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Please learn how to use the catalog.

>>13178161

But the last Higurashi thread 404'd days ago.

>>13179817
Please learn how to use the catalog.

>>13179819

There's no other thread in the catalog.

>>13179819
Previous thread just got archived.
Anyway, dumping some backgrounds comparisons. Ps3's are screenshots from a video, so it's obviously not anywhere near the quality of a rip compared to the ps2's.

>>13179871

>>13179872

>>13179885

>>13179909

>>13179885
>>13179915

It's nice to see the dam site finally looking spacious as it should.

So is this just a remake or new content?

>>13179938
Indeed, the new ratio with the larger backgrounds and smaller sprites is way better than before.
Kinda hope Mangagamer would include a 16:9 ratio option since they're still adding stuff, that would make a ps3 patch more complete.

>>13179977
something like this.

>>13179989

>>13179995

>>13179977

I dunno if Doddler was thinking about 16:9 support when he made it easier to mod. Still, it's probably possible.

>>13180044
I know, but they recently added the jp text switch along with the vanilla sprites switch, so that may be possible.

Also tested my own versions of the sunset and night backgrounds.

>>13180053

Are the ones on the left the originals? Because the widescreen ones are a million times better.

>>13180075
Yeah, the one on the right are my version is just reworked. Looking at it, even the base backgrounds could be improved, like pic related instead of >>13179989

Worst part of the vanilla bgs are probably the night modes, they looks terrible.

>>13179998
>>13180097

>>13180121
since I'm at it...

>>13180520

I like how you made to greenery more colorful. Everything always looks so overcast in the PC backgrounds. Like they took the photos on a cloudy day.

>>13180997
Yeah. I felt that's what really lacked in the vanilla backgrounds after seeing the ps3 versions that got a massive improvement for the lightning and colors.

Funnily enough, every previews of the backgrounds of Sui that were posted until now, be it as pictures or in the videos, were the ps2's, even tough they updated a lot of them, and still didn't give any information about it.
Left is from one of the pvs, right from an actual walktrough of the game.

>>13188356

Some of the backgrounds in the trailers were heavily cropped. I'm glad to see they fixed it.

>>13184460
Do you have images of Rika?

>>13184460
How could something that cute possibly be the piece of that piece of shit that is Featherine.

>>13190997
>implying Ikukuro isn't the best girl

Reminder that noname went on a taiwanese child sex tour and fucked 3 children, and he works for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

>>13191369
Sounds like a badass for a nanashi.

I've heard, don't ask how, that Sui will be a PC port with an full english translation. Anyone knows something?

>>13193379
No, you're mixing Sui and the Steam release.
Su is the final remake of Alchemist for ps3 and vita, featuring their art in 1080p along with 19 arcs. It's only available in jp and came out a few days ago.
A video of it :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgkngyIy6Nk

Steam's is the re-release of Mangagamer's version, with a new translation, new sprites that are unrelated to Alchemist (webm related), a bigger resolution (but so far, still 4:3 ratio) and a few new options (way to switch with the vanilla sprites or swtich with the jp text). On the other hand, it will be easy to mod it, so a ps3 patch should come sooner or later. But anyway, it's not even out yet, we'll MAYBE get the first arc in one month.

Sui's new arc looks really interesting.

>>13193623
>Sui is the final remake
until the next console generation

>>13193929
>tfw getting your copy in the mail in 2 days

>>13193941
It was wrapping up the many problems of Kizuna (shitty ds resolution), and it got made a bit after Hou. Doubt we'll have another Higurashi game. Not like I would complain if they still do tough.


>>13193969
shit, was supposed to pre order it and because of problems with my credit card I didn't even buy it yet.

>>13193623
What's taking MG so long to release the first arc?

>>13193929
Hmmm, Rika has a very beautiful tummy.
Though I still think that this is the best swimsuit Rika ever wore.

>>13194291
They had several problems with the translation, like having to translate it a third time because they saw that the new translator was doing a shit job. Besides, the game needed to be re-programmed. They're being late because they ended up adding more stuff to it, like the vanilla sprites and jp text switch options.

>>13194322
Why do they always pull this shit for Higurashi and not for KnS or some shit?

>>13194347
Eh. Either way, we've been waiting for months, pretty sure the game got announced in July 2014. the other arcs better not take this amount of time.

>>13194322
Really? Fuck.
I thought their new translation was going to be good. What the fuck is MG doing?

I've been waiting for this shit since people thought it was a good idea to try and greenlight Higurashi on steam and then it got accepted. It's going to be almost two years now.

Come on you fuckers.

>>13194521
the translation we're getting should be good, yeah.

>>13194521
>I thought their new translation was going to be good
But it will be. The very fact that it's taking much longer than expected shows (hopefully) that they care about its quality. It's not like any of us are in a hurry to reread it anyway.

>>13194645
I'd like to rerereread it sooner rather than later.

>>13194645
Not necessarily. They gave some shitty translator the job in the first place.

>>13194673
but here they canceled the second translation because it was shit too and hired another translator.

>>13194698
But it begets the question if the first episode was well translated or not.

>>13194698
Their marketing standpoint for the re-release is 'a translation that's way better, + new SJW unfriendly art'. If the new translation isn't even marginally better than the old one no one will want to buy it.

Seems like they combined Mion's angry eye CG with the door from Rena's for the scene in Onikakushi, pretty cool.

>>13199602
In Matsuri, it simply was a zoom without the door.

>>13199610
which they combined with a part of this one.

>>13199602
What the fuck is this bullshit.
I don't remember Mion looking at the door.

Is that when Mion and Rena come to see K1 and Mion reminds K1 to come to school anyways?

>>13199613

Why is Rena so perfect for being spooky? She's the cutest, but she's the only Higurashi who ALWAYS sends a shiver down my spine when I see her in kill mode.

>>13194710

>new SJW unfriendly art

Seeing people say Higurashi supports child abuse always makes me laugh since it does the exact opposite.

>>13201474
> Is that when Mion and Rena come to see K1 and Mion reminds K1 to come to school anyways?

Yes, she's about to close the door and then look at Kei trough it then say he better go to school tomorow.

Any sign of the new Sui album?

>>13202444
Randomly found a link on a jp site last week, look up at it for a bit.

There 3 songs, including the two for the Sui openings, which are already available on YT too.

>>13202278

>Why is Rena so perfect for being spooky?

That's just one of the perks of being best girl.

>>13202444
I found it on a JP upload blog about a week ago. I'll upload it soon enough.

Holy shit.

>>13207004
So the Hou arcs really are in Sui after all ?

>>13199602
Better quality.

>>13210487
And a more legit HQ pic.

>>13210502

>>13210507
That's the Steam edition? Is it worth the brouzouf, or can I just keep my original Higurashi games?

>>13210581
nope, Steam edition is pic related.
this >>13210507 is the ps2 game on the left and the ps3 game on the right.

But yeah, I think it's worth it, the Steam game will have a new translation, and moreover will be easier to mod, so having it look like the ps3 game if the latter ends up being rip should be possible.

>>13207004
>>13207011
Well shit.

>>13210507
Yeah, there's a clear difference between the two.

>>13210633
So Steam edition is HD edition? Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a while.
And what happened to Mion's gun?

>>13211221
Steam edition has got :
- better translation
- new sprites that are totally unrelated to Alchemist because Mangagamer couldn't get the rights.
- an option to switch ingame the sprites and get the originals ones back
- an option to switch the english to Japanese.
- an higher resolution. The backgrounds are filtered photos to begin, so that won't change much for them, while the sprites will be like this available in good quality and not just 480p.
- easily moddable. So any graphic patch will be possible. if some people like neither the original or Steam sprites, an Alchemist patch will probably come out sooner or late, along with one for the backgrounds if not CGs.

for now, the first arc should come out in probably one month. We've been waiting a lot only for it, but since the base will be made, the rest should take less time to come out, at least for the question arcs that's it. I think the price was 6 or 7$.
>>13211086
> Yeah, there's a clear difference between the two.
Besides obviously the fact ps2 is in 480p and ps3 in 1080p. it also has got way more CGs, new backgrounds (torture room), and the zoomed sprites.

>>13211532
Original music or Mangagamers' music?

>>13212041
Mangagamer's.

Will we ever get a full sui PC port or is it too much work?

>>13213073
Main problem is the translation and insertion of the new arcs and choice scenes, besides the voices.

>>13211532
Right is almost as good as original.
You can feel the full smug on her face. Original is still better because of the heavy blushing.

>>13207011
Playing Sui right now. At the moment it seems like they just added a bunch of Hou assets to everything and the arcs actually aren't there.

>PS2 style Une and Wing head in the OP
>PS2 Sakutaro-Hanyuu occasionally pops up in the quizzes
>Music from the dai album that came with Hou playing in the interface
>Music from Hou itself playing in arcs, found Une's song in Watanagashi so far


On top of that you get the trophy for clearing all arcs without anything from Hou showing up. It might actually be cut content or something unless there's some autistic way to get it.

>>13213271
>Original is still better because of the heavy blushing.
I agree, alchemist sprites should emphasize her girly nature more - it's even part of her character arc (which should've been expanded, R07)

>>13213489
so that pretty much 90% confirms the fact that we're gonna get them as DLCs isn't that right ?

>>13214181
Maybe if it would be worth it for them. How well did Sui sell?

>tfw BT's name all over the place in the Sui credits

If someone is interested, here is a torrent for the PS3 version: http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1645784

>>13215170
Based. Should make things faster for a rip of the game.

>>13215265
>based

>>13214991

It's always the awesome people who die young.

Completed Sui 100%, can verify what this anon was saying
>>13213489

There's Hou music all over the damn place, there's Hou graphics in the Oyashiro Shock minigame, but that's about it. There's no Tips with Une or Tamurahime, no fragments with them, or any trace of them outside the OP.

So yeah, maybe DLC, maybe cut content. Someone really needs to rip the PS3 ISO and see what's in there.

>>13217100

I really hope that the sprites aren't on there already. On-disk DLC is the worst.

>>13217211
Actually, would just the sprites really be considered evidence of disc locked content, since it's a VN? Or would they be more like unused models that get re-purposed later on?

I don't think I've ever thought about it like this before.

>>13181031
Did her boobs get bigger?

Higurashi_no_Naku_Koro_ni_Sui_JPN_PS3-HR

>>13217360

They get bigger with every new style.

Speaking of which, why have her tits been dropping down on her chest more and more? I'm pretty sure breasts don't suddenly jet out like that near the bottom of your ribcage.

>>13219193
That looks disgusting.

>>13219514

They've been like this since Kizuna.

What are the chances of Hou getting updated models like Sui or the PS2 games? Even if it's not Alchemist again, they're not making any money off of the comiket release so they'll try to re-release it soon right?

What are the chances of Hou getting updated models like Sui or the PS2 games? Even if it's not Alchemist again, they're not making any money off of the comiket release so they'll try to re-release it soon right?

As soon as you learn Japanese :^)

>>13222818
They already made ones it seems so actually.
>>13207004

what's the difference between the music for PS2 and the original? Is one better than the other?

>>13217238
presumably it's justified, there is a lot more that would need to be handled from Hou other than two sprites, transferring the entire scenario was probably still being planned out when it was released

>>13222867
Is there any info on the Japanese side about Hou in Sui?

>>13207004

It looks like it's in the OP for the actual game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZdHNRREMb4

So it's definitely not a fake, at least.

>>13217100
iso out now

>>13229462
Let's just hope someone rips the sprites and such.

>>13235325
>BOY I SURE HOPE SOMEONE WILL RIP THE SPRITES
>I'M TOO LAZY TO DO IT MYSELF

>>13240544
Seems like they're compressed in a totally different way than in Higu ps2 and umineko ps3, will still take some times.

>>13242734
That sucks. Here's to uncompressing it, then.

Anyhow, I finished translating Rei if any denizens of 4chan want it. Here's the link.
https://www.mediafire.com/?alob5cyl84efdcc

>>13243465
Shit, which one is Rei already? The third one with the post-disaster stories?

>>13243554
It's the one with the Soul Brother and their pervy stories, Rika in the "perfect world", and Rena and the love gem.

Anyhow, I'll also be doing a Matsuri graphics patch for Rei, too, as I know some people are put off by the original art.

>>13247193
nah, don't do it yet. Sui has got the updated graphics, and Matsuri didn't have Rei, so no CGs, and several backgrounds misisng (Furude's house). Wait until Sui get ripped.

>>13249053
Ha ha, I actually forgot about that. Kinda stupid jumping the gun, although I think Matsuri has most of the sprites and backgrounds, anyhow. But, I haven't really started on anything yet since I'm getting a few other things done first, so I'll probably end up waiting for Sui to be ripped.

>>13251455
> as most of the sprites and backgrounds

Matsuri doesn't even have have 480p as an optimal size to begin with, the files somehow are deformed, so adapting them means a lower quality, which won't be a problem with Sui, besides the fact all the sprites and backgrounds got updated. Don't really see any reasons to still use Matsuri's at this point, it's just a matter of time before Sui gets fully ripped.

bump

Oyashiro Shock seems like a fun trivia game. I get most of them wrong anyway but loli Takano is cute.
Good thing the opening actually works in this PSV version. I can't figure out how to load the opening in the Kizuna DS versions.

>>13214902
Not as well as KanColle

BUM! But it's an april fool joke...
But, the design is pretty similar to that one with the astronaut shit ----> http://oi61.tinypic.com/anoghg.jpg

>>13178157
>English translation when?
Let's hope for an english DLC.

>>13235325
What do you care about the sprites and other graphics? The only worthy thing you could use from this to further mod the PC game are the voices.

>>13255092
Still dreaming, are we?

>>13255116
Sui does have updated backgrounds and sprites from Kizuna, you know. Anyhow, I hope someone does rip the voices with Sui, too.

>>13254668
Ahh, I was wondering about that image and list of visual novels when I visited their site the first time today.

>>13254668
It's not a joke.
Trianthology is their next project.

>>13256212
Everything adds up to it being not a joke.

But Ryu was really hamming it up about April 1st in the 07th Official twitter, which gives me doubts.

Guise! Check Commie's site. Umineko all over them!

>>13258888
now check the calendar

>>13254668
I wonder if that's going to be her official hairstyle.

>>13259008
hairstyle color*

>>13255116
The Higurashi tweaking graphic patch is beyond garbage tough.

>>13256635
He said in red that it was all true. The April 1st announce date might have to do with the Alice in Wonderland thing he's got going on for this one.

Will be interested once I hear some music. And if it gets released in a timely fashion.

http://shingidan.web.fc2.com/hinamizawa.html

>Before Higurashi no Naku Koro ni became known as a game, anime, manga, and so forth, it existed as a stage play.

>It's taking place in 2015, 8/26, at the hachiman yama waasaru theatre

>There will be cast auditions


It'll be directed and organized by this guy:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F
http://shingidan.web.fc2.com/newpage6.html

So basically, Hinamizawa Bus Stop is getting a stage play.

>>13263869
>So basically, Hinamizawa Bus Stop is getting a stage play.
>Hinamizawa Bus was originally written to be a play
>rejected
>Ryukishi becomes famous and rich
>fuck you I get to make it regardless
I guess money and influence does solve all problems.

.....

>>13259008
>>13259011
Well, it is Alice...

>>13264651

It'll be interesting, at least. Apparently it'll be in one of those 360 degree theaters where the stage is in the middle of the room and everybody in the audience is "infected."

Mangagamer releasing not only just the question/answer arcs, but everything included in Hou.
http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/04/03/anime-boston-announcements/

>>13271647
>the definitive version of Higurashi both for Japan and the West!
yet no satoko pussy. nice try folks

>>13271659
No shitty ps2 arcs either.

>>13271647
is it going to be voiced?

>>13271647
I wonder if we could use their translation with the original Hou game. I mean, with the physical copy.

>>13271787
HOU
O
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Stop damn asking this question everytime, MG couldn't get Alchemist's games which are the only ones with voices, of course we're not getting them.

>>13272851
Then they can't really call it the "definite version"

>>13272941
That's 07th expansion's SN definite version.

how to extract all pic from data.rom of sui?

>>13274785
Not possible yet.

>>13275115
why not? there was a extractor of umineko..

>>13275354
Everything besides the graphic files (bgm, op, ...) can be uncompressed the same way it was done for Higu ps2 and Umi ps3. On the other hand, the sprites/cgs/bgs were compressed with a different method.

>>13275541
Oh, that sucks. Does that mean we won't get them? Or will we just have to wait longer?

>>13275574
Go more informations. The BGM/OP/SE/Voices are indeed easy to unpack. The graphic files are one hell of a mess. Actually, the one working on them is of the ps3fication members who ripped Higu ps2 and Umi ps3. Now he don't see a lot of future if it comes to him ripping it. He told me I should try to look for a hacker that could do the work instead, as he could give him the tools he has so far. Pic related is the best we can get for now.

>>13275695
What the fuck am I looking at?

I still wonder how come MG didn't try to get a deal with Alchemist to try and get the voices.
Still, getting Hou is good enough. Slightly better than nothing but I would have wished a bit more.

>>13275695

>mii~ kill me

>>13275695
Holy shit, it's like they copied Ryu's 'every character image is broken into like 5 pieces' except they made it much, much worse.

This looks like it could easily be the Persona 3/4 of VN file structures. Props to the people digging through thisshit.

>>13281845
Looks like they really don't want people ripping the sprites.

>>13288271
That or trying to use the rip tools for a different game was a stupid idea.

>>13290889
>That or trying to use the rip tools for a different game was a stupid idea.

It worked for the BGM/OP/SE/Voices files tough genius.

>>13292519
Trying to hide your lack of arguments by being rude won't work, kiddo.

>>13292519
Nice repartee dumbass.

>>13301461
>>13306861
> they're not even hiding the fact that they're retarded

>>13308141
>is called retarded
>"n-n-n-n-no you"
Nice
Epic
I like it

>>13271659
You can buy it from the MangaGamer store instead of Steam, and you'll get DRM-free + original nude Satoko sprite. Considering the Alchemist arcs read like shitty fanfiction, this really is the definitive version of Higurashi.

>>13184460
Hnnnnnnng, lewd waifu merch. I should have this notebook for myself in a few weeks.

>>13311133
Any Alchemist arc is much more interesting than shits like Outbreak, I guess you didn't even read them to begin with.

>>13311227
I'll agree that Outbreak was shit, but Kamikanshi-hen was fucking hilarious and clearly not meant to be taken seriously. Other than Miotsukushi-hen, the Matsuri arcs don't add anything to the story. The Kizuna arcs are at least more varied, but Kotohogushi-hen in particular feels like a completely different story. You're right though, I haven't actually read them.

>>13311275
>You're right though, I haven't actually read them.
So you indeed can't say that they "don't add anything to the story".

>>13311275
>You're right though, I haven't actually read them.
So your opinion is irrelevant.

>>13311862
>>13313576
What can they possibly add? Other than being permutations of the same rules in a world that's already fully developed. I've read the summaries posted on http://isaeamane.tumblr.com/ and they don't seem to be worth reading.

>>13314979
>I've read the summaries posted on http://isaeamane.tumblr.com/
>"I've read a tumblr, I know what I'm talking about"

>>13315420
To be fair, the shit on that particular blog is stupidly well detailed. On the other hand, it is pretty stupid to use a summary of an arc to decide whether or not that arc was any good.

Whether or not it "adds to the world/story" is irrelevant in the first place. It's still new content that English-speaking fans desperately crave. Unless it's so horrible that it retroactively ruins our view of the series, there's no reason not to translate it.

>>13319626
I'm not saying they shouldn't be translated, or that I won't read them if they are. I'm hoping for a Higurashi Sui English PC port in the vein of the Umineko Rondo PC port that's currently in alpha.

What I'm saying is that they can't possibly add anything to the story that makes it a better choice for the first time you read Higurashi. The 07th Expansion VN is already perfect.

>>13319680
It's some great new content, and I recommend any Higurashi fan to read them if they can. The Higurashi verse has got so much potential when it comes to stories thanks to the kakeras, so I would gladily get the Alchemist arcs. I think you're totally wrong to say that "the original" is already perfect, the tips proved we can get as much interesting details as we could ever imagine.

For example, Tsukiotoshi adds a really interesting possibility that never happens in the original : what if more than one member of the club committed murder together (so here, Kei, Shion and Rena killing Teppei) and got the L5 ? The choices adds interesting scenes like we can get in FSN too.

I guess this is as good a place as any to ask who is excited about R07 at ACEN next month? I got my tickets.

>>13193623
webm created by a dev?

>>13321194
Yup, I'm going pretty much just for him. I'm staying with my cousin, though, so it'll be a nicely cheap vacation.

>>13321022

Different anon, but I totally agree with you on the kakera thing. You could manage to create countless scenarios with it. Shit, even R07 lets fans make their own arcs. If you wanted Rena and Shion to somehow fight each other, you could easily get it done. If you wanted Satoko to remember a past world like K1, you could do it.

The only real challenge is how good of a writer you are. Which, thankfully, doesn't seem to be a problem with the Alchemist arcs.

>>13322910
I got a good deal on airbnb for my stay. I am thinking of going to the 7th expanion gathering.

>>13321194

it kills me that I can't go, especially since i'm only like 4 hours away from Chicago by car. Stupid unemployment and lack of autismbux

>>13323899
>7th expansion gathering

I didn't even know there was one, but it sounds like fun. Where are the details?

sui~

>I can afford plane tickets to Chicago for the con, but I'm too fucking busy with work to do it

Why live

>>13330969
>can't afford tickets to Chicago
>because I'm a youpoor
>can't stand americans anyway

>>13275695
You don't even need a hacker as long as you have a PS3 with a decent CFW (read: capable of taking screenshots anywhere at any time). Sure, it's a tedious and time-consuming job but it's definitely possible, especially since you can remap files in the container most likely. Just replace the location of a fullscreen screen image you can screencap (Alchemist logo for example) with the location of a needed BG and screencap that. Sprites can be dumped with the same logic, except with more headache.

How's the progress by the way? I have a CFW PS3 myself and am mildly interested in messing with ProDG and DEX side of the latest Rebug CFW, I think I should be able to dump already decompressed images from the memory or something.

>>13325616
http://www.acen.org/forums/index.php/topic/46394-when-they-cry-2015/

I don't much about it, a little seagull told me. I don't think they have registered official yet. I am afraid of the types that will be there, but if they are honest fans of R07's works they can't be that bad right?

>>13331712
>if they are honest fans of R07's works they can't be that bad right
You're so naive.
I wish I could be innocent like you instead of being a pessimistic, cynical, misanthropist piece of shit.

>>13331712
>they can't be that bad right?
I'm guessing you never saw that Bad Romance Umineko cosplay video.

Or the videos of depressed landwhales a few hours after EP8 came out.

>>13336213
Never saw that either, and honestly, I'm feeling better knowing I dodged at least one bullet.

Less than a month until they finally release Onikakushi. Here's hoping we'll be able to at least get a voice patch in.

>>13322964
It's funny that the whole ''let the fans write they own stories'' was implemented in Umineko but in a different fashion.

>>13341717
hahaha

bumps

Her voice is the best.

>>13341717
I'd be more amazed if it actually came out in less than a month.

>>13353008
>implying

>>13361983

I don't think I like what YOUR post is implying, anon.

>>13366730
>implying Satoko's crying voice as she's being tortured isn't sexy
>if I were Satoshi I would beat her once in a while to hear her crying.

>>13366918
Who ye quoting?

I wanted to kill myself at Umineko's ending, I don't think I can take Higurashi at all. Looks good so far tho

>>13366955
Higurashi's ending is bright and optimistic as fuck.
Until you start the PS2 arcs where Ryukishi007 fucks up everything because "muh edgy grimdark isn't edgy enough, we need moar bad ends".

>>13367783
>implying Ryukishi07 wrote the PS2 arcs

>>13368090
Who ye quote m8?

>>13367783
>Ryukishi007

>>13367783
You're a retard if you think miotsukushi isn't a "good end" tough. Making Hanyu die was pretty fair in context, not like she was really alive to begin with.

>>13366955
What's the matter, can't stand beautiful bittersweet mature endings, faggot? Can only swallow happy disney childish endings?

>>13368611
And you're a fucking autist if you like that shit ending. Stay classy, autist.

I've had the PS2 sprites and all the other tweaks for about a year, and I feel like I've been holding off way too long for this ps3 patch. Should I just play through it now?

>>13370312
Shouldn't you rather wait for the Steam release with the new translation ?

>>13370603
Why would you want it on Steam?

>>13373398
So that I can put my weeabooism on display.

>>13373398
Wait for the Steam release, then either buy it from MangaGamer directly (DRM free apparently) or just pirate it. It'll be much better than their old one, even with all the PS2 mods.

Has any progress been made on ripping the PS3 assets? I haven't heard anything in a while now.

>>13376684
Fuck yeah MG!!!

>>13377783
Didnd't have time to check more stuff with the ripping, but like >>13331527 said, it should be possible to do something with at least taking screenshots of the game, got my hands on a few 720p quality ones but bookmarked, and only managed to adapt properly pic related, the rest still have the textbox.
So it should at least be possible for the backgrounds and CGs to get them like that. Sprites will be harder tough because of the transparency problem.

>>13378219
On the side note, they did add a range of new stuff for the Miyoko's extra kakera, like a back illustration of Bern, Miyoko's sprite and new backgrounds. Is there anyone here that can take more screenshots of the game ? Guess I should just buy it myself.

>>13378228

>>13378228
Has Ryukishi07 actually said anything regarding "Frederica Bernkastel" and "Lady Bernkastel"? People keep arguing that they're different, but from the PC visual novels... I don't remember any evidence for that. They look different in the anime, but the anime means fucking nothing to me - but now they look different in the PS3 visual novels as well.

>>13378428
She looks like that in the manga too, and Ryukishi supervised it, so yeah, this is canon.

While Higurashi was completely amazing I don't get why people are still buying any more remakes of it. The story was told and the story has ended. It was great but it's over-- why do people keep buying re-releases?

>>13378852
rereading in a better version ? The first mangagamer release was garbage.

>>13378855
I mean, like, the Japanese market.

Granted, the updated art assets look great. But it's like, this has to be the 5th or 6th remake/re-release in Japan.

>>13378870
Well, Hou has new arcs, which I quite enjoyed.

>>13378870
New arcs and art.

Matsuri had new sprites, bgs, cgs, musics, 3 arcs and and many new scenes thanks to choices.
Kizuna had even more choices, around 7 new arcs, new art (but wasted by the Ds's shitty resolution) and musics.

Then we have Sui who is a full package of the two latter in much higher resolution quality, and along with some new content too. Kizuna has always been a waste because of the support, so see Sui as a way to fix things and add even more stuff (full voicing, remade backgrounds,...)

>>13378852
Is anyone actually buying it? Do we know how well it's selling?

>>13380092

Even if it's doing extremely terribly, we still have the actual game released. That means we can get the assets ported onto the PC, which is most important for us filthy gaijins.

>>13380092
I'm buying it just for Rika.

>>13378219
Aren't there tools you could use to rip the assests while you play? Have you tried any of those because they work on emulators?

>>13389445
I had some problems with the shipping and it was cancelled in the end, while in the meantime the ISO already got uploaded on the net, so I tought I didn't have puch need to buy it for now, so still don't have it. But since it ended up with the ripping being much more complicated than expected I'll probably buy it soon, but even with that don't have a jailbreak'd ps3 if you meant using the CFW tools.

Or your meant a ps3 emulator ?