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[MaxwellParrish]

Pretty excited for this news, non so much for the game per se (that looks to be right up in my alley, but I should see a bit more before being sold), but from the fact that this kind of game can be announced for worldwide contemporary (almost maybe?) distribution from the start, even if it is a new IP in pretty niche genre.
Hope this can become a widespread trend.

 

[Tizoc]

Truth be told the one thing I'm worried about is if the game will have A LOT of generic anime tropes.
DanganRonpa has them but manages to make the characters interesting and the overall events exciting.
I think that's in part due to localization so I'm hoping Kadokawa games delivers with that.

 

[nightever]

Good for the Vita! Kadokawa does what Sony don't...

Well, you can say every Japanese devs (except L5 & Capcom) do what Sony don't.

 

[Ravage]

So we are getting both Root Letter and God Wars (and most likely Demon Gaze 2 too). Wow o.0

 

[Benzychenz]

Really curious about whether this is like Danganronpa and stuff or straight VN.

 

[2+2=5]

I hope this is like danganronpa/vlr, we need more adventures/vn like them!

 

[SolidSnakex]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2015/11/10/92869.html

 

[Tizoc]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2015/11/10/92869.html

Those 3 girls look sameface to me :X
The boy looks OK imo.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2015/11/10/92869.html

A dating sim and a mystery VN?

 

[Tizoc]

A dating sim and a mystery VN?

There's a friggin' Yandare meter :V

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

There's a friggin' Yandare meter :V

Ohhhhh, that would explain the skull face at the end of the spectrum

 

[raven777]

 

[threelights]

Mino Taro is getting work.

At least I doubt threads will be derailed by his designs in these games though =P

Anyway, the murder mystery game sounds interesting imo. I wonder if it will be basically Persona 4 without the RPG parts...

 

[jiggle]

Life finds a way
After konami

Where are their shadows?

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Nice art.

 

[Acquiescence]

So they're all murderers or potential murderers and you can date them.

Yandere's all the rage these days huh. Nothing quite like an attractive girl brandishing a kitchen knife to get the blood pumping.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

So they're all murderers or potential murderers and you can date them.

Yandere's all the rage these days huh. Nothing quite like an attractive girl brandishing a kitchen knife to get the blood pumping.

Tossing in murder is the only way the west would pay these games any attention lol

 

[2+2=5]

Happy, sad, ghost, demon, alien?!?!?

Am i the only one thinking that those characters look a little too much like Love plus characters?

 

[takoyaki]

this looks right up my alley, more mystery VNs are always a good thing!

Going by the limited info from those slides, the game consists of 2 parts:

the Adventure Part, where you try to find her/find out more about her. At least some part of that looks a bit like Ace Attorney: you gather evidence, talk to friends and try to get them to confess what they know about her [in the trailer, she says she has killed someone and the words that pop up in the background say stuff like “is she an angel or the devil”]

the Simulation Part, where you try to win her over. Depending on your answers, your and her life will change and there will be multiple endings. [The slide doesn’t mention if you can date other people besides the girl from the trailer]

 

[Acquiescence]

Happy, sad, ghost, demon, alien?!?!?

Am i the only one thinking that those characters look a little too much like Love plus characters?

More like Happy/Concerned/Depressed/Demonic/"Oh fuck, she's gonna kill me!"

 

[2+2=5]

More like Happy/Concerned/Depressed/Demonic/"Oh fuck, she's gonna kill me!"

I get that the ghost icon(it's certainly a ghost because of that triangle on the head)

could mean depressed, but why an alien icon(a grey for reference)

for killing intentions?

 

[Acquiescence]

I get that the ghost icon(it's certainly a ghost because of that triangle on the head)

could mean depressed, but why an alien icon for killing intentions?

Aren't they going for a skeleton image there no? To signify death.

I dunno. I wasn't really being serious with that post anyway. I'm pretty sure that image on the far right means game over of some kind though.

 

[Funyarinpa]

Straight into my fucking veins

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Worldwide release announcement is really surprising but I'll take it

 

[Kresnik258]

Well, this is exciting, if only because I wonder what's going on with the worldwide release of these.

Long-term partnership with NISA? Or is that yet another one that's been dissolved because they're setting up an overseas publishing arm?

Anyway, interested in everything that's been announced today

 

[Lain]

Life finds a way
After konami


Where are their shadows?

Plot twist, they are the shadows.

 

[Rion]

The mix of dating, mystery and murder is just my kind of adventure. Deeply interested.

 

[Gizuko]

Life finds a way
After konami


Where are their shadows?

If you look closely at their feet they have very faint shadows. I don't know if this is hinting at the girl being a ghost or simply hinting at the "shadow quality" setting for the Vita version

Spoiler

Just kidding, if this truly is a VN why would they even have such a setting

 

[Guymelef]

So God Wars is this from last year.

"Project Code: Tsukiyomi, is a simulation RPG themed around Japanese mythology."

What about this?

"Project Code: Daten, is a dungeon RPG themed around the Cthulu mythos"
Demon Gaze 2?

 

[pbayne]

Getting a Persona 3 vibe from that picture.

 

[Kudo]

Man, all these announcements seem really interesting.
Love the heroine(?) designs for Demon Gaze II and Root Letter.

 

[baudelinog]

Looks amazing!

 

[klee123]

Wow, an SRPG and a Visual novel announced for worldwide release at their debuts.

What has the world come to?!?!?

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Seeing the word "worldwide" in the OP made me do a double take, roll back a few years and this is the exact sort of game that would never get localised. Well you've got my money for Root Letter, Kadokawa, I'll also keep a close eye on God Wars.

 

[robotnik]

So God Wars is this from last year.

"Project Code: Tsukiyomi, is a simulation RPG themed around Japanese mythology."

What about this?

"Project Code: Daten, is a dungeon RPG themed around the Cthulu mythos"
Demon Gaze 2?

Nope. Demon Gaze 2 was already announced by then.

 

[ShyMel]

I'm very interested in this. Super excited that it's getting a worldwide release as well. Wonder who is releasing it in USA/Europe.

 

[KimonoNoNo]

So they're all murderers or potential murderers and you can date them.

Yandere's all the rage these days huh. Nothing quite like an attractive girl brandishing a kitchen knife to get the blood pumping.

 

[LifeBrandRobot]

This looks super interesting. In for the Vita version. Cannot believe they announced WW release for a VN though lol. Also that logo is awsome.

 

[Shizuka]

Vita is the ultimate visual novel platform after PC.

 

[Funyarinpa]

Vita is the ultimate visual novel platform after PC.

Translated, yes.

Untranslated though, PSP stands a chance IMO.

 

[Parakeetman]

Translated, yes.

Untranslated though, PSP stands a chance IMO.

Pretty much it was the PSP till the support ended for that and the devs made a transition to the Vita.

 

[YianGaruga]

Vita is the ultimate visual novel platform after PC.

If you don't like Otome the selection of english VNs is quite limited though :/

 

[DrunkShogun]

Thank god for japanese developers keeping vita alive. This game isn't a must for me but good to see support.

 

[Miroku129]

Day 1 for me

 

[Shizuka]

If you don't like Otome the selection of english VNs is quite limited though :/

Otome are only three of almost ten visual novels we have so far, not counting the upcoming ones.

 

[Cornbread78]

Now this is intersting...

 

[Yasumi]

I need this soooo bad. It looks like a higher budget Special Investigations Division with a smidge of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters. If it turns out well, day 1

 

[KharmaPolice]

Simultaneous worldwide release of a vn? I got to support that.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Interested in this, especially with it getting confirmed for a worldwide release right off the bat. That's a shock.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Otome are only three of almost ten visual novels we have so far, not counting the upcoming ones.

Speaking of otome games, I have just been made aware of Bad Apple Wars which is releasing in Japan next week from Otomate. It looks attractive enough that I hope someone, Aksys or Idea Factory International or whoever, brings it over to the West. Who wouldn't want to play a game with music as rad as this?