Decay

The fact that the common route actually had a goal and an actual story arc puts it above 90% of all other moege common routes, which are usually just character introductions followed by really standard slice of life stuff. Criticizing it for having a weak story seems really strange considering the genre of VN it's in. Sure, it wasn't a particularly strong story but I still thought it was an enjoyable lead-in to all of the heroine stories, I like how it evolved over time as you finished more routes, and how that ties into the true route. I honestly couldn't have asked for much more from the common route.

It's a bug that affects all Radeon users, as far as I know, and I believe it's in the Japanese version too. The only known fix is to play in fullscreen mode.

No, Battle Royale was 2000, it predates the entire secret game series.

We're getting a little ahead of ourselves here! But yeah, Tanaka Romeo teaming up with Minato Soft seems like quite the bizarre combination, and I'm really interested in seeing what comes of it.

If you're like me and most other Americans, you spend a large part of your day wistfully fantasizing about your biggest wishes and dreams without actually putting any effort into realizing them. Unfortunately, all of the time I've spent staring at screenshots of untranslated games while praying that a translation will suddenly materialize in front of me has gone unrewarded. What I have done, however, is accrue a pretty sizable wishlist and I figured I'd share some of those games. What's on your translation wishlist? Please keep untranslated games that are currently being translated off the list, even if the translation project seems dead. Mostly because we all already know everyone will pick Dracu-riot, Eustia, Majikoi, and Iroseka. Let's focus on ones that no one has ever tried to TL before. Here are some of my picks: Soukou Akki Muramasa - It just looks really freaking cool. Said to be Nitro+'s (downward) turning point, while this huge game may not have sold as much as they wanted it to, it's still very highly regarded. One of JAST's translators appears to have expressed interest in translating it, but lol as if that's ever gonna happen. Soushuu Senshinkan Gakuen Hachimyoujin - Light's most recent game. A lot of people have clamored over Dies Irae, but I'm personally more interested in this one. Two characters get caught up in a dream world. Has an interesting art style. Protagonist dresses like M. Bison. Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. - Another Nitro+ game. What first appears to be a standard love triangle moege takes some mind-bending twists and turns. Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai - Under the Innocent Sky. - Alright, yeah, this one is obvious. Navel's epic-length comedy/moege/nakige. Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu - Really, I could put Akatsuki Works' entire catalog on this list, but this is the one I want most of all. I'm not a big fan of crossdressing protagonists or anything, it just has the setting and themes that appeal to me most. A group of people are each marked with both a curse and a gift, and they form a friendship to help them through their hardships. Saihate no Ima - The game Tanaka Romeo wrote after Cross Channel. Said to be somehow even less understandable at times. The protagonist isn't as insufferable. Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road - One of those games that really tempt me to learn the language, then immediately daunt me when I realize it would be one of the more difficult to read ones (lots of slang). Minato-style comedy, really interesting sounding characters, and three really meaty routes. I want it now! *throws a tantrum* Now let us collectively moan and groan about how we will never read these VNs because we're too lazy to learn Japanese. What's on your translation wishlist?

Well then they completely failed at doing that. I didn't feel like I was a part of the battle at all. I think that kind of abstract card game is a really bad fit for the game's story. I mean, you could go into the fight at a disadvantage according to what's happening in the story, then you completely crush the opponent, and when the game returns to the story you're still at a disadvantage and struggling. It's really, really weird. Like I said earlier, it doesn't feel like you're actually participating in the fights at all, you're just playing some weird abstract minigame that's irrelevant to everything for the right to continue reading the story.

Not fully stalled, it's just not Umikaze's main priority, it seems. He says he's still working on it here and there though.

The translator claims it's not a machine translation, but most everyone agrees it actually is. Even if it isn't, it's as bad as one. It's not worth playing, I tried and gave up on it, and I'm usually tolerant of bad translations.

Unfortunately I cannot help you but I fully 100% support this project knowing what it is. Good luck!

I hate Sengoku Rance more but that's just because of my personal tastes. Koihime Musou is utterly inoffensive because it's so boring. Whereas I strongly dislike Rance as a protagonist and most of the h-scenes. If I am to view them objectively, I can see why people with certain senses of humor or proclivities enjoy Sengoku Rance, but I can't imagine very many people enjoying Koihime. Well, whatever the case, you certainly shouldn't get it for the gameplay. Maybe get it for the comedy factor of seeing Zhuge Liang be some extremely nervous little girl who freaks out all the time. If you're not a Three Kingdoms fan who can't appreciate things like that then there probably won't be anything to enjoy about it.

I wonder if there's a trainer for Yumina, I wouldn't mind cheating my way through it just to see the story. Some parts of the gameplay are fun but it gets so old after a while. Reminds me of Kamidori, fun at first but it expects you to grind too much to complete all of the quests. Except with Yumina it's not just side quests you have to grind for. If it's much easier in new game plus and there's no downside to it from the perspective of a first time player, I also wouldn't mind just using a completed save and doing that right off the bat. Can anyone confirm that? I like Pulltop most of the time but Princess Waltz is just a game I can't get behind. I hate the action. I hate how inconsequential the gameplay segments feel to the story (it feels less like you're actually fighting the battles in the story, and more that you're just playing for the privilege of continuing the story, if that makes sense). And while there were parts of the story I liked, I think some of the plot twists were rote and the drama too contrived.

Disclaimer: I kinda hate both Sengoku Rance and Koihime Musou. Story-wise, Koihime Musou is just dull. Some of the heroines are kind of interesting but there's very little to each one's individual storyline. The overall plot is kind of terrible. Gameplay-wise, it's ridiculously simple. The gameplay sections are short, and use some kind of six-way rock paper scissors system. There is no strategy whatsoever. Each fight the enemy behaves in a set pattern so you just learn the pattern then adjust to counter them perfectly. It's almost impossible to lose. If you do lose, you get sent back to the beginning of the battle with extra troops so the win is guaranteed.

For romance vs non-romance, it's just a matter of taste. Romance is good, VNs without romance are also good. They're entirely different and I don't really prefer one over the other. I'd say that this probably isn't actually the case. Most eroge readers are probably adults. It may seem strange, but in Japan adults are the primary audience for most works of fiction taking place in high school, while japanese high schoolers tend to prefer fantasy/sci-fi/non-highschool settings. Never underestimate the power of nostalgia.

Translation is dead. It got as far as 80% translated but it was largely unedited and the translator is nowhere to be seen. There hasn't been any word from them in nearly a year.

Well, Nakige literally means "crying game" so "Nakige anime" doesn't make much sense. You're just looking for some good drama. Hmm.... maybe try Eden of the East? It's really great.

Ayakashibito has rather good art, but there just isn't much of it. Very few sprite variations, CGs, etc. It was Propeller's second game and so they probably had a limited budget.

You realize that's a JAST release, right? I am not exaggerating when I say that I would be utterly shocked if it came out within the next 12 months. Maybe in 2 years. edit: To back this up, Sumaga's translation finished something like 14 months ago. Still not out, with no signs of it coming out any time soon. Django's translation has been "almost complete" for over a year as well. Still isn't done. I have zero confidence that Seinarukana will be finished any time soon. Well, it's to be expected, JAST treats their translators like shit and nobody ever gets paid until a game's release, so it's no wonder why their work ethic is so bad. And I wouldn't be surprised if JAST intentionally delays their releases just so they can postpone paying their translators/editors.

Part of it is probably because Type-Moon themselves want to lighten the atmosphere of the series a bit. That's just the direction they're going in. For example, I wouldn't be surprised if the Tsukihime remake was at least little less dark.

Let's do a comparison, shall we? Ufotable's upcoming F/SN anime adaptation slated for this fall: Deen's 2006 anime adaptation: No further words are necessary. edit: Not words, but a leaked work-in-progress animation of saber v lancer:

It's dead, or in a state of limbo, or is being very slowly translated, or all of those things at the same time. If you think you do not understand, then don't worry, you actually understand as well as everyone else.

Well that's never going to happen. If he's for real and not spreading bullshit, then posting evidence would get him in serious trouble. He works with these companies from time to time, you know. So either you take him for his word or not, but why would he lie about something as dumb as Eiyuu Senki of all things? I think worst case scenario is that it was licensed but the localization went nowhere. It would make sense why all of a sudden this other company is doing an entirely separate translation for the PS3 version.

Regarding Eiyuu Senki, Herki (vn and fansub editor) claims that another localization company licensed the PC version a while ago and that's still on the books, h-scenes and all. That's all he said about it. I don't really see the PS3 version pushing too many units. Its gameplay and story aren't much to write home about, I hear.

Well the style still somehow reminded me of Type-Moon's earlier works, my mistake.

Didn't we just have this thread a couple weeks ago? Anyways, although I haven't played them, I really like what I've seen of the art from the studios Abhar and Trumple (same artists). Actually, I'm curious if anyone possibly knows who their main artist is and what he's doing now. This is why I wish VNDB had their staff database finished. This one's impressive because it shows just how far Type-Moon has come. You can tell it's still the same lead artist whom they had way back with Tsukihime. Yet the artwork is way better.

I haven't really seen any super old anime. The oldest that I've watched and enjoyed was probably the original Dragon Ball ('86). I used to like DBZ but I turned on that when I grew up, heh. Dragon Ball though is just a really fun action/adventure show. No beam battles, no powering up, no sudden transformations just before victory, maybe only two fights that last longer than an episode, and so on. It's a much simpler show and way better for it. I watched it again a couple years ago and still really enjoy it. Second oldest show I enjoyed was probably Legend of Galactic Heroes. It's amazing. It's like someone turned Three Kingdoms into an epic length space opera and stuffed it full of WW2 allegories as well. Just really fantastic political and military drama. It's easily one of my favorites, it's such a timeless show, and one everyone should watch. Edit: Or maybe they turned WW2 into a space opera heavily influenced by Three Kingdoms? Whatever, the order isn't important.