Amorim

Maybe azada means this post from Kouryuu which is relevant to the localization of Minatosoft VNs. And of course, its also relevant to the localization of VNs from other companies.

I'm sorry but you are misinformed. The reason why ef took so much time to be released was not MangaGamer fault. Minori was the one taking care of the builds for it so that MangaGamer could test them afterwards. The problem is that Minori took a long time to send each build. For example, if you look at other titles MangaGamer releases, you won't see them taking this much time. Oh, and before you mention something about Chou Dengeki Stryker also taking a long time to be released, the reason is because the game is still with Overdrive to finish scripting. Again, this isn't within what MangaGamer has control. But of course that the customers usually don't know this. Regarding Da Capo III, as already said, Mangagamer is working on it. In fact, after the moment they sent the C&D notice it became obvious that they'd be releasing a localized version of it. Have you heard about Da Capo III anime? The Da Capo III anime just covers the prologue of the VN. MangaGamer staff already said several times that the script is as big as Koihime Musou. Doddler even twitted about it some weeks ago (December 13 to be exact). Also, for translation consistency, only one translator is working on it. If MangaGamer didn't release nukiges they'd probably be out of business by now or would be just another JAST taking a long time to release VNs. It should be obvious by now that above all, JAST is interested in making profit of each title. To complement, as far as I know they have very few staff members. Going back to MangaGamer, the fact that they release a lof of nukiges certainly gives the impression to newcomers that they're simply a porn company and basically don't release story titles. This is why so many people support MangaGamer re-branding itself which I agree. The current market (reads: people who actually buy story VNs) isn't big enough to support the continuous release of story titles. Of course not! Take Eroge! ~Sex and Games Make Sexy Games~ as an example. I'm pretty sure I haven't read to this day a more erotic VN than this one. Oh they were good days! Btw, it's good the see a fellow Portuguese (yes, from Portugal) around here.

I pretty much agree with your whole post but I'd like to mention something regarding what I quoted. Let's take Mangagamer as an example. Mangagamer has stated some time ago (can't remember when) that if a part of those who only download their games bought them, they'd be profiting in basically every title. If we had access to the actual numbers I'm sure that the difference between the buyers and downloaders would be downright abysmal. Because of this, my reasoning is: It's not the case the eroge community isn't large enough. The current case is more like the current eroge community doesn't have that many people willing / with the chance to buy localized VNs (for the sake of argument let's not mention the possibility of better titles being localized because for them to be localized a company needs to have enough profits to cover all costs). Well, this is something that not only applies to the eroge community but to others as well. The main difference is that those communities are much bigger and therefore the number of those that may actually buy games also increases. Piracy will always exist so a way deal with it is to increase the number of potential buyers.

I consider this success a good and bad thing. Good because it's nice to know that more people are showing interest in VNs. Without a doubt, this is something that will help the industry because the current industry would surely appreciate more fans willing / with the chance to buy localized VNs. It's bad because it has been proven that despite ignoring the feelings of a lot of VN fans by censoring a lot of content there are a mountain of people still supporting Moenovel. Even if many of them didn't know about the censored content, this is still a win for Moenovel and it'll encourage them to continue to release all ages versions of VNs originally +18 and not release any kind of patch to restore the original content. I don't mind that much the removal of h-scenes but altering the script to not include some jokes, edit kiss scenes and edit CGs without any explicit content is something that I can't bring myself to agree with. It'd be much better if Moenovel right from the start picked an already all ages VN. For now, I'll wait for the next Moenovel announcement.

I also pre-ordered Kara no Shoujo and didn't receive yet any shipping confirmation. They said that they'll send the tracking information by contacting their customer care support.

This was about a hour ago.

Pre-ordered: - Steins;Gate - Limited Edition What I physically own: - Da Capo - Limited Edition - Demonbane - Higurashi and Higurashi Kai - Kara no Shoujo - Limited Edition - Koihime Musou - Umineko Chiru What I digitally own: - Demon Master Chris - Ef - the first tale - Ef - the latter tale - EROGE! Sex and Games Make Sexy Games - Otoboku - Maidens Are Falling for Me! - Ruby Striker (Bought this one just to support the developers)