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I'm not 100% sure on how they do it, but I would personally think that scripting comes last, since you'd want the final draft of the text for scripting. Seeing as some changes could be made after testing, that's my guess. But, I don't know for sure in what order they do those two in.

Scripting is basically putting the text into the game, making sure it fits the screen etc. A lot of VN engines have line count limits and stuff like that, so you'll often see lines go out of the textbox etc. Scripting is basically making sure all the lines fits the box and all that. Beta testing is, well, a beta test. They have people check for bugs, look for typos, make sure everything works and so on. How long these two takes depends on the game. For instance, if there is a large amount of troublesome lines in scripting, or if there is a game breaking bug that needs fixing spotted in testing, it will obviously mean it will take longer. A bit hard for anyone outside of MG to make any estimate on that.

Was also one of the few series i personally actually liked. It has been a long time since i enjoyed a comedy series.

If we are talking about you needing to have a handheld because you would rather play the VN's on a handheld instead of the PC, then go with the Vita. Not only is it region free (in case you can actually read japanese) but it has an arguably better and bigger VN library. If you include the PSP Library in that as well there is really no need to discuss this anymore. Add to this the fact that Steins;Gate 0, Steins;Gate, and a bunch others along with Utawarerumono first and second game (the masked series) that just came out and assuming you haven't already read the last few you have a good starting point with the console. 3DS does have a library but most of those (if i remember correctly) actually belong with the DS and as such there is no point in getting the new 3DS (excluding the new Zero Escape which I've heard isn't as great as the earlier entries in the series). Overall as a person who has both consoles, I honestly barely play my 3DS, and I very frequently pick up my PSVita, if not for the VN's then for many of the exclusive RPGs that are some of my favourites on handheld (Soul Sacrifice Delta being one of them).

Don't even bother if you don't speak Japanese. I'd argue the Vita library of VNs is bigger, if you want to include the large PSP library in that as well - but only a bare minimum of these are translated, so it wouldn't really be worth it at all in your case; especially considering the ones that are translated usually have a PC port as well. On that front, the 3DS might be a better choice, as you at least have most of the Phoenix Wright franchise officially localized in English. I haven't tried on the 3DS, but any sort of game-file manipulation usually requires you to hack your device. This is impossible both on new Vitas and 3DSs, as you can easily softmod both only on lower firmware versions. You would either have to get them used or know for a fact what FW is pre-installed on the particular device you're buying, which might again be way more trouble than it is worth.

Yeah, after that ending, there is no sequel. The manga goes in a completely different direction from that ending, so if they followed it up, then they'd have to completely retcon that ending.

As for that matter I would say that as soon as you finished Zakuro's route (Just chose the 2nd option when there's a choice to get Zakuro's route quickly) and play 'Down the Rabbit Hole 2', the real story was starting from when you came to the school after you kissed with Zakuro. Until then, just wait if you still at the beginning. As for relevant part, well I'll just leave it to you to find out by yourself because I wouldn't like to spoil someone here.

The first part isn't as unreasonably long as it feels- I finished it in a day. Just soldier through, by the end of Zakuro's route it becomes pretty damned interesting. I found that the Kagami and Tsukasa routes in Down the Rabbit Hole I to be pretty unnecessary, but its your call as to whether you should play them (they are pretty short). As for whether there is anything relevant to pay attention to, I'll let someone else answer... Nothing before the amusement park scene on Zakuro route did anything for me personally, but I've heard arguments that there's value to be found there. I will say that it's worth sitting through. Even in the event that you do not find Subahibi to be The Best Thing Ever(TM), it does a lot of things really well and stays consistently interesting.

Gonna necro this thread a bit to let everyone know that all of this year's episodes are out. So if you were waiting for things to be done so you could play it all in one go, now's a good time! Also, the fandom has set up a discord, if you're into that: https://discordapp.com/invite/HA8Vtzk

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It's a very good VN. And, yes, you should wait for the official release, both because the fan translation was poor and because fan translations shouldn't be used once a game is licensed.