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jetpack003 Fuwa Senior

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This is interesting. So they're making a 'new' game based off an original franchise.

 

I'm not sure how to feel about that. I guess there won't be any problems having an 18+ version cut out since there won't be any in the first place.

I'll just wait and see how this goes. Hoping someone will bite the bullet and try it out. Looking forward to a future review though.

Darklord Rooke Fuwa Master

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  On 11/22/2016 at 2:36 AM, Zenophilious said:

Well, that's stupid.  I've literally never heard the term "Full HD" before, but apparently it indicates 1080p.

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You probably weren't around when the tech was just taking off, or something. There was this big thing about 720p, 1080i, and 1080p, and consumer conscious people were going around saying people should buy 'full HD' and how 1080i was 'fake' so 'do not buy'.

Decay Fuwa Master

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The Steam page is up and it includes a bunch of sample screenshots: http://store.steampowered.com/app/547340/

While it's still too early to tell what the translation will be like overall, I'll say that the vibe I get from those screenshots is quite a bit different from the one I get from IMHHW. If the entire game looks like those screenshots, that's actually pretty much fine for some cheap ecchi moege thing. 

The other thing to note about that steam page is the blatant advertising of partial/covered nudity and the nudity tag, showing a change in philosophy at moenovel. They are now very obviously abandoning their previous mission of delivering products suitable for all audiences.

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littleshogun Fuwa Master

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Don't care about HD thing, but I just take a look to the Steam page. The size was surprisingly low for newer game (3 GB), so maybe the length for this game could be at least around Koi Resort (Or maybe MoeNovel managed to compress the file size perhaps). As for interface, it's usual Pulltop so not much to comment here. That's all for now.

Shota_Victory Fuwa Senior

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I would be worried about all the people that seem completely numb to this, but honestly, I couldn't give less shits about whatever Moenovel is doing.

Besides, for this particular company, what Fuwa thinks isn't particularly important. What is important is what the Steam userbase thinks, and I'm worried about them. KonoSora was a success, to put it mildly, and I don't much appreciate us getting censored nukige rather than anything actually worthwhile.

That being said, if the all-ages version is released on MangaGamer again, I'll probably commit suicide.

Dergonu Fuwa Master

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  On 11/22/2016 at 2:51 PM, Shota_Victory said:

and I don't much appreciate us getting censored nukige rather than anything actually worthwhile.

That being said, if the all-ages version is released on MangaGamer again, I'll probably commit suicide.

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If I understood it correctly, this isn't an already existing game they have censored at all, this is a new, ALL-AGES game. (In other words, no censorship anywhere. This is the game's original state.)

I don't think this has anything to do with Mangagamer, but if they were to sell the game too, maybe as a second platform for Moenovel other than steam to sell their game, they would sell the same version. (Again, this game isn't censored; it is an all-ages game to begin with.) So please, do not commit suicide if this version pops up somewhere, as it's literally the only version, at least from what we know right now.

Nier Fuwa Elite

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  On 11/22/2016 at 3:20 AM, Zakamutt said:

The actually have been using the "HD" line since they launched konosora. The cringe ain't nothing new, though 720p was prolly a bit less common back then.

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HD Visual Novels are still a rarity outside Japan, how many HD Visual Novels have been officially localized so far?

- Root Double Before Crime After Days Xtend Edition

- Kara no Shojo The Second Episode

- Sacrament of the Zodiac

- Ne no Kami

- Corona Blossom

- KARAKARA

- Steins;Gate

- Steins;Gate 0

- Root Letter

- Sound of Drop -fall into poison-

- NEKOPARA

- Gisaia

- Memory's Dogma

- WAS The Hourglass of Lepidoptera

- ChuSingura 46+1

- Supipara

- And of course MoeNovel's first title

  On 11/22/2016 at 3:03 PM, Dergonu said:

If I understood it correctly, this isn't an already existing game they have censored at all, this is a new, ALL-AGES game. (In other words, no censorship anywhere. This is the game's original state.)

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What's the point of releasing this game if we ain't getting the first one?

https://vndb.org/v4893

 

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Dergonu Fuwa Master

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  On 11/22/2016 at 3:04 PM, Nier said:

What's the point of releasing this game if we ain't getting the first one?

https://vndb.org/v4893

 

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It says "same series" not sequel. Those are two different things.

Most likely, this is not actually related in the sense that it follows what happened in the first game. Might be a spin-off of sorts, or something along those lines. 

Nier Fuwa Elite

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  On 11/22/2016 at 3:11 PM, Dergonu said:

It says "same series" not sequel. Those are two different things.

Most likely, this is not actually related in the sense that it follows what happened in the first game. Might be a spin-off of sorts, or something along those lines. 

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I got that it's not a direct sequel, but still. Anyway reading this:

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Next Generation Goddess Auditions!
Divine Idol chicks, go on to spread your wings!
A glamorous and splendid contest, what a goddess's dreams are made of, is being held.

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It's quite obvious that it's Pulltop own take on "Time Leap Paradise Super Live!" which is Frontwing's own take on The iDOLM@STER, basically you take an existing Visual Novel IP and you turn it into an Idol Raising Simulation game.

Afterall it IS called: "LoveKami -Divinity Stage-"

Also if you would notice, the original LoveKami has 11 different voiced characters: https://vndb.org/v4893

While LoveKami -Divinity Stage- only has 3 different voiced characters: https://vndb.org/v20337

So from the info we have so far, it does not seem likely that LoveKami -Divinity Stage- is a full fledged VN like Konosora or the original LoveKami.

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Shota_Victory Fuwa Senior

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  On 11/22/2016 at 3:03 PM, Dergonu said:

I don't think this has anything to do with Mangagamer, but if they were to sell the game too, maybe as a second platform for Moenovel other than steam to sell their game, they would sell the same version. (Again, this game isn't censored; it is an all-ages game to begin with.) So please, do not commit suicide if this version pops up somewhere, as it's literally the only version, at least from what we know right now.

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The issue here is that this is a Japanese game made by a Japanese developer, so it'll probably be released in Japan. The Japanese are notorious for never buying anything without ero, so I wouldn't be surprised if it gets an 18+ release.

Besides, have you see the art? That's nukige art if I've ever seen it.

Shota_Victory Fuwa Senior

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  On 11/22/2016 at 3:42 PM, Nier said:

That is an exaggeration to the nth degree.

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Of course it is. That doesn't change the fact that the all-ages games that are actually successful in Japan are few and far between.

You get things like Clannad and Umineko occasionally, sure. But if you sell an all-ages game in Japan and the West by a completely unknown studio with equal publicity in both countries, Steamfriends will probably buy more copies than the Japanese will.

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