this is getting really annoying. Don't do QA without actually reading through the game normally. If you're getting kanji readings by just guessing, how about you make sure that they are correct?
1. Mito is Miyako (voice line)
2. Megumi is Emi (voice line). Appears once more several lines after, again incorrectly.
3. Miko is Mikoto. This one baffles me the most. Her name was already established correctly several scenes ago. How can you fuck it up two times in a row now, and more importantly, how do you not notice it when you're checking it?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 13:08:33 2018 No.18949034 Circus sale on MangaGamer's site: >http://blog.mangagamer.org/2018/05/03/circus-sale/ Steam too: >https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Circus

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 13:45:03 2018 No.18949261 >>18948040 If you like solshit with zero plot or drama and shittons of boring vanilla porn then you would love Fureraba

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 13:53:26 2018 No.18949294 >>18949261 The plot of romance game is romance.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 13:58:23 2018 No.18949317 MG and Sekai are done for, the future is JAST

Anonymous Thu May 3 14:03:44 2018 No.18949355

One more look at Umikana solving for the number of owners with the global achievement totals, now that their launch week sale is over. It was released on the evening of the 26, and these updates are from roughly this current time for each day to give how many owners it appears to have had daily.

4/27 - 87 owners on Steam
4/28 - 144 owners on Steam (+57)
4/29 - 192 owners on Steam (+48)
4/30 - 219 owners on Steam (+37)
5/01 - 241 owners on Steam (+22)
5/02 - 258 owners on Steam (+17)
5/03 - 274 owners on Steam (+16)

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 14:05:55 2018 No.18949369 >>18949317 Sumaga will save us all!!!

Anonymous Thu May 3 14:56:37 2018 No.18949617

MangaGamer's Top 5 weekly chart:

1.Magical Marriage Lunatics
2.Desecration of Wings
3.Kuroinu Ch.3
4.Funbag Fantasy: Sideboob Story
5.Imouto Paradise 2

I'll be damn surprised if Imouto Paradise 2 doesn't end up on 1st place this year as most sold visual novel.

Anonymous Thu May 3 15:25:51 2018 No.18949776

>>18949617
It could finish first, but keep in mind it did release at the very end of 2017 and sold enough copies in that short time frame to finish 7th on the 2017 list. The bulk of sales are always the first few weeks so it might end up in a similar situation to Rance 6 last year where it fails to capture first place in part because of those sales split between years.

I'm also going to be very interested in Evenicle assuming it comes out sometime this summer. The moege crowd is definitely the biggest, but there are certainly quite a few people starved for gameplay titles. Throw in Alicesoft fans and it should sell very well.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 15:43:42 2018 No.18949872 >>18948835 Please, caring about release quality is so 2017. This is a thread about sales.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 16:51:40 2018 No.18950204 >>18949261 >zero drama Sign me up.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 18:29:17 2018 No.18950599 Hatsukoi 1/1 Appends partial is out (Maya/Kyou).

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 19:04:37 2018 No.18950803 >>18926448 based

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 19:09:46 2018 No.18950831 >>18926877 How could they take losses when MG is doing the localization? Wouldn't all income be pure profit?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 19:49:34 2018 No.18951052 >>18950831 It's very foolish to think no work is done by the developers during localization.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 20:59:25 2018 No.18951460 >>18951052 what would they be doing other than sharing the source code and assets?

Anonymous Thu May 3 21:01:28 2018 No.18951476

>>18950831
>>18951052
It depends on the developer. For example, sometimes the original company does the scripting work. There's a chance that the original company takes some of the upfront voice licensing cost instead of laying it all on a third party company like MG, but this is more speculation than anything. There's also the chance that a company sees the act of negotiation as being simply too much of a hassle to be worth whatever money can be gotten from the deal.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 21:10:54 2018 No.18951528 >>18951460 Some companies do their own programming work. On top of that, the VAs typically need to be paid their fees for the English release, since localizations usually require the VAs be paid again.

Anonymous Thu May 3 21:24:06 2018 No.18951610

>>18933916
>>18933933
It's a pretty cool franchise. But what is it with this deal of trying to sell eroge stripped of its content as all-ages? A really surprising amount of people appear to be trying to do it.
Does it really sell that well? And more importantly does the all-ages versions really sell that much more than the eroge versions? Or more at all that is.

The whole concept just comes across as really weird to me. Developing a product for one crowd, catering to them with the design of the product being made to appeal to them. And then sell that product to a completely different crowd that might depending on the person even be appalled upon finding out the origins of the made safe for work version.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 21:30:58 2018 No.18951656 >>18951610 >But what is it with this deal of trying to sell eroge stripped of its content as all-ages? I assume companies just wanted to cash-in on the steam market, but it seems to be dying down as of late so hopefully the trend starts to decline.

Anonymous Thu May 3 21:42:21 2018 No.18951709

>>18951610
There have been a number of strongly R18 gameplay titles to find success on Steam with an R18 patch, Fallen and VR illusion game being recent examples.

There are a lot of people out there who are fine with porn games and happen to generally buy games on Steam, and with patches they can have their nukige on Steam even if it isn't in line with Valve's intention. MG would probably fine quite a bit of success if they cut apart the very well known Sengoku Rance and Rance Quest for Steam and included patches to restore the content, provided that Valve wouldn't kick them off the platform. Also aside from just broader reach in the Western market, including a title with English or Japanese on Steam with an R18 patch can better tap into the Chinese market much easier than other Western platforms would be able to.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 21:45:51 2018 No.18951736 >>18951709 >Fallen and VR illusion game being recent examples. Those still had day one 18+ localizations. Including steam version 18+ patches.

Anonymous Thu May 3 21:56:40 2018 No.18951801

>>18951736
Of course, but they already said they'll be doing 18+ patches on Twitter for Venus Blood as well, and nothing thus far has suggested it would be delayed. They have only hesitated about would there be a standalone release on a platform like MG or releasing without mosaics. Nevertheless, it would likely be worth it for them to release a standalone R18 version as well, as it seems like the type of title which would appeal to the Fakku crowd.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 3 23:40:49 2018 No.18952334 >>18951801 whodathunk we would see corruption mindbreak eroge on steam in 2018

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 01:37:29 2018 No.18952841 So it's some sort of VR title? https://twitter.com/shinikenshi/status/992273976767348736

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:02:27 2018 No.18953936 File: 84 KB, 1007x389, subahibi-tags.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18952334 Subahibi has been on Steam since last August so it's really not that surprising. Seems like just about anything goes if it's relegated to a patch.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:03:52 2018 No.18953943 >>18953936 Please, comparing SubaHIbi to Venus Blood is ridiculous.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:08:29 2018 No.18953963 >>18953943 Subahibi has father/daughter incest porn in it. If that's allowed on Steam then I can't say I'm surprised at whatever else gets released. The content may be worse but its like the threshold has already been breached, you know?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:41:01 2018 No.18954062 >>18953963 SubaHibi is a plotge. A daughter being convinced that the world is ending and doing anything to join the cult which would save her. is completely different from corrupting norse goddesses by raping them repeatedly.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:48:02 2018 No.18954082 >>18954062 I know what's happening. The fact is that it has a full porn scene of a woman raping her father. If you don't get why that's a big deal, I don't know what to say. Think what you want.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:52:31 2018 No.18954099 >>18954082 If you want me to give you a normalfag example, so your mind can understand it a bit better, compare sex scenes from shit on television like HBO, to regular porn.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 07:57:01 2018 No.18954112 >>18954099 I'm not talking about my own sensibilities. That type of incest shit, portrayed at a pornographic level, is extremely taboo, far more than what you're describing, even if the content there is more extreme.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 08:04:16 2018 No.18954137 >>18954099 stupid person

Anonymous Fri May 4 08:05:58 2018 No.18954146

>>18942329
this is literally the worst """"""""""""""translation""""""""""""" of all time, dont do this to yourself. better to wait forever in vain for a retranslation than bother with this abomination.... just look at the fucking name there, its supposed to simply be "word seeker", jesus

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 08:07:23 2018 No.18954152 >>18954146 Worse than original edelweiss?

Anonymous Fri May 4 08:10:45 2018 No.18954173

>>18954152
from the screens I have seen of the WW translation, it will sometimes translate the exact opposite of whats being said, at other times it will inexplicably invent something new altogether. if I had to guess what happened, I would say that the "translator" watched the subbed OVA and then just spontaneously worked with the material from there

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 08:53:42 2018 No.18954380 >>18954152 Nothing is worse than that, not even insems work

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 12:32:01 2018 No.18955369 >>18951610 I'd dare say they sell more simply because companies do the whole "50% discount if you buy all-ages" crap. If you saw 18+ VNs for 10 dollars all the time, those sales would be pretty good too.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 13:35:04 2018 No.18955707 So wait, the Venus Blood translation is being handled by one guy, no editor, and a shoddy company for some outsource work? Japan, you never fail to impress.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 13:42:26 2018 No.18955737 >>18955707 Watch it get 150k-200k $ because people are starved for gameplay titles, while it will end up the same quality as Libra of the Vampire Princess.

Anonymous Fri May 4 13:56:07 2018 No.18955816

Man did JAST fuck up Sweet Home, not only did it take them 5 years to translate and release it but it crashes during certain character interactions, multiple crashes so far...
And just like with Nympho Sensei Ryoko they are asking 30+ $ for it.

What the hell happened to JAST? Are they really making so much more money from J-List compared to visual novels that they don't give a fuck about quality at all anymore?
From Flowers translation fiasco to Eiyu*Senki all of their releases had some kind of issues.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 14:17:34 2018 No.18955925 >>18955816 I don't even buy from any of these stupid companies any more. It's all such a shitshow.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 14:27:11 2018 No.18955966 >>18955816 J-List seems to be doing quite fine, and I wish they did worse so they would prioritize major titles like Muramasa already.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 14:50:00 2018 No.18956051 >>18955816 What were the problems with Eiyu*Senki?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 15:27:26 2018 No.18956216 >>18956051 I only remember the patch not adding the gallery to the game. Which was a pretty crazy thing to miss.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 15:28:19 2018 No.18956221 >>18948143 Sekai didn't release Fureraba though

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 15:33:09 2018 No.18956248 >>18956221 Sure they didn't.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 15:58:31 2018 No.18956364 >>18955816 And that is going to be the last fuck up JAST has ever made.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 16:24:01 2018 No.18956480 >>18955707 its a nukige, not natsume souseki

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 16:37:13 2018 No.18956540 File: 101 KB, 795x601, QA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18955816 This gets better and better. The text glitch won't go away, only when you quite the whole visual novel and start it up again.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 16:41:47 2018 No.18956558 >>18956540 This is what 5 plus years of waiting for a trabslation gets you, huh. I could just gotten profficient in japanese in that time instead.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 16:42:49 2018 No.18956562 >>18956558 >Trabslation I hate typing on phone.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 17:17:18 2018 No.18956728 >>18955816 >to Eiyu*Senki Isn't that translation/localization pretty great?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 17:26:11 2018 No.18956756 >>18956728 Translation by Fruitbat.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 17:33:06 2018 No.18956782 >>18955737 People honestly wouldn't mind so long that there aren't any major gameplay bugs. Bugs are probably inevitable though.

Anonymous Fri May 4 17:44:03 2018 No.18956809

>>18951610
In theory, you could release pretty much any game on Steam if you replace 18+ cgs with blank pictures. Even if Steam became more vigilant, the most you would probably have to do would be to add asterisks to cover up problem words. The ESRB would only rate a game like that as Mature in all likelihood.

Since Steam is American, if you got the ESRB to agree to something, Steam would have to agree to it on principle. Gahkthun is a prime example of this.

Anonymous Fri May 4 18:46:50 2018 No.18957029

>>18956809
The one limitation to that approach though is it may limit official R18 because of ESRB rules. That said though, if more situations along the lines of Maidens of Michael pop up, it would still be the best course of action to limit problems with Valve.

Anonymous Fri May 4 20:53:08 2018 No.18957584

>>18957029
Yeah, if the censored version of Maidens of Michael was sent to the ESRB, and they only rated it M, Steam probably wouldn't axe it. I don't know how the ESRB deals with games with both censored or uncensored editions though.

The obvious downside is that Steam releases will be stalled or that the ESRB might even be unusually strict on one particular vn, but it may be better than being paranoid about Steam taking down your game. The ESRB may be somewhat inconsistent, but there's little risk of them taking back a rating they already set.

Anonymous Fri May 4 20:59:07 2018 No.18957616

>>18957584
As long as the editions are separate, it is a non issue. MG created a "Steam" version of Gahkthun that had a minor cosmetic change to indicate it was the Steam version to avoid the earlier problems of having non-AO rated titles with AO rated titles (which previously caused them problems with some of their all ages releases that they had Steam rate).

Having what basically works out to AO equivalent unrated DLC for an M rated title is a much thornier issue however.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 4 23:43:27 2018 No.18958389 Oh just noticed that we're over bump limit. Anyways, before the thread dies: https://mega.nz/#!QGh3Rb5b!yk68UnmkrVEE9hVMAkr5q1SS6-FhHnIVAZLKRBtWX_E Patch to fix fureraba typos and the bug in Yuzuyu route.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 01:12:30 2018 No.18958707 >>18952334 >whodathunk we would see corruption mindbreak eroge on steam in 2018 Think we can get Hadaka Shitsuji on Steam for 2019?

Anonymous Sat May 5 01:18:14 2018 No.18958721

>>18958707
MG seems less fond of taking apart a title just to put it on Steam. They just released MML as a purely MG title, when it is a title they could have gotten to Steam relatively easily if they wanted to, and that seems to be the plan for Damekoi as well. They probably would benefit the most though if they ever took the Frontwing approach to Steam of making a title fit by any means necessary, even if you need a separate patch for 90% of the title.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 03:18:15 2018 No.18959186 >>18958721 MG probably understands the costs. Sekai on the other hand thinks working on an all-ages port creates money and can be sold for half as much.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 03:18:55 2018 No.18959194 Princess Maker 5 has been released.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 04:21:58 2018 No.18959443 File: 13 KB, 292x100, Dream.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18956540 And I just started this game.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 07:02:18 2018 No.18959929 >>18958721 >They just released MML as a purely MG title, when it is a title they could have gotten to Steam relatively easily if they wanted to Have you read it? The routes are pretty heavily focused on sex.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 5 07:38:50 2018 No.18960112 >>18959194 >Princess Maker 5 has been released. Princess Maker 4 never.

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