Okarin

Good to know. Honestly, you (and every VN maker) should focus on Steam releases and also "stealing" a part of the anime market. Anime is far more established since it has taken root here from the 90s. It also experimented a boom in the early 2000s. I've followed it since 1998. To give a simple idea, some visibiltiy in anime conventions could work, as many anime fans own a PC (presumably to watch anime there), so you're halfway there to make them buy your games. Also transition from anime to VNs is nearly seamless. I say this because, to my knowledge, anime conventions in Spain don't really feature VNs. In fact it's the opposite, "vosotros" is informal second person plural, "ustedes" is formal. Just like German "du" and "Sie". You can't bash others if you don't even know the language...

Wait... do companies write their news tweets in Spanish, too? How come? I know there are a bunch of Spanish translations, but this is still a very minor market and language in the VN world. The only people I know keen on VNs are here on Fuwa and tend to be from the major cities like Barcelona (that's the one that comes off the top of my head). I am really the alpha geek of rural Cantabria.

Snow Sakura is chilling only for the setting (Hokkaido). The characters do away with the cold driking lots, though. And Snow Sakura is pretty average, really. The routes vary a lot in quality. My fav is Saki. People tend to bash Misaki heavily, though I didn't finish the route (very boring).

Well... since most Wii U games don't even use the tablet controller, you could get those on the Switch. You'd only miss on Starfox and such. 3DS also don't need special touches -only removing the 3D effect, but then again, most games don't even use it or it can be easily removed, I think. I wasn't expecting the complete Wii U/3DS libraries to be available for Switch, anyway. They may do ports, but probably only easy ports that don't use each console's special features. I know this isn't real compatibility, but it can be good enough.

Switch releases March 2017. So this Christmas they have to stick with Wii U and 3DS. But, come March, I expect them to be rapidly discontinued. That's why I'm planning to get a couple of games for 3DS this Christmas, as a last nail in the coffin. Also, about backwards compatibility, keep in mind: 1) the press is as good as shit and tends to bash Nintendo (and any non-Sony company); 2) it's more or less confirmed that it will use cartridges, that rule out Wii U games and also 3DS as it won't be the same kind of port; and 3) it could still be backwards compatible, for example digitally, with games from Wii U and 3DS that you can download from Nintendo's network. This could be a quick and easy way of both providing backwards comp and also filling the Switch library during its first months. I expect that if you bought the original game and have a code at hand you could download it freely, but we'll see about the whole thing. Also no they won't announce a new handheld. Switch provides a mending of Nintendo's great headache: split portable and domestic console dev teams. A new handheld would be going back to square one. I know Nintendo screwed big time with New 3DS, but it could be seen coming from miles away, also please don't hold the grudge forever or we'll have another defunct company just like Sega.

Most epic fail I remember for translating Japanese was made in Spanish first version of the Evangelion manga. They romanized... *drum roll* "Ritsuko" as "Rikko". They mistook the "tsu" for an extension of the following syllable (I forgot how it's called), but one is uppercase where the other is indicated lowercase. A beginner's epic fail indeed. And what's worse is that I could tell at the time.

No, sorry, I was responding to your exchange of messages with Erogamer on the first page. I should have used quote, but I had to quote multiple messages. About people taking offense, sometimes that offense is justified, sometimes it's not.

The Wii U has been a failure since it has received so few games, at least compared with the gigantic library of the 3DS. Maybe you should get your sister a 3DS? The Wii U will get a discount when Switch releases, but, the Switch is bound to have a larger library since devs don't have to mess with any motion gadget anymore (but well... lots of Wii U games came without special control support anyway). I have been pondering to buy a Wii U, but I think I'll be better off with Switch eventually. Or, you know, expand my 3DS collection.

Oh, and about personal attacks. There is something called the "ad hominem fallacy". That's when you attack the person instead of their views. "You're fat and disgusting, therefore your argument is wrong". Stupid, isn't it? It is. Also it can be seen in humour and jokes within a certain group of people. I used to hang out with people that would often cross the line, such as "man, you're hopeless with women" (recurring argument though it's only partially true) and the like. Those are bordering on personal attacks. That kind of people ask of you that you aren't triggered by their panning and name-calling. Otherwise it's just a real, real chore. Non-personal jokes are more difficult to create and include laughing about the current situation (the situation isn't a person and can't take offense), creative word plays, bright well-mannered humour (a la Pinkie Pie), and every brand of humour that doesn't involve a person's qualities and attributes (usually panned in a negative light, moreover). It's also possible to be insulting towards a person without actually using insults. The overall tone and choice of words speak as well as any direct epithet. Also there's a TV Tropes-homologated trope called "base breaker". That means a work of fiction that divides the audience between those who love it and those who despise it. Such as the SAO example provided above -there's little middle ground. I think it could mean the work is somewhat extreme (at least in its reception) and therefore it raises strong like and dislike. But, as far as I'm concerned with SAO, I think there are a lot of people that love it for its popularity, and hate it because of that, too. Also the characters don't exactly help, they're hit or miss, this is what I'm talking about with "extreme work".

I'd say it just depends. If you're talking about taste, every opinion is welcome and equally valid. Tastes differ, after all. If you're talking about scientific data or a hardware's specs and such, there's objective facts. Objectivity exists, it's just that most people ponder it differently, and thus subjectivity is born. There are some things that are objective and some are freely subjective. Have you heard about the "qualia"? It's a really interesting philosophical theme. TL;DR if you're explaining the Newton's Laws and the pupil does the exercise wrong, he or she "just doesn't get it". If you're talking about the latest visual novel or console or whatever, and some people adore it and other say it's shit, they're all right in their own terms. Note that this is a subjective opinion, but as objective as I can produce

I just prefer to play the tried-and-tested, olden "let's save the world" story (a la Stella Glow in 3DS, I'm currently playing that) than buy a mammoth GPU to play some action game ridden by bugs, such as Mafia 3 and the like. But, it just depends.

Supipara? Though I haven't played that one, I'm going 100% by instinct there...

Well, one part is the system itself. If you don't like it, too bad. The other part is the games. They have announced a strong lineup of developers, including some third parties, but we'll see if they stick to the end, and that also depends on how well the hardware sells. As for the programming part, so far developers have given a positive feedback on it, they have commented it's nice to develop for Switch, as I think there are already some projects ongoing and scheduled for next year release. So, it's not only chit-chat, they should know what they're talking about. I only need two things to get a Switch -affordable price below or just 300 $ (like its competitors, Xbone Slim and PS4 Slim) and strong lineup of JRPG and (maybe) visual novels. Region lock could be a deal breaker though. All in all, I probably won't get it during its first year, unless I have some big money AND there's a console-selling game.

This has been bugging me for some time... Did Kia Asamiya invent harem anime with Nadesico? What do you think? Not enough haremettes? Does the championship go to Love Hina?

There is this group of people who stick too much to the canon heroine (or just their favourite), but I'm a completionist and I play to see the whole game. Only then can I decide who has the better route. Maybe this was shaped by my first VN-like game being Shira Oka and playing it for the true end. That took some patience.

I know. If you read carefully, I said as much.

This is a different discussion, but, since even JRPG with "questionable" elements such as Criminal Girls get butchered in the West, how can VNs not be so, especially on Steam, with its strict policy? Steam is good for the sales, otherwise I use it to read non-ero games such as Harmonia, Clannad, Steins;Gate, etc (I will have to see myself what they did with S;G questionable scenes). I'm looking forward to Little Busters. Otherwise I'll just grab my game at Mangagamer, Jast, etc.

I hate DLC with a passion, as I feel it's a sleazy practice and oftentimes the DLC's quality is subpar. However, I don't know if it's justifiable in Fire Emblem's case. I guess Revelation is like an altogether new game, so it can be worth your time. Also I have a policy not to preorder games at all, normally I get games on discount (that means months after release), I test them -if I like them, I keep them, if not, I look for a refund. This is done in Steam, of course.

I didn't find Noble Works' Takumi to be dense really, though I only completed Shizuru's route.

I got "The way we all go", but I don't know when I'll play it... when I do, I'll certainly write off my impressions. But I guess it's a regular novel. It can be decent, still. Another good one that comes up always is Sepia Tears. About the ripoff thing... I think that, as with RPGs, Western VNs shouldn't always try to imitate Japanese ones... especially if the makers don't have a strong grasp of Japanese culture. The medium is still good for telling stories, like, say, Black Sands...

Kanon is great, man. The 2006 anime is just perfection.

I'm planning to get it and then actually play it sometime in 2017 (Spring, probably). But the Steam release is yet too expensive for what it is, locked at 30 FPS and so. I only spend more than 30 bucks for a game on 3DS' exclusives. I'm also doing it with my views set on a future release of S;G Zero on Steam.

Hah, seems like Vorathiel temporarily (permanently?) dropped Period. Also please explain how you give Kanon a 6.7?

It begins with an S and ends with teins;Gate. I didn't even play it, I watched a full gameplay. Kanon. Zero Escape Series, with time I've even forgiven Zero Time Dilemma. As for VLR, I was more hooked to that game than to any game since... Knights of the Old Republic back in 2005? I just couldn't stop playing. Katawa Shoujo, it was my true gateway into actual visual novels. It holds up, but depends on how many novels you've played; still, the deft deconstruction of tropes guarantees the stories are pretty unique. Hoshimemo and possibly Konosora promise to be really great.

Noble Works works (my bad), but I don't know how good the maid's route is. In the common route she's a mellow character, she can get boring though.