Visual Novel translation status
Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "1410/2308 original edition scenario scripts translated (61.1%)"
Amairo IsleNauts - prologue and common route fully translated, Shirley route 10% TL, Masaki 18.5% TL, Konoka 55% TL, bonus 20% TL, prologue patch out
Aokana - Common route + 2 character routes translation done
>AstralAir - prologue patch released, 31,573 / 63,940 (49.38%) lines translated
Ayakashi Gohan - 49% complete
Black Wolves Saga: 55/65 scripts translated, 49/65 scripts edited
Bunny Black 2 - To be translated
Clover Day's - 100% of the common route + 348/711 KB, 119/743 KB, 92/764, 338/846 and 74/722 KB of 5 routes translated
>Corpse Party 2 Ch 1 - Released
Flight Diary - 14.8% translated
Gore Screaming Show - Prologue and day one patch released
HaraKano - Marina's Route patch released
Haruka Na Sora - Sora 11.29% translated, Kozue 23.73% translated
Hatsukoi 1/1 - 11409 lines translated
Hoka no Onna - 48.68% translated
Irotoridori no Sekai - New project started, prologue mostly translated
Ken ga Kimi: 110/122 scripts translated, 81/122 scripts edited
Kiminozo - first chapter translation complete
Koichoco - 100% translated and edited, 340/397 files QC
>Koiken Otome - 96.55% translated, 83.93% edited, prologue patch released
Kurukuru Fanatic - 87.5% translated
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content, now a joint project with Doki. 29712/30163 new lines translated
Lovely Cation- 21% of lines completed
Lover Able - 6.84% translated
Majikoi A-1 - 11.4%
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - Commie project actively in editing
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 2nd project with 2.2 scripts translated
Monster girl quest paradox - Being translated, new demo patch for items, skills, and gameplay text, etc
Muv Luv Total Eclipse - 25% translated
Noble Works - 53,589 / 57,690 (92.9%) lines translated, partial patch released
Oreimo Tsuzuku - 259/268 scripts translated, 192/268 through TLC+Editing, 92/268 scripts finalized
PersonA - 44% translated
Rewrite Harvest Festa - 22583/30040 (75.18%) lines translated
>SakuSaku - Common route + Konami route fully translated, 47963/49257 (97%) lines translated, 31858/49257 (65%) lines finalized, Konami + Mio route released
Starry Sky In Summer - 173/177 scripts translated, 154/177 scripts edited
SubaHibi - 100% translated, 2nd editing pass and QC remain
Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen - 100% translated and edited, QC and technical work remains
Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road - 12/323 scripts translated
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete - 4282/35056 (15.7%) lines translated
>White Album 2 - 9970/35275 (28.26%) lines of closing chapter translated
>Witch's Garden - 38311/67201 (57.01%) lines translated, 2221/67201 (3.31%) edited, prologue patch released
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 78.42%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 89.73%, Motoka 32.17%, Common and Kazuha fully edited
Official work
MangaGamer
Kara no Shoujo 2 - 10/30 release
Euphoria - In beta
Free Friends 2 - 100% translated and edited
Higurashi Hou -Onikakushi released, Watanagashi in scripting
Bokuten - 66.5% translated, 30.05% edited
>Da Capo 3 - 59.6% translated, 10.1% edited
>Gahkthun - 100% translated, 73.82% edited
>OZMAFIA - 83% translated
>House in Fata Morgana - 80.47% translated
>Myth - 40% translated, 36.76% edited
My Boss Wife is My Ex - 100% translated and edited
Kuroinu - Being released as 3 seperate chapters, 18.13% TL 18.13% edited
Supipara - Ch 1 100% translated, 81.47% edited
>Yurirei - 60% translated, 50% edited
Himawari - TL and editing finished
>Beat Blades Haruka - 56.2% Translated
Umineko - Picked up
>Tokyo Babel - 34% translated
Negai no Kakera - Picked up
Princess Evangile W Happiness - Picked up
JAST
>Shiny Days - Released
Sonicomi - Fully translated, in editing
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Trample on Schatten- main scenerio 100% translated and edited, extra content 33% done
Flowers - Fall released planned, 100% translated, preparing to port
Seinarukana- Translation and coding finished, waiting on LE materials.
Django - 1st half of 2016
Sweet Home - 10% translated
Sumeragi Ryoko - 100% translated, in editing and testing
Sekai/Denpa
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Grisaia trilogy - Both All Ages and 18+ version of the first game released
Clannad - 100% translated, mostly edited, 4Q 2015 release
WAS - Kickstarter finished, delayed
Atom Grrrl - 100% translated
>Narcissu 3rd - 24.23% translated
>Narcissu 0 - 2.55% translated
WEE 3 - 7.39% translated
>Nenokami - 30.36% translated
Kokonoe Kokoro - picked up
Shizuku no Oto - picked up
Sacrament Sheep - In Beta
Memory's Dogma - Kickstarter reached goal
G-Senjou - Summer release
Chrono Clock - Picked up
Root Double - Picked up
Tenshin Ranman - Picked up
Witch Boy - Kickstarter started
Darekoi - Picked up
Wagamama High Spec - 2016 release
Mayoi Hitsuji no Kajuen - Picked up
Other
Muv Luv Trilogy - Kickstarter Started
Harmonia - Steam release planned
Eiyuu Senki - Delayed a few months from Summer
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
Work being done on a fanTL of Shin Koihime with hopes of getting it licensed
>Wish Tale of the Sixteenth Night - 1522/10288 (15.09%) lines translated
Harvest December - 3DS ports being released
Norn9 - November 11th release
Code Realize - November 24th release
>Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - English released planned
>Magical Eyes - Winter release planned
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
>6 fan translations updated
>5 are machine TLs
>4 are Fuwa machine TLs
Truly, this is a glorious time.
>>14178369
>Da Capo 3 - 59.6% translated, 10.1% edited
Only 2 more years to go.
>>14178371
They're not machine TLs. The translators just don't know English!
/Fuwa
>>14178376
3 if they need to port it
>>14178392
>The translators just don't know English!
So, like Crunchyroll?
>Shisogapo
>>14178398
I had to look that up to understand. Fucking wow.
JAST finally released Shiny Days. That must mean Seinarukana is next.
>>14178437
Nope. Flowers, Sonicomi, maybe Ryoko.
>>14178371
>>14178437
Speaking about Shiny Days, saving after the Manami ending will make the game unplayable. Read more on JAST tumblr. How did that shit get past QC?
>>14178457
Learn to draw boobs, shitty Japanese artists.
>>14178459
What QC?
>>14178465
Quality Cocks.
>>14178459
>Manami Ending corrupts Globalflag.dat making the game unplayable.
>We are aware that the ending title is also mislabeled along with a few other errors. We are looking into what is causing this problem. For now do not save after getting that ending.
>If you did save and can not play the game a temporary fix is to download this globalflag.dat and replace your current corrupt one.
>https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0FEWIDMXT4VOGt3V19NMDVvSEk
>by Anon on 4chan
>It will allow you to access your saves at the expense of a 100% route map, and the save names and dates being wrong. Deleting your globalflag.dat will also allow you to play again but will delete all saves.
Sasu-fucking-ga Jast
>>14178471
>Costumes randomly changing during Inori route:
>We will be fixing these problems in a script patch.
The bug list for things they still have yet to fix is sad, yet hilarious. Especially how they link to Hongfire for workarounds for their fuckups.
>>14178485
>>14178471
Jesus Christ. Even the installer is broken and doesn't set the file permissions correctly. If you install it with the default settings, it won't create save files. They have a fucking workaround listed for saving your fucking game.
How the fuck is Jast still in business?
>>14178466
aka mangagamer
This is why Doddler is loev.
>>14178423
Well, mistakes happen. From experience they actually aren't scared to fire their shitty translators and replace them with more competent ones. I've seen translation quality improve from one episode to another.
Don't worry folks, there's worse out there than Sekai Project.
That said, this show is actually very good, so that just goes to show you that the quality of a translation is irrelevant. If the original work is good, its quality will shine through no matter how it is translated. As it does for FSN.
Assuming mangagamer is going to repeat what they did last year, mangagamer's gonna have a moeday sale coming up this week. If you're looking to buy one of their older games, you might wanna wait.
...But if you don't, or decide to preorder kns2 or something, as always, post order numbers if you got em.
>>14178485
>Costumes randomly changing
Oh, I thought that was a "feature".
I had my doubts when I noticed that Setsuna was the only one not changing her uniform.
Wait what? Someone did a Corpse Party translation and it's not XSEED? I didn't even know there was a Corpse Party 2. Is it good? Is the translation good? And the game?
>>14178506
Sure Dovac, we all know that your QC's are superb;
https://visualnovels.moe/wagahigh/
>>14178579
That's like a one man job done at the start of the season by someone with no experience. Also the note isn't really wrong.
>>14178836
Corpse party 2 is a PC only true sequel that has nothing to do with the events in heavenly host. It's pretty alright, check it out.
>>14178961
Cute, I like it.
Translating by day, partying by night.
Truly the savior of the ded scene.
>>14178620
>moeday sale
Wait, has it already been a year? Fuck, I'm old.
>>14178620
Just bought KnS2
Order Number - 096700
Order Date - 2015-10-04 20:45:37
>>14178376
I keep hoping Kouryuu will get a co-translator.
>>14178394
They need to port it, beta test it, and apply fixes from the beta. I feel sorry for anyone waiting to play this game. I wonder if MG would've bothered licensing it if they released just how long it would actually take to do, since their initial release estimate is already out the window by a long shot.
>>14178459
JAST must have really limited QC, since they mentioned needing to change their approach to it.
>>14178962
There were worse things in the episode, I just posted the TL note because I think it's hilarious that anyone would use a TL note in this day and age, and such a long one.
>>14178961
Wait, wagahigh? Is it meant to be a Japanese pun or is it just a coincidence?
>>14179107
>096700
So in last 2 months they sold more than in previous 2 years total.
>>14178620
>mangagamer's gonna have a moeday sale coming up this week
moeday? wut
>>14178969
>true sequel that has nothing to do with the events in heavenly host
uh.
>>14179737
probably a dumb pun yes
i want subahibi. herkz you faggot
>>14180422
The power of cheap bundles at work, plus their back to school sale going on at the same time.
>>14180480
Herkz is the reason there's no Baldr Sky too.
>>14180484
('2015-09-05', 81991),
('2015-10-04', 96700),
This jump is after bundles/school sale.
>>14180500
>Sep 15, 2015 Kara no Shojo - The Second Episode is now available for Pre-Order!
>Sep 25, 2015 Excited for a #yuritopia? How about A Kiss for the Petals!
>Sep 25, 2015 Go! Go! Nippon! 2015––Now Available for Pre-order!
>Oct 02, 2015 The Menagerie is now available for download!
It's the preorders for 2 games and the launch sales of 2 other games. Though the numbers do seem high even for that.
>>14180500
There's still a lot of leftover bundle keys creating noise in the order numbers. People giving out the ones they didn't want to friends , cashing in the codes late and such.
However, there is one thing interesting that has happened. I(the guy posting those) expected the order number growth to simmer down as the amount of codes from the bundles started to run out, but from the last
>93063
to
>>14179107
instead, growth has remained fairly steady.
Part of it can be attributed to mangagamer currently having KNS and GGN on preorder, but I think something surprising is that OELVN, The Menagerie.
That came out two days ago, and it's immediately shot to the top of the weekly chart, beating out all the bundle codes floating around.
I would wager that it's what's driving current order number growth. Either it's selling very well, or they had some sort of kickstarter and handed out a thousand codes or something.
>>14180557
>or they had some sort of kickstarter and handed out a thousand codes or something.
It's an 18+ only vn with futa, so no kickstarter keys. I've heard they gave out some review keys, but I doubt it's that many.
Apparently Aroduc's translating Bindseeker.
Apparently Bindseeker's translating Aroduc.
>>14181124
From what?
To what?
>>14181213
From a faggot to a bigger faggot.
In related news, the translation is complete.
>>14181309
Man, you really got a vendetta huh?
>>14181309
Is it still in editing?
>>14179075
I heard your translation of Hoshizora was bad because you don't know any japanese.
>>14181613
His English and Chinese aren't great either.
>>14181397
I wish I had a translation of Silverio Vendetta.
>>14178459
Their QC was literally one guy running the game on like five systems, one or more of which were virtual machines. That is the extent of JAST's testing of the followup to their best selling game of all time.
When can we expect Euphoria to be released?
>>14181309
Nah mate, that's herkz
>>14182511
Why won't they ask for a few game testers? I mean most people would do it for free if you'll give them the finished product at the end.
>>14182538
There are multiple such translation projects running concurrently.
>>14182560
Probably because nobody in charge really seems to care about that company. They treat it as a side project rather than a legitimate job so ideas that should be no-brainers are just completely overlooked.
>>14182560
I think they said that after this clusterfuck, they'll consider assembling beta test groups in the future. Source for all of this information: "Tim" on their forums, who seems to be involved managerially with JAST and is one of two full-time employees, and is also their lone tester.
>>14182511
>their best selling game of all time.
Isn't that Steins;Gate?
>>14182532
As soon as clockup finishes the scripting. Mangagamer seems to think it'll be done before the end of the year. I think it'll probably be a christmas release or maybe slip into january.
When shit is out of mangagamer's hands it when it goes slowwwwww.
That reminds me. Hey you faggot, you know who you are. Remember when you argued with me that euphoria was going to be out before KnS2 and I told you there was no way that was going to happen, since doddler can actually get a port done in the time it takes a japanese company to insert a script?
I told you so
>>14182617
Did steins gate surpass it? I guess that wouldn't surprise me. Then School Days is their second best selling game.
>>14182657
>When shit is out of mangagamer's hands it when it goes slowwwwww
Yeah, they work so fast otherwise, just look at Princess Evangile's six month beta period and Da Capo 3's blistering translation pace.
>>14182668
>Yeah, they work so fast otherwise, just look at Princess Evangile's six month beta period and Da Capo 3's blistering translation pace.
Neither of which has anything to do with scripting.
>>14180487
Herkz is responsible for everything that's wrong with this world.
>>14182898
I thought that was Dovac.
>>14182918
Herkz is responsible for Dovac. I'll leave the "how" up to your imagination.
>>14182927
How the hell did herkz get a timemachine though?
>>14182927
After Ixrec (also known as Herkz) had sex with Sheeta (Moogy) they produced a child known to the world as Dovac (Doddler).
>>14182943
>Dovac (Doddler)
Impossible!
>>14182943
But anon, Herkz can't be Ixrec, since Herkz doesn't know Japa-
Oh. I see.
>>14182965
Dovac is actually Doddler's evil clone that got all of his recessive genes.
Herkz being a little bitch again, working on some Monogatari shit for Commie that nobody cares about because Daisuki's already subbing it. Oh cool dudes, just reuse that translation and call it your own, like you're doing for Subahibi, am I right? Fuck Commie Subs.
>>14183032
Funny you should say that as I have trustworthy insider information that Subahibi is actually being done by Dowolf
>>14183048
That can't be true since Dowolf has been busy with Oretsuba for a while.
You are so master troll, jaypee-san-dono-tachi.
>>14183087
You can actually call out who you're talking about or you can be a pansy and make a post like that.
Guys, remember that guy that posted on MG forums about translating Tsuriotsu? Guess what
http://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/11423-tsuki-ni-yorisou-otome-no-sahou-translation/#entry331846
>I'm not sure if the issue here is your command of English or Japanese (or both), but this looks more like something I'd expect to get from pasting the script into google translate than an unpolished piece of writing done by a human. I don't want to sound offensive, but you might want to either work on your language skills a bit first, or at least pick an easier visual novel to practice on.
>>14183405
Forgot the pic
>>14183409
Literally what is that second line even trying to say?
>>14183405
I'm sure we will see soon people rushing here to defend it and claim that it just needs some editing.
>>14183419
"Please rewrite me".
>>14183422
That's exactly what the 'editor' of AstralAir, among other Fuwa machine TL projects, is doing in that thread.
>>14183409
Its better than atlas translation, so I OK with this TL.
>>14183570
>so I OK with this TL
I sure you is.
>>14183419
"Please kill me".
Hey Doddler, get off your ass and finish Onikakushi.
>>14182657
The joke's on you, since I'm going to delay Subahibi for another 2 months just for that little dig you made at me.
>>14183679
I think he's busy playing Undertale.
>>14183741
He's been too busy all year for the last three months.
>>14183567
Not really. I just reworded some of the sentences for fun mostly. That project was basically a lost cause just after hearing that the person wanted to leave 'desu wa' untranslated. I'm also only doing one project bby.
>>14184009
>Not really.
Yeah really.
>>14184009
>wanted to leave 'desu wa' untranslated
No, such flavor/style things are irrelevant when everyone there lacks even most basics like any knowledge of Japanese and English at all.
>>14184009
Moar like desu hahaha
>>14184009
It's weird that you take offense to that, but urge people to not prejudge translations based on lines like this.
>>14184093
I'm not sure what you're trying to imply. I found someone to actually translate the game aside from that guy, so I'm not sure why you'd prejudge someone's work based on the work of a totally separate person.
>>14184217
Imply? You literally said not to judge that translation based on those screencaps, you machine TL apologist.
>>14184262
And then joined it anyway before a week later spontaneously saying everything had been redone by a brand new person recruited from the depths of his ass who definitely understood Japanese perfectly.
Let's get the whole story here.
>>14183679
Wait what's not done about Onikakushi?
>>14183419
"If anyone had modest desire, at a time like this is to just expose his body at a mere pace within this cellar but it would be like asking for the indiscriminate bullet of an assassin."
>>14183736
>implying Herkz would bicker about something as stupid as that
Oh wait, he would.
>>14184761
The latter. I doubt the former will ever come out.
>>14184298
He also thinks that, aside from the second line, this is okay.
>>14183409
>>14184798
Yeesh, it's like none of you read KiritoCy's post.
>well excuse my English if they are bad on it or any mistakes cause i didn't double-check anything yet but i would fix everything eventually
As you can see, he'll fix everything eventually, so essentially this means there are not actually any errors in the translation.
>>14184798
I said the 1st and 3rd were okay-ish. The first line actually is okay enough, but it's such a simple sentence you'd have to be an idiot to mess it up. The second makes literally no sense whatsoever. The third is okay, I can still see what it means, though it's worded like crap. The fourth is worded in a way that you have to look at it for a good second before realizing what the fuck it means.
Then factor in that if there were that many problems with only 4 sample lines, imagine what the whole thing would be like trying to edit, aka a lot of fun.
>>14184857
> I said the 1st and 3rd were okay-ish. The first line actually is okay enough
Why you fuwanovelers hate English so much?
>>14186162
is difficult. we in malaysia not very good with it.
>>14186162
They hate what they cannot understand.
>>14186162
They compare everything to machine translations, and consider anything good as long as they can understand what it means.
>>14186239
If the original work is good, it won't matter how it is translated. The translation will be good no matter what.
>>14186239
And as we can see from here, "understand what it means" = "are able to guess some kind of meaning from it," because obviously, anybody who claims they understand Japanese must understand it.
>>14186257
So sayeth Ixrec,blessed be his name.
>>14186266
Try as he might, Ixrec couldn't manage to ruin Cross Channel. That's, how good it is........
>>14183409
Well, I only really see 1 grammar error on the first line. The rest of the paragraph is giving me cancer.
> 20+ projects "picked up"
> only 3 short doujin crap had any updates at all
Sekai Project is such a joke. Why developers keep entrusting their IP to these clowns?
>>14186789
Because they're desperate and Sekai Project gives them the most money for the least work. You'll notice no legitimate dev sticks with SP for long.
>>14186822
> Sekai Project gives them the most money for the least work.
Except Witch Boy, which Sekai can't hardly get any press coverage for. The developers are actively looking for places to hype the kickstarter, and they seem to be putting way more effort into it than Sekai is. With 12 days to go, they're still over $40,000 away from reaching their goal.
>>14187276
They got plenty of coverage from the usual sites early on. The campaign's just poorly designed and they didn't bother doing any actual promotional work until almost half way through the campaign when the devs themselves stepped in.
>>14187302
Looks like they're planning to add more rewards.
>Regarding the shikishi, we cannot offer one, due to the original artist not being with Rosemary House anymore, however, we do have some postcards with a shikishi feel which were only originally available with the game as a bonus. We'll be posting up more rewards this week...please look forward to it!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/witch-boy-magical-piece-a-bl-visual-novel-localiza/comments?cursor=11305030#comment-11305029
>>14187337
To little too late. They can't realistically salvage the campaign at this point.
>>14187343
Sure it can, they just need every single backer to increase their pledge to a thousand bucks
>>14188031
They currently have 456 backers, so they'd all have to pledge at least $125 for Witch Boy to happen. Over half the backers are in the early bird tier to get a discounted copy of the game for $10, so I doubt they'd be willing to spend that much.
>>14187337
>due to the original artist not being with Rosemary House anymore
Never stopped age
Shit if they had offered something from bou maybe I would have cared.
Apparently Herkz is editing Akogare no Ano Utahime wa Boku no Chinkasu Soujiki.
>>14187276
Look at Witch Boy and think about it a bit. Would any company have picked it up besides Sekai Project? No. This is legitimately the best they're going to get. And even still, it's shit.
So yes, Sekai Project is the only way they have any chance of making money. But they're not, because they had no chance to begin with.
>>14186162
>>calls two lines 'okay', but with a bunch of qualifiers
>>bashes the other two
>>Y U HATE ENGLISH?
You know, between stuff like this and people not knowing what machine translation means, I'm starting to wonder if at least half of /jp/ is literally retarded.
WEE
>Currently episode.03 is 7.39% done in translations, we're in the process of onboarding a new translator to help get the game out sooner to your hands. He first has to read the first two games before he can start translating the game.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/world-end-economica-complete/posts/1374461
>The Fruit of Grisaia Physical version
>We finished double checking the bug reports from Steam and sent in via email and are now in the process of working on fixing them before getting the disks pressed. We're looking at the start of November for disks to start replicating from the factory.
>Physical goods
>They're currently held in Japan awaiting shipment to the fulfillment warehouse.
>The Labyrinth of Grisaia
>Translation is estimated to be complete in late November. There's still technical/editing/qa work required after that so we do not have a firm release date just yet.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/the-grisaia-trilogy-three-huge-visual-novels-for-p/posts/1374479
>>14188692
>machine translation stops being machine translation if they try to fix the grammar
You're the retarded one.
>>14188858
>>all fan translation is machine translation
>>implying I ever argued that fixing the grammer from a machine translation makes it passable
>>14188874
You do understand that you're throwing a temper tantrum in response to someone doing exactly that, right?
Pick your fights a little more intelligently, Ti9.
>>14188997
>>goes NO U
>>thinks I'm the mad one
No he said two out of four lines is 'okay'. 50% is an F, M8.
Where can I download Higurashi Meakashi-hen? I'm not having any luck with google.
>>14189015
I think the real issue is that his basis for "okay" is "not indecipherable".
I'm glad we have such interesting, non-repetitive discussions in the VNTS thread.
>>14189097
I'd say that's 'okay'. Not good, but okay.
>>14189156
太陽の下新しいものは何ひとつない
>>14189097
okay-ish, which is a nice way of saying shit. I could make it into something good from that, compared to the other which is just jumbled nonsensical shit. Then again, I couldn't really care less about the guy or his translation since MG is most likely going to pick up this game if they can.
>>14189182
Man I can't read that.
>>14189186
>since MG is most likely going to pick up this game if they can
With few exceptions MG has stated that existing fan TLs (no matter how awful) make a VN less likely to sell well, so it makes it less likely to be licensed. If this guy completes the translation and releases it, that might just kill the chances of it getting licensed.
Also, if trap protagonist games sold well for MG, then I think that Otoboku 2 would've been licensed already.
What's this about Mangagamer possibly picking up Daiteikoku in the near future?
And did they ever fix the gameplay issues this game had? Because it was one of the best concepts in eroge history fucked up by shitty gameplay.
>>14189337
There's no talk of that because it's not going to happen, ever. The script's longer than Shin Koihime Musou, the game itself is shit (no the problems were never fixed, they just patched out save scumming as a core game mechanic), and its reputation is garbage.
>>14189283
"There is nothing new under the sun." From the Bible.
>>14189343
That's just sad really. It could've been the best Alice Soft game ever made. And characters are popular enough to get figs and manga.
>>14189351
Between that and the non-magnum version of rance quest, alicesoft's reputation took a huge hit. Luckily they seem to be recuperating.
>>14189359
The best thing they could do is a Daiteikoku remake. I still remember how hyped people were for this game. It completely overshadowed Rance hype.
>>14189359
And Toushin Toushi 3.
And Shaman's Sanctuary.
2008-2012, Alicesoft was absolute shit. Granted, they were having all kinds of reorgs and Daiteikoku was a boondoggle and a half that was supposed to be an RTS that they fucked up royally, but still.
Now they just fund themselves on shitting out remakes because only the Rance series has been profitable, which is the same direction Eushully is fast headed in.
>>14189370
They will soon run out of Rance to remake. And final Rance game is coming.
>>14189370
They've made 3 non remake games in between the last two remakes they've made.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE MURAMASA KICKSTARTER YOU STUPID NORMIES
>>14189381
No. No they haven't.
>>14189380
Doesn't TADA only want to do like 3 more remakes?
>>14189343
>and its reputation is garbage
Was it really that bad? I remember the actual game part being kind of horrible, but that's quite normal for H-games really.
It felt more like wasted potential the game.
>>14189393
They're not just remaking Rance. They're remaking everything.
And they want to do a re-remake of Rance 2, because the first time wasn't remakey enough.
>>14189394
Yes, it is shit. It's obvious that it wasn't tested at all (see save scumming and all the other gameplay issues), and that it was originally intended to be played through with a bunch of different routes with each faction being main in them. Instead, they ended up mashing them all together, so you have tons of 30 minutes of cutscenes between turns about things happening across the map that have no effect on you or what you're doing.
The writing is also just kind of bad. It's something in desperate need of an editor to straight up cut out at least 25% of the text because with all the programming delays, the writers just kept writing and they threw literally fucking everything in.
>>14189395
So all the Dai games will be getting remakes too?
>>14189409
That's where the smart money is, but especially Daiakuji which is fucked up as shit on modern systems, was really popular back in the day, is about the same age as Escalayer which just got a remake, and still has all kinds of random cameo shit in their current games. Daibanchou was popular enough too, although not to the same degree, but Alicesoft seems to have disavowed it almost entirely and it still runs on Windows 7/8/10 without problems.
>>14189407
It just looks like they wanted to make something amazing and it turned out to be too much for them.
If they fixed the gameplay issues and every main faction was playable it could be a dream game.
>>14189422
Not really. The writing would still be terrible and the protagonist complete shit. It'd be passable, but it still wouldn't have been a good game.
>>14189413
We don't need Daibanchou anyway since it has a fan, uh, "translation."
>>14189432
Protagonist is shit because you are forced to play Japan. Playing as not-McArthur, Retia or Catherine would be amazing.
Apparently MangaGamer's translating Evenicle.
>>14189454
Alicesoft's not going to be giving MG jack shit unless Haruka does well, and what they give them will almost certainly be Escalayer because when something works, you release the same fucking thing, not go for something completely different.
>>14189454
Arunaru just said that it's too early to know anything
>>14189395
>>14189409
>>14189413
There is no evidence of any plans to remake the Dai games.
Their next two games will be nukiges (firstly from the Oyako Rankan guy and then probably another beat blades type game).
And Rance X in 2017.
I do wonder if they might get Rance 04 out before Rance X. They'll also probably work on an Evenicle II
https://vndb.org/v6
>The English version is not publicly available at the moment and will likely never be again.
What is this game? How come the English release is all ages but then everything else seems to be 18+? Did they just translate a demo or something?
>>14189343
Even if the game itself has shit reputation they made a crapload of merch since people loved the setting and characters.
>>14189384
Last five games have been toushin toshi DS, Blade Briders, Rance IX, Evenicle, and Rance 03.
>>14189510
http://forums.novelnews.net/showpost.php?p=8630&postcount=49
>>14189570
Bzzt. Wrong. Try again, asshat.
>>14189484
>There is no evidence of any plans to remake the Dai games.
Because there was all that evidence they were going to be remaking Escalayer.
Oh wait, it was announced 3 months before it was released.
>>14189587
Good. Better to give up when you're already down.
>>14189578
Seems dumb. Sounds like he was just scared of the cops going after him or something. Although I do think this would totally be a good idea for a Steam game. Wonder if there's an uncensor patch out there, if it's just images and sounds.
>>14189597
I would rather not have someone give up in the middle of going down on me. They need to finish the job or I'll be left unsatisfied.
>>14189607
The initial patch itself doesn't even seem to be out there, let alone an uncensor.
>>14189570
They didn't do Toushin Toshi DS
Image Pooch just bought the rights to remake it from them.
Apart from that Alicesoft had no involvement.
They did remake Escalayer though.
So their last 5 actual games are
Rance 03 (Remake) - August 2015 - The remake sets up a lot of necessary things for Rance X.
Evenicle (New Title) - April 2015 - Will have sequels
Blade Briders (New Title) - October 2014
Escalayer Reboot (Remake) - July 2014
Rance IX (New Title) - April 2014
So two remakes out of the last 5 games, one which is a remake of a quarter century old game that needs a remake to help prepare stuff for the series finale.
Their next game is confirmed to be an original title nukige and the game after that will probably be a nukige
>>14189590
So what team is going to be working on the Dai games?
Remaking Escalayer is a lot easier than remaking one of the Dai games.
Unless you just want a graphic update which the Dai games don't need.
It's certainly not something they will tackle whilst doing Rance X given how massive a project Rance X will be.
At the start of the year they said they had four projects that would be released this year (two have been pushed back).
One was Evenicle
One was Rance 03
The next one is a nukige by the Oyako Rankan guy.
The one after that is getting worked on by the guy who did Haruka and Escalayer.
And they are working on Rance X which was planned for 2016 but will almost certainly get pushed back.
Evenicle team is most likely to work on Evenicle II which has plenty of hints about.
Rance 03 team is most likely going to work on Rance 04 then Rance 02 (or the other way around). This will probably end the remakes of the Rance games for the immediate future.
So there isn't anyone who can work on the Dai games at the moment.
>>14189666
You are drastically overestimating the amount of remaking that went into Escalayer.
>>14189666
50% of their remakes so far HAVE been almost entirely just graphical updates. I don't know why you think that they're going to change that and start rebuilding every single game from the ground up.
>>14189671
I'm not.
In fact I'm saying it's really easy so can't be compared to remaking the Dai games at all.
>>14189682
Because with the exception of the Rance 2 'remake' which was just part of a compilation disc - 100% remakes of their non nukige remakes have been complete remakes.
Which the Dai games don't need.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any plans to remake the Dai games any time soon. And in fact everything suggests that at best they won't work on another Dai game until after Rance X is released
>>14189510
http://www.mediafire.com/?928b1y9dfvw7ibx
>>14187276
That 3rd update on their kickstarter is some sjw bullshit. You know you're playing a game where the guys turns into magical grills, right?
>>14189893
Nice, I already have a chance to test my wordfilter.
>>14189893
To me the game looks like a cheap doujin title, so I can see why people wouldn't want to donate that much for it. I'm not familiar with BL, but the magical girl angle might be keeping BL fans away, while many guys just wouldn't want to play a game marketed as BL. IIRC it was mentioned that the romance scenes happen when the characters are in their male forms.
>>14189695
Except for Escalayer.
Witch boy got some new tiers added. The top tier is now $300, but unless a significant chunk of their backers pledge at that tier, then the campaign is still likely going to fail.
>>14189933
Fuck off out of /jp/ and jisatsu yourself.
>>14189952
They literally said this
>Japan is behind the times when it comes to understanding homosexuality
Japan fucking invented the BL term.
>>14189953
>>14189953
Escalayer is nukige
>>14190007
Who said that? That's a fucking stupid comment.
>>14190175
The developer of Witch Boy. But that was in response morons asking about gender issues. What the fuck were they thinking they were going to read with such a storyline?
>>14188874
> another fuwanovel machine translation
>> bud u call al trasrlations mashine!11111
I should start counting how many times I've looped through such arguments.
Could you just go to https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S13795380#p13800915 and pretend we already went through all these same points already?
>>14190204
>>implying screaming MACHINE TRANSLATION is the same as everyone on /jp/ disliking a translation
>>implying you aren't fighting a strawman
>>14189367
The hype was strong because Japan loved Daiakuji and thought that it'll be a masterpiece like this. Except it was shit.
>>14190817
What is with this game about a tough guy that rapes everyone being hailed as a masterpiece? Is that art? And why has Doddler still not changed his avatar if he didn't play it. Does he secretly like being thought of as a tough guy that rapes everyone?
>>14190827
Akujii is a pretty cool, he rapes girls and makes the little ones prostitutes.
>>14190848
A true hero of the modern day literature.
>>14190855
You mean classic.
>>14190848
Oh, and he fights feminazis, which is the main evil organization of the game.
>>14190848
> Akuji sends his osananajimi who loves him into brothel
> She breaks down in tears when he visits her there some time later
> Akuji is clueless why she's crying
Truly god among donkans.
>>14190827
Because it was afungame
And Satchan and Motoko were great
>>14189337
I cannot comprehend why people keep complaining about Daiteikoku gameplay. It was one of most fun Alicesoft games gameplay-wise for me. Yet they claim that these shitty grinders like Rance 6 or RQM are "best stuff ever".
Unlike these brainless grindfests, Daiteikoku actually required you to think in advance and plan ahead for many many turns or it would fuck you hard. And since there's no randomness, you couldn't overturn bad planning with lucky roll. I bet they also think chess is bad and "save-scumming" (whatever that means for game that doesn't do RNG rolls).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_8YUhRWKk
They should make Hornet, Rance's Aunt so he can emulate Akuji
Why does Japan keep making VN protagonists that are completely retarded?
>>14190817
Nope. Hype was crazy because of WW2. Daiteikoku could very well become the eroge Kancolle.
>>14190894
Save scumming means backing up your save and reloading it constantly until you get a favorable turnout. I don't understand how that could possibly be applied to chess.
>>14190931
Strange to think WW2 ended only a few years ago. I still wonder what became of that Hitler guy.
>>14190894
The main game mechanic was great. Lack of scouting or retreat made it bad. And the retarded cheat mode ninja.
But seriously, people were just pissed that you are forced to play the boring as shit guy. Everybody wanted to play loli Hitler or loli Stalin since the first trailers.
>>14190933
> I don't understand how that could possibly be applied to chess.
Yes, that's the point. Daiteikoku is affected to savescumming at same extent as chess (if you could save and load in chess), so complains about it are crazy.
>>14190941
I liked protagonist there, he's better than your usual colorless hetare shit you get in 99% of VNs. He's kind of toned down Rance.
>>14190954
People don't like him not because he's shit but because he's simply worse than leaders of other nations.
>>14190959
That's because he's mere fleet admiral, he's not nation leader.
>>14190963
Nobody wants to play as a fucking fleet admiral in space world war II when everyone was hyped to be Hitler/Stalin/Churchill/McArthur etc
Actually
Eagle Douglas as the protagonist
I'm not even a yank and I would have loved the fuck out of that
>>14190970
It's not just MC. Other nations had better characters in general.
>>14190982
Mikado was best heroine, fuck you.
>>14190970
Everybody wanted to play Hitler-chan or Stalin-chan. Then Douglas.
The only nation more boring than Japan was UK.
Why even bother with Daitokikakusei when the better version is already translated: My Girlfriend is The President.
>>14189974
After this kickstarter fails don't be surprised if you see dovac spreading bullshit about how the BL market isn't worth going for.
I'm not even a fan of the genre but I have no doubt that a market for it exists. NTY sold extremely well for MG.
Dovac can just blame his own lack of knowledge about what the fans of the genre want, asking fucking 35k for the translation (which is utterly unjustifiable), lack of higher tiers (which is the reason why they get so much money on kickstarter) and lack of attention he have to this kickstarter.
http://www.steamcardexchange.net/index.php?gamepage-appid-377670
>G-Sen instantly gets trading cards
>other games still waiting for half a year
>>14191279
If he really wanted to know what fans of the BL genre wanted, he'd just need to poll tumblr or BL forums. He could even look at MG's BL/otome request thread on their forum and see what's popular. I just don't think he was ever that serious about getting into BL.
>>14191308
Honestly I think he just took the cheapest license he could get that qualified as "BL."
>>14191316
I don't think it even went that far. The developers probably approached Sekai and they figured they could give BL a shot without really giving it much thought. I seriously doubt this is something they sought out.
>>14191320
That's what I mean. They brought it, he took it because it was cheap. Of course, it helps that only desperate cheap companies approach SP in the first place.
>>14191279
In the kickstarter comments, people are blaming the failure of this kickstarter on LGBT bias. That's right, folks. It's not because it's a no-name game on mobile. It's not that the translation fee is absurd. It's not that people like BL and magical girls but maybe not together. No, it's because you h8 teh geis.
>>14191970
To be perfectly honest, I would have supported the game if it was the exact same as your average magical girl eroge (read: lots of rape, tentacles and probably ntr) but with boys.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=530071666
I'm going to do it, /jp/. I'm going to learn Japanese!
>>14192045
wow, the game that qualifies you for N6!
>>14192045
Godspeed.
>>14192069
>>14192074
90 days for kana. I'll be reading Subahibi in no time.
>>14192187
You haven't even learned kana yet? I was motivated after learning that but kanji is just too autistic. Stupid squiggly line bullshit tbh
>>14192199
Eh, I was just making fun of the game.
>>14192187
Is that one kana per day? Personally, that would be way too difficult for me. I wouldn't recommend aiming so high for anyone. You should at least take a week per kana to make sure it is properly ingrained!
>>14191980
Welp, archive is dead. Guess Ti9 is going to be free to claim that Fuwalations have never been shown to be shit now.
>>14191320
JAST's attempts at BL were questionable title choices as well and they didn't sell well, so JAST basically gave up on BL after that. Sekai going with such a title questionable title as their first attempt, even if they were approached, was a bad idea. Now they might be hesitant to try again, since the first attempt is going so badly.
>>14192281
The funny thing is, this isn't even Sekai's first BL pickup, but they seem to have completely forgotten about that Korean game they grabbed ages ago.
>>14192045
What a weird project
Apparently this is being made by a french guy and dutch guy in japan.
Also there's a "support us on kickstarter" on their website, so brace for another oelvn(I guess?) kickstarter, I guess.
>>14192336
Wasn't that the one about a stalker?
The Manami ending in Shiny Days has a patch now. Still no word on the restoration patch.
>>14192045
>Year 1
Does that mean there are plans for a year 2 and 3?
>>14192230
Warosu yet lives, but now that moe is dead(until someone else inherits it like always), maybe we'll get less outsiders in these threads?
>>14192230
Who the hell is Ti9?
>>14192505
Maybe, if sells good enough.
>>14189578
Is Haeleth even alive? Whatever he left on his website reads like a suicide note.
>>14192045
That is actually a really good art style. I'd play it.
Remember doddler, when they ask what you're in for, it's because you killed a guy.
>>14193393
as long as he finishes KnS2 on time he's alright in my book
>>14193406
Nah, there won't be any issue with any ongoing projects. The post was just... about negotiating things, it's a time consuming and frustrating process.
>>14193432
Good luck doddles, I hope they agree to drop it to a fine!
>>14193432
Why's Aroduc doing another project without a script recompiler?
>>14193393
I think they found out that the guy in his avatar is a rapist. I said it was a bad idea, but did he listen? No. "But it looks cool!" he said. Yeah, see where coolness gets you? Now the shoe's on the other foot, so to speak.
>>14193462
That would be because Aroduc is an idiot.
Is Doddler turning into a real Akuji?
He's already running a sex game ring.
Now he just needs to not skip leg days.
You know what's pretty freaky?
balistafreak.
