Wednesday 17 August 2016

Japanese video game English localisation news - 100

It's my 100th one of these, and I've been too wrapped up in No Man's Sky to make the update. XD

  • ENIGMA: (PC)
  • Lionheart (PC)
  • Kuraburo Kai (PC)
  • Flowers -Le volume sur printemps- (PC)
  • Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (PC)
  • My Butler (PC)
  • Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live (PSVR - PS4)
  • Hapymaher (PC)
  • A Kiss For The Petals: The New Generation! (PC)
  • Sorcery Jokers (PC)
  • Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows (PC)
  • Rance 5D (PC)
  • Rance VI (PC)
  • Fatal Twelve (PC)
  • Dairy Princess (PC)
  • Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project - Zero (PC)
  • XBlaze Lost: Memories (PC)


ENIGMA: (PC)


Visual novel by doujin group Uzumeya, is announced for release on Steam by Fruitbat Factory.


Enigma is a mystery visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.
The description is really making me think of a VN which I read years ago, called True Remembrance. I dunno, the connection isn't that strong, I guess that VN just left an impression on me.


Lionheart (PC)


An RPG by dev Shiisanmei, announced by Fruitbat Factory.  




Kuraburo Kai (PC)


Breakout-style with a twist. Doujin game, self-published by syuuyuusya.




Flowers -Le volume sur printemps- (PC)


Yuri VN by Innocent Grey, you may remember that JAST USA picked this one up for localisation and put a demo out, back in February 2016. Well, that demo was so overwhelmingly badly received that they chucked out the entire translation and got a new team into re-translate the entire thing.

All of a sudden it's been released! http://store.steampowered.com/app/452440/

The released has been really screwed up by Steam, though. At first it was only showing up for sale in the Americas, and now it's showing up here in Europe, but there's no sign of the first-week discount that apparently is available in other regions.



Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (PC)


PC port of the Vita game is now out on Steam, and is 20% off as an introductory offer.




My Butler (PC)


Another otome visual novel from Dogenzaka Lab . Now available, and 30% off.




Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live (PSVR - PS4)


This Vocaloid concert experience is coming to Europe and the Americas on the October 14th 2016.

You can wave your controller like a glow-stick. Yaaaay Miku! XD




Hapymaher (PC)


Announced by MangaGamer, an 18+ visual novel by Purple Software.

What is real? What is just a dream? How can you be certain one is not the other? When dreams seem real and reality fades into a dream, where does the truth lie? For Tohru Naitou, a young man forced to experience lucid dreams when he rests, that question is not an easy one. Though his only rest from the nightmare is exhaustion, a girl claims she can put an end to them--but is she real? Or is it all a happy nightmare?




A Kiss For The Petals: The New Generation! (PC)


Originally: Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o - Nyuu Jene!

Announced by MangaGamer, a yuri visual novel. Previously, the only title in the "Sonohana" series which MangaGamer published in English was a side-story mobile game "Remembering How We Met", which was released on Steam as an "all-ages" game... and was rather short and disappointing. It is all about two girls who are now lovers, reminiscing about when they first met and hated each other out of stubbornness... and didn't actually reveal how they ended up becoming a couple. :/

I guess it was popular enough to bring out a full Sonohana title in English, though. It's rated 18+ and there's no word of an all-ages Steam version. Which... is not at all surprising to me, remembering the other full-length Sonohana game in English I read about a decade ago... (NSFW)

Official website: http://mangagamer.org/sonohana/ 



Sorcery Jokers (PC)


A visual novel from 3rdEye, announced by MangaGamer.

"Sorcery Jokers will be coming fully uncensored to MangaGamer.com and to Steam with an all-ages version!"




Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows (PC)


Originally: Shiei no Sona-Nyl -What a Beautiful Memories-

The 5th part of Liar-soft's Steampunk series, announced by MangaGamer.

"Just like Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning we plan to bring Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows to both Mangagamer.com and Steam."

Official website: http://mangagamer.org/sona-nyl/ 



Rance 5D (PC)
Rance VI (PC)


Two games in the long-running Rance series by Alicesoft. I am talking long-running as in "since the 1980s", and as far as I can tell there's never been an official release of these games in English until now. 

These two Rance games have been announced by MangaGamer to be released together in a single bundle priced $34.95 (US dollars). They are eroge VN / 1st person grid-based dungeon crawler hybrid games. Just to warn you though, they're marked up on VNDB as containing both unavoidable rape and comedy rape. 

Official Website: http://mangagamer.org/rance/ 



Fatal Twelve (PC)


Visual novel announced by Sekai Project, this game is by the doujin group "Aiueo Kompany" who also wrote "Shizuku no Oto" (aka "Sound of Drop - fall into poison -")




Dairy Princess (PC)


Just announced by Sekai Project. A dairy farm simulation game by doujin group Inu to Neko (whose games "Dungeon Girl" and "Let's Eat! Seaside Café" just happened to get mentioned on this blog the other day). Looks adorable!




Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project - Zero (PC)


The next chapter is out now on Steam, as DLC: http://store.steampowered.com/app/504640/



XBlaze Lost: Memories (PC)


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