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Visual Novel General Anonymous 05/04/2024 (Sat) 20:20:21 Id: fdb87f No. 965363
Welcome to the 8chan Visual Novel Thread Post all visual novel-related news and discussions here if you'd like. Don't feel constrained to post ITT if you want to make a thread about big news related to a visual novel's release or something - within reason. When in doubt, just put it here. Archive of previous thread: https://archive.ph/V2sPk Archive to all VN Threads: https://pst.moe/paste/mtqzct Visual Novel Database/VNstat: https://vndb.org/ (https://vnstat.net/) Visual Novel Starter Kit: https://pst.moe/paste/ypmpss (Includes info for beginners, terminology, recommendations, sources, and downloads [nearly all are dead] for fonts and visual novels for beginners.) Visual novel recommendation charts: http://animu-mango.wikia.com/wiki/VN_Recommendations Nostalgic Visual Novels on-line: http://tss.asenheim.org/ Another online visual novel reading site: http://vnjs.thatplayer.com/ English VN DDL sites: https://www.craneanime.com/wp/tag/english/ - https://erogedownload.com/ English and raw VN downloads for PC and Console: http://www.vn-meido.com/k1/ Rockmandash's Guide to Tablets for VNs: http://archive.is/B3cv5 (outdated but still guides you in the right direction) Fuwanovel VNs on Android Guide: https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/1323-android-visual-novel-lets-play-visual-novel-on-the-go/ Machine translation guides: https://amaenboda.wordpress.com/tag/how-to-use-agth/ & http://archive.is/5vgDa The Beginner’s Guide to Visual Novel Development: https://www.twoandahalfstudios.com/2020/02/the-beginners-guide-to-visual-novel-development PC VNs on DS/3DS Guide: https://pst.moe/paste/tediml Free resource for Japanese media (including VNs): https://www.tokyotosho.info/ Resource for eroge: https://ad-hentai.com/ Monster Girl Games collection: https://rentry.org/zb6zw Another good resource for VNs and eroge: https://sukebei.nyaa.si/ <Recent News/Releases >Rance IX -The Helmanian Revolution- Physical Edition Available for Pre-Order https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?aflg=18over&product_code=314&af=751d46c96f8d0effb17c1b24799f7795 >Sony Censors Limited Edition Artbook for English Tsukihime Remake PS4 https://twitter.com/tsukihime_en/status/1785821495274426623 >Taimanin Yukikaze released on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739700/Taimanin_Yukikaze/ >CLANNAD just had its 20th birthday a few days ago https://infogalactic.com/info/Clannad_(visual_novel)
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Any monsterfuckers here? There's a recent VN called Demon Hearts where you date the Terraria bosses. It was released Valentine's Day but I haven't seen it talked about much. https://dontaericeart.itch.io/demon-hearts It's free
>>995882 I wasn't aware of it, and I thank Anon in the other thread for bringing it up. >staying home, eating >reading in bed >that dress >free I'm sold.
>>999349 imagine her coiling around your body and kissing you haha
>>999367 Fuck you
>>1004234 is there actual ero scenes in this
>>1004584 >Steam What do you think? If there are, its probably through an offsite 18+ patch.
>>1004585 Karryn's Prison has interspecies gangbangs complete with used-condom trophies after the stripping mini-game and it's on Steam without an R18+ patch. It really depends on who is greenlighting your game at Valve. If it were GabeN I think most everything would fly as long as it features legal adults.
>>1004594 I got advertised fucking Kuroinu and Taimanin on Steam, it's not ten years ago where Steam was a place devoid of smut.
https://youtu.be/L8HZLJVZ9CA What do you nerds think about the new famicom detective game? Emio had a bit of marketing behind it.
Anyone know about this game or the series? Ive heard very good things about it so far
>>1006906 There's a decent sized demo on the eShop if you're curious anon. VNs aren't to my taste but it's got some high quality presentation from what I could see.
>>1006924 good call, i'll try out the demo before doing it.
Seeing creator of Dies Irae speak of his feminist and anarchist grand-parents make me finally understand where one of the roots of my problems with his way of doing things is.
>>1006906 I ended up playing it and ho-boy this thing has some ugly characters. Despite those vile abominations, story so far is alright - pretty standard fare. Im at chapter 9 and getting relatively close to the ending, id say im 75% done. I was hoping for more thrilling/intense moments but there hasnt been any unfortunately. I have a suspicion that the people raving about it probably have only played ace attorney and dont know what a detective game has the potential for. Not saying ace attorney isnt good, just that there are plenty of better detective games.
Could someone help me with doing some research on a couple of VNs for the Sega Saturn? I saw a copy of Kakyuusei and Kuro no Danshou: The Literary Fragment at a local game story, complete in box, and I wanted to know what differences exist between the Saturn versions and the original PC releases. VNDB lists that the Saturn versions are "censored", but I cannot find any proof of this on my end (Nor what was "censored") and wanted to see if anyone else can find anything about this.
>>1011176 >Ugly characters I dont play Detective games to cum, bro
>>1011843 >censored While I don't know the specifics regarding these two VNs, the console releases of Nipponese VNs virtually always remove seggs scenes, occasionally 〇〇っぼい喋り方 and in some of the gayer cases simple パンチラ。 VNs that don't have segs in them should remain unaffected, but when in doubt always go with the PC-98/X68000/FM Towns release if you can emulate the latter because TOWNSEMU is very user friendly, not just for the H but also the higher resolution CGs+BGs and beautiful FM synth. 同級生なら、the PC Engine CD version oddly enough not only retains but adds additional erotic not found in prior versions.
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>>1011843 >>1011888 Thanks to a friend over on PLW, got my answer: >Although some consumers expected the porting of sexually explicit adult games (eroge) later on, the release of games classified as "X-designated" games was no longer permitted from around 1996. >Since then, only "age-restricted (recommended age 18 or older, ie yellow label)" games have been allowed to be released in a manner that suppresses violence and sexual expression. Looking further into this, here's another page that repeats much of the same, but adds a couple of details: https://archive.md/CAn7y <SS's game software system is slightly different from today's game classification, the most special is the X designation (equivalent to today's CERO Z classification), which is very rare for home consoles, but the X designation does have some game content that exceeds the limits of home consoles, such as the degree of nudity, etc. However, this classification was canceled in '96 because of a certain incident, and was changed to the "18+ Prize" classification (equivalent to today's CERO D classification). However, due to an incident in 1996, this classification was canceled and replaced by the "18+ Promotion Award" classification system (equivalent to the current CERO D classification), and basically there has not been such a more open classification system for home consoles since then. Which then led to further searching: https://archive.md/csjT1 <It was in the spring of 1996 that the "X-Designated" titles flourished. The "X" rating refers to the highest age group in Sega's original rating system, and refers to games for players 18 years of age and older. The Sega Saturn, which opened the door to games for adults, made it possible to port PC adult games, which had previously been considered impossible to port to home video game software. <Elf, which was particularly popular on the PC at the time, entered the market and released "Nonomura Hospitals". Other adult-oriented games such as "Kyankyan Bunny Premiere" and "Bishojo Jakushi Suchie Pai II" were also released one after another. <However, the hardware prices had come down, and the market was in a period of expansion for the light and younger age groups. As a result, the fact that adult games could be played made the Sega Saturn stand out from the crowd. As a result, in the fall, Sega made the painful decision to abolish the "X-designation" and restrict the adult-oriented genre. But it looks like, despite the censorship, games having "Hard R" content still sold the console to Japan as "Romance games" didn't exist on the PS1: https://archive.md/0cdgy <However, more present than them in the specialized magazines were the adult adventure games "EVE burst error" and "Lower Class". With the abolition of the "X" rating last fall, the sexual elements were greatly reduced, but these titles attracted attention because they were games that tended not to be released on PlayStation in any case. <Both games had interesting scenarios, and "EVE" in particular was so well received that it was ranked number one in the final readers' popularity ranking, which was a specialty of the specialized magazine "Sega Saturn Magazine. <In addition, romance games featuring beautiful girls, but without sexual elements, also stood out on the Sega Saturn. In particular, "Sentimental Graffiti: First Window," released in a limited edition of 30,000 copies, was a big hit despite the fact that it was a preview disc that was neither an original nor a port. It may have been a monumental game title in which the media mix approach of promoting a single attractive character design was a commercial success. The article further details that the Saturn last ALL it's momentum after the PS1 release of Final Fantasy. So it sort of makes me wonder if they really "gained" anything killing the immediately popular eroge genre of games in favor of aiming for kids.
>>1013399 Yeah I don't think Playstation got much of any PC VN ports unless it was a remake of a pseudo RPG or something like Boundary Gate. Several dating sims from Konami though.
Some potentially good news, but take it with a grain of salt. https://archive.fo/qZ5kW https://archive.fo/6z3Y3 Good Smile Company and Frontwing have announced a new business partnership to develop more visual novels in the future, starting with KANADE in 2025 >As mentioned, the new game has “songs” playing an important role in the story and has Asou Ei handling the script. Character designs are being done by Yusano and Akio Watanabe, and music is being done by Fuminori Matsumoto. While this is very encouraging, I caught this line: <KANADE is in development for Windows PC and will launch sometime in 2025 with support for Japanese, English, and Chinese languages. Which might hint at globalization being at play here. I haven't kept an eye on Frontwing but last I heard Bushiroad acquired a controlling stake in them. Best to watch this cautiously, but nonetheless intriguing.
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>>1017452 Please god don't make it one of those VNs that takes itself way too seriously.
>>1017536 As opposed to the one-off joke VNs like pic related which amuses reddit for a month before it gets summarily forgotten? I'd appreciate more VNs like Steins;gate or Katawa Shoujo or Clannad.
>>1017553 No I'm talking shit that's trying to be DEEP or have an epic MESSAGE about something (i.e. racism bad)
>>1017554 Are there even any Japanese VNs (or Chinese for that matter) where that is the case? Goodsmile isn't an American company.
Nitro is the most overrated VN maker and I'm tired of pretending they aren't.
>>1017554 "Racism bad" tries to be deep because it's shallow. It's like a midget with a Napoleon complex.
>>1017942 Orange man bad. I am very smart. Upvotes to the left.
>>1017601 I just really like demonbane
>>1017997 yeah but the best breedable elf bimbo gets killed. It's a 0/10 for that shit alone.
>>1018091 You mean Elsa? It has been a long time since i played i was under the impression she survived the true route, then again everybody is gone in the sequels, i wish i could be hyped for the new demonbanes but it doesn't help the artist got worse and instead of having some badass male lead having generic mc that seems you will be able to choose if its a girl or a dude it's just bad
>>974718 >Also it looked like a joke/SuBveRSIvE WoRK Y'know, I've heard this is a reason Japanese gamers don't pay attention to western "NVL/ADVs" (novel games/adventure games, what we collectively call "VNs" - a term the Japanese don't actually use). That, and they tend to be janky and nowhere near as well made as their own. Look at Slay The Princess, one of the most acclaimed western VNs. Of its over 17000 reviews on Steam, a mere 35 are in Japanese, despite having a full translation. Famitsu didn't even cover it. It's less of a dislike and more a complete apathy, one of the few they really like is Disco Elysium which they consider an ADV, but that doesn't cleanly map onto our concept of a VN.
>>965890 >I was playing through Rance 9, but its been very disappointing. Gameplay is ass, story is not that good, and to make matters worse, it feels like theres not enough Rance moments. I do like Miracle a lot, and the most of the characters that were added I enjoyed and the comedy scenes were fun but that's the only positive I can say about this. Did you also play Kichikuou Rance? Because the Helman revolution storyline was already one of the most fleshed-out subplots in Kichikuou, and now I'm curious if Kichikuou handled it better. (I mean, it probably did - bloat from unnecessary subplots was already a big problem in Rance Quest, and I see no reason to expect that that got any better in Rance 9)
>>974835 Looking at Goat Girl >Finally, another HMOFA Dating Sim :D Finding out you play as an Asexual Nigger > What?
>>1040719 Isn't one of the only western VNs that got over to Japan and had a modest buzz Katawa Shoujo, ironically enough? Would make sense since it was made by a bunch of Anons trying to ape Japanese vns.


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