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Greetings, our dear friends! Today, we’ve got huge news for you! We want to tell you about the game we’ve been working on for quite some time now - Project Genome (this is a non-final name). Our team wants to improve most things in the game we all love, so we decided not just to update it, but to create a completely new game that allows us to fully incarnate our ideas. So, what’s it going to be? Firstly, and most importantly, we want to divide the game into 3 completely different parts: Gameplay, Plot and 18+ content. That allows you to play any of those parts separately to enjoy what you really want the most. Secondly, every aspect of those 3 things is going to be dramatically improved: Gameplay is going to contain a much more interesting completely reworked battle system with endless replayability; Plot is going to include more immersing relationship between the characters which you can have impact on; Content 18+ is going to be improved from all sides, especially in terms of visuals and animations. Thirdly, we want you to find the thing exactly you like in our game. But how can we do that if the “wrapping” is the same? Right! We completely change the visual style of the new game! You’re able to enjoy not only new mechanics in it, but its visuals, too! With the new beginning of such a huge project we really need your help to create the gaming experience we all dream about. If you want our next game to become as great as our team wants it to, please support us on Patreon. Your help tremendously increases our capabilities in the development! Only together we're able to make our way through thorn and briar to reach the stars! The announcement of the new game doesn’t mean we’re done with the first one. We still have something special up our sleeve for every one of you. Just you see! Thank you soooo soooo much for being with us, and of course, stay tuned for more! P.S. We’ve added new Patreon Goals specifically for Project Genome. There you’ll be able to see more stuff that we’d like to implement into the game. Eventually, we’ll add bonuses for all of you, our dear subscribers. If you’re interested, please consider following us on Patreon. We’ll be posting lots of info bout it on our page!

In today's IndieWorld Switch presentation there were a couple visual novel related announcements among the games they focused on and those were the second episode of Coffee Talk as well as WORLD OF HORROR. This game is an incredibly spooky adventure designed like an old vintage PC title mostly in black and white aesthetic completely inspired by Junji Ito's works. Ysbryd Games were the one's releasing this game to Steam in Early Access. I did play this game a bit and I can vouch for its spooky and uncannyness. You do much more than just reading text here, however, because this is a very complex game with a lot of choices, combat systems, timed choices and puzzles. Really worth a damn! (If you want to check out another game that uses the same inspirations and the same style, but is a VN through and through, check out @FulminisIctusgame "Mycorrhiza". He made a thread on Fuwanovel before, so you can quickly find this game.)

Greetings! Halloween Episode is here! Download it now! Public Build (Free) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/public-build-74167171 Patreon Build (All Content) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-build-74167193 Gallery: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gallery-episode-74167218 Halloween Episodе: Story time Shana lost the guys and now she is forced to get along in a new prison cell with her neighbor. But this section of the prison is very different from all the others. Here you have to pay for everything you can get by telling stories. Especially now, in the height of Halloween holiday, the guards come here for new stories and who, if not Shana, knows how to tell them best. What’s new: - More than 11000 words of new incredible plot; - 3 new Halloween sex scenes; - Over 55 new animations; - New Halloween mini games - Unique battles in dungeons; - Improved localization; - Bug fixes. ~ This Halloween Episode will make you dive into the incredible side adventure to fully feel the theme of the holiday. Get your pumpkin full of candies and start the game! For 12$ Patrons: - New additional high-quality scenes and dialogues that make the feel of the plot and gameplay better. We really appreciate your help. So Trick or Treat? Don’t forget to visit our Patreon for more: https://www.patreon.com/Magic_fingers

Full interview: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2022-11-02/kazutaka-kodaka-talks-about-his-new-game-his-writing-process-and-danganronpa/.190461 A ton of good questions right here. It is also written by Richard Eisenbeiß, someone who is known for his indepth research and prowess when it comes to anime analysis and especially music analysis.

Well, we can at least now try this game. Unfortunately, the Shiravune western release is still delayed until mid november or something? There are some tweets about the game's content, characters and mechanics here, though. I'll update this post when more posts are made. (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6)

https://vnstudioelan.com/announcement/a-big-halloween-announcement-or-two/ What do you think of this? Have you played any Studio Coattails/VNStudio Elan titles before? I'm personally much into NPG (played 3 parts of it) and Heart of the Woods was one of the first Yurige I reviewed. With @Paddybeing the reviewer for Highway Blossoms + Merch.

Announcement 1 - Ore no Cupid ga Ponkotsu Sugite Kowa~i. Announcement 2 - Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate Announcement 3 - Baka Moe Heart ni Ai o Komete! Announcement 4 - Uchi wa Mou, Enki Dekinai Announcement 5 - Shinsou Noise ~Jushin Tantei no Jikenbo~ I'll try to comment on those announcements later.

Since @Robert Kis an extremely busy man, I'll announce it for him. Just this night, Shiravune released their newest title Alpha-Nighthawk in the Steam & Johren-Store. The game on Steam is an all-ages version that needs to be patched with a Johren-Patch, so it becomes complete .https://www.johren.games/games/download/alphanighthawk-en/ The game is also translated by Lemnisca'a John Hooper, other members haven't spoken up yet. Alpha Nighthawk is a Science Fiction setting game by Dentou Nanahoshi, one of Liarsofts newer writers. In Japan the game already has a sequel with Beta-Sixdouze. Both games feature human as well as antropomorphic characters, some call them furrys. The game calls them Neofennecs. Let's get to the story:

Aksys had a big announcement stream on October 20th giving updates on games that will be released in 2023, as well as some new announcements! I'll list the new announcements first and then cover the updates. Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- to come west in 2024 The biggest surprise about this was how early it was announced. 2024 is still a ways off after all. But Tengoku Struggle was bound to be localized. It fits the vibe, has a familiar team working on it, and might even be better received in the west than in Japan (the game was criticized to be too vulgar in Japan but western players liked that aspect of it). I think I will probably get the game too assuming the game doesn't like in Olympia Soiree. Record of Agarest War to come to Switch in March 2023 I don't know much about this series but if my life allowed me to play a 100 hours RPG then I would probably play this. I really like multi-generational stuff and I like romancing women every now and then too. Norn9: Var Commons will come to Switch in March 2023 This game came previously west on the Vita and I'm kinda surprised that after all this time it broke the Vita-Jail. This is an ambitious Sci-fi Otome game with 9 routes and 3 female protagonists. I personally liked that we got 3 fully voiced protagonists and the overarching story was quite interesting. It really suffered from having too many route, however. It would've been better to cut 3 routes and then invest more time and resources in the remaining 6 routes. Norn9 was also written by the same writer as Even if Tempest and it got an anime adaption back in 2016. Norn9: Last Era (fandisc) is coming to Switch around Summer 2023 We also get the first fandisc called Norn9: Last Era, which will be available for the first time in English! I heard that it does a good job supplementing the story of the main game and just makes the story better in general. Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo will release in Spring 2023 for the Switch Winter's wish seems to have been pushed back a bit. I remember it was supposed to release in around January but oh well. From reviews this game sounds like it's more suitable to newcomers of the genre than people who have already played many Otome games. I am interested in non-humans but I may wait for more reviews. Jack Jeanne will release around Summer 2023 Jack Jeanne is one of the Otome releases I am MOST looking forward to! It's the first otome game by Broccoli that gets localized! All other Otome games Aksys localizes are by Otomate. May it be a good sign for the future! It's also not a straight VN like most Otome games. It has Simulation and Rhythm gameplay. This game was also written and illustrated by Ishida Sui of Tokyo Ghoul fame! I assume that's why we're even getting the honor. Jack Jeanne will also get a Limited Edition. Radiant Tale will release around Summer 2023 Radiant Tale looks like a fluffy and fun breather for what's to come! I will definitely get it as fluffy fantasy Otome games are hard to come by in English. But I wonder if it really is as fluffy as I heard. Wouldn't be the first time that an Otome game baits people with a fluffy feeling only to backstab you. Virche Evermore: -ErroR:salvation- comes west around Fall 2023 Shuuen no Virche got it's English title and people are a bit split on it. Some people say the Evermore make the game sound like a happy fairy tale or a Barbie movie. Others say that the Evermore sounds melancholic and bittersweet. I for one think it sounds melancholic and am quite confused where the others got the happy or Barbie-like vibes from. Maybe it's regional differences? Now Virche is also a big release many are looking forward to! It was written by the same person who also worked on the script for Code:Realize, Cafe Enchante and Variable Barricade. That's enough to get me interested, really. The premise sounds really edgy but I trust the writer to make it work somehow. There is also a fandisc coming in Japan which may heal some hearts that were broken by this game lol Virche will also get a Limited edition! Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II will come west around Fall 2023 Called Shinigami ~Shibito Magire~ in Japan, we (hopefully) get the last Spirit Hunter game next year in Fall! I really liked the other two games so this will be a Day 1 buy! I'm kinda sad that apparently it will be the last game of the series, but I guess all good things must come to an end. This was a lot of work! I hope this summary will be helpful!

The console port of Harmonia (Visual Arts/Key) was released on Nintendo Switch recently on Oct 20, 2022. Come to think of it, this was probably the last work from Key where Itaru officially worked as the company illlustrator. She quit the company in Sept 2016 and Harmonia came out literally three days later on Sept 23. ~~~~~ How did you guys like Harmonia? I really liked Itaru's coloring in this game, the skin tone is especially well done, particularly noticable on the thighs pictured above and oppais on the in-game CG. But otherwise I have the impression that the face she draws has gotten more derpy compared to her peak in Clannad. I mean they don't look that bad, but they come off rather flat, in both sense of the word. The voice acting was lovely as well. I associate Mizuhashi Kaori with the violent pettan tsundere from Baka to Test who starts speaking gibberish in German when she's flabbergasted, but Shiona from Harmonia (the blonde girl above for those who haven't played the game) has a diametrically opposite character compared to Minami. A holy sister overflowing with babumi... Not really my fetish but her voice soothes my depraved soul. When it comes to the music, well, you've got Orito Shinji working on most of the music in this agame. I don't have the game installed on my PC right now, so I can't check whether it's him, but I like the BGM embed above the most. I think it captures very well the vibe of the town in the story, an oasis in the middle of a decaying world. A temporary breathing space, but will the peaceful days last forever? This faint trace of wistfulness and unease in an otherwise relaxing piece is something Key does very well, in my opinion. Unfortunately I won't be buying this console port for now, due to the grave reason of... not having a Nintendo Switch at home. This port allows you to switch the language between Japanese, English, and Chinese (probably in-game like the Steam edition of Little Busters), so it's not like I'm not interested in it, since I'd like to try reading it in the original language. Maybe one day I'll get a Switch and the game, when I'm not using my shiokuri for onaholes and onsei sakuhin on DLsite. It's a short kinetic novel, and a very good one at that. Recommended for those with a Nintendo Switch and a penchant for emotional stories. The price goes around 25 USD on the Nintendo E-Shop, which is suprisingly a little bit more expensive than the Japanese price (2,980 Yen, around 20 USD). I guess one could also say that this port is worth three games, so it's not really expensive in the end.

Eight months after their last update, Frontwing finally updates the fans on the current state of their projects. Other than Sharin no Kuni, there are a lot of open questions. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frontwing/support-visual-novel-islands-english-game-and-anim/posts/3633384 What do you think? Have you ever bought or supported Frontwings kickstarter projects? Bad or good experiences with it?

Greetings! The Part 1 of the 14th Episode is coming and here you can see what it’s going to contain. Episode 14 Part 1: No one will help Maya finally met her father, and they have so much to catch up on. But there is less and less time, the mermaids are planning something dangerous, and only we can stop them. Other of the guys were left behind, so this time May will have to act more carefully, she can no longer afford to get into every skirmish. Will Maya cope on her own without the help of her loyal friends? What’s new: - More than 13000 words of new incredible plot; - Unexpected plot twists; - 5 new sex scenes; - Over 80 new animations; - Unique battles in dungeons; - Improved localization; - Bug fixes. ~ We’ve started improving the game for those who are only at the beginning of their magnificent journey into the Forbidden Fruit. The animations of the first 2 Episodes have been dramatically improved to meet the quality of the newest versions! For 12$ Patrons: - New additional high-quality scenes and dialogues that make the feel of the plot and gameplay better. We really appreciate your help. Be prepared. The new content is about to get epic! Don‘t forget to visit our Patreon for more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/teaser-of-new-14-72994048

Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari was originally released on PC in 2011 as an R18 otome game. In 2014 it first got an 17+ version on the PSP and later the PS Vita. The Switch version that was released in 2020 in Japan will now get a free update with the English translation. Coming next month the game should be available on the Eshop wolrdwide with an English text option. Physical copies will also be updated. This game had once before gotten an English mobile release by Abracadabra Games in 2020. However that release was stripped of all its voice acting and was sold at ridiculous prices (90-120 dollar for all routes without voice acting). Needless to say the mobile version did not survive long and has already shut down. So yeah this is a big win for the otome community! Finally we get the voiced and properly priced game. If I remember right it was also often asked for in the Manga Gamer surveys. This may not be the original 18+ version but considering how much Hata has been grinning at the subject, I wouldn't be surprised if something is done about that as we speak heh. Here is the setting:

Yeah the thread title here is definitely rhymed all right. Anyway the tweet in regard of it below. Initially Steam did list it as October release, although right now it already change into Q4 2022, so it mean that at the latest we'll get the VN in December's end. That aside, as we know this is Laplacian VN which we know was released Aojashin back on February with one tiny fault that caused one tiny controversy that still enough to annoy me here (At least it won't happen with Mirai Radio here), so if possible I prefer to less talk about it for now. Anyway it's good that we finally have the long wait for it is finally almost over, especially if one already waited for it ever since Sol Press announced it (When they still have enough spirit before realized that they didn't allocate enough money to pay taxes).

Brought to you by the creators of ATRI with Konno Asta as the writer and Yusano as the artist. The title of the game is Ginka

The Aniplex Online Fest 2022 was celebrated today and they held a near 6 hours long event for it. The event got a ton of interesting moments, industry personalities speaking, voice actors performing among other things that make the otaku's heart flutter greatly. In Fuwanovel's context however, the most relevant section were the six minutes featuring new trailers and announcements during the Aniplex EXE section. Hirahira Hihiru | vndb Atri: My Dear Moments Anime Adaption confirmed The entire event was dubbed into English by interpreters who sometimes struggled with certain proper nouns and Japanese net slang, but there was also a certainly machine translated captions subtrack which you should rather ignore because it just outputted nonsense most of the time. If you have 6 hours of free time, there are a lot more things to enjoy.

Such a super cool trailer, goddamn!

The Publisher Spike Chunsoft has announced that the pre-orders for the newly at Nintendo Direct announced game from the DanganRonpa creators called Master Detective Archives RainCode are opened. You can fulfill the pre-order for the Standard and the Mysteriful Limited Editions now! Are you interested in more games that follow the DanganRonpa formula? Does the artstyle vibe with you? Comment below!

If you have followed the TGS2022 and did not get overwhelmed, then you are probably made of steel and you have capacities that I would be proud of. There have been more than 470 companies present and most big publishers and AAA companies announces a ton of amazing things. This definitely overwhelms our website's field of interest, so we told @Hiromi to go research a little into the relevant part for us. And hey, the amount of shown (not exclusively announced there) new visual novel projects is still overseeable. Without further ado, let's begin! So, I've done some research. English sources seem to focus on AAA titles like CoD and Tekken. And when they do bring up anime style games, these are mostly RPG and action games. I googled "TGS 22 ノベルゲーム" and was rewarded with some discoveries: Indies 1) Binary Syndrome https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003300/_/ PC-98 style ADV. The game system reminds me of titles you find on Asenheim (Ring Out, Scoop titles, etc.) (so obscure it is not even on VNDB LOL) 2) Coffee Talk Ep. 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663220/Coffee_Talk_Episode_2_Hibiscus__Butterfly/ Pixel art OELVN. VA-11 Hall-A, but as a barista. Not newly announced, but not released yet. Slated for 2023. 3) Ihanashi no Majo https://store.steampowered.com/app/1950570/_/ "Kinetic Novel" with around 10 hr length. Cute art. A boy moves to an island in Okinawa and meets a tanned girl from overseas. (JP/CH only Download release in October!) 4) Trolley Problem Inc. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1582680/Trolley_Problem_Inc/ Text adventure with narrative choices. Philosophical themes and dark humor. (Not on VNDB, most likely doesn't qualify? Out for a while now, still interesting. Even got a video by xqc) 5) Chigau!!!+ https://studio-thursday.work/chigau+/#/ Orthodox Bishoujo-ge... But with meta elements like DDLC: Some heroines remember what happens in their own route, even when you're in another girl's route. These are some of the indie VN titles which were represented on the TGS in the section Indie Games Selection. https://tgs.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2022/jp/contents/indie81.html I think I've caught all the VNs from these 77 titles. That's barely 6% of the total. Big announcements 6.) Aoishiro & Akai Ito After like 20 years, there is a remaster bundling Akai Ito & Aoishiro in one for Switch & PC. We have already seen this announcement in another thread and the VNTS, but it might be worth announcing it here too. It contains Mystery-Folklore setting with gay girls. Also it supports English language! 7. Seabed Audio Novel Collection Speaking of gay girls, @PhleBuster(Fruitbat Factory) was also at TGS2022 and they announce that they will be releasing the Seabed Audio Novel Collection. It has been translated by Steiner, so it will be more quality. The original game is a Conjueror work, rip him Here's everything. While only the last two are proper announcements and the other games earlier were just showcased in that event, I still believe just for Aoishiro & Akai Ito this year's TGS was worth it. Maybe it is also worth it to keep paying attention to such events in the following years..? Missed anything? Please comment!

We're happy to announce our new upcoming Kickstarter for a fantasy visual novel called "The Beastmaster Princess". https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/winterwolves/the-beastmaster-princess The base goal is for a yuri visual novel but there are some juicy stretch goals like being able to play as male and harem ending! You can find more info by visiting the Kickstarter game page!

JAST announced today that they will release a fully remastered version of Heart de Roommate from Angle Smile at the end of September 2022! Content in the remaster: The remastered version will be free of charge for owners of Heart de Roommate on JAST. PreOrder here to get a 15% launch discount. (sorry for the styling, I'm on a phone. Will tidy it a bit up once I am on a computer)

Operetta Due and Dramatic Create announced that Koezaru wa Akai Hana (en: The Crimson Flower that Divides: Lunar Coupling) will be released on Switch and Steam in Japanese, English, and Chinese next year. Here is the announcement on Twitter. Koezaru wa Akai Hana was originally released in 2012 as an 18+ Otome Game. Two years later an all-ages version (17+) was released for PSP and later for PS Vita as well. We don't know yet if the Steam version will be the original 18+ version or the all-ages version. But to be save we should expect the all-ages version. Still, as there are very few 18+ Otome Games playable in English I hope there will be a way to play the original version as well. I personally know of the game from review/summaries made by JP players. I don't know if I'll like it due to the subject matter but I will try it out! I recommend Otome Kitten's article for more detailed information. Plot summary: [source: vndb]

Dear God, since we have a severe lack of Otomaidens here until we snack ourselves a cool partnership with the passionately anime men worshipping mostly female userbase of some Otome community, I have to be handling this summary. This is interesting, because besides being interested in all kinds of visual novels I have not touched that many Otome before. I can pinpoint my first otome experience with Amnesia: Memories, because of an ex-girlfriend almost a decade ago who told me to leave her life and instead regressed to 2D-worship of Toma for that game. Other than that I have played Hakuouki: Kyoto Winds & Edo Blossoms, 7Scarlet (Review), BURIED STARS, Fxxx me Royally, Nameless and some Taisho x Alice Ep. 1- this is not the most wealthy collection of Otome, so I'm not the biggest expert for them, so bear with me. I definitely would look forward to a true expert to show up and take over this kind of post, especially when it comes to exploring voice actors, staff and legacy of particular brands! The publisher Idea Factory held the Otomate Party 2022 Event where they presented in total 8! new Otome titles for Nintendo Switch. This lineup consists of four completely new games and two ports of older platforms. Additionally, there's a sequel and a fandisc, too. Let's get right ahead with the announcements, shall we? New Announcements Shuuen no Virche -EpiC:lycoris- Here we have a fandisc of the game Shuuen no Virche -ErroR:salvation-. The game will release in 2023 via Aksys Games. It was announced just a short while ago. Spade no Kuni no Alice (Alice in the Country of Spades) ~Wonderful Black World~ This is the sequel of Spade no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful White World~ which released in September 2021. Temirana-koku no Tsuiteru Hime to Tsuitenai Kishi-dan (The Princess with Good Luck and the Knights with Bad Luck from the Temirana Kingdom) In this game we are thrown into a country where ones birthmonth decides over a person's livelyhood. The protagonist girl is the third princess of the country who is blessed with extreme luck while her subordinates, the knights, are pursued by misfortune. 9 R.I.P The more monstrous, the better. While this trailer does not show a lot it is clear that this is a ghost story of sorts. Apparently, there are multiple world's that play in the Beyond? My9Swallows Topstars League This is a collaboration game between Otomate and the japanese baseball team "Tokyo Yakult Swallows". In this romance-story you become a manager of said team and you're instructed to take care of the members there and keep their sprits high. A new project by Yuki Iwai & Daisuke Namikawa Nothing else is known. Console Ports Senjou no Waltz The game released initially for PlayStation Vita in 2014. We're becoming a member of the Nirvana Military Academy and our female protagonist is equipped with a cursed, magical blade. Princess Arthur The game first released for PlayStation Portable in 2013. It's an adaption of Arturian Legend, but instead of Saber King Arthur being the King that you imagine, they are an ordinary girl. This game got a port on mobile by NTT Solmare in 2016. Spade no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Black World~, Senjou no Waltz and Princess Arthur will release in 2023. Shuuen no Virche -EpiC:lycoris-, Temirana-koku no Tsuiteru Hime to Tsuitenai Kishidan, 9 R.I.P. and My9Swallows Topstars League did not have their dates announced yet. Everything listed here will be available on Nintendo Switch in Japan.

Greetings! The next Episode is coming and here you can see what it’s going to contain. Follow us on Patreon to not miss anything: https://www.patreon.com/Magic_fingers Episode 13: Deep down In the new chapter, our heroes will have to figure out how to defeat a new dangerous enemy. Meet an old acquaintance and uncover the secrets of the mermaid prisons. They need to get to the secret levels of the prison known as laboratories and figure out what is going on there and why there are so many different rumors about this place. This time, our heroes will approach their most important goal as never before. What’s new: - More than 14000 words of new exciting plot; - 5 new sex scenes; - Over 60 new animations; - New mini games; - More dungeon exploring: - Improved localization; - Bug fixes. ~ We’ve thoroughly checked all of the versions of Forbidden Fruit to get rid of the serious bugs that could prevent you from completing the game! Something huge is coming! For 12$ Patrons: - New additional high-quality scenes and dialogues that make the feel of the plot and gameplay better. Thank you for supporting us. Your patience will be rewarded.