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Takao · May 26, 2015

Hello everyone! Its Mina again! Aksys Games is pleased to announce our next otome visual novel game, Norn9: Var Commons. It will be a PS Vita exclusive, for both retail and digital in North America.

As a title from Idea Factory, the same company that brought you the acclaimed Hakuoki series, Norn9: Var Commons is definitely worth waiting for. Norn9: Var Commons will be available in the fall, but in the meantime, Ill give you a little sneak peek.

While on a school field trip, child prodigy Sorata Suzuhara wanders off after hearing a mysterious song and blacks out. When he comes to, he finds himself in unfamiliar place, and soon encounters a girl who informs him that hes currently in turn of the century Japan.

In order to help him get home, Sorata follows her to a ship that shes waiting for but when it appears it is not a wooden sailing ship, but a round aircraft that flies using technology that is beyond Soratas imagination. Even stranger, he discovers that the other 12 passengers 3 young women and 9 men are all supposedly espers with special powers, and are on some kind of journey at the behest of a multinational entity only known as The World.

What is the purpose of their journey? What is their destination? Who is The World? Before Sorata can even begin to take stock of his situation, the ship is attacked, and the mystery surrounding the ship only deepens. Delve into the story of the ship and its occupants through the point of views of each of the three girls, and unravel the mysteries trapped within.

Experience the voyage! Board a mysterious aircraft and go on a journey with twelve young men and women with special powers. While travelling to an unknown destination, you will view beautifully detailed environments.

The characters in Norn9: Var Commons come to life. No completely static images, here! Communicate with them as a part of their world and see how they react to specific situations. As the player, YOU advance the complex, diverging storyline and decide the fate of the characters. Ultimately, you will be making some of the hardest decisions. Depending on the choices you make, the story will dramatically change. If you explore all routes and complete them, the secret true ending will be revealed.

Bonus Features Re-live your favorite moments with Gallery Mode! Also, challenge the mini game, Norn9 Quest, and collect points to unlock bonus illustrations and other special features.

Thanks for tuning in! Make sure to visit the Norn9: Var Commons website for more updates! See you next time!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/05/26/norn9-var-commons-coming-to-ps-vita-this-fall/

GloriousBagel · May 26, 2015

Another Otome title and it's getting a retail release? Interesting.

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayay

silvermember · May 26, 2015

They say 12 guys and girls but I only see 12 guys, where are the girls?

Acquiescence · May 26, 2015

Those chicks are hot.

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Acquiescence said:
Those chicks are hot.

Don't fall into that trap.

dakkumauji · May 26, 2015

sounds FABULOUS

interesting to have a male lead

Kirie · May 26, 2015

I REALLY enjoyed this game so I'm beyond stoked it's getting released here! Thank you Aksys!

The music is beyond phenomenal for an otome imo.

http://www.otomate.jp/norn9/

There's 3 leading ladies you get to choose from (they each have different guys they can go for)

TheBaronOfNA · May 26, 2015

silvermember said:
They say 12 guys and girls but I only see 12 guys, where are the girls?

The picture shows 9 guys.

Estellise · May 26, 2015

Yesssssss! I'm still playing the PSP version. Akito is so cute and tsuntsun material. The music for this game is amazing too, Nobuo Uematsu helped compose some tracks. Best part about this game is that the heroines are voiced. They should do that more often.

Anyway, 3 otome games in one year!? Is it Christmas already? Holy shit this is so great.

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Estellise said:
Yesssssss! I'm still playing the PSP version. Akito is so cute and tsuntsun material. The music for this game is amazing too, Nobuo Uematsu helped compose some tracks. Best part about this game is that the heroines are voiced. They should do that more often.

Anyway, 3 otome games in one year!? Is it Christmas already? Holy shit this is so great.

Don't forget there's still OZMAFIA.

Dominator · May 26, 2015

Is there a comprehensive list of visual novels on Vita? I've been slacking with Vita games lately, and I love the genre. Any PSP games I can play on Vita? I know of Corpse Party but that's about it.

I have both Danganronpa games, VLR, and Xblaze.

I'll check this one out too when it releases.

SliceSabre · May 26, 2015

silvermember said:
They say 12 guys and girls but I only see 12 guys, where are the girls?

Somehow I suspect the person interested in this kind of game might not care about them.

Estellise · May 26, 2015

Shizuka said:
Don't forget there's still OZMAFIA.

The year of otome is upon us.

Callibretto · May 26, 2015

am I misreading the summary or is the main character also a guy? so it's yaoi game?

Curler · May 26, 2015

I heard about this game! That is, I think it was an older version for PSP. Anyhow, I'm glad that Aksys is finally getting back into the otome game

Prelude. · May 26, 2015

Digital only in Europe so feel free to import this time.

Swamped · May 26, 2015

Woooo! More otome games! Never heard of this one before, curious.

Kirie · May 26, 2015

Callibretto said:
am I misreading the summary or is the main character also a guy? so it's yaoi game?

No. He's a young boy and basically a lead-in to the story, but after you choose a heroine to play he becomes a side character basically.

Heroines:

bigkrev · May 26, 2015

Day 1 as usual, I will continue to buy each and every Otome game officially licensed

so that one day we can have BL titles get licensed

Shizuka said:
Don't forget there's still OZMAFIA.

God, it's been a long time since we have had an update on that. I'm starting to get worried

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Kirie said:
No. He's a young boy and basically a lead-in to the story, but after you choose a heroine to play he becomes a side character basically.

Heroines:

I'll choose the heroine based on the guy I want to get beforehand.

Westraid · May 26, 2015

Such great news again! Man we're really lucky lately with the genre!
I remember the PSP game had the most beautiful soundtrack.
Glad it's also coming to Europe. I'll probably import the physical US version though.

Delusibeta · May 26, 2015

GloriousBagel said:
Another Otome title and it's getting a retail release? Interesting.

Considering that otome games have been fairly untapped in an era with more and more localisers, I'm not too surprised by this trend. What I am surprised with is that pretty much all of the otome games have been Idea Factory games.

bigkrev said:
Day 1 as usual, I will continue to buy each and every Otome game officially licensed

so that one day we can have BL titles get licensed

How many copies of No, Thank You have you bought? How much money have you given to the Fantastic Boyfriends IGG? :frog:

Curler · May 26, 2015

Digital-only confirmed for EU? I know NISA's been doing a bunch of Aksys titles.

Also, is this a sequel or enhanced port of the PSP one?

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Delusibeta said:
Considering that otome games have been fairly untapped in an era with more and more localisers, I'm not too surprised by this trend. What I am surprised with is that pretty much all of the otome games have been Idea Factory games.

The other high-profile otome games are from Broccoli and Koei Tecmo, I guess they're not interested in licensing their games for western companies.

Estellise · May 26, 2015

bigkrev said:
God, it's been a long time since we have had an update on that. I'm starting to get worried

Thing is about Ozmafia! is that it's already been ported to vita. And FULLY voiced at that. So I find it irritating they still don't have much updates on the english version of the PC one.

Tizoc · May 26, 2015

All those kids look the fucking same...sameface everywhere.

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Estellise said:
Thing is about Ozmafia! is that it's already been ported to vita. And FULLY voiced at that. So I find it irritating they still don't have much updates on the english version of the PC one.

If only MangaGamer also did console games.

Prelude. · May 26, 2015

Curler said:
Digital-only confirmed for EU?

Yeah.

Saphirax · May 26, 2015

Oh man, I was actually thinking a few weeks ago how amazing it'd be for the game to get localised.

I'm glad we're getting so many VNs this year.

Estellise · May 26, 2015

Shizuka said:
The other high-profile otome games are from Broccoli and Koei Tecmo, I guess they're not interested in licensing their games for western companies.

Also Rejet and Honeybee. Which both do PC & console titles. Though Otomate usually have the best writers on their team as far as the stories for their games go so I'm glad it's usually their games that get localized.

Kirie · May 26, 2015

For anyone who is curious, the girls next to the guys they can go for:

Personal favorite route is Akito (Blue-haired guy) but overall I like Mikoto's (black-haired girl) routes the best. Really wasn't a fan of Kohaku (pink girl) and her routes personally.

bigkrev · May 26, 2015

Delusibeta said:
How many copies of No, Thank You have you bought? How much money have you given to the Fantastic Boyfriends IGG? :frog:

1 copy of No, Thank You (which, after dealing with the DRM/website bullshit to download it, I'm surprised anyone actually pays money and doesn't just pirate), and zero to Fantastic Boyfriends (2bara4me)

Olengie · May 26, 2015

Need more Visual VNs!

dakkumauji · May 26, 2015

Shizuka said:
The other high-profile otome games are from Broccoli and Koei Tecmo, I guess they're not interested in licensing their games for western companies.

Has Broccoli actually released anything on the Vita yet?

Maybe that's why we haven't heard any otome localizations from them.

Unless it's a big mess to try and license the UtaPri games due to all the music

Tohsaka · May 26, 2015

Kirie said:
For anyone who is curious, the girls next to the guys they can go for:

Personal favorite route is Akito (Blue-haired guy) but overall I like Mikoto's (black-haired girl) routes the best. Really wasn't a fan of Kohaku (pink girl) and her routes personally.

That's a pretty good seiyuu cast. I read elsewhere that this was good also, so I'll probably pick it up.

thesaucetastic · May 26, 2015

viva la otome revolucion

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Aksys alone is localizing four visual novels for the Vita in 2015. There is also Steins;Gate, Amnesia: Memories and Danganronpa: Another Episode that could also be considered somewhat like a visual novel.

Kirie · May 26, 2015

Tohsaka said:
That's a pretty good seiyuu cast. I read elsewhere that this was good also, so I'll probably pick it up.

Yeah the seiyuu were fantastic in the game. Especially Sugita with some of his parts...

I hope this sells well enough so they'll localize the fandisc too. So much shit to buy this fall, I need to save up x_x

Estellise · May 26, 2015

I just hope they don't localize Diabolik Lovers anytime soon. That entire series would be a can of worms for the western audience.

BadWolf · May 26, 2015

Where da guys at?

They mention 12 but all I see is gals.

Jazz573 · May 26, 2015

Shizuka said:
Aksys alone is localizing four visual novels for the Vita in 2015. There is also Steins;Gate, Amnesia: Memories and Danganronpa: Another Episode that could also be considered somewhat like a visual novel.

Four? I'm only aware of Code: Realize and this game. What are the other two?

Also, how come Norn9 and Code: Realize are being localized by Aksys, but Amnesia is being localized by Idea Factory?

dakkumauji · May 26, 2015

Kirie said:
For anyone who is curious, the girls next to the guys they can go for:

Personal favorite route is Akito (Blue-haired guy) but overall I like Mikoto's (black-haired girl) routes the best. Really wasn't a fan of Kohaku (pink girl) and her routes personally.

torn between sugita's, sugiyama's, yuki's or takuya's character

silvermember · May 26, 2015

TheBaronOfNA said:
The picture shows 9 guys.

I just realize that, sadly.

Kirie · May 26, 2015

Estellise said:
I just hope they don't localize Diabolik Lovers anytime soon. That entire series would be a can of worms for the western audience.

Yeah. It would probably be censored to all hell lol. I love DL personally, but I just can't imagine a company with enough balls to localize it because of the backlash it would cause.
Raito's route in particular... *shudder*

dakkumauji said:
torn between sugita's, sugiyama's, yuki's or takuya's character

Sugiyamaaaaa. I normally don't like tsun characters whatsoever but Akito is so well done.

Masamune (Sato), Ron (Sugita) and Kakeru (Kaji) routes are all locked until you finish one of the other dudes for each respective lady first. So for Nanami's dudes, if you do Sugiyama's route first you can then unlock Ron, etc. Bit of a pain.

Yasumi · May 26, 2015

Jazz573 said:
Four? I'm only aware of Code: Realize and this game. What are the other two?

Also, how come Norn9 and Code: Realize are being localized by Aksys, but Amnesia is being localized by Idea Factory?

The new XBlaze too. Not sure what the fourth one would be though.

Shizuka · May 26, 2015

Jazz573 said:
Four? I'm only aware of Code: Realize and this game. What are the other two?

Also, how come Norn9 and Code: Realize are being localized by Aksys, but Amnesia is being localized by Idea Factory?

New XBlaze and Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (which is more like a hybrid).

dakkumauji · May 26, 2015

Kirie said:
Yeah. It would probably be censored to all hell lol. I love DL personally, but I just can't imagine a company with enough balls to localize it because of the backlash it would cause.
Raito's route in particular... *shudder*

pool.gif could be used so much more often though

Sugiyamaaaaa. I normally don't like tsun characters whatsoever but Akito is so well done.

Masamune (Sato), Ron (Sugita) and Kakeru (Kaji) routes are all locked until you finish one of the other dudes for each respective lady first. So for Nanami's dudes, if you do Sugiyama's route first you can then unlock Ron, etc. Bit of a pain.

Boo, sounds like a pain. Might as well go blind and see where that ends up.

Yasumi said:
The new XBlaze too. Not sure what the fourth one would be though.

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters?

That did already come out in 2015

Kresnik258 · May 26, 2015

Gosh.

So, Diabolik Lovers when? Since we're already getting Amnesia and now this and we've had Hakuouki in the past.

Aksys seem crazy lately. So many VN's. And so much otome (I know they were interested in the past, but two on Vita in a year without even testing the market first).

Kirie · May 26, 2015

dakkumauji said:
pool.gif could be used so much more often though

Hahaha the hilarious gifs are one of the only good things to come out of that shit anime adaption. xD I wish that pool scene was actually in the game though

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