Kamiaso and Korosuto Switch Ports Announced!

Happy almost 8th anniversary to Kamigami no Asobi (aka Kamiaso) and almost 3rd anniversary to Koroshiya to Strawberry (aka Korosuto)! 🥳

After cryptically posting a lot of "Coming Soon" posts for both series on their Twitter accounts, Broccoli announced Switch ports for both Kamiaso and Korosuto! The new games will be titled Kamigami no Asobi Unite Edition and Koroshiya to Strawberry Plus respectively. 

Kamiaso Unite Edition (rated Cero D) will be a 2-in-1 port that includes both PSP game Ludere Deorum and the PSP/Vita game InFinite. The content of the games will remain the same, but of course now you get to view in higher resolution~

Korosuto Plus (Cero rating TBA) will have a new voiced episode that takes place after the main story's love ending.

Surprisingly, Broccoli already has release dates for them, with Kamiaso to release on January 27, 2022 and Korosuto to release on February 23, 2022! 

For those interested in the coming soon posts, you can find them here:

Kamiaso - [1], [2], [3]

Korosuto - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

Until next time~

P.S. The full cover art for Kamiaso Unite Edition is really pretty!

P.P.S. For April Fools, the heroines were put into each other's games. 🤭

Heroine art by game artist Kazuki Yone

AllAksys 2021: Aksys Localization Announcements for 2022!

 

Aksys will also be bringing 4 more titles over to the West: Lover Pretend, Paradigm Paradox, Kimi wa Yukima ni Koinegau, and Piofiore Episodio 1926 will be releasing in 2022!

Piofiore fans of course are being fed with the sequel to the first game. It's amazing to see more lighthearted games like Lover Pretend and Paradigm Paradox, and it's a welcome surprise that KimiYuki is also being localized despite just releasing in Japan on July 29th of this year! 💖

Three Honeybee Series Available for Digital Download!

Great news to those who want to experience Honeybee's games! 

As of July 20th, Animate Games tweeted that digital downloads of the following are now available:

• All 4 volumes of Starry☆Sky, In & After included (4,400円 each)
• Both Shinigami Kareshi games - Re:Birthday Song (7,480円) and Un:Birthday Song (5,280円)
• All 6 volumes of Photograph Journey (4,378円 each)

Ayakashi Gohan and its fandisc Okawari (4,950円 each) are also already available on Animate Games for digital purchase.

If you're interested in these games, then act fast! All products are currently 10% off until August 8 (JST). 

The games can be found at https://bit.ly/3z8maVV.

Happy gaming~

Otome Armada Rise: 2021 Localizations

Happy 2021 to the Otome Armada~ Can you believe we're not even through the first month of the year and we already have so many otome game localizations lined up? It's amazing! ✨

Café Enchanté - Exclusive Card Set & New Release Date

Today Aksys revealed that an exclusive 6-card set featuring the main characters will be included with first run copies of the game. Aksys currently hasn't announced anything like a limited edition, so these cards would be some cute merch to own!

While the game was originally slated for November 20th, it seems that Café Enchanté will now be released on November 5th!

I'm not the only one who's noticed this, but as a side note: I wonder why they wrote Misyr's name like that when the official romanization on the Japanese website is Miser? (Aksys also did the same with Sisi/Sissy in Code Realize) 🤷

Until next time! 

 

P.S. Considering Aksys' track record, I'm still not sure if I want to buy the English version or import hng

The 3DS is Now Officially Retired

 
The 3DS had a lifespan of almost a decade, but alas all things must come to an end. The 3DS housed an impressive amount of games, and had unique features like StreetPass. And of course its 3D feature, although it tended to give most people headaches and drained the battery. However, while many lacked in backwards compatibility, the 3DS was capable of playing DS games as well, which made it even more valuable to gamers (like me) who still had their previous gen games they enjoyed replaying.

As someone who grew up on handheld consoles, I'll be a little sad to finally see support for this go. But with the massive success of the Nintendo Switch, it only makes sense for this to be the next step. However, I definitely won't be letting mine go just yet as there are still tons of titles I've never even touched. But hopefully this system's retirement means that 3DS games will finally lose their "Nintendo tax" and drop prices so that many great titles can finally be experienced!

Until next time~

Blast from the Past - Palais de Reine in English Available Now!

 

SURPRISE!! Play KOGADO's classic diplomatic sim + medieval fantasy romance "Palais de Reine" on Steam NOW, remastered and in English for the first time! Lead your kingdom to glory, woo hot knights, and challenge the status quo! 20% off for a limited time! https://t.co/r5JjvuPlyz

— Degica Games (@DegicaGames) June 18, 2020

With absolutely no warning, Degica Games dropped an English version of Palais de Reine, available to play now! 

The player acts as the young princess of a kingdom who never expected to ascend to the throne. In the last year, her father died, and her older brother went missing. During the coronation ceremony, some of the leaders of the 12 provinces in the kingdom say they don't believe she can lead the country, and refuse to give their allegiance. 

The aim of the game is to win over enough leaders over a year to be accepted as the kingdom's ruler. This can be accomplished through different ways, including sending gifts, having your knights challenge the leaders to jousting competitions, and trying to assassinate them. You must also keep your kingdom fairly prosperous and quell civil disturbances and unrest. 

While doing this, you can also 'romance' characters, including the 12 leaders and your knights.

Wow she can't catch a break can she? 🤣 The first part of that summary also gives me Fire Emblem Sacred Stones vibes oop

Originally a PS2 game from 2006/2007, it's now remastered for PC. As a sweet bonus, this game is on sale for 20% off until June 24th.

This game came out before I got into otome, so this is all new to me! It's interesting that this is part strategy simulation rather than straight VN, and there's a looooot of characters. 

Summer Game Fest - PC Gaming Show Highlights

Summer Game Fest is going strong with continuing their streams, this time bringing coverage about upcoming PC games, some of which were sneakily added to Steam. Even though a lot of developers were present there actually a ton of games I was interested in... But below are my favorites from the stream!

I would just like to point out, I can't believe their intro included this meme lmaoo. 

Pc gaming show really knows their memes #PCGamingShow pic.twitter.com/HgrWseI9la

— Joseph29 (@Joseph29_SSBU) June 13, 2020

Also to anyone who'd like to watch the stream in its entirety, you can find it here.

PS5 Reveal Event Livestream Highlights

On June 11th, Sony had a live stream that revealed how their newest console would look, along with a fair amount of games that are already slated for a PS5 release. Below are my personal favorites. (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ And for anyone interested, here's a twitter thread of my really quick impressions as each trailer played, some roasted more than others.

「Rejet New Works Presentation 2020 TRY！」Announcements

Wow, it's been ages since I last sat in on a Rejet announcement video haha.

With everything going on in the world, Rejet has decided to do a special stay at home broadcast.

The host for this show is Toyonaga Toshiyuki. Guests appearing are Aoi Shouta (Marginal4: Shindo Tsubasa), Sawashiro Chiharu (Marginal4: Takimaru Alto), and Someya Toshiyuki (Marginal4: Nakama Teruma). 

The announcement here highlights the following:

• Revealing more information for their latest project called Carnelian Blood
• An anniversary program for the 5th anniversary of Marginal4's Unicorn Jr. 
• Information about the collab "Fabulous Night" by Rejet x Marvelous
• Surprise Dialovers collab

Café Enchanté and Piofiore [Eng] Available for Preorder

Café Enchanté | Piofiore

As of May 14th, both of Aksys's latest titles Café Enchanté (aka Gensou Kissa Enchante) and Piofiore Fated Memories (aka Piofiore no Banshou) are available for preorder on their US store. Both are priced at $49.99, and neither have a set release date yet other than "Fall 2020." It's also unknown at the moment if there'll be any sort of limited edition.

Piofiore is a Vita port while Café Enchanté is an original Switch game. Both games look very promising, so it's exciting that they're being localized! ヽ(｡ゝω・｡)ﾉ

If I had to pick out the two, I think I'm a little more interested in Café Enchanté. Mafia-themed media isn't exactly new haha but who knows where the game will go.

As a side note/rant... What's up with the localized name for Piofiore? The original title is ピオフィオーレの晩鐘, which can be translated as (The) Evening Bell of Piofiore / Piofiore's Evening Bell. But Aksys decided to add in a "Fated Memories"... huh??

Until next time~!

Jewelic Nightmare Popularity Poll Announcements

Well about a month ago, a popularity poll for Jewelic Nightmare began, and now the results are here!