/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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Visual Novel translation status

Aikano ~Yukizora no Triangle~ - Common Route translated
Aiyoku No Eustia - In progress 100% TL patch leaked, project to continue, 100% Translated/edited/TLC
Akatsuki no Goei ~Principal-tachi no Kyuujitsu~ - 100% translated and edited, 60.92% through QA
Akatsuki no Goei ~Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron~ - 48,788 lines translated (80.25%)
Amagami - 3rd public Beta patch released
Baku Ane 2 - Prologue, Ritsuka Fully translated, Wakana 8/8 Lessons, 5% route, Mashiro 5/8 lessions, Miran 2/5 events and Sayaka 1/3 events translated, Ritsuka patch released
CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu Chu! - 65.04% translated, 6.17% edited
CHAOS;CHILD Love Chu Chu - Being translated
Chicchakunai Mon - 100% translated and 39.5% edited
>Chusingura 46+1 - 29630/82770 (35.80%) lines translated, Kuranosuke route partial patch released
>CITY no.109: Arisu Hen -Jo- - Released
Deatte 5-fun wa Ore no Mono! Jikan Teishi to Atropos - Common Route patch released
Dragon Knight 4 - 58% translated
Eiga Go-toubun no Hanayome ~Kimi to Sugoshita Itsutsu no Omoide~ - Common + Ichika + Nino + Yotsuba routes translated, Miku route day 1 of 5 translated
GinIro Haruka - "Translation finished. Second pass finished. QA done. Preparing final build."
Haruka na Sora - Sora and Yahiro routes translated, Kozue 60% translated, Sora 90% edited
Honoo no Haramase Oppai Nyuu Doukyuusei ~Oppai mo Haramase! New Class Zen'in Harama-sensation!~ - Picked up, porting to Ren'Py
If My Heart Had Wings: Snow Presents - 23% translated
Jisatsu no Tame no 101 no Houhou - 17% translated
Junketsu Megami-Sama - 2nd Alpha patch released, Astarotte route finishing up
Kaseki no Uta - Translation: 15389/15389 (100%)
Ken ga Kimi - 58% translated
Koukan no Toriko-Tachi - Prologue, common, and Cuckold Play route translated, Swinging Route 35%, Yukari POV 40%
Kud Wafter - AA Version 23,835/31,579 (75.5%) Lines translated, 18+ Version 19,240 / 33,113 (58.1%) lines translated
>Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~ - Translation finished, fully edited
Lover Able - 100% translated and edited, 16254/34467 lines approved (50.42%)
Lucky Star ~Ryouou Gakuen Outousai~ - episode 1 patch released
Mama! Tsuma? - Ongoing translation
Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru - 66% translated
Miagete Goran, Yozora no Hoshi o - 1 of 4 routes translation finished for the restoration patch, Houkiboshi Hika 2 of 4 H-scenes translated
Nursery Rhyme - 100% translated and edited, text insertion 100% complete, testing ongoing
Otogirisou - 100% translated
Pure Pure - 100% translated, needs proofreading, partial patch released, all routes have been inserted
Sakura no Uta - Chapter I 30% translated
Sakura No Toki - 1% translated
>Sakura Wars 2 - Demo patch released, ADV, Battle, and "Long Day in the Theater" mode fully translated, disc 1 text inserted
Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki - Both original and fan disc 100% translated, in need of editing
Shin Hayarigami - 48% translated
Shirotsume Yubiwa - 100% translated, 50% beta patch released
Shizuku - Ongoing translation
Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu - 100% translated, TLC and Editing upcoming
Tokimeki Memorial 2 - Being translated
Tsui no Sora Remake - 94% translated, 91% edited
>Tsuma Netori - Released
Umi kara Kuru Mono - 91/138 scripts translated
Yosuga no Sora - Translation finished, editing and TLC ongoing, Total: TL 100% TLC 71% ED 55%, Common/Kazuha/Motoka/Sora routes fully edited


Official work

MangaGamer
The Pillagers of Raillore - Out of Beta
Ciconia - Phase 1 Released
Hadaka Shitsuji fandisc - Picked up
Rance 03 - 55% translated, 41% edited
Rance X - 70.5% translated, 5% edited
Luckydog1 - Translation nearly complete
Funbag Fantasy 4 - 66% translated, 63% edited
Eve of the 12th Month - 96% translated and 47.5% edited
DEAD DAYS - 100% translated and 88.5% edited
Beat Valkyrie Ixseal - 61% translated and 58% edited
Welcome to a Sexy, Open World - 56% translated and 51% edited

JAST
>Goblins on the March: Breed All Humans! - December 29th release
VenusBlood Hollow fandiscs - Kickstarter reached goal, March release listed
Sumaga- Slow progress ongoing
Katahane - Progress being made again
Django - Not actively making progress
Tokyo Hero Project - Translation finished
Machine Child - Still being developed
Yomegami: My Sweet Goddess - 100% translated
Yamizome Liberator - Picked up
Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head - Picked up
Djibril - Being translated
Sisters: Last Day of Summer - In QA
Masquerade: Hell Academy - In QA
Paradise - In QA

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Sekai/Denpa
>Animal Trail Girlish Square 2 - Released
>Happy Saint Sheol - 25% edited, Demo released
Nie no Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
Chiisana Kanojo no Serenade - 75% translated, 35% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Re;Lord 3 - In QA
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Parfait Remake - In translation
Raspberry Cube - Announced
NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - In translation

Nekonyan
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- January 2024 release
Irotoridori No Sekai - The Colorful World - In QA, Steam page up
Dracu Riot - "Waiting on Warmsoft for a QA Build"
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Aoi Tori - "Porting work is still ongoing"
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 60% edited
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 15% translated, 5% edited
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Unity port in-progress"
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Image editing complete, Engine work in progress"
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, "Image editing in progress" working with developer on engine work
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, image editing complete, waiting on QA build

VisualArts
LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild- - 2023 release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release

Frontwing
Sharin no Kuni - Hoping to resolve issues with the distribution platform by the end of September
Everlasting Flowers - June 27th release date

Aksys
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II - February 15th release
Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- - April 2024 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
>Shin Hoka no Otoko no Seieki de Harande mo Ii Desu ka...? - Released
Natural Corde -Aiyoku no Iro ni Somerarete, Watashi wa Arugamama no Jibun ni Naru- - Picked up
Anata Gomennasai, Watashi Mou... - 20% translated
Enrenchuu no Toshishita Kanojo ga Onna ni Ueta Osuzaru-domo no Gakuen de Koubi Aite ni Sareteta. - 10% translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

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Shiravune
>ONE. - Released
Kagura Genesis: Kuon's Story - January 26th release
Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World - Febuary 14th release
Holy Slave Academy - Q1 2024 release
Nukitashi 2 - Q1 2024 release
>Ego's Spark - Q1 2024 release
Amazing Grace -What color is your attribute?- Q2 2024 release
Saving Mrs. Hinako with My Cock - 2024 release
Kara no Shoujo II - Announced
Kara no Shoujo III - Announced
Sacrifice Villains - Announced

Kagura Games
>Winter Memories - January 6th release
Forsaken Quartet - Upcoming release

PQube
KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire! - Picked up

Aniplex
Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - June 30th release date listed

Love Lab
Ever Maiden - 2024 release

DLsite
Friendly lab - unlock(); - Upcoming release
Club Suicide - Picked up

Idea Factory
Sympathy Kiss - Febuary 27th release

Dramatic Create
Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri - Febuary 29th release

CRAFTWORK
Geminism - English version announced

Harukaze
Monkeys! - English release planned

Moonchime
Haunted Obachestra Vol.1 Awaking - Upcoming release

Alice In Dissonance
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Below - Upcoming release

WSS Playground
Tenshi no Takarabako - December release

G-mode
Shinjuku Soumei - Febuary release

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - January release

MiKandi Japan
Libra of the Vampire Princess - New translation physical patch tested, back with programming, Steam patch testing to follow

Tensei Games
My oshi vtuber jumped through the screen and now we're living together: Chill and vibey beast girl game streamer - Announced
My oshi vtuber jumped through the screen and now we're living together: Slightly psycho succubus ASMR streamer - Announced
My oshi vtuber jumped through the screen and now we're living together: I want to make a contract with the lady vampire - Announced
Do you like having sex with your colleague? I'll strip her down and make her a porn star! - Announced

Artlink
Married Woman Hypnosis Counseling - Announced
A Tale of Hard Nipples ~The secret to this town's confectionery's delicious sweets is rich, fresh milk~ - Announced

SukeraSomero
LipTrip ~My Boss Is My Heat Suppressant?!~ - Febuary 22nd release

Cherry Kiss
Ara Ara Auntie Incest - January 12th release

Mango Party
>Fallen Shinobi - Released
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

[Anonymous No.]

Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - Translation 100% complete TLC, editing, QA, image editing left

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>>45601242
>TLC, editing, QA, image editing left
Where did they go?

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>>45601185
>CITY no.109: Arisu Hen -Jo- - Released
Lolibros, cyberpunkbros, we won so hard. Merry Xmas!

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Original > passion project > AI > making up your own story based off CG sets > localization

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>>45601185
>>Tsuma Netori - Released
Ah! Rattanman in time for the Christmas release!
Unironically, this made my Christmas brighter.

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>>45601185
>CITY no.109: Arisu Hen -Jo- - Released
Uhh, anybody has correct version of game for the patch? I have 1.24 and patched game just crashes.

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>>45601185
Merry christmas thread

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>>45601245
Vacation together with the Django translator.

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we have officially 1 week left of December 2023

it's looking extremely likely that it will be yet another december without angels...

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>>45601568
I wonder where to even go to get the game and the patch. Is there a blog for it or something? Is there a VN with the fantl in place.

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>>45601464
I'm also hyped by the next one he's working on.

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>>45606911
https://rattanmantrans.blogspot.com/2023/12/anonymous-asked-whats-next-to-be.html
It's Taima Seiko Alice.

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>>45601245
Still working in their discord

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>>45607862
Prove it.

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>>45601185
Merry Christmas VNTS.

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>>45603272
What if there was a December with Angels?

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>>45609140
J-just trust me dude

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https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1739450961876455829
Shiravune Criminal Border 2.

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>>45613526
Looks like it did well enough for a sequel.

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>>45614784
>Looks like it did well enough for a sequel.
It definitely didn't.

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>>45614930
Kek, what a flop. Of course they will continue to release the other part but will be fun to see how badly they perform. Truly a shitty VN with awful art and writing.

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>>45614930
Then why did they hint a sequel? Sunk Costs perhaps?

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>>45614949
Every single time eop trying to talk about writing is comedy gold material rofl

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https://youtu.be/qNoUPQ1zdzg
Saya No Uta Nitro+ Origin Video has just been uploaded.

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is babby jopkek mad because a shitty vn propped up by cartel shiteaters ended up tanking? Dawwwww

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>>45614930
lmao

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>>45603272
See anon, there is Angels in December this time.

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>>45615022
What's the difference?

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>>45615071
Honestly it looks like something to commemorate Saya No Uta existing and being a fan favorite for the trailer, but maybe i am wrong and there is some sort of upgrade in the works. I will just say if it does happen, it would be cool if they did an upgraded version with mouth and eye movements, redrawn backgrounds, and just some FLAC tracks. Would be awesome.

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>>45614964
seethe n1 cuck

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>>45615031
>moetard
>cartel rent-free
Unfortunate your whore mother failed to abort you properly

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"liminal" border lol, what a shitfest.

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>>45615071
It's a re-release of the 2017 'The Best!' version, but now under Nitro Origin. No changes to the content. JAST updated the original release to this version back in 2019.

Just an excuse for Japan to reprint it for the anniversary.

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>>45615262
should only blame yourself cause you let wokists to take over steam you did nothing you're fucking coward hope trannies gonna chop off your balls
good thing i dont have to deal with this retardition as a jopgod suck my white dick eopscum

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>>45615295
you sound like a hookcuck

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>>45615309
jopgod emperor himself

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>>45614963
They probably licensed all the episodes at once.

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>>45615277
Sad but true. Maybe Django Origin Version if the timeline allows it.

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>>45616124
the wait will be worth it, eopたち, i'm sure of it

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>>45615228
>n1 cuck
You do know n1 is the highest rank of JLPT?

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>>45617171
eoptard have no fucking idea rofl

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>>45613526
well I for one really enjoyed the first one, happy that they are putting out the second one despite the low sales. I imagine it was already done before the first one came out, wonder how far along 3 is.

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>>45617266
3 only just came out a month ago, so it's probably not too far along.

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>>45617171
>>45617207
if you think n1 is worth anything that just shows you're an actual eop, or a hookcuck wannabe jop who "reads" games while checking dictionary/texthooker every minute

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>>45617654
No one said anything about that. It's just a bit weird to use the highest rank as an insult.

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>>45617664
it's referring to the fact that someone who still cares about jlpt doesn't know japanese but probably deluded themselves into thinking they do

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>>45617684
I admire that level of delusion. In fact, I wish I had it.

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>>45617684
That seems like a very inefficient insult. Are you sure you didn't just get it wrong?

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>>45617738
>>45618211
it's okay n1 bros, just keep at it and someday you will be able to read at a normal speed without your texthooker

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>>45618669
even then reading at normal speed doesn't mean you actually understand it - the puns, jokes, similies, references to other games, books, films etc. that can only be picked up from years upon years of cultural immersion. sad really.

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>>45611646
finally be at peace

maybe in 2024...

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>>45601185
Who's the 3rd in the middle?

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Amagami patch 1.0 released
https://nishishitranslations.wordpress.com/patches/
it's still shit

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what happened to the nursery rhyme guy

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>>45619103
Their first post was back in 2012, so it ended up being more than a decade long project. Probably one of the longest projects between start and final release.

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>>45619266
He died because nothing rhymed with orange.

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>>45619266
Last update was in April where he said he only had image editing to do. He fucks off all the time so who fucking knows where he's at now

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>>45619103
Was it that bad?

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I wish the japs would port amagami to the damn switch already.

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>>45620126
There are words that rhyme with orangey though.

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>>45621339
yet another december without kishimen...

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>Josou Sennen Oukoku got translated
>no mention anywhere
TrapCHADS used to run this joint. Here enjoy the cute girls: https://www.ryuugames.com/eng-joso-millennium/

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>>45626949
vndb says it's mtl. also trap games suck when the trap's penis is censored

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>>45626949
>Language : Japanese, English (Edited MTL)

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Tsui no Sora Remake
>Progress as of 12/27/2023
>TL: 100%
>ED: 100%
Currently in QC/Finalization.
>We'll be starting the QC phase, which will hopefully only take a couple of months

Kek. Another one bites the dust. Next year is the definitive YEAR of vns for all glorious EOPs.

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>>45627800
KnS 3
Nukitashi 2
Tsui no Sora remake
Probably Another Chusingura update
Irotoridori no Sekai
TenshiSouzou RE-BOOT!
Dead Days
ff4
Shinsou Noise
Minikui Mojika no Ko


Yeep. Nice stuff.

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>>45627842
>KnS3
?

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>>45627980
He means The Shell Part III.

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>>45627842
final fantasy 4 has been translated for a while buddy

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>>45627842
>FF4
What?
>Dead Days
>Minikui Mojika no Ko
I will agree on those two being highly anticipated. But coming out next year, i think it's unlikely. MG is most likely going to focus on smaller VN's for now and JAST is just going to release everything on JAST time. But i do admit that recently they have been more active in the last few years than at any other time though.

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>>45628943
>>45630148
There's only a relevant FF in 2023, and that is Funbag Fantasy.

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>>45627842
I'd personally add Rance 03 to the list.

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>>45634699
Image is https://vndb.org/s5059 (PurpleSoft Employee) saying that if Nekonyan don't manage to release Aoi Tori by April they're going to stop working with them.

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>>45634825
damn nekonyan in the mud

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>>45634825

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Hope the inevitable Seishun Fragile license doesn't get as fucked up as this, to say nothing of all the others; Mirai Nostalgia, Realive and HapyMaher regret end FDs
Shiravune will deliver on all accounts

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>>45635732
That's what happens when inept procrastinators who have no idea how the world works run a company. The business world and deals are not that easy

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>>45634825
They getting sekai treatment. Still mad about Tenshin Ranman they really had no fucking excuse

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>>45636755
Considering the cash cows the Yuzusoft titles are now on Steam, letting those licenses slip away was probably the biggest business mistake Sekai Project made.

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>>45635803
???
They were forced into admitting shit by a japanese retard running his tongue. He'll be apologizing to them and is gonna get shit from his company most likely.
In reality NN won't run into any issues and will release before april, so that shit was not necessary and only caused a PR disaster.
You gotta be an absolute fucking retard to take the writer's side on this. I do hate NN btw and would rather if they worked with Shiravune or any other company to avoid memelation garbage but claiming the most successfull TL company on the market has no clue how to run things is... just take your meds.

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>>45635732
Why did they want to port it to Unity?

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>>45637173
Anon, they've had the licence for this game for like 5 years now. How you think this isn't Nekonyan's fault is beyond me.

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>>45637177
According to them it was so they wouldn't have to pay for the licence to use PurpleSoft's engine. Same reason they port all their games.

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>>45637173
>the most successfull TL company on the market
that's hikari field's merit tho?

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>>45637204
Where am I saying the delay is not their fault? lol

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>>45637234
>>45637173
>claiming the most successfull TL company on the market has no clue how to run things is... just take your meds
???????

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Is this the intelligence of moebutas...?

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>>45637173
>He'll be apologizing to them and is gonna get shit from his company most likely.
"He" literally is the company, retard.

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>>45637263
Are you unable to read or retarded enough to claim the purplesoft writer is the company?

>>45637251
???

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>>45637288
Are you unable to click on a link to read what role he's had in every single one of Purplesoft's releases?
Here. I'll make it easy for you.

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>>45637288
>???
If they have delayed it so many times, it is because the fucking incompetents are not professional and do not know how to comply with the established times, fucking retarded. Oh god, I swear arguing with fucking retards is a pain in the ass

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>>45637326
lol
lmao
guess there isn't a single professional company in the whole wide world. Fucking retard forgot delays are a commonplace everywhere. Has nothing to do with being professional, moreso with fuckups.

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>>45637310
Who is that supposed to be? The one who spilled is https://vndb.org/s5059

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>>45637346
Take a look at the right had of the screen and you'll see who it's supposed to be.

That description the page gives about him being a "scenario writer" is wrong.

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>>45637340
Fucking retard, I work in a company, no fucking company will put up with a delay of years; delays mean loss of money and trust. In that case, there is automatically a renewal of personnel, because those who do not meet the established goals are not useful in the company. Go get a fucking job and learn about the real world, you fucking cock sucker

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>>45637340
Are we going to ignore the significant amount of releases they've had riddled with bugs and errors?
Aokana, Kinkoi, Clover Days, Klutzy Cupid, ect.

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>>45637368
>no fucking company will put up with a delay of years
yeah sure let me go for the most basic google search to prove u wrong https://www.thegamer.com/longest-delays-gaming-years/

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>>45637396
Having errors /=/ being unprofessional. Not saying they're any good at their jobs though, mostly abominable TLs.

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>>45637399
Oh GOD FUCKING RETARD... you're beyond salvation...

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>>45637405
Not doing basic QA to find such errors is pretty unprofessional in my opinion.

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>>45637354
I c. Wouldn't be surprised if they're going to cut ties regardless, if he won't apologize.

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>>45637424
They probably wouldn't want to work with them in the future anyway (unless it sold extremely well) since the money sinked into paying the programmer porting it to Unity for years is all wasted.

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>>45637465
years to port a point and click powerpoint presentation to unity. they must have hired some genius.

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>>45637411
Depends on severity.

>>45637465
Isn't porting NN's own decision with cash coming out of their own pocket?
I just think once nips speak out about their dissatisfaction publicly like this that means its likely.

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>>45637498
Isn't that supposed to be done from scratch?

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>>45637499
>Isn't porting NN's own decision with cash coming out of their own pocket?
I believe they said they port it when the licence costs for the Engine are too high. So in this case they've wasted all that money AND at the end of the day they have to pay to use Purple's Engine.

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>>45637528
mh? but the most successfull TL company on the market could not make a mistake like that...?

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>>45637528
not like this'll carry over into issues with other purplesoft releases though so don't see why'd NN want to cancel the partnership from their side - if anything it's gonne be easier since they have the engine license now.

>>45637549
regardless of how garbage their staff they still make the most money out of the current big guys

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>>45637568
>regardless of how garbage their staff they still make the most money out of the current big guys
Yeah, the only smart thing they did was to suck the profit from the ch translation

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>>45637568
>if anything it's gonne be easier since they have the engine license now.
I think the licences for engines are game-specific.
>>45637588
I'm pretty sure Nekonyan don't get a single penny of the CH profits from their games. That all goes to Hikari Field.

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>>45637601
Those games do not come with jp, en and ch?

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>>45637173
I am guessing that the speed Shiravune has worked on other Purplesoft titles is likely what is driving the push now to get this out quickly on the publisher side.

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>>45637662
Probably want to stop being associated with NN asap rather than having a botched game release when they're several titles deep with shiravune

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>>45637685
PurpleSoft likely just wants royalties from selling copies to kick in, which doesn't happen until release and have at this point been long delayed.

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>>45637662
>>45637685
I think it's both. Shiravune has been on a record tear these last two years and does a solid job for for the most part. Things seem to just get done.

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Who had the rights to a game taken away from them by shiravune? it's only a matter of time before they send all the other companies to bankruptcy

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>>45637811
MG with Kara no Shoujo I believe.

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>>45637748
Are they not doing well financially? I don't think it matters much as long as they get it eventually - when the games were made there were likely no plans for english ports so it's not something they'd rely on.

>>45637811
>it's only a matter of time before they send all the other companies to bankruptcy
I hear the localization drama is on the rise again, if that continues NN will get btfo eventually. Hopefully.

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>>45637811
I do not think they will send everyone to bankruptcy like MG or JAST. But it might send NN and a few smaller ones under due to how quick and efficient they are churning the titles out at rapid fire.
>>45637828
>localization drama
What do you mean?

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In a fucking year... crazy

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Ah, they took kuroinu away from mg as well

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>>45637905
20 in a year. That is a lot.

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>>45637891
buddy sent https://youtu.be/YjwbsQqPDjI (new vid but afaik doesn't cover anything new) to me and I've heard people are complaining about things again, saw some gibberish localization images appearing on meme sites aswell. Just seems like its back in the public eye now

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>>45637905
Probably NN's worst year in terms of releases.

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>>45637925
a lot of crap.

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>>45637915
It's odd because Kuorinu is a series I thought MG would license due to the fact not many go after dark fantasy or dark VN's overall. Kind of surprised about that with Shiravune stealing it.

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>>45637960
MG picked the butchered version of the game to translate and charged $75 for it. No surprise it didn't do well for them.

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>>45637970
I think i know what you mean now. It had issues being able to load up or start the program even though they had the non mosaic version. Also that price is way too high. No wonder.

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>>45637820
>>45637915
tfw even a company get ntr'd

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>>45638010
No, I'm talking about how the version MG picked up literally didn't have 1/3 of the content the original had.

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>>45638087
Wow this I did not know lol. That is news to me.

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>>45638365
There's a thread on vndb about how much is missing, or you can just search Kuroinu in the archive
https://vndb.org/t17632

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Shiravune's port of a Purple Soft engine game seemed to have some serious issues that only got fixed literally 8 months after release. They still don't have the animated backgrounds in. Honestly launching without midline reactions/changes is inecusable, that's a big part of direction.

https://vndb.org/r104725

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>>45638386
>3 scenarios
I just checked the Shiravune version and i can say that is very odd how MG only has 3 yet Shiravune has 9 with the hidden XX episode. Makes me wonder if MG just was rushing it out there to meet a deadline or if they were too tied up with Rance. Either way that is very rare for them to mess up this badly. Hopefully they learn for next time.

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>>45637820
MG already stopped working with InnoGrey because of JAST getting Flowers.

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>>45640040
It's because manga gamer didn't plan to sell it anywhere else but their shitty store, which is why they wanted to recoup the costs by getting the version split into 3 parts to make it appear more palatable for purchase at $25 a piece. Obviously anyone who can do basic math will see the $75 is outrageous, not to mention having a vn that wasn't designed to by chopped up like that is just an inferior experience. Now why they felt the need to sell it for $75 when most vns sell for $45-$50 max(only mg sells vns for these prices) is beyond me.

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What ever happen to Xev?

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What ever happened to insem?

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>>45640799
Trust me i know i even agree 75$ is ridiculous overall and splitting this up is really retarded because it is full length even if it's lite plotge nukige as a whole. Also the 50-40$ is weird to me, unless it's a premium title like something from Nitro+, A Clockup work like Maggot Baits or Euphoria, or even Rance it makes total sense because it is zenith the best of the best those command the high price easily. But Kuroinu would be crazy at those prices. 25-35$ makes more sense like Shiravune has priced it. It's full length it has some nice extra's but it's not going to command a premium at all due to the lack of brand recognition. But i will say now that you mention it though that some of the VN's are kind of pricy and it makes me wonder if MG is a little bit in the hole on their financials or it's just them being greedy due to Rance and Evenicle being high sellers and think that they can overcharge for everything more now.

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Sukebe Elf:

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>>45642433
they can shove it their censored version up their ass.

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>>45642433
I am hoping there is two versions one for Steam and the uncensored for everyone else. Because if it's Steam only and they leave it there, i will become this guy >>45642493

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>>45642493
I imagine(?) they're talking about a steam version that just nukes Nol out the story that would hopefully have a patch to re-include her.

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>>45642533
NTA but i can believe that is what they could be doing as a roundabout method and why this might take awhile.

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Cartagra remake onegai
Hapymaher regret end onegai

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>>45637828
The whole purpose of licensing a title to be released overseas is cash, usually with a flat initial fee and royalties for each copy sold. Whether you need the money or not as a company, you aren't going to want to wait forever for that revenue, and in Purplesoft case in particular Kunado Chronicles and Criminal Border managed to happen in a much more timely fashion as they wait on Aoi Tori.

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>>45637811
not quite the same thing but the MG guys mentioned at a con panel that they were quite miffed dohna dohna got sniped from them

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>>45644200
mg would never have had a translation a year after its release, so it was a pretty smart decision. Western companies are reaping what they sowed by being so slow

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>>45644490
thankfully i don't care about mosaics so once those guys are done with rance they can explode

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>>45644490
Weirdly in retrospect Shiravune probably would have ended up better off had Dohna Dohna took longer to localize, since it got Steam banned because of when it was submitted.

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>>45637828
>I don't think it matters much as long as they get it eventually
Anon it's not like people stop buying games after their first week of release, if you manage to publish a work with a strong tail you can keep making money off of that forever. Saya is 6 hours long and was translated over a decade ago but there's still people playing it on Steam every hour of every day.

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>>45646036
I fail to see your point. Are you a bot that picked a random post to reply to with an irrelevant topic because some words matched?

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>>45645124
I think at that point they were also trying to push Johren as the only store, which of course backfired.

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Just played through GoD2 up until Ashley's section which i recruited her and her
brother. I have to say while most of the translation is good there is weird tone shifts that I can tell the translator did lose focus. For example
1. In the scene where Percy gives back the pendant to the child. The child mentions they did not "want to be an asshole" which should just say "did not wish to be a burden"
2. Weird speak with one dialog in the dungeon nearing the end of chapter 2 about "muh oppression" this is in one of the Green Crystal rooms. I guess the translator was bored with the dialog.

Other than that I can say the game is good if you are used to Dungeon Crawlers. The enemies move and are not just standstill illustrations, the combat is really quick, animations on skill attacks. But I can say the UI is confusing unless you know Diablo, and use your mouse throughout. This is not explained much except by NPC's spread in the map. There is no real explanation about the Materials, Kitchen, and how to enchant weapons etc. Also the map while good did become redundunt having to travel down the same starting routes a few times. I would suggest turning the game on easy just to save the trouble of not knowing how to enchant weapons, use materials etc, the game is much quicker that way. I can only hope we can get GoD3 and it learns from this. Because there is some good things about this DRPG even if it's a little rough around the edges.

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>>45646915
I think they had more than one translator.

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>>45646925
That would make sense then. Whoever the translator was in the sections i talked about, I think just was bored because they could have added extra lore or at least tried to just play it straight.

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>>45642872
You really think Mangagaymer care about Cartagra? These motherfuckers can't even keep Kara no Shoujo in their own catalog. I thank god everyday for InnoGrey deciding to go with JAST for the Flowers series instead of staying with these incompetents fucks from MG.

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With 2023 ending, it appears that Hamidashi Creative Totsu (Chinese build in January), Dungeon Travelers 2-2 and Sekai/Subete were the only significant titles to be rejected by Valve during the year. Of those, Sekai/Subete was an R18 build and DT2-2 may have been a case of the publisher giving up on making a build that would pass Valve review as the banned page never popped up.

Obviously other titles ran into delays as a result of Valve's review process (publicly including UsoNatsu, Amazing Grace, Destiny Star Girlfriend, and Succubus Sessions, with likely more behind the scenes) and with what recent Steam builds have looked like the content restrictions are likely as strict as they have ever been, but the drop off in perma-ban rejections seems to have lasted for the year at least.

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>>45647278
>With 2023 ending, it appears that Hamidashi Creative Totsu (Chinese build in January), Dungeon Travelers 2-2 and Sekai/Subete were the only significant titles to be rejected by Valve during the year. Of those, Sekai/Subete was an R18 build and DT2-2 may have been a case of the publisher giving up on making a build that would pass Valve review as the banned page never popped up.
Honestly I found it really strange for DT2 and DT2-2 to be rejected when it was rated by the ESRB in the first place again as T. I keep theorizing it might be because Valve is in Washington or they just really dislike the lolli looking characters as a whole.

>Obviously other titles ran into delays as a result of Valve's review process (publicly including UsoNatsu, Amazing Grace, Destiny Star Girlfriend, and Succubus Sessions, with likely more behind the scenes) and with what recent Steam builds have looked like the content restrictions are likely as strict as they have ever been, but the drop off in perma-ban rejections seems to have lasted for the year at least.
I am thinking they are beginning to reverse perma bans as Developers and publishers have complained about it being unfair and not making any sense. So instead they have decided to look into builds personally which means the delays will be much longer. But hey no more perma bans from the platform.

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According to Nekonyan the Steam delays lately have been because Valve are once again letting things have steam pages without being approved yet. Which is what's happening with Iroseka right now.

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>>45647394
>I am thinking they are beginning to reverse perma bans as Developers and publishers have complained about it being unfair and not making any sense. So instead they have decided to look into builds personally which means the delays will be much longer. But hey no more perma bans from the platform.

The policy change seems to have been very simple. Chaos;Head Noah got banned, created a PR mess with significant media coverage in both English and Japanese, Valve reversed the banned and explicitly said they made changes to their policy, and most of the bans stopped immediately afterwards.

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>>45647394
The content in DT2/DT2-2 wouldn't make it through an R18 title going through Valve review either, but publishers are much more willing to cut such content in R18 titles and patch it back in than with ecchi non-R18 titles.

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>>45647488
That changed everything honestly. Because it showed how really dumb it all is in hindsight.
>>45647541
I think it's because ecchi games consider themselves more safe because there is no real nudity just lewd looking characters and implied nudity. It's very softcore when you think about it compared to R18 games. I think this is why I thought these games would be an easier slam dunk than say Rance or Kuroinu entering the platform. Also if I am not mistaken usually a rating from the ESRB does help make the case of an approval easier from Valve anyways because it's already rated.

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>>45648518
While DT2 was stuck with a permaban, it seems likely that DT2-2 at the time of its rejection could have made a stripped down version with an off Steam patch but the parties involved choose not to. Even DT1 looks like they didn't submit a stripped down version to Steam with what the Steam page and Steam content description looks like.

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>>45648518
>That changed everything honestly. Because it showed how really dumb it all is in hindsight.
Valve didn't (and still wouldn't) care if some niche titles were getting bullshit permabans, they just saw the policy as a liability after the backlash Chaos;Head generated.

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What do we think about this? https://varishangout.com/index.php?threads/shitty-localizers-general.553/

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>>45637891
JAST > Shitravune always

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>>45649770
That is what makes the whole thing odd. DT1 makes it but somehow DT2 gets permabanned and then DT2-2 was asked to strip away content. It's very confusing.
>>45649845
I agree. I am just saying the pressure made it obvious that Steam does these weird policy changes when they get backlash to hopefully make it go away. At some point though there will need to be transparency on how to get things approved and why some games do while others do not. Otherwise they are going to keep having his happen.

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>>45650787
I can agree. JAST has brought a lot the last 3 years that really feels like Shiravune is just playing catch up. I mean just look at this.
>Eiyu Senki Gold
>Gears Of Dragoon 2
>VB Hollow, GAIA and Frontier + Fandiscs
>Futari No Neko
>Muramasa
>Tokyo Necro
>Yamizone Liberator
There is a few honorable mentions like Gore Screaming Show and Mamono Musume. Point is they JAST is on fire.

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>>45651638
>Point is they JAST is on fire.
>Gears Of Dragoon 2
>72 votes
>7.25 average
>Futari No Neko
>89 votes
>5.91 average
>Yamizome Liberator
>50 votes
>7.17 average

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>>45651638
you're trying too hard, mr jastshill.

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>>45651670
>>45651638
>Yamizome Liberator
I dunno about the sequel but Revenger was great, one of the most enjoyable games I've played. Would recommend to everyone. In general all escu-de games are hella fun, don't see why the sequel would be any worse.
>hurrdurr JAST releases
no one fucking cares, its about their translation quality not what they release, retard. They continuously dropped the ball since muramasa or earlier, tokyo negro in paticular is fucking horrible.
Shiravune has its mistakes too but at the very least they don't butcher the script with """localization""".

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>>45651757
>Shiravune
>don't butcher the script with """localization"""

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>>45651426
Without comparing the two titles to see if there is a content reason in this case, I doubt the inconstant standards stopped at Valve, just the stricter reviewers lost free access to permabans.

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>>45651757
What are you talking about, JAST still has the best translations in the industry. I don't even remember when there was a JAST drama, while Shitravune is doubling down on incel and memes.

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>>45651830
>>45651919
lol
lmao

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>>45651426
>I agree. I am just saying the pressure made it obvious that Steam does these weird policy changes when they get backlash to hopefully make it go away. At some point though there will need to be transparency on how to get things approved and why some games do while others do not. Otherwise they are going to keep having his happen.

There really isn't the same pressure on Valve right now for most titles as there was before the policy change. If something like Nukitashi requires cutting 95% of the content to get on Steam and there isn't a chance of randomly being insta-banned, Valve is happy to get the revenue that comes from effectively hosting just the launcher without the content their review team wouldn't accept, the player base will actively seek out the patch, and Shiravune is happy to have the title on Steam.

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>>45651757
>>45652055
>IQ drops when JAST is mentioned as having best releases and high quality translations.

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>>45652386
That is pretty much standard shirashill IQ, they have been lurking the thread just for this moment

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>>45652386
Yeah, IQ does drop from reading that
here's your jast "translation". entire fucking route ruined by whoever touched this script
https://streamable.com/984gsc

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>>45651919
>JAST still has the best translations in the industry
mtl tier garbo tl

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>>45652424
Damn, that's definitely mtl. I translate manga and there's no fucking way to fuck it up that bad having the context there

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>>45652421
>JASTshills suddenly quiet
Love to see it.

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Shira shills still shitting up the thread, must seeing JAST make money from Shitravune releases eh?

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>>45652595
It's called having a life, you should consider getting one.

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>>45652634
>back to back responses into sudden silence
>deflects revealing he's there but unable to address the video because it disproves his shill theories
lol
lmao
pathetic

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i would still pick a jast translation over a shiravune one any day of the week/month/year. but it doesnt matter since jast never release anything interesting to me. mg will assrape everyone in 2024 unless they fuck it up big.

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>>45603272
You got it all wrong, it will be released on December but... of the next year.

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>>45653058
I still don't understand why some people expect so much a translation of that...

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>>45653077
yeah i wonder why people would want to read a vn released by one of the major pioneering companies in the medium

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>>45653170
Oh, you mean something like One being a proto key? You guys should learn that some things have aged really badly since they first came out...

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>>45653186
they should have just rewrote all maeda routes (save mayu). what a bunch of tards.

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>>45653211
They kept THAT shit on mizuka route ?

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>>45653231
no need to spoiler, people have a right to know mizuka's route is one of the most retarded things in vn history.

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>>45653273
lmao
fucking retards, I hate that game so much

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>>45653186
maybe you should learn about how different things appeal to different people, i liked the original one when the fan translation came out in 2007 plenty for what it was, no need for every work of fiction to blow my mind with its contents

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>>45653569
At that time there were not so many translations, so it is normal that you liked it. The gap between then and now is too big. If your taste has not been refined over the years, well....

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>>45653058
Imagine if they actually wait until December, would be kinda cruel.

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Kimi ga Nozomu Eien kickstarter ended yesterday
they cleared all 4 stretch goals and got nearly double what they asked for, roughly $410,000
https://ubgoe.com/projects/519

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>>45653058
Oh man. It's happening!

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>>45654724
Damn, people still like to throw money away it seems.

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>>45661687
It's not about supporting the game, half the tiers are shit like "Go eat with the creators" "enjoy a one day tour of the actual locations" "Get your name put somewhere in the game!"

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New critique of Dies Lrae just dropped >>>/lit/22891013

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>>45601185
No new VNTS thread this Sunday?

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>>45666886
Threadmaker out partying.

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>>45667025
New thread up with the updates for this week