Alicesoft/Rance General #466
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Haruka (Almost) 100% Edition
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Just Released
30th Oct 2015 - Blade Briders OVA (JAP)
Download: http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1853155
Up Coming Releases
29th Jan 2016 - Tsumamigui 3 (JAP)
Jan 2016 - Rance 01 OVA Ep 3 (JAP)
Recent Releases (See FAQ for downloads and info)
August 2015 - Rance 03 (JAP)
June 2015 - Rance 01 OVA Episode 2 (JAP/ENG)
April 2015 - Evenicle (JAP)
January 2015 - Mamatoto (ENG)
December 2014 - Rance 01 OVA Episode 1 (JAP/ENG)
October 2014 - Blade Briders (JAP)
September 2014 - Kichikuou Rance (ENG)
April 2014 - Rance IX (JAP)
Currently getting Translated:
Beat Blades Haruka - 97% (expect mid 2016)
On permanent hiatus unless localised by Mangagamer. Late 2016 at the earliest for the next Alicesoft game after Haruka.
Rance 5D - 100% translated,100% edited. Never to be released
Rance VI - 88.4% translated.
Rance Quest - 51% translated
I just realized the pic is from Haruka vs Escalayer. Oh well, Arunaru will end up translating it too one day anyway.
Kanami pregnant when?
Why is Kaeru nyo Panyon so shitty? I thought for sure I'd like it.
haruka a cute
>>123410589
Fuck off dog
>>123410628
woof woof
rude
>>123410243
Not enough Pitten.
>>123412730
>Kanami game
>Daiakuji remakes
Please
>>123410243
Turns take way too long. Should be able to make animations occur much faster than they do in the game at max speed.
>>123366765
It might sing his song, but I'm not sure if it will work in English Locale without a massive change to the base engine.
>>123409094
I wonder how much time passes between the first game and this, since her costume is too small for her now. Also curious how they bind Haruka and Escalayer together for one game and if they're actually against each other.
Does anyone know how to open the .chr files on Widenyo? I assume that's where all the sprites are since they're not in .ald files.
>>123418112
From past trauma, I believe the .chr files contain the text regarding character introductions.
>>123418435
Ah. I wonder where the sprites are then.
>>123412730
>sealed nukige
>part lia extract
>bullying casper(?)
>game leazas
>maris art
>alicesoft fucked rick
>god issues
>completion translation months release
oh, Kentaro is also a dark lord virgin
>>123421628
Kentarou can fuck girls in LP and LV. I think it's been retconned though.
>>123417302
That's just her costume works. I don't think magical costumes can be too small.
>>123423319
Those seem to have gotten less pant like from the original.
>>123423319
Why does she have a dragon snake thing?
>>123410589
Haruka satisfies dogs for pleasure
Don't die
>>123430964
Wish it was avoidable anon
Really out of touch anon here, last checked up on thread right when Arunaru released mamatoto, anyone care to brief me as to what happened? What's this about beat blades haruka? When did the shilling begin?
>>123431501
buy haruka and all the rance games will come to you
>>123431307
>>123432034
That's my reaction every time I have to bump /haniho/
I wish she got more.
>>123436252
>Didn't get impregnated
>>123435132
Based TADA. He should appear more often.
http://games.seiha.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1095
Support hot girls.
Last bump from me
>>123442393
Lia a cute
>>123442859
Stop it, you little shit.
>>123447343
What are you doing Avel?
I just realized the ending of Rance IX is also a Mamatoto reference.
>>123450019
If you mean how I think you mean I think it's more that Patton's resolution in the end happens to be similar to Nanas'. It fit for him to do it, I don't think it was meant as a reference.
>>123450019
Really? I didn't notice.
So I was digging around in Only You Recross' files and found this. So it's not just a different artist's interpretation of Ragou, I assume the pretty boy version is his past self and the rugged bruiser is his current after being corrupted or something.
That being said, the art of the bosses in this game is pretty awesome. I might just play it for that. Tiger Joe has also always interested me. None of the girls look great though.
>>123450941
Normally I'd agree, but there are so many references in the game otherwise you can't be sure. It can be a Mamatoto reference and still appropriate for his character.
>>123451341
Patton gives up the throne to go on a journey of self-discovery like Nanas does in Mamatoto.
So I've found a "Sengoku Rance" manga (turn:00 through turn:08).
Anyone know where I can find the rest ?
It looks like it's official, very well made.
>>123452636
No I don't unfortunately
>>123452758
Apparently, chapter 8 was published in Dengeki G's Magazine in 2010 (http://gs.dengeki.com/), but I'm allergic to moonrunes.
More than 9 months passed since the last RWN update. I hope TADA do another one withing this year. Many fans should also have many 03 related questions for Tomino-memo.
>>123454391
He really must be busy to leave them out for this long.
>>123455305
Obviously they're rushing Rance 04 out before Rance X
>>123455305
I just hope that they don't rush X. I wouldn't mind it being released in 2017.
>>123459185
Presumably both, honestly. He's probably hasn't worked this hard since he acting president.
>>123455305
He did the system for Evenicle, is doing Rance X, probably had some level of work on Rance 03. And then he was doing president work in Hiro's place for quite some time because HIRO was ill.
>>123409094
>Haruka (Almost) 100% Edition
>(expect mid 2016)
>>123468316
Editting, finalization, bug testing, and logistics are a thing you know.
Even though her height in game is consistent with her written height I still am always surprised when I'm reminded that Sheila isn't shorter than Shizuka.
I guess she just looks petite and Shizuka's hat and legs, and personality make Shizuka seem like she should be taller than she is
>>123468849
>logistics?
Has a packaged version been confirmed then?
what's the plot of haruka?
>>123473735
http://mangagamer.org/haruka/
>>123409771
It's in the Alice 2010 fandisc, I don't think it's longer than even Rance 2.
From Aru's twitter:
Do we want thisshittymeme? Yes or no?
>>123474775
That's pretty fucking dumb.
>>123474775
Instant boner killer
>>123474775
I actually like the real word that it's pissing over, so no.
>>123474775
Pro-doge is currently winning at 54%. The people clearly want doge.
>>123475291
Please don't, dude.
>>123475291
I seriously don't get the resurrection of such an old meme though, did all translators play that part in the new Zelda and thought it was brilliant or something?
>>123476402
Yeah I have no idea what that's about.
>>123474775
If 03 is anything to go by, dated memes are the way of the future for Alicesoft.
>>123475291
What if you count the votes from /haniho/?
Let's have a poll:
http://strawpoll.me/6107284
>>123477141
Or you could vote in the poll that's already running?
>>123477285
I don't have twitter.
Also, I want a clean /haniho/ result, not one that's mixed in with outsiders.
>>123477409
>Also, I want a clean /haniho/ result, not one that's mixed in with outsiders.
Why? /haniho/ aren't the only people Haruka is aimed at. I don't have a Twitter either though.
>>123477285
I never made a twitter so I can't vote.
>>123477551
It's just so we can see what /haniho/ thinks. I worded it a bit wrong previously, sorry.
>>123474775
Now that you're being payed to translate are you trying harder to have a more colorful localization? Your Mamatoto and TT2 translations were both pretty straightforward. As long as there are more bits like the sneakers joke I'll be happy.
>>123451367
The art from Recross is really crisp looking. It's actually hard to believe it predates Daiakuji, though I guess the dirtiness in that game was partially an aesthetic thing.
The girls are all meh though.
>>123478036
What's it even about? All I know is that Tiger Joe is cool as fuck and so is Like a whirlwind.
So does literally nothing happen if you beat all the 33 waves of pandas?
Not even the debug mode?
I mean it is still theoretically / physically possible to do it, so...
>>123478764
>So does literally nothing happen if you beat all the 33 waves of pandas?
I don't know what you were expecting.
>>123478036
I'm not that far into it, but it's a pretty bog standard plot besides Tiger Joe and some of the enemy characters. You're a high school aged martial artist that's basically just Rouga from BBA whose older brother, a world champion martial artist, suddenly reappears after being missing for years. Around this time, the main character gets a weird mark on his hand that gives him demon powers or something and basically everything in the world starts trying to kill him. Tiger Joe is some badass who appears out of nowhere who inspires him to fight to protect the women closest to him. Ragou is (I'm assuming) a martial artist with the same demon mark as the main character who became corrupted after using it too much.
>>123478764
No. It's an ancient joke.
>>123479684
>>123480089
But did someone do it? I mean it should at least break the game if you beat them, no? Or does the trigger for the scene afterwards happen no matter whether you beat them or not?
>>123480383
They spawn until you lose, that's all.
>>123480536
What if I kill every single panda in real life? Will that help?
>>123480682
You need a better hobby.
>>123480383
What makes you think beating 33 waves specifically would do anything? Is there any indication of that in game? It's a joke to fuck with newbies.
>>123480730
Killing pandas sounds like an exciting one.
>>123480783
The panda waves are hiding a secret H scene with Omachi and one with Ranmaru.
>>123481024
This. Can confirm, I just did it yesterday.
>>123481084
And it's really easy to do if you have Cheat Engine.
>>123481024
Oh okay. Didn't know that.
>>123481205
You can also use the Cheat Engine to unfreeze Sill which triggers the canon ending of her marrying Rance and become his one true woman.
>>123480783
Yeah, I remember seeing them some weeks ago. Now I just need to get the 5D Translation at the end of Widenyo
Any other waifus/husbandos from up to 2002 you want to see in Harem Master?
>>123483627
Papaya.
>>123469201
>no nude sen sprite
Truly a travesty of great proportions
>>123452758
So why hasn't there been new chapters of this yet in Dengeki??
>>123483627
Barres, Kavachahn, Hornet, Silky, Reset, Lelyukov and Sanakia.
>>123474775
I'm not sure what doge is.
>>123485058
Sen an overrated shit and the worst Sengoku girl.
>>123485259
It's the title held by the rulers of Venice. In example, doge Enrico Dandolo.
>>123483302
Yeah, it was a super long grind, but I finally got it.
>>123485487
Is it an Assassin's creed joke? Because I don't know when else Venice has ever been relevant.
>>123485626
Learn some history
>>123485543
Fake, it's obviously at the end of the panda waves in Sengoku.
At the end of Widenyo you can find all the Rance games translated, even Rance X that didn't come out yet.
>>123485947
Not interested.
>>123485947
History sucks though because it always depens on who writes it. You can find two different authors writing the same shit and saying completely different things.
You never know what's true or not. You can only scratch the surface.
>>123485218
Barres is one of my favorite cards.
>>123485218
Kab-chan was one of the first cards made for whatever reason.
>>123485218
I don't like Silky's much because she doesn't have Little so she looks pretty bored.
>>123485218
I think I've posted Hornet before, but it's definitely a cute card.
>>123488337
They probably wanted to keep the drawing simple.
Little is pretty complicated.
>>123485218
Reset's as cute as you'd expect.
>>123485218
Lelyukov looks like he's seen some shit.
>>123485218
Sanakia just looks like she doesn't want to be there.
>>123484873
I think Papaya's is great.
>>123489071
I didn't realize Sanakia used to have a braid. She looks good.
>>123493523
She kind of looks like the Rance 03 girl there.
>>123496324
...what?
>>123489071
What are these pics from?
>>123497987
She kind of looks like Lis's girlfriend from Rance 03 in that fan art.
>>123499343
Harem master, a discontinued Alicesoft TCG with really cute pictures of the characters. The current TCG Alicesoft is a part of features bad-looking fanart or just character portraits from the games and is nowhere near as good.
>>123502805
It also has just about every character from the period it was around in you can think of in it, with a few glaring exceptions.
>>123503269
Io?
>>123468849
Except editing will be done next week and bug testing has been an ongoing thing since the start.
Logistics is literally what month does it release in. I still have no idea why it would take another 4-7 months to release it when it is basically complete.
>>123506087
Considering there are other ready to release things too, we have no idea what MangaGamer will choose first.
If they are going to keep up the trend of big releases, Haruka or Himewari would do nicely for January.
>>123506709
Does releasing things fast give them more points with Alice Soft?
Like "Hey, look, we translated and released the game in only roughly 7 months. Great, right?"
I had no internet for 4 weeks. Did I miss anything important?
>>123506951
I would think the profits would be a bigger factor than time.
That or reception (which would be basically the same thing), it is the President of Alicesoft's magnum opus after all.
>>123507268
An anon found a load of pictures from an old Alice Soft card game.
Haruka is at 97% and Aru is translating the last H-scene.
The thread is barely alive.
There's two people in this thread that would rather get buttfucked by Ho-Raga(and surviving) than fucking Kamilla(and dying).
That is all I can remember.
>>123507268
>>123508670
Ho Raga is pretty great though, it's really surprising there's such a divide. Espeically since with Ho Raga there's no downside.
>>123509695
Found the Helman Spy
I'm amazed that Arunaru is already at 95%.
Anybody playing Eiyuusenki? It's a lot like Sengoku Rance and is kind of tiding me over before we [hopefully] get Rance VI after Beat Blades Haruka. I've already done almost everything there is to do in Sengoku Rance, including 5 star and beating Free For All.
>>123505790
No one from pre-KR.
>>123507268
I found (most of) the old Harem Master cards and a site all about making your own system 40 games.
>>123509695
Rance, Rick, Kentarou, Hubert, Ex and Bound all suffer emotional scars afterwards. I bet he's into BDSM.
>>123512918
Why would we get Rance VI after Haruka?
>>123513401
Maybe I missed a lot, but I was under the impression that was the plan?
>>123514582
MangaGamer's plans are unknown as of yet and depend a little on sales.
>>123507268
I learnt that the U.S. always has Thanksgiving on a Thursday, which seems all kinds of random to me.
>>123512918
Many her seems to hate Eiyuu Senki.
I liked it. It's a fun game although the story is meh and it's really easy to be honest. The only hard part is conquering Russia if you don't go from EU, which is the equivalent of attacking Helman through the mountains in KR(although not that hard).
It has great art though.
>>123514582
The only plan I've heard of is buy Haruka because you want Haruka, and do not assume anything Rance will follow immediately or at all.
>>123517012
While it is true that Rance following Haruka is anything but confirmed, it is entirely possible. Don't talk as if it wasn't.
>>123518270
I said not to assume it will or at all, and continue to maintain that. If you want to make assumptions regardless, you have yourself to blame if news isn't what you assumed to be.
>>123514582
>>123514582
At this stage the next game is not confirmed
>>123469201
Those are clearly not to scale since they didn't want a character taking up a quarter less space than the others. I'm sure they'd make Teru and Crook look as tall as Alkenese if they all had nude sprites, even though Alkenese is over six feet tall and both Crook and Teru are diminutive.
>>123519793
given I made that image using paint I'm sure that isn't the case.
In the game the characters are drawn to scale
I'm looking through Diabolique's files and there's apparently a whole part of the game set on some kind of native american reservation and there's a wolf that looks like Yatsufasa. I guess Iron Horse is actually a Diabolique reference.
>>123520161
Also, this game is fucking weird. I don't think I'd be able to understand what was going on even if I played it all the way through.
>>123506951
It's more about having more time to get licenses for announcing at cons that makes me want it to come out sooner. The longer its on sale the better as far as I'm concerned.
>>123506709
Himewari is unlikely since that's still in scripting. Considering its not even in beta yet I just don't see it being ready by January for launch. Supipara Ch.1 might end up being end of January, though that would make more sense for Valentines Day.
Really the only lengthy thing that should be content complete and releasable by the end of January is Haruka.
Good bye
>>123532745
How do you regenerate fortress hp in Widenyo?
>>123536625
You don't.
>>123536625
You can't. Losing sets you back five floors and that's it. You actually need to lose multiple times to get a character.
>>123540752
It's a good thing Ithere didn't make her Emerald. He would've pretty much abandoned the other three.
>>123541710
I think it's funny that Ithere has likely fucked every woman he's ever wanted for hundreds of years thanks to his mind control powers and yet he still gets jittery just seeing Shizuka naked. Proof that she's an S-Class girl.
I'd go on to include how he nearly bursts out crying when she tells him she loves him but they did a great job of making you feel for him during that whole scene.
>>123541710
>He would've pretty much abandoned the other three.
He pretty much did does after they all fail him one, turning his complete attention to Shizuka. It's like he completely forgets they are still around until their final scene
>>123542003
That's a big part of 03's overarching theme. He took his loved ones for granted and ended up suffering for it, and even then they still loved him to the very end.
>>123542093
I wonder how Patton and Ithere would get along. We don't see them interact at all in 03 as far as I can remember. It'd actually be interesting to see Patton interact with both Satella and Ithere in X.
>>123542093
>That's a big part of 03's overarching theme.
Doesn't that carry for most of the series though? Rance taking Sill for granted and the emptiness he feels when she's gone is a pretty major plot point.
>>123542450
But in 03 you have Patton with Hunty and Thoma, Ithere with his Apostles and to a lesser extent Satella with her Apostles alongside the token Rance and Sill thing as well.
Gele's complete indifference to Noce's utter devotion to her is also comes off as a dark reflection of those relationships.
A big part of Rance's character is that he takes all of his relationships for granted, even the ones that he actually values. It's pretty much the only part of his character that has even slightly improved over time.
Doggy
>>123516727
The game does seem a bit too easy at times, though there are things that seem tough to me. Attacking India first isn't so easy for example, and attacking Macedonia after unifying East Asia is a bit rough. And Russia's a bitch. Otherwise I guess it could use either a difficulty increase or difficulty options. It's not as good as Sengoku Rance but I still like it so far.
>>123547953
Is it out for pc too?
>>123551885
>Literally more popular than Kenshin.
Hahahaha.
>>123551885
>Unbelievable that people with inferior opinions like this are allowed to use our oxygen.
>>123551885
But senhime is better than kenshit
>better fighter
>better woman
>better mother
Why would kenshin ever be better than senhime?
>>123552623
Please ignore the Teru shitposter
>>123409094
I wonder if this is the first time someone here makes an OP of Haruka other than me.
>>123555452
translate this please?
>>123556061
I made a few back during those dark days of the first week of July
>>123556754
How many threads did we go through in the first week of July?
>>123483627
Julia
>>123547953
There is a hard mode after you beat it once.
>>123483627
Patton, Mamatoto Rick, Gandhi, Freak
>>123483627
Spoonman and/or his posters.
>>123483627
Mineva, Rolex, Eks
I wonder if the thread will be more active after Haruka is released or if not many of us will actually care.
>>123564224
You're saying that as if it was more active when evenicle released
>>123564361
It was though.
The posting frequency and thread rate was definitely higher when Evenicle was released.
>>123564813
Evenicle was released before the MG/AS deal, and we were more active back then.
A more accurate comparison would be with Rance 03, which was a pretty active time.
Still, I'm not expecting the thread to move as fast when Haruka releases compared to when Rance 03 released. Considering one places heavy emphasis on story and gameplay and the other on porn.
>>123564813
I dont think you can count the same 42 people posting more frequently as more active. The most active was when KR was finished and there were up to 170 people
>>123565247
Sad that I miss that time. It must have been pretty chaotic here.
>>123566446
Her clothes instantaneously blew up?
>>123566835
Yours don't?
>>123566446
I love her bullied face
>>123557716
>>123575741
>>123576210
>>123576586
>>123576728
I'm pretty sure Spoonman doesn't have a card, and I'm almost certain Minerva doesn't for whatever reason (Maha has one but I do't have it). On the other hand, I think Rolex's card is great.
>>123576878
Ex is one of the earliest cards, so he looks a bit rougher/less interesting than some of the others.
>>123556968
Julia is actually affiliated with the Hannies instead of Leazas in Harem Master.
>>123576878
>Minerva doesn't for whatever reason
not cute enough
>>123578449
>>123578449
Yet Freak, Aristoles and Ho Raga are cute enough?
>>123578216
Do the Hanny King and KD have cards?
>>123579279
Are you saying they aren't?
>>123579279
Freak is moe as fuck
>>123579512
Hanny King has a ton of cards. KD sadly does not.
>>123580152
What about Stessel then?
>>123579279
I wish Minerva had a card, but Freak, Aristoles and Ho Raga are all total cuties.
>>123580695
He's a total pretty boy. Almost everybody is adorable in Harem Master.
Hi
ludo lied
people died
>>123584634
Hello.
>>123566446
>covering her ass
Why?
>>123586396
Hazukashii dakara, blue board, etc
>>123439521
Where is that avatar from anyways?
>>123483627
Chaos?
>>123576878
Was Spoonman in Rance 03? I remember him being in the original and in Rance VI.
>>123597962
Yes. We learnt that the Spoonman in Zeth is his brother.
>>123598119
Is he a monster or what? Maybe one of the kids from Mamatoto, I haven't played that game. Either way, I'm not sure how the spoon manages to have siblings.
Can't post a cute girl now
>>123576586
Is that Zeth's King?
>>123603112
Yes
>>123603090
>>123596218
His sword form only appears in pictures with Rance.
I'm pretty sure the Harem Master cards are the only colored pictures of young British and Ho Raga and human Chaos that have been released.
tfw it's easy to replace the script of Rance IX and wanting to translate it but......
>>123614028
Current canon Kayblis would have no idea who this is.
>>123614117
Is that you, SLC?
>>123614117
I'm still curious if they'll need to change the engine to make it work in English Locale.
>>123614149
Well different settings really
>>123614117
If you want to do it then do it. If you don't actually want to do it then don't do it
>>123614575
Well they'd have to have done that with pretty much all their releases so it's not exactly something they have no experience with
>>123614258
>dog
It's Tilde
>>123614632
I think wiser words would be if you want to translate it, don't and translate Daiakuji or a "freeware" alicesoft title to reduce your chances or getting in shit with the man.
>>123614258
>>123614759
It's Haruka's master.
>>123614830
Plus Daiakuji is a good game that deserves to be translated and would get you massive epeen
Rance IX is best played having already played at least Rance VI.
I'm not one of those guys who thinks you need to have played 5D or whatever to play VI, but playing IX without having played VI would be weird.
>>123615107
Masou goes for walkies
>>123614759
I know they've frequently changed engine, but if they do that with Haruka, that kind of eliminates SLC's home-field advantage; unless he was secretly responsible for porting all the titles MangaGamer releases out west. Even then, I believe that Doddler is responsible for quite a few ports.
>>123614575
>>123615767
The games function fine in English Locale, it's just they have to support the Japanese symbols and things currently.
>>123614028
Did Kay-chan tear off her wings again?
