/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Th OP is bitchin' but I doubt it will ever be translated so I will never read it.

What is this?

I bet it's about Lovecraftian mythos again?

>>6546183
They don't use Lovecraft shit ALL the time.

>>6546183
It's probably just invisible penis meteorites engaged in aerial combat with semen powered witches. Again. Jesus christ, Nitro+ is so unoriginal.

Thanks to Moogy we'll never play it anyways.

>>6546183
No. It's about Russian roulette.

I remember this>>6546214
A russian roulette with one bullet that can grant wishes.

>>6546413
Uh, the one who gets shot dies, the other five will have their wishes granted.

The OP is on youtube. It's cool. Very tokyo-stylish. Has a NEET main character.

Don't forget, they're supposedly working on Doraga Q too.

Someone link the OP please?

>>6546450
Just search for Axanael.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO NEVER BE TRANSLATED ;_;

>>6546465
I can't wait to support JAST USA's official localization.

Russian roulette where if you lose you die and if you win you get your wish granted? That's a fucking win/win situation right there. I lose and I just fucking die, which I've planned on doing eventually but have been too chicken to do so. If I win I get to be an eternally young Japanese girl.

I'd be too chicken to kill myself normally, but if I had the chance to grant my wish? Of course.

But, this story is probably one of those "YOUR WISH SCREWED YOU OVER BECAUSE WISHES ALWAYS COME AT A PRICE HAHAHAHA" or something, right?

>>6546476
But you just re-worded what I said!

>>6546439
FUCK YES, hopefully hes as neet as Takumi Nishijō, I have too say there the funniest to play as.

>>6546486
I'm kinda tired of aniota in VNs. I hope they put in a different kind of otaku, like a railfan or wota. Any kind would be fine as long as it's not another aniota.

>>6546486
Taku isn't NEET. He's just an anti-social prick.

>>6546497
What do you mean theres never a neet main character in anime and vns.., well from all the vns that i am able to read at least.

>>6546506
What I'm saying is I'm tired of 'anime otaku' 「アニオタ」 in VNs.

>>6546500
those are the funniest to play as though, since there so rare as a mc.

>>6546511
o alright, A military otaku/neet would be cool.

so what's the reason behind English Demonbane taking forever and a half again?

>>6546619
One word: moogy

>>6546657
You don't need moogy to read you VNs.

>>6546682
That's right, because he won't get shit done and will kill projects he's loosely related with.

>>6546657
Preorders are low thus Nitroplus don't really care + they don't have many programmers as you can see of that clusterfuck of S;G and the delays on Axanael, thus they don't assign anyone on completing the stuff missing from english Demonbane.

>>6546500

He'd be a NEET if it wasn't for his agreement with his parents, though.

He gets to live in an industrial crate if he continues to do well at school.

>>6546778
So Demonbane is not hot shit? Or JAST is just being a fag?

JUST SAYING.

But the drummer who's also a trap is going to die first. And then the detective loli.

>>6548937
Do you have reading problems or something?
It's Nitro+ (the original, japanese company) because all that's left is scripting and they won't do it any soon because they don't care about western releases since it doesn't get them any significant amount of money.

Then again, starting with Demonbane was such a retarded idea. If Sumaga went first, even I would buy a copy.

>>6548967
I'm referring to the game's preorder status.
>Preorders are low
Is it because nobody cares, is it just an old game, or JAST failing at marketing.

>>6548979
I know how browsing /jp/ may warp your view on the matter, but there's really no market for scenario eroge in the west until translating becomes significantly cheaper or the demand significantly rises.
The few companies there are struggle to get even and resort to all kinds of embarassing shit ("please buy this so we can eat" "please buy so I can make it my job"), and even when they do release something not terribly bad, it's pirated by everything who has an ounce of interest in the title.
Forcing the market doesn't work in this day and age, clean and simple.

Uhhh I think I'll pass, I've loved both Gekkou and Sumaga but I don't like stories with multiple protagonists and pows.

Oh, another craaaaazzzzy otakuish so parodish no porn allowed wacky porn game.
And I've enjoyed the fuck out of Saya/Kikokugai/Phantom.

>>6549050
It's funny because I thought that Sumaga was going to be kind of like that. And then bam.

>>6549055
Huh, I've always thought that Sumaga was just porn and magick girls, but I've only read till first h scene.
Is there something more?

>>6549086
I can't say much since I've only read the first route, but shit gets depressing.

>>6549086
It gets better, you should keep reading it.

>>6549096
I didn't said it wasn't good
>>6549090
That doesn't sound to me as "getting better".
So it's realu dealu then? This explains the translation project at least.

>>6549121
Not saying it's "better", I said it's more than just porn and filling witches with hot sperm.

I can't say I really know exactly what Moogy have done for the translating of VNs.
Supposedly he have edited some texts and supposedly translated some thing. I guess it is all good if that is true, even if it may or may not be much.

In either case, what is that is wrong with moogy? Why does people complain about him all the time?
What have he done that I have missed?
If anything isn't he just easy to ignore, doing neither no good nor bad, depending on how you see things?

And the TLWiki itself is kind of nice is it not?

>>6549280
Moogy is a godfather of VNs. He is silently terrorizing the whole scene.
Please refer to relationship charts

>>6549050
>Saya/Kikokugai/Phantom.
Sure those are great, but aren't those all done by Urobuchi Gen?
What else have he done for Nitro+? Was it him who did that wild west title?

Also, he no longer works for Nitro+, right? Or is he more like a freelancer now who could still do a work or two for them if it fits his situation?

>>6549280
please let's not turn a legit Nitro+ thread into a "I got trolled by Moogy ;_;" shitstorm.
We know he beheaves like an asshole, just ignore this troll.

>>6549309
I guess I could delete the post.
I guess it was neither really relevant, nor of any importance etc.

Does anyone have any idea on the event structure of this thing?
There is no way there is going to be actual random events is there? Considering it is russian roulette and all.

On the official site there was this random thing, later saved in your cash whenever visiting, where one of them died randomly.

I guess it could be interesting if there was a point in the novel where one character randomly dies, and the story branches differently depending on whom.
Then again, while perhaps interesting, I could also see a situation where one repeatidly reloads to get the last routes one wants.

>>6546120
That pose.
Leaving her panties right up in the open, yet blocking it all with her arm and hand, while sitting casually.

>>6549430
that's the delinquent squat, it's not "sitting casually"

>>6549430
She's a yankee after all.

>>6549387
When one of them dies, it's game over. Maybe you're refer to events while playing the roulette.

Was Chaos;Head successful in moonland or something? This is the third game that looks exactly the same.
Jesus, the OP is full of moe moe characters with some random "hurr durr I'm pointing a gun to my head, with twisted facial expression, it's real deal now!" moments.

>>6549590
Your view on the media over there must be sort of limited if C;H was all you could think off.
It doesn't have much in common with C;H at all.

If anything it looks more like their previous work, Sumaga.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HdKPtfPhM&fmt=18
Just look at this one.

>>6549590
eroge themes have been kinda run into the ground, time travel, fantasy, comedy, drama, whatever you can think of has been made twice already.
The next step in the process is usually turning to meta like C;H and Sumaga, it's so edgy and genre-aware.

I really hope we can get Sumaga before 2012.
I doubt it myself, and figure it may take years like until 2014 or 2015 or even later, if at all.

Then again, if the deal breaks, the patch will probably leak.
If the first games sell well then I might be able to buy a physical special edition copy.

I would love to get my hands on a great special edition copy.
I hope Nitro+ can release Axnael and then help JAST out with the engine, get Demonbane out, judge it to be sucessful and to dish out a new title every odd month or so.

But once again, I doubt it.

"Shoot - and your wish will come true. But one of the bullets is real. Pull the trigger if you're ready to risk your life."

Akihabara, the end of year 2010. Five people will have their wishes granted, and one person will shoot oneself to death.
This grim game of Russian Roulette gains the nickname of The Kagome Game on the Net.
The one and only gun, Axanael. What story will revolve around it?


Sounds like it could be interesting.
If it is, hopefully someone might translate it, sometime.

I still wonder why they didn't even release a trial.
Either they're behind schedule so they don't want to delay it further, or there's some twist/gimmick we aren't supposed to see before the complete game is out.

>>6551059
I hate that fucking Kagome song since I first read R11.

>>6551092
Kagome Kagome
Creepiest children song ever.

>>6551099
Ring Around the Rosie ain't got shit on Kagome Kagome.

>>6551059
Sounds kinda gimmicky to me, actually, but if it's N+, hopefully they'll do a good job writing it.
As for translation, right now you still need to SUPPORT JAST's OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS OF NITRO+ GAMES!

>>6551099
May I ask you for a source?

FUCK YEAR CHACHAMARU AS MAIN HEROINE

>>6551099

Let Me Pass is pretty creepy too.

I don't think I'll find it to be a masterpiece. I mean I liked Sumaga and Gekkou, but both are far from the masterpiece level, and this even has otakua shenanigans which I'm sick of.

>>6552301
>*otaku

>>6548960
The drummer and the trap are two separate characters. Not to mention that the trap having a death CG means that he's guaranteed to die in every route. If anything, the character page may imply that the dying character is actually chosen at random.

I will never get tired of repeating this, but Nitro+ should get their shit together and actually do something to promote their games. We don't even have the trial version for Axanael, and they've only started feeding us info in, like, October?
Not to mention that their last proper title got released more than a year ago.

Reposting the Sumisora pasta in the meantime:
>The new work of Sumaga team, this time - without huge tits and stuff like that.
>While Sumaga revolved around the heroic aspect, the team took another route this time.
>Sumaga had lots of pop-culture references, and it is time to see the "dark side" of it.
>The atmosphere is similar to Japanese traditional folklore. The team's working at roughly the same speed as on Sumaga.
>Don't expect a lot of gunfighting, even though guns and teenagers with guns will be all over the place.
>This will probably get released before Dogura Q (well, duh). That yankee girl is actually pretty cute.
>While C;H tried to intimidate us with Toryanse, you can already see that they've switched to Kagome Kagome this time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagome_Kagome
>You can already see the similarities between these "urban legend" VNs.

>>6553068
>Not to mention that the trap having a death CG means that he's guaranteed to die in every route.
Huh, he's bound to lose? It would really suck if that's the case.

>If anything, the character page may imply that the dying character is actually chosen at random.
It would be nice if the game will go something like this.

>>6553102
>Huh, he's bound to lose? It would really suck if that's the case.
My mistake, I meant "NOT guaranteed".

Life-saving bump for a possible trial version today!

Nitroplus is like Madhouse.
From good stuff to moe moe throwaway shit.

>>6555037
>moe moe throwaway shit
Don't remember any Nitro+ titles like that.

>>6555110
Hello World, maybe?

>>6555122
Pffft. Yeah, right.

>>6555122
You gotta be trolling, or haven't got the foggiest idea what you write.

Who are these Key-Ons?

>>6555238
What are you trying to get at exactly?

>>6555238
Daru is my favorite Lucky Star because he's so otaku like me :3

>>6555037
>>6555238
You're awful at trolling.

>>6555238
You sure took your time making that image, even though character designs have nothing to do with VN's contents. Most of those characters are also 5pb, not Nitroplus.

>>6555037
>Nitroplus is like Madhouse.
>They do different kinds of stuff and not confine themselves within their comfort zones.

Writer of Muramasa should do a moege.

>...even though character designs have nothing to do with VN's contents
>Most of those characters are also 5pb, not Nitroplus.
I hope not all Nitro+ fans are THAT delusional.
>You sure took your time making that image
I had great time.
I don't have anything against those games (with an exception of C;H) or Nito+, but after reading their few earlier games, this is a bit disappointing. And, yes, I know about Demonbane, but it was one game, not four in a row.

>>6555327
>I hope not all Nitro+ fans are THAT delusional.
Got anything else to counter that?

>but after reading their few earlier games, this is a bit disappointing.
Their earlier games have just as much moe as, say, Axanael. Hello, World is an obvious example (though, of course, it has lots of other good things going on about it), the less obvious one is Angelos Armas.

>>6555325
But how will he write about his precious swordfighting in a moege? Make another Majikoi?

Can't say I like Chaos;Head or Sumaga's artists, but saying their games are moege is being out of your fucking mind.

>>6555327
>I don't have anything against those games (with an exception of C;H)
Somebody didn't read S;G so he'll just take it that it is a moege based on character design because Kurisu is so kawaii and she cosplays Seira-tan, that must be so kakkoi XD

>>6555366
I think he meant that he doesn't dislike any of those VNs, S;G included.

>>6555344
Got anything else to counter that?
>character designs have nothing to do with VN's contents
>character designs have nothing to do with VN's contents
>CHARACTER DESIGNS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH VN'S CONTENTS
>those characters are also 5pb, not Nitroplus
>those characters are also 5pb, not Nitroplus
>THOSE CHARACTERS ARE 5pb, GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH A GAME AND ARE NOT NITROPLUS IN NITROPLUS GAME
...
No, actually, I can't counter that, my head starts to hurt when I even think about it.

>>6555380
Okay, I'll just elaborate on it, then.

>character designs have nothing to do with VN's contents
I present you this image. Can you make any assumptions about the VN she's from just from her looks? Even the genre is pretty hard to determine if all you have is character designs. And that's why judging a VN by its character design is the same level of bullshit as judging a book by its cover.

>those characters are also 5pb, not Nitroplus
Nitroplus is a publisher, the developer for both C;H and S;G is 5pb. If you don't know this, you must be new here, however unoriginal that sounds.

Steins;Gate was co-developed by Nitroplus though with the Sumaga writer being the sub writer.

>>6555238
I won't argue into what you all others are on about.

But this particular picture is just 4 works, 2 of which is a collaberation with another company, and one that is a sequel/spin off of the other, wheras the remaining one is a spritual sucessor in another light.
2 of them developed by one team, and the remaining two developed by the other.

In essence this is two "works", done by the same people.
I wouldn't exactly call it an accurate depiction of the companies work as a whole.
At the same time I won't say that N+ is some undeniable greatest thing either, but this image isn't exactly saying much.
Or so I think.

>>6555403
She would look fucking stupid and out of place in some fetish nukige unless derpy faces and sad poses are the fetish or wacky action fighting game.
Are you trying to say that you could insert, for example, K-On character designs in Legend of the Galactic Heroes without completely destroying atmosphere and whole fucking anime with it? That's not judging a book by its cover, that's judging movie by it's visuals.
>Nitroplus is a publisher, the developer for both C;H and S;G is 5pb
Ok. Even though everyone here will still call them Nitroplus, like they did before.

Anyway, you could say that I'm not ready for for Nitro+'s latest masterpiece.

>>6555555
WHY NOT.jpg

>>6555555
Well Hello, World worked pretty well as an apocalyptic story toward the end despite its moe moe visual.

>>6555555
It's obvious that you came from /a/. Go back there arguing with idiots like yourself about how "moeshit" ruins everything.

Few fun facts:
*I've never said that S;G, Sumaga or Axanael are bad VN's.
*I've used "moe" as an art style, not genre (because it's not a genre, Christ).
*I've never used word "moege"
*>>6555037 was, of course, trolling
*If these character designs don't look moe to you, you are fucking retarded
*I am, somewhat interested in Axanael, but I don't like how similar it looks to C;H, so I'm afraid that it'll be another wacky VN with lulzy otaku culture and lol plot.

>>6555555
>Anyway, you could say that I'm not ready for for Nitro+'s latest masterpiece.
No one is even saying it'll be a masterpiece yet, we're all quite not sure what to expect from it.
>>6555674
please let's not start the whole "go back to _" paranoia thing even in these threads.

>>6555689
I was just poking fun at OP post.

>>6555683
>*If these character designs don't look moe to you, you are fucking retarded
Indeed, Daru-nyan is mai husbando.

>>6555683
>don't look moe
>look moe
Now I personally like the art of these games, but you do understand that moe is subjective, right?

What is attractive to one another is not always the same.

>>6555555

EPIC FAILGET

>>6555981
we don't care about gets, /a/ or /vp/ might be more to your liking

>>6555877
I'd say him believing moe is a matter of visual appearance is a bigger problem there.

>>6556074
I believe one should have clarified that moe simply is what one finds attractive.

Jesus. So what if an art looks "moe". Art that appeals to males isn't new or bad (you're a faggot if you think so). If you think "moe" art is somehow bad, then you really need to go back to /a/, back to your little feeble-minded "moeshit is killing x" cabal.

That pic of the game system looked like the roulette in the OP so maybe the death's are random like in the official site.

bump

>>6555555
>Are you trying to say that you could insert, for example, K-On character designs in Legend of the Galactic Heroes without completely destroying atmosphere and whole fucking anime with it? That's not judging a book by its cover, that's judging movie by it's visuals.
I don't see a problem there. Worked for Saya no Uta. Worked for Lain. Worked for Higurashi. It JUST works.

Might as well bump this

Suji Santa's designs for Axanael are great. Nitro+ really needed more artists.

So, no update today. At all. Why do I get the feeling that it will be about as long as Django?

>>6561333
But he has already worked for them.

I can't say I care for the character designs - at least, I hope they make it all-ages. Ugh.

>>6561848
Too late, there are already H-scenes on the flash site.

>>6557244
Where is that scan from?

>>6561887
Looks like this will be told via a third person. I think I am okay with that.

There seems to be something like a calendar on the latest Tech Gian CD. I'll share it as soon as it finishes downloading, though it will take quite a while.

>>6562561
Thanks.

>>6561887
PC Angel Neo official site.

>>6561822
>Why do I get the feeling that it will be about as long as Django?
Almost all of Nitroplus' latest releases have been kind of lenghty, save for the fandiscs, so it wouldn't be wonder if they did something smaller now.

>>6561822
>Why do I get the feeling that it will be about as long as Django?
Almost all of Nitroplus' latest releases have been kind of lenghty(save for the fandiscs) so it wouldn't be a wonder if they did something smaller now.

>>6561822
Site was just updated.

>>6563447
dog has "eros" relationship? wat
also I can't read what's after Death or

>>6563467
>dog has "eros" relationship? wat
It's more likely than you think. Sumaga devs sure love their dog buddies.

Good think they've done the package art wallpaper, it's too detailed to miss the opportunity.

>>6563490
So this means we get NTR'd by a dog? AWESOME.

>>6563467
>also I can't read what's after Death or
"Death or Wish", I guess.

I like how they don't even try to hide that the shrine loli will transform into an adult.

So will the game have the protag looking fag fuck the heroines in their routes or do they all have self contained routes with their own love interests?

>>6563490
Where? The flash site?

>>6563549
Includes heroine rape, that's for sure.

>ストライプウィーチズ・マジカル・ガールズ
Well played N+.

>>6563582
Check the DL section of the website.

>>6563628
The whole update is full of references. Sumaga, Strike Witches, Yaranaika, Gundam, proper Sonico confirmation, etc...

Too bad Sakura who seem to be the main heroine is voiced by fucking Aoyama Yukari.
Goddam I'm tired of her voice

>>6563651
>proper Sonico confirmation
What kind of confirmation?

>>6563672
What's so bad about her? Ever eroge you read has her in it? I don't mind hearing her over and over.

>>6563677
I just don't like her voice, also she has no range.
Listen to her trying to sound like a badass delinquent there, it's laughable.

>>6563686
I think it works, she voiced an extremely feminine character in Asuseka, plus some tsundere roles. I think it's refreshing to hear her go Yankee-chan.

The 'Yoroshiku!' part always gets me.

>>6563686
In my opinion she has good performances and bad ones. I liked how she performed the villain role in Chrono Belt for example, but for example I remember finding her performance not that good in Asuseka (well I hated her character in the first place so it might be biased).

>>6563674
She's on the character interactions graph and on the wallpaper (twice).