/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Lovely Cation- 14.6% of lines completed
Monster girl quest paradox - Being translated, new demo patch for items, skills, and gameplay text, etc
Noble Works - 48,169 / 57,690 (83.5%) lines translated, partial patch released
>Nursery Rhyme - 8543/32977 lines translated
Oreimo Tsuzuku - 241/268 scripts translated, 176/268 through TLC+Editing, 66/268 scripts finalized
PersonA - 44% translated
>Rance 5D - 85% translated, 80% edited, won't be released unofficially
>Rance Quest - 34.70% messages and all strings translated, 39/198 quests finished, won't be released unofficially
Rewrite Harvest Festa - 18647/30040 (62.07%) lines translated
SakuSaku - Common route + Konami route fully translated, 40742/49257 (83%) lines translated, 28289/49257 (57%) lines finalized, Konami + Mio route released
Starry Sky In Summer - 120/177 scripts translated
SubaHibi - 100% translated, 2nd editing pass and QC remain
Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen - 100% translated and edited, QC and technical work remains
Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road - 9/323 scripts translated
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete - 4282/35056 (15.7%) lines translated
>Witch's Garden - 33611/67201 (50.02%) lines translated, prologue patch released
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 78.42%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 89.73%, Motoka 32.17%, Common and Kazuha fully edited

Official work

MangaGamer
>Natsuiro Mikan - July release
Asuka Final Chapter - In scripting
Euphoria - In scripting
Free Friends 2 - 100% translated, 58.7% edited
Higurashi Hou -Onikakushi released, 35.8% of Watanagashi TL
Kara no Shoujo 2 - 100% translated, 82.1% edited
Bokuten - 66.5% translated, 30.05% edited
Da Capo 3 - 50.6% translated
Gahkthun - 100% translated, 21.5% edited
OZMAFIA - 41.9% translated
House in Fata Morgana - 63.1% translated
Myth - 1.1% translated
My Boss Wife is My Ex - 38.2% translated, 30.9% edited
Kuroinu - Picked up, being released as 3 seperate chapters
Supipara - Intend to fund through Eden's sales
>Sonohana RHWM - Picked up
>Himawari - Picked up
>Umineko - Picked up
>Beat Blades Haruka - Picked up

JAST
Raidy III - July 20th release
Shiny Days - August 25th release
>Seinarukana- Fall release
>Django - 1st half of 2016
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Trample on Schatten- translation about half done
Sweet Home - In translation
Sumeragi Ryoko - Picked up
>Flowers - Fall released planned
>Sonicomi - Picked up

Sekai/Denpa
Grisaia trilogy - First game all ages version released, 18+ release planned
>World End Economica- ch 2 July release
Clannad - 75% translated, 4Q 2015 release
WAS - Kickstarter finished, delayed
Fault Milestone 2 - Demo released
Hitomebore - April release
Kokonoe Kokoro - April release
Ame no Marginal - April/May release
Shizuku no Oto - picked up
Sacrament Sheep - In Beta
Memory's Dogma - Kickstarter reached goal
>G-Senjou - Summer release
>Chrono Clock - Picked up
>Double Root - Picked up

Other
>Muv Luv Trilogy - Kickstarter planned
Eiyuu Senki - Summer release
Moenovel is working on another title
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
Work being done on a fanTL of Shin Koihime with hopes of getting it licensed
Wish Tale of the Sixteenth Night - Kickstarter planned
Harvest December - 3DS ports being released
Amnesia - 8/25 release

Dovac, you fucking asshole. You better not ruin Root Double.

>>13732286
For the 864th time, it's still a Lemnisca project, the only bad thing that'll come of this is Dovac making more money, the translation will be fine

>>13732286
It's not like there's much to ruin.

Jesus

>>13732279
>Seinarukana- Fall release

Why would they make a promise like that?

According to someone who went to the panel, they said they want to release DC3 next spring. https://twitter.com/catgirl147/status/617551923781177344

Yeah fucking right.

>>13732298
Why not? It's the same promise they made in 2012, then again in 2013, then again in 2014.

Why did you take off Rance VI and keep on Rance Quest?

VI will get released before Quest regardless

>>13732279
Apparently the Himawari translation is actually pretty much finished. Actually, don't quite me on that, it's pretty late, but it seems like I read that somewhere.

>>13732319
Maria is still publicly updating her progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrd2Vpr9DY
>More Narcissu stuff
Cool I guess.

The official section gets larger and larger, the fan tl section gets smaller and smaller...

>>13732319
Rance VI was removed a couple weeks back when it was announced as stalled. Rance Quest will remain as long as it is being actively translated (although it will probably be moved down to under MangaGamer).

>>13732354
It's not getting translated by MangaGamer though.

There is no prospect of a release unless Mangagamer decide to pick it up.

And that at best would happen in over a years time.

So it shouldn't be on the list

https://youtu.be/Ky-5HAYu-xE

That bitch Battler art

Is the I/o patch still backed up somewhere? Lemnisca took it down.

>>13732445
He looks like an emaciated, ginger spic.

ANN, Siniconera and others are going full on with coverage on SP titles, but MG and JAST get zero mentions despite having all-age titles too.
Seriously, guys, you are so many years in this market and still didnt figure how to get in cahoots with at least one news site?

Also, ANN article says both G-Senjou and CronoClock will be neutered no-porn versions.

I'm sure you fags get this a lot in these threads but honest question

Why not just learn Japanese? It's not hard.

>>13732486
yea i find that weird to

>Muv Luv Trilogy - Kickstarter planned
>Kickstarter for a fully translated game.

The funniest part is that it will probably work.

>Rance 5D - 85% translated, 80% edited, won't be released unofficially
>won't be released unofficially

>>13732486

Kouryuu in his usual wisdom didn't send out PRs until right after the panel. Though, to be fair, that's probably a response to that time that higurashi got leaked ahead of time.

ANN's post is up. Siliconera will probably make a post eventually, but given that SP's stuff is their last newsposts, probably asleep for the night.

No doubt SP's stuff will se wider circulation though, that's always the case.

>Rewrite Harvest Festa - 18647/30040 (62.07%) lines translated
The single title I still care about, and there's been little to no progress on it lately. Why would you hurt me so, Ixrec?

>>13732510
No shit, same as G-Sen's.

>>13732493
It won't fly if you ask nicely dude

These wastes of space can't learn moon even if that was the last thing they had to do in their lives.

Oh, neat, apparently there will be an 18+ version of the Himawari remake sold on MangaGamer's site. That doesn't even seem to have been announced for Japan yet.

>>13732552
Gonna need censoring then.

>>13732490
Nothing worth censoring in G-Senjou no Maou anyway, just a few irrelevant sex scenes for each girl and that one scene where he pretends he's raping Haru, which I can do without. Although I liked the line about trying to make his voice sound as counter-culture as possible.

>Rance 5D, Rance Quest
>won't be released unofficially

what

>>13732682
Mangagamer, Alicesoft, licenses.

>>13732682
The translator has no intention of releasing it unless it's through Mangagamer
Same with Quest

>>13732685
>>13732693
I thought MG werent picking up any of the Rance titles yet, though

Those were the only titles I was kinda looking forward to. Fuck it, Im done

>>13732699
Yet being the key word. You can't be that stupid to not understand why the fan TLs have stopped.

>>13732699
They haven't yet. But not only will she not release them but she never intended to release them

>>13732704
Yeah, they might get released in 3 or so years

Maybe.

>Umineko
Redone art assets like their Higurashi translation, or will they just port the PS3/Vita ones?

>Beat Blades Haruka - Picked up
Nice, always been interested in this

>Django - 1st half of 2016
That's vague as hell, but at least it's still alive, that's something.

>>13732711
>Nice, always been interested in this
Hate to break it to you, but the game's shit.

>>13732342
Fuck fan TLs anyway, they're shit.

>>13732726
To be fair the sex scenes are pretty good.

The gameplay is mediocre as fuck but the scenes are fappable.

This announcement is pretty shit for an Alicesoft fan in the near term.

>>13732732
>>13732726
The fuck are you talking about? BBH has always been well regarded as one of their best games.

>>13732734
Yeah. Because of the great sex scenes.

Not because of the gameplay aspect.

Rance VI (which is delayed because of it) shits all over it as a game.

>>13732704
Honestly, I don't. They've announced a partnership with Alicesoft for Haruka, nothing about rance being licensed too.

>>13732699

You got cartagra'd

>>13732743
The person translating them works for Mangagamer.

>>13732739
Which is more important to you, sex or gameplay?

>>13732751
Rance VI shits all over Haruka but Haruka is better than some other Rance games.

>>13732751
Sex games.

>>13732704
Mangagamer was sure they were going to get Flowers too.

>>13732759
>Rance [...] shits all over Haruka

This does sound like something that would happen in an Alicesoft game.

>>13732813
They were never sure, they just planned on it and assumed nobody else was going for it. In this case they've already negotiated an agreement for Rance.

>>13732817
No they haven't.

They've negotiated an agreement with Haruka and depending on sales other Alicesoft games might get released.

>>13732820
You don't know what they've negotiated. I do.

>>13732821
So which Rance game will they release first then?

>>13732823
VI.

>>13732821
Sure you do

>>13732279
>Myth - 1.1% translated
I hope they don't neglect it.

>>13732445
Jesus Christ Kinzo 34 seconds in.

>>13732824
Well it's the logical release.

I guess 5D will never get released

Trust me guys, my dad works for Nintendo and he heard personally from Miyamoto that MG is getting Rance and they're gonna port them all to the WiiU!

>>13732841
>Rance with motion controls and touch screen.
I can die happy.
I'd still be dying a virgin, but it'd be a happier virgin at least.

>>13732279
Sekai Project releases without kickstarters?
What is this?

>>13732274
I'll always hope for Princess Maker's return.

I hope Himawari won't bomb, it's the best announcement by far

>>13732849
Is that character red naturally, or is the tea just very hot?

>>13732863
Cube's a devil, so probably the former.

>>13732863

whoever keeps track of these should really look at the Sekai Project ones, Hitomebore's been released and it's well past April/May and neither Kokonoe Kokoro nor Rain Marginal have been released.

>>13732307
It might happen if they get additional translators on the project.

That or the person is confusing it with Ozmafia, which they said might be out end of this year, or early next year.

>>13732848
Details to be announced at Otakon, so don't say that just yet.

Any date for Himawari? Looks like the translation is already finished

>>13732901
I hope they have it voiced, Yukarin as Aqua is great.

>Rance
>won't be released unofficially

Yep. I need a source on this one. It's not because Haruka is picked up by MG that Rance falls automatically in the MG territory.

G-senjou, Umineko and G-Senjou picked up. What a bunch of jews. The VNTL scene is dead.

>>13732906
tulipgoddess maria posted it herself.
https://rancetranslation.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/alicesoft-translations-go-legit/

>>13732906
The translator just said she never intended to every release them.

https://rancetranslation.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/alicesoft-translations-go-legit/

Rance VI has also stopped but the translator is unhappy that he has to do Haruka instead of releasing VI

https://arunarutranslatescrap.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/mangagamer-partnership-with-alicesoft-and-new-project-announcement-beat-blades-haruka/

>>13732734
One of their best work ? Nope. It's definitely not nearly as good as Atlach-Nacha, Daiakuji or even Oyako Rankan if you want good sexual content.

>>13732914
But daiakuji is pretty bad, pretty fucking bad.

>>13732914
>It's definitely not nearly as good as Atlach-Nacha, Daiakuji

Which will never get translated now

And it's definitely not as good as VI which has been delayed for years

>>13732914
> not nearly as good as Daiakuji
EOP, pls. Daiakuji is complete shit.

>>13732909
>>13732911
Wow Maria is a fox, I didn't see that coming.

>>13732917
>>13732922
Not him but what's wrong with Daiakuji ? Nips seems to love it if you look at the EGS score.

So... What happens with GalZoo Island?

>>13732928
No story, annoying gameplay, inferior to DBBA and later games of series, bad art with short scenes.
While there are cool gimmicks like selling your osananajimi into brothel, its not particularly fun or interesting.

>>13732931
Well GuyZoo is an incompetent fuck so >never ?

>>13732931
nobody expected that to be released anyway

>>13732937
I wanted to believe. ;_;

So few people excited for Himawari...
I suppose this is a case where people will only realize Himawari is really good after playing it

>>13732955
What's so good about it ? Seems to be like your typical moege with loli.

>>13732961
Why don't you try at least read description, you shithead.

>>13732904
I can't think of a case where voice acting has been removed.

>>13732996
The description does not say much except that it's a moege with a bit of science-fiction and flat girls, you dickhead.

>>13733001
KnS's was for the first official english release.

>>13732279
>Chrono Clock
>new 2015 game
>dont have fun tl
>Sekai
What kind of joke is this?

>>13733015
Stupid fuck

>>13733017
Well, we can patch it back in, so it's all <good>.

>>13733022
What the fuck is with Russian. Why is that letter an upside down h.

>>13733022
>Moogy
Are you fucking kidding me ? This asshole is the last person in whom i would trust when it comes to visual novel.

New art for Himawari looks nice
Wonder if they could license the Vita version too to reach all the weebs they possibly can

>>13733022
If the vita release has all the content the psp version had, then it'll include the side stories.
The only problem is aqua after.

>>13733030
> This asshole is the last person in whom i would trust when it comes to visual novel.
This asshole pretty much hate moege, so you can trust him in this particular case.

>>13733030
Yeah, he doesn't even speak Japanese, so he pretty much just made up an opinion. On that note, Scarlett is one of the best VNs I've ever played, hands down. It's basically Equilibrium meets Leon the Professional. The Japanese government actually uses it for JSDF training.

>>13733042
And ? It is precisely because he praises Himawari that i'm wary of it.

>>13733049
True, he does like to troll.

Nothing for Angel Beats yet?
I'm surprised since everyone and their mother loved the anime.

You guys don't even know Himawari?
How new are you?

>>13733060
Yeah, I know Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo, the game Moogy pretended to translate. He probably thinks Himawari is that.

>>13733080
At first i thought it was Sharin no Kuni because of Jew project licensing G-Senjou no Maou.

>>13733060
You're in an EOP thread, what do you expect?

I never thought I'd say this, but professional translating companies killed translations. No one does fan translations any more and the companies just pick up title after title without actually releasing anything. How did this happen? Why do people at fuwa/reddit/other communities get so excited when shitkai project et al. licenses another game?

>>13733115
Because they think it magically spreads awareness and creates a larger fanbase, which would then somehow translate into actually newly translated titles.

Himawari is going to be the PSVita version remake, so no H scenes or are they going to add them in?

>>13733126
It's as delusional as their hatred for visual novel piracy. Without piracy, there would be no English visual novel community at all. But since companies are releasing censored games with poor translations now, they expect everyone to buy visual novels.

>>13733127
>Himawari is going to be the PSVita version remake, so no H scenes or are they going to add them in?
They said they were going to add them in and sell the ero version of the site, which probably mean that Frontwing will sell an ero version of the game later too.

I wonder what that mean for the voice acting, considering most of the voice actress of the heroines don't do ero

>>13733127
>>13732552
This is all I've heard about an 18+ version. The 18+ remake hasn't even happened in Japan yet, the only version with ero right now is the original

>>13733115
VN translation companies are the borg and just assimilate everyone competent and any fan translations they can buy.

>>13733127
>We’ll be releasing two versions of Himawari: an adult version available on our site, and an all-ages version available on Steam. Those who order the adult version from us will also receive a free copy of the game on Steam.

From MG's blog.

>>13733142
That's good to hear, a remake with adult content sounds like a definitive release

>>13733142
I don't know how they will do this.
The remake has the same voice actress than the PSP version meaning:
Nonaka Ai
Tamura Yukari
Kawasumi Ayako
Sōuichirōu Hoshi

They certainly don't do ero

>>13733156
Can't they just have the ero scenes unvoiced?

>>13733160
There is only 3 ero scenes in Himawari, first one happen 3 routes in, seriously.
They are very short too and one only happen in a bad end.
Best thing about them is the banter before/after in Aqua/Asuka's case which is preserved in the all ages version anyways.

Himawari doesn't need to be ero but it does tackle some pretty heavy stuff and the all ages version censored some pretty important things, I don't know if they will fix that or not in the ero version of the game

>>13733165
Well, you can't really start talking about STDs in an all-ages game where the sex scenes were censored, it's not consistent.

>>13733165
It may be my wishful thinking playing into it, but MG's blog post seems to imply that it's not a vita port, it's the original with the new art assets and will be hitting Japan as an updated version as well.

>>13733169
The scenes happen even in the all ages version, they just aren't shown

>>13732490
Then how will they know about Haru's love of pro-wrestling?

>>13733172
Well the original doujin game has a 13 years old being a heavy alcoholic, I wonder if that will be more problematic than the sex

But if it's just the doujin version then that mean no voice meaning no delicious Yukari as Aqua, you'd be missing on something I can tell you

>>13733185
Well, the voices are definitely in there, one of the translator mentions them. I guess we'll have to wait and see whats in there, unless someone wants to ask MG/the translators on twatter

>>13733115
This is an exaggeration, they actually release quite a lot. But since that doesn't support your doomsaying, I guess you'll gloss over that fact.

>>13733191
Translators and MG staff are currently unavailable due to being drunk dead. GH promised to clarify issue within next days.

>>13733169
This post just proves to me that people don't understand what all ages VNs actually are. You can have sex be relevant to the plot, you just don't have to show it. They fuck all the time in VN anime, too, and you're a bunch of casuals who probably know most VNs because of their anime adaptations. How can you not understand this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4F7Pc-HOA

I want to reread it now but I guess I'll wait for the Vita version.
Himawari is great guys, I hope you'll enjoy it

>>13733208
So people only know about VN anime adaptations, where they fuck all the time, therefore believing that there's no fucking in all ages VNs.

You're all over the place, man.

Oh yeah if there is one thing that really need to be fixed in the Vita version compared to the PSP's one is the soundtrack.
It's really shit compared to the original soundtrack of the doujin version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pajo2lmiDRI
I can't imagine Himawari without this track

https://twitter.com/CRY_tl/status/617689780181032960

>>13733216
The worst offender is the other track that's basically the main theme of the game yet it's completely removed for other versions.
Can't find it now.

>>13733218
Oh, guess it's not going to be 18+ after all

>>13733211
No, that's exactly the point I'm trying to make. People are literally so dumb that they will see one thing and claim the complete opposite is true. Why this is the case, I will never understand.

>>13733236
Well, if the option to see it is there that's pretty much always going to be the option I take

>>13733224
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVjJbfbodw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t13c0QyTLo

Which one?
Honestly I don't remember, I just blocked the soundtrack out of my mind and just remember the original

>>13733218
Uh, that's actually the guy they're having translate it? The one with a questionable grasp of English?

>>13733240
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYswoSZexE8

Or this one

>>13733242
Garejei is the one translating it, he is one of the best translator you can find around here if his translation of scenes of Muramasa/Dies Irae is any indication

>>13733242
https://twitter.com/Conjueror
https://twitter.com/_garejei

Are the translators.

>>13733218
Could mean that the adult version will be a direct localization of Himawari original version and the all ages version a port of the PSP. Or perhaps given that the announcement on Japan wasn't made yet, the translators weren't notified yet. I suppose we'll have to wait for MG to clarify.

>>13733249
>>13733250
So who is this guy talking? And what's up with the Gore Screaming Show project?

>>13733301
Judging from his twitter description he's either doing images and/or hacking, or he's just pretending to be employed.

>>13733271
I kind of doubt the company who's bringing over the game about the sweaty lewd-smelling loli in the summertime is really worried about the ages of the heriones

Why is Moogy so polite on Twitter but kind of a jackass on IRC?

>>13733314
I hope that game lives up to the greatness of its title.

>>13732604
Censoring what? There's nothing to censor. Unless you mean censor for Steam.

>>13733315
From where I'm standing he's a jackass on Twitter too.

>>13733322
Where are you standing?

>>13733323
Right behind you.

>>13733366
That is impressive since I'm leaning against a wall, with my arms folded as I smoke a cigarette.

>>13733370
How are you posting with your arms folded?

>>13733391
That's obvious. Holding my Apple® iPhone® in one hand.

>>13733322
How is he a jackass on Twitter? Give me examples.

>>13732342
I think is for the best. This way we get fast releases based on how much money we are willing to give.

>>13733524
I'd say he's more of a dumbass than anything else.

>>13733539
Well yes, that is always true. There's a difference between jackass and dumbass.

>>13733527
Agreed. I prefer official releases because it's their actual fucking job. I hate when whether or not a game comes out depends on what some fucker feels like doing with his free time. Same thing applies to anime. Give me someone who is being paid to do it whether they like it or not over some idiot who started a project because some girl is his new waifu but then he started hating it so he bitches about it daily and causes constant delays. Fuck you, valerauko. And fuck some guy from UTW whose name I didn't even bother to remember.

>>13733609
Yeah, thank god we've got official companies like JAST that actually get their shit out

>>13733663
To me, JAST doesn't really "exist," per se. Since they don't release things, they're not really a company. MangaGamer and Sekai Project are the ones to pay attention to.

>>13733688
>paying attention to shitkai project

>>13733692
posting epic memes

>>13733688
Sekai Project might as well not exist either as far as in house translations are concerned

>>13733688
Reminder that Sekai Project and MangaGamer are both mostly powered by those fan translators turned part-timers.

>>13733702
Just like how most fansubbers are working officially now.

>>13733702
So is Jast. Makoto's the only in-house translator they have, and he hasn't released anything new for years.

>>13733762
Is he even "in-house"? I imagine he has a day job, too.

>>13733696
Nevertheless, I included them because they have in fact been involved in the first releases of a few games, and that will continue to be the case. They're no MangaGamer, but they're something.

>>13733702
>>13733720
Yes, and there's a difference between being a lazy ass fan translator doing it as some hobby and a fan translator that actually decided to make something of themselves and get a job. The important thing is that they're fucking working.

http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1959523

Someone translate this.

>>13733795
Except when they're not. Both Jast and MG have had huge problems with those kinds of translators simply disappearing or turning in shit scripts.

And then SP hires them.

>>13733768
A lot of MG's staff have other jobs.

>>13733800
Eat a dick, shitface.

>>13733800
For once I can understand that whole strip, but fuck you. I'm not helping a dirty EOP like yourself.

>>13733811
What exactly do you think EOP stands for? I can understand it but I don't have an account to edit it in. I'm asking someone here to do that, since you obviously already have accounts.

>>13733802
The point is, the job gets done.

>>13733827
Like how Sumaga's done.

And how Yumina needed to be translated twice.

And S;G's translation needed to be completely redone.

And Free Friends's translation needed to be completely redone.

>>13733827
When I decide to start my translation patch for Baldr Sky written entirely in ghettospeak and a few gueeses here and there I assure you that I'll get the job done if that's all that matters

>>13733811
I like how this post implies that the people who like to throw around "EOP" barely have an understanding of the language themselves.

>>13733836
Yet all of those except Sumaga are in fact done, and Sumaga will eventually be done. We may even see it sometime this year. Compare that to all the fan translations that get picked up, stalled for years, eventually maybe a chapter is finished, and then they drop the project. Can you really say JAST is worse? They have never dropped a project. They get it done, come hell or high water.

>>13733843
Do it. People need to attempt that game rather than living in fear of Futsuu. But since you aren't working on it officially you'll never finish.

>>13733864
Getting something done and sitting on it for years upon years is arguably worse because it leads to some people thinking it might actually happen in their lifetime only to get disappointed when the scheduled date comes and it doesn't happen. And I don't think people aren't translating Baldr Sky because they're "scared," they just don't have the time for that shit or have other games they'd rather do.

>>13733876
Except it does happen. You cannot honestly think the uncertainty of a fan translation is a superior feeling to the definite knowledge that, with an official translation, your game will eventually be released.

>And I don't think people aren't translating Baldr Sky because they're "scared," they just don't have the time for that shit or have other games they'd rather do.

Which is exactly why it will only happen if it becomes an official project. Then it will be someone's job to finish it.

>>13733892
With fantranslations there's no false hope because nobody expects anything. When the big guys at JAST say they're releasing something this year some people believe it, which is, of course, a joke.

>>13733892
Consider the case of Demonbane, which would have gotten a similar patch to Duel Savior to add superior PS2 content, if not for JAST picking it up.

I can also read this, which makes me feel good. Both in the sense that I feel good about being able to read it and that this image makes me feel good. I'm so pro.

>>13733898
Even false hope is far superior to the despair of not knowing when your game will be translated, if ever. Because you still have the hope that it will happen someday. Haven't you ever played Danganronpa?

>>13733905
Well, some companies are better than others, true. MangaGamer and XSEED do make awesome PC ports that compile everything to make the definitive edition of a game. But JAST released what they aimed to release. So really in the end that's still on the fan translators for not making their own version with the PS2 content. Once again displaying their lack of conviction compared to a legitimate company.

>>13733950
Don't act like this is a matter of conviction, thanks to JAST it's not happening, end of story. And it's a real stretch to say that there's even any hope of stuff like Sumaga getting released. Maybe when you're an old man with erectile dysfunction

>>13733950
>So really in the end that's still on the fan translators for not making their own version with the PS2 content.

No, the fan translators were the same people as the official translators. They couldn't do it once they went official, and the blame for that is not on JAST either, it's on Nitro+

Personally, I'm hopeful that MG's partnership with Alicesoft will lead to a localization of Toushin Toushi 3.

>>13734035
I have faith in Maria as an Alicesoft fan

>>13733844
Well it makes sense. Once you know Japanese really well, you don't need to concern yourself if English readers.

No need to remind them of their EOPpery. They're reminded of it by the very idea of your existence.

>>13732493
Is it harder than Chinese? I spent a pretty big chunk of my life working really hard to try and learn mandarin and I failed miserably.

Learning languages seems like such a cruel endeavor. You can put a lot of time and effort into it and still come out with poor results. I guess that's the main reason why I use translation patches. I don't want to put in wasted effort.

>>13734073
It's definitely easier than Chinese, especially if you practice, see and hear it all the time

>>13733768
It's more like Makoto is the house, since everything has to go through him.

>>13734138
I thought he was relieved of that particular role.

>>13734145
He was. He handles only the Nitro+ games now.

>>13734151
So we're actually getting Nitro+ games now?

>>13734166
Well, it certainly doesn't seem like that's the case

>Sonicomi - Picked up
Wow
Wow
Wow
Living in the database

>>13733864
>Can you really say JAST is worse? They have never dropped a project. They get it done, come hell or high water.
Cleavage
Nitro Royale

What is wrong about Sekai Project? People on Reddit say that they're gods, people on 4chan have mixed opinions about bad and good.

Mangagamer have done it again.
http://ask.fm/The_Doddler/answer/128752064241

>>13734336
So far much of Sekai's work has been pretty bad, save for Grisaia, and that was worked on by established team. And they tend to Kickstart absolutely everything with huge success, yet they consistently complain about doing badly.
Not to say that MG or JAST weren't bad while starting up, and Kickstarting works. Personally I just don't like Sekai's attitude.

>>13734336
This discussion has been repeated many times. The archive should have the answers you seek.

>>13734336
They always have so many projects in the works, constantly kickstarting and licensing new shit, but have a low output. Their original translations are mediocre.

>>13732327
thank you jesus

>>13734364
They're not mediocre. They're terrible. I might see calling Ixrec on the low end of mediocre. They're just flat out horrible.

https://forums.sekaiproject.com/t/very-concerned-about-nekopara-translation/195

>>13734451

>>13734336
>people on 4chan have mixed opinions about bad and good.
It's not mixed, everyone hates Sekai Project here, with good reason.

>>13734468
I like Sekai Project. There are plenty of Sekai apologists on /vg/ too.

>>13734558
inb4 you're the problem

>>13734340
Hmm. At least one new partner to be announced at Otakon, and it's not a nukige company.

This could be just about anything. Last year I was shocked when MG partnered with Liarsoft.

>>13734558
Kill yourself

>>13734578
I hope you're excited for fucking Kamikaze Explorers.

>>13734558
>donating $80 to Grisaia but only $30 to Clannad
Go back to reddit.

Do posters in the VNTS threads still read VNs frequently?
http://strawpoll.me/4837030
http://strawpoll.me/4837032

>>13734644
Grisaia was three games, plus I already imported a Japanese Clannad hardcopy a long time ago (while I've never bought anything Grisaia-related).

>>13734635
What makes everybody think it's going to be Clochette?

>>13734655
I'm not buying Clannad until I see for myself that the translation isn't a joke.

>>13734661
Because MangaGamer's staff talks about everything that goes on in their staff channel to everybody who will listen.

>>13734635
But they said it wasn't a nukige.

>>13734635

I know I would be.

>>13734578
What if it's GIGA? I mean, they've just partnered with Alicesoft, so it would make sense, right?

>>13734839
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

It's not Giga.

I'm actually interested in some of the new titles announced: namely Beat Blade Haruka, Himawari and Double Root.

>>13734839
>>13734845
Yeah, it'll be Light or Leaf or August.

Candy Soft's Gun Knight Girl please.

>>13734839
Alicesoft was extremely hesitant to license their games due to the Rapelay incident. I'm guessing other hardcore games selling decently and being accepted in the west has caused them to consider the western market viable.

As for Giga, they just didn't think their was enough sales potential to bother localizing their games. Baldr Sky doesn't have an all-ages version, so they can't rely on Steam to give them sales. And I don't know about MG's chances, but Baldr Sky is currently listed under Sekai Project's "Probably Impossible" section.

If MG gets ahold of AliceSoft, they win.

And the nice thing about MG is that they don't need to rely on Steam.

>>13734885
I'm going to be really disappointed if the only stuff in the future that gets brought over is either MG nukige or story titles with all-ages versions

>>13734899
If MG brings over story titles, they will bring over 18+ version too.

>>13734885
Aiyoku no Eustia is listed as one of their possible titles.

I really fucking hope Sekai Project does NOT get Eustia.

I'm going to guess that MG's new partner is a company under the Nexton umbrella.

My 3 main guesses:
1) Gokudou no Hanayome from Galactica
2) Gensou Douwa ALICETALE by Galactica
3) Innocent Bullet -the false world- by CINEMATOGRAPH

>>13734899
Sekai Project and MoeNovel are the only bastards bringing over story titles without the porn. Mangagamer releases all ages versions of story titles but they still offer the proper version on alternate distribution stores without delaying it for months on end.

That is why you should never, ever support anything brought over by Sekai Project or MoeNovel. Same with Degica too, probably, since the non-censored version of MuvLuv seems like a wisp of fog right now.

>>13734904
I was just going off of that "if it can't be put on Steam don't bother" train of thought that seems to be popular these days. I have more faith in MG than that, though.

>>13734908
Yeah, it'd be preferable to have a translation that reads nice for Eustia.

>>13734904
I think anon means that good eroge will be omitted from licensing because they lack an all-ages version.

>>13734914
Innocent Bullet might get the /k/'s fag attention.

But that's basically Cinematograph's only title.

>>13734920

So it's time for the baseless fear mongering portion of the thread?

>>13734918
>Yeah, it'd be preferable to have a translation that reads nice for Eustia.
I would translate Eustia if I was more competent in my translation abilities. I've already read it, but I don't think I'd be able to translate it competently. It seems like a really fun VN to translate though, I'd like to go a little over the top writing about all the fantasy, maybe getting a little Elizabethan at times, writing about whores and pints of ale.

>>13734920
That's not happening with MG.

>>13734924
Oh I don't seriously see it happening, but I do think shit might end up heading more in the direction of focusing too much on titles with existing console versions so the don't have to worry about removing the icky hentai themselves. Apparently that's a big part of why Baldr Sky isn't viable.

>>13734924
Aside from their brief involvement with School Days (which was localised mostly by JAST), Sekai Project have never released a pornographic title, including Grisaia.

>>13734943
Well, just Nekopara

>>13734946
>never
>except for that one time

That's like being a virgin except for the time you fucked Large Marge.

>>13734950
It was a title was an all-ages version though. They haven't released anything that's 18+ only, and Grisaia 18+ still isn't upon us either.

>>13734958
*with

>>13734946
Sekai Project was only involved with the Steam release, which is not pornographic.

>>13734958
They have 2 yuri doujin games in the pipeline that are only 18+, but I imagine the licensing costs for those games were dirt cheap.

>>13734964
Good point, thanks for reminding me that they won't even admit to releasing porn and shove it off as another company's job

>>13734958
>It was a title with an all-ages version though.
Is this supposed to be a bad thing? You get the steam audience and the NO H NO BUY audience.

>>13734988
Well, some titles don't have that. Are they going to go ahead and make an all-ages version themselves, or just go for something else?

>>13734988
As long they don't take loli games/good games

And talking about that, they'll even release full Makina scenes? Looking how popular Grisaia got, and how people are sensible to loli, I can imagine some SJWs whining about that.

>>13734999
>As long they don't take loli games/good games
It's inevitable, due to all the idiots on steam and reddit supporting their dumb shit. Eventually they're going to get a major release that isn't already translated and it's going to end up on Steam censored with no proper DRM free, uncensored release ever.

>>13735005
No they won't. Once they've finished releasing all of the major titles that have already been translated, they're going to pack up and leave with the money.

>>13735005
I guess you just gotta accept that your the minority in this case. I've honestly never seen an h-scene that couldn't easily have been replaced with a fade to black.

>>13735005
>>13735026
Ero is holding back eroge, this medium could be so much more.

>>13735026
>I guess you just gotta accept that your the minority in this case.
That isn't true, since most people here hate Sekai Project. And let's not forget the outrage surrounding the If My Heart Had Wings release.
>I've honestly never seen an h-scene that couldn't easily have been replaced with a fade to black.
You clearly haven't read many VNs then. Also let's not also forget Sekai Project's awful translation.

>>13735026
It's about getting the version everybody else got as well as getting to see cute 2D girls having sex. I won't support companies that don't give me that option, it's a goddamn EROge. And there are some games with sexual content that really does matter, the Grisaia sequels certainly rely on it.

>>13735026
Yeah, of course the people who are losing content should just stay still and accept they censoring everything.

Bullshit.
It's EROge, I'm playing it expecting it.

Future looks kinda grim.

It's about options.

Even if the H is unnecessary, I WANT the H-version.

>>13735039
>That isn't true, since most people here hate Sekai Project. And let's not forget the outrage surrounding the If My Heart Had Wings release.
I was talking about the VN community as a whole, not just here. I do agree that the IMHHW outrage was justified though.
>You clearly haven't read many VNs then.
I haven't, just stating my opinion on the ones I have.

>>13735069
>I was talking about the VN community as a whole, not just here
/jp/ is the VN community. And I guess those losers on /a/ and /vn/ count too.

Dovac and co. are pandering to a different community and a different market when they release shit like Sakura Spirits on Steam, and that's fine, so long as they don't ruin stuff that's ours.

>>13734922
Since their under Nexton it would likely be much easier to negotiate for those titles than an entirely brand new partner. And while long-term partnerships are useful, I don't think studios with 1 or 2 really promising games should be ignored.

>>13735069
>I was talking about the VN community as a whole
Except you can't mix those.

what 4chan wants from a game is completely different of what normies want.

What kills me is that Sakura Spirits sells a decent bunch (even better than story games), but it's pretty much a nukige without the explicit sex scenes.

Shit's fucking retarded.

>>13735121
Nobody actually wants to see sex but it's pretty funny to play a perverted looking anime game for your Steam friends to see

>>13735121
Sakura Spirits sold well due to no effort by Sekai Project or the developers. It sold well because it was a joke that became well publicised within the steam community, so people were buying it for a giggle as a gift for their friends or to rack up 1000 hours in it by idling or to feature it on their profile as their favourite game. The vast majority of Steam, even regular Steam VN buyers, are aware of how shitty it is.

It's sequels haven't been a tenth as successful.

>>13735125
So they are perverted prude.
>>13735127
So basically a meme, that's understandable.

>>13735130
That's about the only way for a VN to be successful on Steam, unless it's a true masterpiece rivaled only by Katawa Shoujo like Konosora. That they can take seriously.

>>13735139
Meh, I will do fine without the Steam crowd.

>>13735092
Yeah and 4chan is the minority. The way I see it is you have 4chan and then you have everyone else. When one community makes up most of your revenue why would you pander to the smaller one?

>>13732493
Learning English seems to be a struggle for most. Imagine if they try to learn even more.

MG's site's finally back up.

>>13735168
Yeah, as hard as it is, 4chan needs to fucking buy games.

Need to show the same dedication as the japanese ero fans.

>>13735220
I buy the games that appeal to me if they've been well localized, but if you're outnumbered you're outnumbered

>>13735168
Because contrary to popular belief buisness is not always about the money.
The mindset "We try to establish VNs in the west and if we do it right it will probably become profitable" is totally different from "VNs are getting poular. We can make money by getting big and many licenses fast to make ourselves known."
This will lead to different buisness strategies and therefore also different target audiences.
Or in short: Because there are people who WANT to translate/license games 4chan likes and normies dislike.

>>13735223
You can always buy more, at full prices.

>>13735224
Pretty much this. Mangagamer and JAST tend to try to work on the games they want to work on, nukige notwithstanding.

3 weeks away and MG hasn't put up their Otakon announcement placeholders yet. Maybe they're hoping to score some last minute titles? If one they had planned to acquire was Flowers, then they might end up announcing PP -Pianissimo- Ayatsuri Ningyou no Rinbu or Caucasus ~Nanatsuki no Nie~ instead.

>>13735234
Uh, nukige too.

Sei Shoujo games are a favorite.

>>13735249
I was more making an assumption about some of the nukige Mangagamer puts out, I'm aware that Peter Payne has whatever bizarre preferences lead to being a fan of Sei Shoujo.

>>13735251
As long as it's in general, because obviously some nukige MG translated seem to be in their favorite list of their translators, such as eroge! or Euphoria or the Lilith titles.

>>13735239
I think MG is definitely working on more IG titles right now. If you pay attention to Doddler's ask.fm, you'll notice that he said "we already were working on 3 games for IG". Cartagra, KnS2 and...?

>>13734231
That's not even accurate to the lyrics of the song, you fucking jackass.

>>13735265
>Sei Shoujo
Unless they're counting Noesis, which would make the third title Free Friends 2.

>>13734352
>huge success, yet they consistently complain about doing badly.

Ah, so they're Capcom.

>>13735265

More likely he was grouping IG and Noesis together

Freefriends 1, 2, and KNS2

>>13735037
I think it's dumb how some idiot always makes this post when it's a good point, sex scenes are worthless. It's not even about holding it back, it's about it not fucking needing it to be a good story.

>>13735265
They had the two free friends games and kns2. Technically that's Noesis brand, but really it's the same company.

>>13735265
Cartagra was released last October. I think Doddler was referring to earlier this year, so the 3 IG titles would be: Free Friends, Free Friends 2, and Kara no Shoujo 2. Hopefully IG isn't considering licensing future series to JAST. MG has done Steam releases, so something just seems off by just licensing a game to JAST and not telling MG anything about it.

>>13735139
So Konosora actually was successful? Doesn't that mean Moenovel has the right idea? They need to get on releasing more games.

>>13735280
That doesn't apply to every game and many people enjoy the ero in games like Baldr Sky, just because you personally don't doesn't mean you should attack those who do. Sometimes it's necessary, sometimes it isn't, but if a game had porn it it originally some people are going to want to see it.

>>13735286
Only successful in hipster EOP blog.

>>13735289
I've heard that it sold quite well on Steam, ironically enough

>>13735280
No, not really, some sex scenes do add to the game and explore the characters (such as the Kohaku sex scene in Tsukihime where Shiki shows her how to enjoy sex instead of just giving sex), or some games are purely about sex scenes.

You might not NEED it, but I want it.

>>13735282
It's probably just a matter of business, IG had an opportunity to get more of their games worked on and they went with it.
Maybe they'll reconsider their license terms when JAST takes 10 years to figure out the engine.

>>13735292
Perhaps because now there's a Fuwafuwa patch for it.

>>13735296
JAST made a comment about IG having other games, so I wouldn't put it passed them to go back and try to get more even if Flowers hasn't been released, they do that with nitro+ apparently.

>>13735288
They're the ones who are attacking me just because I happen to think it's not the worst thing in the world to miss out on a couple boring sex scenes. Now, if I were to take the offensive, I'd start by wondering just what kind of person actually finds this shit "enjoyable." It's nothing compared to real sex.

>>13735295
Chronic Clock is a recent example of a game that shied away from having ero in its main scenario and tacked some scenes on after the player completed it as a bonus. It got flak for this in Japan, but lo and behold, Dovac is coming through to license it and market it as the next big hit, for reasons no doubt completely unrelated to the fact that it's already Steam-ready, unlike, say, Hapymaher, a much more well-received game from Purple Software.

>>13735347
Holy shit phone, Chrono Clock. How embarrassing.

>>13735295
Well yes, Tsukihime is a game about sex, like Alicesoft's games. That's a completely different thing plot-wise.

>>13735351
Not as embarrassing as if it had been "Chronic Cock."

In fact, sometimes I like to call my girlfriend Amane while we're having sex. I've got the real deal right here, what's the point of having it in games?

>>13735346
>>13735360
Not your best work, Ti9

>>13735346
I never had real sex but it's better to have than to have not.

And yes, it's the worst thing ever especially if the game is a nukige.

>>13735366
>I never had real sex

Well then this sure explains a whole lot, doesn't it? If you'd had it you'd realize you're not missing out by not having it in your games. Not even remotely the same thing.

>>13735360
You can always romance or kill people IRL, there's no point of having these features in games then.

>>13735369
Uh, even if I had real sex, there's nothing wrong with having unrealistic sex in games either.

>>13735373
Yes, this is actually true.

>>13735374
Except it's not unrealistic. I've performed literally every sex act present in Grisaia, among others.

>>13735353
>Tsukihime is a game about sex

Here I was thinking it was about vampires and shit. How silly of me.

>>13735381
Well, I'm glad I don't share your opinion then.

>>13735353
Tsukihime is not about sex, it's just one example of tying sex to the plot.

There's a huge chance the remake is gonna be all-ages, but whatever, at least they can never unmake the original.

>>13735383
>>13735395
Vampires are a sexual metaphor. God, it's like you didn't even read it.

>>13735404

Oh, of course. Nero is clearly a warning about fucking animals, and Roa is obviously a metaphor for STDs. Why didn't I see it before?!

Apparently Aroduc's translating Kikaijikake no Eve.

>>13735314
What other games are they realistically going to get? MG has the only good ones, and even some of the not-so-good ones.

>>13735424
I gotta get around to playing this one of these days.

>>13735424
inb4 akame ga kill

>>13735424
Proof?

>>13735435
I'm going to akame ga kill YOU. Holy shit, you were probably bringing this up for months while I wasn't even here, that's depressing.

>>13735424
>Length Very long (> 50 hours)

Even if it's true, he won't finish.

>>13735459
Not as depressing as being pissed with opinions about random trash anime.

>>13735463
Just like all those other Aroduc projects that never got finished.

>>13735463
http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=VN/Eroge_Script_sizes
>3.55 mb

And so much of it is dildo research.

>>13735465
That's pretty weak trolling, even for you.

>>13735476
Hey, there's plenty of cool tools which are not dildo.

>>13735484
Like a tiger with two dildos.

>>13735463
https://vndb.org/v26
https://vndb.org/v5652

Daibanchou and Duel Savior are both listed as 30-50 hours, which I don't buy.

>>13734035
>>13734038

Didn't Arunaru dislike Toushin Toushi 3?

>>13734294
And we must never forgive them for this.

>>13735536
Everybody hates Toushin Toushi 3.

Dovac is gonna release G Senjou 18+ on denpasoft anyway.

I'm not worried on that front.

>>13735578
That Grisaia release hasn't happened yet, I don't care either way about Grisaia or G-Senjou but I'm willing to bet SP would rather move in the direction of dropping all that Denpasoft shit if they get big enough.

>>13735578
Hi Dovac, hows that new ferrari that you bought?

>>13735584
>>13735597
I'm scared of that, but let's wait and see.

>muh literal translations

>>13735584
What is taking so long with Grisaia 18+?

>>13735611

They're hoping people will just forget about it.

>>13735605
>fuwanovel
>translation

There's your problem

>>13735611
There might actually be some issue with getting it released (no idea what, I mean it's all right there in the original PC version) but from here it certainly looks like they're just busy not caring.

>>13735542
Which is why I hope MangaGamer will do it so they'll be forced to translate it regardless of what they think of it.

>>13735763
Yep. I want them to suffer on a project that they hate that is doomed to be a failure for the bullshit they pulled.

>>13735768

What bullshit?

>>13735773
Licensing games he was supposed to receive for free!1111

>>13735784
What the fuck are you talking about? Nobody has even attempted Toushin Toushi 3 yet. That's another reason why it's good that MangaGamer might license it, now someone's actually got their eye on it.

>>13735773
Maria posted a long spiel about how she never planned on releasing the games she's been posting translation updates and estimated release dates for, and it was all part of her master plan to deceive Alicesoft fans while MG was negotiating with Alicesoft so nobody would know, ending with "Buy Haruka and maybe we'll finish these someday."

>>13735793
He's referring to the aforementioned "bullshit."

>>13735799
You can pirate them anyway, it's a non-issue.

>>13735804
They spent months lying about what they were doing, and are now saying that it'll actually be years (and always has been) until they release anything else, if they release anything else at all. She was a giant asshole, and whether or not we can pirate it later doesn't change that.

>>13735804
The issue is that Rance fans have to wait until MG actually has to go ahead to release the translated Rance games, which could be a long while. You can't pirate a translation that hasn't been released, I'm sure you're aware. Not that I care a ton about Rance games anyway.

>>13735804
>You can pirate them anyway, it's a non-issue.
The whole point is that you can't.

>>13735799
>she never planned on releasing the games
> it was all part of her master plan

Pretty fucking certain she was being sarcastic with that.

>>13735799
You're not entitled to that translation regardless of how butthurt you are about it.

She would have released them if the talks didn't go through but you think that now the talks have got this far it would be a good idea to just release the translation? It would completely fuck over Alicesoft relations.

>>13735816
>>13735814
Hello, shitposter apologist.

>>13735808
"True" Rance fans would be happy about Alicesoft actually working with the west so they can see the games officially and support a localization even if it means more wait. It's nothing more than impatient babies, if they cared enough they'd just learn Jap to read it anyway instead of being an EOP.

>>13735820

Alright, where does she say that she was never working on those games or had no plans to release them?

>>13735820
This is nothing that hasn't happened before, I don't get why you don't think this isn't a risk with all fan TLs and has happened to tons of others, if she released them she'd get a C&D and considering as she actually works in that industry it would be against her best interests.

>>13735833
There's no reason anybody could dislike a game that's little more than "pick the next scene you want to see" than backlash. Yep yep.

>>13735865
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about? BBH is a heavily demanded game.

>>13735835
https://archive.moe/vg/thread/108157209/#q108481958

Losing Rance VI isn't worth the gain of Haruka anyway.

>>13735911
"Losing"
Translate it yourself if you care so much, you're not entitled to read her translation if she doesn't want to give it out because of going official. People accuse her of selling out completely miss the point of fan translations, which isn't to give out stuff for free but to spread the reach of the game to markets where it would never be seen, as a fan of the game you're translating of course you want it to sell well.

I don't get why she'd string people along, I can only assume it was used to show Alicesoft that people care and have interest in negotiations, who knows.

Also the comparison to Ixrec someone used is fucking retarded, at least compare it to Cartagra if you're going to use something.

>>13735911

Ah, okay. I see your position now. She really should have said translations were going on hold or something instead of stringing you all along. Still, if the partnership doesn't work out I can't see her just scrapping all that work.

If MG partnered with Alice soft, we never fear losing uncensored version, it's a win win.

Much better than Shitkai and forever JAST getting the license.

>>13735941
>you're not entitled
Yes, we are. We deserve to have the translations done in a timely manner and she can go fuck herself for the bullshit she is trying to pull. I literally hope she gets raped to death now or at the very least suffers an accident that leaves her crippled for the rest of her life.

>>13735966
Calm down dude.

>>13735966
>We deserve to have the translations done in a timely manner

Wow that's primo EOP faggotry, and I'm not usually the kind of guy to point that out.

>>13735941
She never translated VI. Arunaru did and he's already said he's unhappy that he has to do Haruka instead of VI now.

This guy >>13735966
is a shitposter though

>>13735979
He's probably a shitposter but I did see people unironically calling for the boycott of Haruka because of this after going to check it out because Maria said something on Twitter.

>>13736001
I'm curious about how Haruka goes.

Nukige sells but Haruka is probably going to be fairly expensive compared to other nukige they have sold.

I'm interested in what the mark is for Alicesoft being interested in future games

I'm not convinced the western market is actually ready to play $50+ for nukige

>>13736008
>I'm not convinced the western market is actually ready to play $50+ for nukige

Well, Imopara's mangagamer's third best selling title ever, so

>>13736008
If Haruka succeeds, nukige might actually have a leg to stand in the US.

>>13736008
Gameplay nukige will do incredibly well at least I believe so, these games fill a pretty big niche and are incredibly popular, just look at the fact Alicesoft has their own general thread and all that. The price tag will be against it though for sure.

>>13736024
>>13736008

Do we even know how much it is going to cost?

>>13736008
>I'm not convinced the western market is actually ready to play $50+ for nukige

Imopara and Eroge are some of MG's consistent top-sellers and they're both in that price range.

>>13736030
They'll be splitting into three parts like they're doing for kuroinu and selling each at $60.

>>13736037
Now that's a bad rumor.

>>13736024
Yeah but Haruka's gameplay is not Sengoku Rance.

And there is a backlash on that general (which is too small to have an impact anyway) because they all thought they were getting Rance VI in August or September and are now getting Haruka sometime next year instead.

>>13736011
Good point but I their very different games.

No rape, bestiality, futa or NTR in imopara

>>13736018
It would prove there is a market

>>13736030

44.95 like every other full-length title.

>>13736030
$40-$50 aka >>13736033
seems a reasonable estimate

Any chance of ImoPara 2 getting translated?

>>13736044
>No rape, bestiality, futa or NTR in imopara

If anything, a game with those things will sell even more.

>>13736129
Dude, it is 100% guaranteed. It's just a matter of when. They're probably waiting until it's almost done to announce it, so they can sell it with maximum hype.

>>13736137
Is there any fan translations out yet?

I hope Haruka and Himawari do good for MG. Alicesoft and sci fi are both things I'd love to have more of, and MG are a much better company to have grow than Sekai or JAST.

>>13736150
...It would be MangaGamer doing it. They have a good relationship with Moonstone.

>they might end up announcing PP -Pianissimo- Ayatsuri Ningyou no Rinbu or Caucasus ~Nanatsuki no Nie~ instead.

I hope so.

It's happening on Sunday.

>>13736467
Wrong, asshole. It's happening on Sundday.

>>13735425
Pianissimo or Caucasus unless MG has already licensed them.

>>13736024
So far all the gameplay titles that MG have released have become best sellers.
Koihime Musou, Demon Master Chris, Boob Wars, and Bukkake Ranch are all in MG's top 10 best sellers. And there's Kara no Shoujo if you count the crime scene investigation scenes.

>>13736150
Isn't Moonstone's engine a nightmare to work with? I thought Doddler mentioned it being so bad that their games weren't even portable.

>>13736557
I hate that Demon Master Chris isn't listed on VNDB.

>>13736557
Shin Koihime never.

>>13736692
There's always the fantranslation that the group is planning to offer to MG.

>>13735605

Why do Japanese speakers come to the thread to bully us? It's for translated visual novels, go fuck off to the untranslated VN general. I'm not going to learn Japanese.

>>13736729

MG retweeted something from Shigeo Hijima, creator of Metal Gear. It's in Japanese so I translated it for you.

海外からはるばる海を越えてきた外国語のファンレターを見て大変ありがたいと思い、そしてヘンタイは世界共通なんだな…と思うのだった。

"I saw foreign languages from abroad came all the way across the sea fan and I really appreciate and is common in the hentai world. It was I think."

>>13736761
>translated

>It's a policy of Denwatls to keep the titles in work a secret for a number of reasons, but with the news of this partnership and the details we have leaked ourselves it feels only proper to make the announcement official:
>
>DSP#2 is AliveZ, an AliceSoft visual novel without gameplay from the mid 2000s. And though we've reached ~94% TL at the time of this writing, out of respect for MangaGamer's new deal we will be halting our work on AliveZ and switching to DSP#3 (A non-AliceSoft title). It's a decision tinged with joy and sorrow, official AliceSoft releases have been desired for quite some time, and even if our work is shuttered we're excited for those who have made this deal happen and hope to see it succeed.
>
>To that end, Denwatls would like to offer its work to MangaGamer for free, after the translation had been completed and edited at least once of course, or will resume work on the project should AliceSoft pull out of the West. If the former does happen we will make a short blurb about it in the blog, otherwise it will remain shelved as we watch how these events unfold.
http://denwatls.bravejournal.com/

>>13736897
If only it was so easy as just giving MG free translations, RIP forever AliveZ.

>>13736920
MG's master plan:
1. Acquire license to any game that has a fan translation that is >= 75% complete
2. Force the group doing the translation to surrender it for free, either with sugarcoated lies or threats of getting sued etc.
3. Shoddily translate the remaining text for a fraction of the costs the full game would've needed
4. Sell at maximum price on Steam for all those weeb dumbshits that love throwing out their parents' money.

If I cared even the slightest bit about VNs at all, I certainly would be very mortified by this development.

>>13736929
The worst part is you could change MG to Sekai Project and add 'kickstart it' in there somewhere and it would be real

>>13736929
You spelled "Sekai Project" wrong.

>>13736929
They wouldn't do that and you know it, they'd at least pay whoever was fantranslating it to do the work if they could actually get the go ahead from Alicesoft to release the game.

>>13736929
Since when haven't MG paid fan translators for their work? And while JAST takes a billion years, they do so also.

>>13736950
>>13736937
The big irony here is that while MangaGamer and JAST have delayed fan translations through licensing, the only fan translations Sekai Project has picked up were all finished and released, with the exception of Root Double which wasn't even started on yet. (Actually, isn't that the first instance of licensing causing a faster release instead of delays?)

>>13736929
This might be true if Maria hadn't been working with MG for well over a year now, pushing for them to officially license Alicesoft. It was always part of the master plan to go official if possible.

>>13736978
>the only fan translations Sekai Project has picked up were all finished and released
Dovac, you are so bad at lying.
Grisaia Meikyuu was picked by SP, and delayed for more than year already. Moreover, because of SP, we are not getting 18+ version of it and of Rakuen any time soon, only more lies from dovac about "possible" release "some day".

>>13736978
Well, you could either look at it from the perspective if it causing a much faster release for Root Double or delaying 12Riven. Most people are probably more excited for Root Double though so there's really not any downsides to this acquisition, especially since it's the console version.

>>13736897
This game looks cool, but I'd never even heard of it before this, and I'm pretty sure I've never seen anyone going "Oh man I wish there was an AliveZ translation." As such it's a bit hard to be THAT disappointed by this news. MangaGamer is cool so we'll see if anything comes of this.

>>13736929
It's depressing that people think this is something MangaGamer does. That's a Sekai Project thing. MangaGamer is one of the few video game companies out there that you can actually treat as a friend, so stop disrespecting them like this.

>>13736998
Meikyuu had not even been started at the time we picked it up, so way to talk out of your ass. As for the 18+ versions, we'll be releasing those through Denpasoft.

>>13737013
You're sucking up way too hard now to retain any credibility, MG dev.

>>13737037
No MG dev would do something as cheesy as calling MangaGamer your friend.

>>13737029
> Meikyuu had not even been started at the time we picked it up
http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Grisaia_no_Meikyuu&diff=116211&oldid=116064
Dovac, I've told you, you are very bad at this.

>>13737042
You really don't know anything, do you? We'd already picked it up a while before that date, we just didn't announce it officially until much later. These things take time to set up, but you wouldn't know since you've never worked a day in your life.