So the Dessert de Otomate 2023 was yesterday and here are the announcements.
I borrowed the summaries from this Gematsu article. Especially for Hakuoki they probably contain more info than I could give.
Radiant Tale: Fanfare fandisc announced
Radiant Tale's description:
Summary: A fan disc of the May 2022-released Radiant Tale. Delivering smiling faces to everyone once more.
Radiant Tale was announced to be relased in English as well this year in Summer. If it sells well we could get this fandisc too in the future.
Hakuoki Shinkai: Manyou no Shou fandisc and Hakuoki: Sweet School Life port for Switch announced
Hakuoki Shinkai:
Summary for the fandisc announcement: A fan disc containing a number of spin-off stories and illustrations not included in the main story, such as a recollection of the events of Hakuoki: Zuisouroku.
Hakuoki SSL:
Summary: A Switch port of the 2014-released Hakuoki: Sweet School Life. The setting shifts from the Bakumatsu period to a modern era school, where you can enjoy a cheerful and slightly heartrending love story.
Hakuoku SSL also got a fantranslation patch for the PS Vita in 2021.
Collar x Malice: deep cover 2-part movie information:
The two movies will open on May 26 and June 23, respectively this year.
The movies will cover an original story and introduced a new character called Mitsuru Sowa (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi ) that will appear:
They also announced that the protagonist Ichika Hoshino will be voiced by Kaede Hondo.
Collar x Malice:
I hope the original story will be interesting enough. I just hope they animate it properly, that Ichika is cute and that my favorite Shiraishi get's screentime.
Cupid Parasite: Sweet & Spicy Darling fandisc updates:
Cupid Parasite:
Summary: A fan disc of the goddess / marriage hunting love comedy game Cupid Parasite. The story follows the good ending of the previous game. In addition to the hidden romanceable character Peter Flage (voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto), Melenis Levin (voiced by Yuuto Uemura) the Fate Parasite appears as a newly romanceable character. Japanese band The Biscats will once again perform the opening and ending theme songs.
Melenis Levin (new love interest):
I sure wonder what kind of a mess Melenis will end up being? "Fate" doesn't tell me too much. What made him a Parasite?
OP video and more revealed to Alice in the Country of Spades: Wonderful Black World:
Summary: A sequel to the September 2021-released Alice in the Country of Spades: Wonderful White World. The opening movie and shop-specific bonuses have been newly revealed.
Alice in the Country of Spades
The good old Heart no Kuni no Alice series! The Anniversary edition of the first game in the series has an English fanpatch for PC.
A very unconventional series which most might know from all the manga adaptions this series spawned which got localised around the world (I have quite a few of them in German).
Cast announced for 9 R.I.P.
9 R.I.P.
Summary: A slightly strange omnibus romance visual novel that unfolds in various “other worlds.”
Announced cast:
Kureha CV: Toshiki Masuda
Hibiki CV: Toki Shunichi
Kouyou CV: Suzuki Ryota
Sena: Kakihara Tetsuya
Minami CV: Okamoto Nobuhiko
Seiya CV: Tachibana Shinnosuke
Yukimaro CV: KENN
Koharu CV: Azakami Yohei
Very interested in this one. I remember it having to do with urban legends and I like my otome games a bit spooky.
I don't know about the large number of love interests tho. Quality > Quantity for me.
My9Swallows TOPSTARS LEAGUE:
My9Swallows TOPSTARS LEAGUE:
Summary: A new professional baseball league has been organized, and a team of newcomers who passed the Yakult team auditions is formed with the goal of making it the league championship.
This is the story of the romance between the protagonist put in charge of the team, and the players on the team.
The story summary, first characters, and stage portraits have been newly revealed.
Well. This is quite something. Tfw you have to be a baseball star aiming to win the league championship AND be an idol.
I do not know how that works but alright. Could be funny to watch honestly.
There is also something about them recruiting for the newest Altergear (non-romance branch) title. I would be surprised tho if any of the titles from this branch end up as a success.
I haven't heard anything good about the title that was already released. Doing romance-less joseimuke visual novels only works with good characters and story.
I guess we'll see...