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Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom

Some quick info, for those that aren't familiar with what the game is about!

Aksys Games said:
Take your PSP on a date with a new type of game.

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is proud to announce that the hit Japanese otome game, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, is coming to the Playstation®Portable in North America! Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is a visual novel based on the historical Shinsengumi of Japan featuring beautiful art and multiple endings. The Hakuoki series is one of the most popular visual novel franchises in Japan, selling an over 500,000 copies across all platforms and even spawning it’s own animated series!

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Story Elements

Japan’s Edo Period was drawing to a close. The shogunate, who’d held power in the country for more than 200 years, found itself challenged by the imperial court, and by several domains who had chaffed under shogunal rule. In this midst of this political unrest, an organization rose to prominence: The Shinsengumi. Originally formed to protect the street of Kyoto from masterless samurai, they came to represent the last, tragic bastion of the honor-bound samurai culture that had defined much of Japan’s history.

In Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, a young woman by the name of Chizuru comes to Kyoto in search of her missing father, and soon encounters danger and the Shinsengumi in quick succession. When it becomes clear the Shinsengumi are also searching for her father, Chizuru is put under their protection. But odd things are afoot in Kyoto—possibly even supernatural happenings. Can Chizuru navigate this maze of mortal danger and political intrigue? Amidst so much mystery and death, can she find romance?

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Key Features

- One of North America’s First Otome Games : Experience a historical fantasy adventure while pursuing a relationship with one of several male love interests in a game specifically created for a female audience—one of the first of its kind localized for North America.
- Experience a New Kind of Adventure: Enjoy a visual novel filled with beautiful illustrations and changing character portraits. Examine character biographies, check your story progress, and replay scenes you’ve already watched.
- Chose Your Own Fate with Multiple Endings: The story is told through the eyes of Chizuru Yukimura, but the player will be presented with a number of decisions she must make. The result of these choices will determine Chizuru’s ultimate fate, and the fate of the men of the Shinsengumi.
- Introduction to the Hakuoki Franchise: Hakuoki is a series that enjoys major popularity in Japan among the gaming populace, selling over 500,000 copies across all platforms!

Release date is this Valentine's Day, February 14, 2012!

Ladies and/or guys, you know what you want to ask your bf for this Valentine's Day ;D!

Pre-Orders for the Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Limited Edition and Standard Edition are both up at Amazon! (GameStop soon!)

Limited Edition:

GameStop US: http://www.gamestop.com/psp/games/hakuoki-demon-of-the-fleeting-blossom-limited-edition/97906

GameStop Canada: http://www.ebgames.ca/psp/hakuoki-demon-of-the-fleeting-blossom-limited-edition/311831

Amazon US: http://li.brari.us/hakuokilepreorder

Amazon Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005T3GSCM/

VideoGamesPlus (For Importers): http://www.videogamesplus.ca/product_info.php?products_id=19444

Standard Edition:

GameStop US: GameStop will only be providing the LE.

GameStop Canada: http://www.ebgames.ca/psp/hakuoki-demon-of-the-fleeting-blossom/311836

Amazon US: http://li.brari.us/hakuokisepreorder

Amazon Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005T3GSBS/

VideoGamesPlus (For Importers): http://www.videogamesplus.ca/product_info.php?products_id=19443

Also, some English screenshots, which were just revealed on the official Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Facebook page today!

See a bunch more here

http://li.brari.us/hakuokifb

And if you haven't seen it yet, check out our "Man-of-the-Month" campaign

! It will be updating on the 14th of each month, and covering one of the six main characters, up until the release date of the game on February 14, 2012!

So far two issues have been released!

9/14/2011 - Heisuke Toudou featured in Wolf Rhythm!

http://li.brari.us/wolfrhythm

10/14/2011 - Sanosuke Harada featured in Gentry!

http://li.brari.us/motmoct

11/14/2011 - Souji Okita featured in Tumbling Pebbles!

http://li.brari.us/motmnov

12/14/2011 - Toshizo Hijikata featured in Swords Illustrated!

http://li.brari.us/motmdec

1/14/2012 - Hajime Saito featured in The Kyoto Shushin!

http://li.brari.us/motmjan

2/14/2012 - Chikage Kazama featured in Adage!

http://li.brari.us/motmkazama

We'll have more updates soon, which will include more Man-of-the-Month entries, more screenshots and media, and an announcement of what shall be contained in the Limited Edition!

Edit:

LE contents revealed!

The game. (Naturally)
A Soundtrack CD with music from the game.
A 72-page artbook with beautiful, full-color art.
A warm feeling inside. (Not guaranteed)

Info found here!

http://li.brari.us/hakuokileannounce

Reviews:

Vividgamer.com

http://li.brari.us/1k

Stay tuned! It's time to get hyped for Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom shipping to stores February 14, 2012!

Dog Problems · Oct 20, 2011

Pre-ordered. I've been looking forward to this ever since I took that survey about it.

weeaboo · Oct 20, 2011

gay for Hakuoki

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

weeaboo said:
gay for Hakuoki

LastWindow said:
Pre-ordered. I've been looking forward to this ever since I took that survey about it.

You guys, rock

!

Kagari · Oct 20, 2011

I approve of this thread.

Lostconfused · Oct 20, 2011

I like how this thread has way more views than posts.

InfiniteNine · Oct 20, 2011

That limited edition box art is hot.

ULTROS! · Oct 20, 2011

I have a question, is the target demographics of this game are those who are interested in men?

Dog Problems · Oct 20, 2011

The game was made with a female audience in mind but I'll support any visual novel no matter the content.

Belisarius · Oct 20, 2011

ULTROS! said:
I have a question, is the target demographics of this game are those who are interested in men?

You could say that. It is full of hot men, so if that's your jam you are its target demographic.

Kagari · Oct 20, 2011

Belisarius said:
You could say that. It is full of hot men, so if that's your jam you are its target demographic.

hosannainexcelsis · Oct 20, 2011

Those covers are full of hotness. The Limited Edition is already preordered. I can't wait until you guys announce its contents!

Fodder76 · Oct 20, 2011

What does the limited edition come with? I'm probably going to pick this up for my wife, but I'm curious of the differences between the two. I like the cover for the standard edition better but:

A) Its not for me, so it doesn't matter what I think and

B) That's probably the actual game box cover, which you would still get with the LE anyway.

Thanks!

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

Fodder76 said:
What does the limited edition come with? I'm probably going to pick this up for my wife, but I'm curious of the differences between the two. I like the cover for the standard edition better but:

A) Its not for me, so it doesn't matter what I think and

B) That's probably the actual game box cover, which you would still get with the LE anyway.

Thanks!

The LE contents will be revealed in the near future

Also, the SE cover will be the cover of the game box that's inside of the LE, so best of both worlds ;D

wsippel · Oct 20, 2011

Why does the cover say "Only on PlayStation"? Isn't this also on 3DS? Or is the Hakuoki releasing in Japan on 3DS in about a month a different game?

firehawk12 · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys said:
The LE contents will be revealed in the near future

Also, the SE cover will be the cover of the game box that's inside of the LE, so best of both worlds ;D

You guys need to live up to Agarest War - Hakuoki BUTT mouse pad!

daffy · Oct 20, 2011

so who else is afraid to post in here, yea i see you reading this and you're caught ! now post so you can reveal your embarrassment

Belisarius · Oct 20, 2011

firehawk12 said:
You guys need to live up to Agarest War - Hakuoki BUTT mouse pad!

Butt? Please. I think we can do much better than that. :3

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

wsippel said:
Why does the cover say "Only on PlayStation"? Isn't this also on 3DS? Or is the Hakuoki releasing in Japan on 3DS in about a month a different game?

It's only on PlayStation since that's currently the only platform it's on in America

InfiniteNine · Oct 20, 2011

Belisarius said:
Butt? Please. I think we can do much better than that. :3

wsippel · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys said:
It's only on PlayStation since that's currently the only platform it's on in America

But the 3DS title is indeed the same game?

distantmantra · Oct 20, 2011

Didn't one of these recently come out on the PS3 in Japan?

The Abominable Snowman · Oct 20, 2011

I can see this game tricking some 12 year old 'otaku' into buying it. If I was 12, I'd sure have at least checked this game out.

Dark Schala · Oct 20, 2011

I'm very excited for this. Placed my preorder.

Belisarius said:
You could say that. It is full of hot men, so if that's your jam you are its target demographic.

I like this. This thread is in desperate need of Souji Okita and Hajime Saito, though.

It's also finally available on Amazon.ca for those who want to preorder the game in Canada!

Amazon.ca - Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Standard Edition
Amazon.ca - Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Limited Edition

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

Dark Schala said:
I'm very excited for this. Placed my preorder.

I like this. This thread is in desperate need of Souji Okita and Hajime Saito, though.

It's also finally available on Amazon.ca for those who want to preorder the game in Canada!

Amazon.ca - Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Standard Edition
Amazon.ca - Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Limited Edition

Thanks for the links! I went ahead and updated the OP with them

wsippel said:
But the 3DS title is indeed the same game?

I believe it's the same game for the 3DS version, the 3DS version has a new OP and magical 3D powers supposedly though haha

R_thanatos · Oct 20, 2011

i hope this "experiment" succeeds so we can get more of those for the next devices ( it's too late for more on psp ) ..

Quixzlizx · Oct 20, 2011

How did Aksys come to the conclusion that female-targeted visual novels are more likely to succeed in the West? That's not a rhetorical question; I'm actually interested.

Shadow780 · Oct 20, 2011

Kinda want, how detailed are the "action" scenes?

InfiniteNine · Oct 20, 2011

R_thanatos said:
i hope this "experiment" succeeds so we can get more of those for the next devices ( it's too late for more on psp ) ..

Sono Hanabira series on PS3/Vita/3DS/Wii U!

djtiesto · Oct 20, 2011

I have no interest in the subject matter of the game, but it takes some serious guts to localize something like this to America.... at a time when even surefire games like Xenoblade don't get brought over. Aksys gets the utmost credit for that.

Belisarius · Oct 20, 2011

Shadow780 said:
Kinda want, how detail are the "action" scenes?

Nothing that's likely to make you blush (unless you've got some sort of Victorian sensibilities). The M is for blood and language.

B-Dex · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

Quixzlizx said:
How did Aksys come to the conclusion that female-targeted visual novels are more likely to succeed in the West? That's not a rhetorical question; I'm actually interested.

We were curious about the otome genre a year or so back and conducted a survey, and then based on those results, decided we'd try to test out the otome market with Hakuoki

So hopefully people will enjoy it and be left wanting more

Takao · Oct 20, 2011

R_thanatos said:
i hope this "experiment" succeeds so we can get more of those for the next devices ( it's too late for more on psp ) ..

Dangan-Ronpa

;_;

Winnie the Pimp · Oct 20, 2011

inbeforewhatsthisidonteven

wsippel · Oct 20, 2011

The Abominable Snowman said:
I can see this game tricking some 12 year old 'otaku' into buying it. If I was 12, I'd sure have at least checked this game out.

Well, the LE cover art certainly is kinda misleading.

perfect free · Oct 20, 2011

Well, consider my curiosity piqued! I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

perfect free said:
Well, consider my curiosity piqued! I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.

Glad that we could bring it to your attention

Hopefully it will continue to be piqued

wsippel · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys said:
Glad that we could bring it to your attention

Hopefully it will continue to be piqued

It's certainly an interesting experiment, and I hope you'll succeed. Now localize Senran Kagura to balance it out.

GamePnoy74 · Oct 20, 2011

I guess this game is primarily aimed at the 'reki-jo' otaku demographic (i.e. female Japanese history fans)...I learned of it earlier this year while listening to NPR one day:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125898462

From wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reki-jo

From the wiki article above, looks like Askys wants to tap into this, in particular:

Economic activity relating to the fad generates US$725 million per year.

R_thanatos · Oct 20, 2011

InfiniteNine said:
Sono Hanabira series on PS3/Vita/3DS/Wii U!

don't tease me .i'm actually a hanabira fan too ...

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

wsippel said:
It's certainly an interesting experiment, and I hope you'll succeed. Now localize Senran Kagura to balance it out.

I see what you did there ;D

Though since that is a MAQL title, you might want to ask XSEED on their forums for that

thetrin · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys, what you guys do is simply awesome. I'm definitely preordering this.

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

thetrin said:
Akselziys, what you guys do is simply awesome. I'm definitely preordering this.

Aww, thanks for the love, thetrin <3 (>'-')>('-')

ROBOKITTYZILLA said:
Interest piqued. Never heard of this but it looks like something I would definitely enjoy.

I'm happy it tickles your fancy

Also, glad to get the word out to people that might not have heard of it otherwise

ROBOKITTYZILLA · Oct 20, 2011

Interest piqued. Never heard of this but it looks like something I would definitely enjoy.

wsippel · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys said:
I see what you did there ;D

Though since that is a MAQL title, you might want to ask XSEED on their forums for that

Rising Star, actually. Stupid region lock. But anyway, I really hope this works out for you. I take it you don't plan to localize the 3DS version as well? I was always under the impression that Nintendo platforms are generally more widespread amongst females? Seems to be the case in Europe at least...

thetrin · Oct 20, 2011

Akselziys said:
Aww, thanks for the love, thetrin <3 (>'-')>('-')

And think! I'm buying this! I'm a heterosexual male that's going to buy an otome game! That's the power Aksys holds over me.

Dark Schala · Oct 20, 2011

I hope the experiment succeeds as well... I think it's great that you're all attempting something new.

More otome games in English are always good. For example, my friends have been trying forever to get me to play the Tokimeki Girl's Side games, and more recently, Hoshiiro no Okurimono portable and Shinigami to Shoujo PSP but I don't really have the cash to import everything I have an interest in, heh.

Akselziys · Oct 20, 2011

thetrin said:
And think! I'm buying this! I'm a heterosexual male that's going to buy an otome game! That's the power Aksys holds over me.

Haha, that's awesome

We won't lead you astray ;D

And the game can be enjoyed by both males and females alike

regardless of sexual preference

, so I'm glad the themes don't deter you

wsippel said:
Rising Star, actually. Stupid region lock. But anyway, I really hope this works out for you. I take it you don't plan to localize the 3DS version as well? I was always under the impression that Nintendo platforms are generally more widespread amongst females? Seems to be the case in Europe at least...

Ah, you're in Europe, that's right hehe.

We have no plans to do the 3DS version currently, but that may or may not change depending on the success of the PSP version of Hakuoki

Dark Schala said:
I hope the experiment succeeds as well... I think it's great that you're all attempting something new.

More otome games in English are always good. For example, my friends have been trying forever to get me to play the Tokimeki Girl's Side games, and more recently, Hoshiiro no Okurimono portable and Shinigami to Shoujo PSP but I don't really have the cash to import everything I have an interest in, heh.

Aww, thanks <3

We love trying new things, so hopefully it'll be successful

mollipen · Oct 20, 2011

What timing - here I am, as I write this, in the middle of working on a story about Hakuoki that is part of an upcoming feature I'm doing!

Also, I love this pic:

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