Visual Novel translation status Amagami - 1st day patch Released

Sekai/Denpa
>Nenokami - Part 1 October 11th release, Part 2 33.95% translated
Grisaia trilogy - 2nd title Steam released, uncut editing nearly complete, 3rd 75% translated
2236 A.D. - 100% translated, ongoing engine/QA work
>Maitetsu - 39.71% translated
Koi to, Guitar to, Aoi Sora. - 100% translated, ongoing engine/QA work
Kokonoe Kokoro - 100% translated, engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo - 100% translated, engine work
WEE 3 - 100% translated, beta out shortly
>Chrono Clock - 39.81% translated, kickstarted finished
Narcissu 3rd - TL+Editing done
>Tenshin Ranman - 57.35% translated
Darekoi - 100% translated
>Wagamama High Spec -Demo is 100% translated, overall 73.54% translated
Memory's Dogma - 100% translated
>Koikuma - 8.85% translated
Hoshizora no Memoria - 45% translated
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
>Ley Line - In QA
>SakuSaku - In QA
Baldr Sky - Picked up both 1 and 2
Fatal Twelve - Picked up
Project Lux - Picked up
Her and Her and My 7 Days - Picked up
Girls in Glasses - Picked up


Frontwing
Corona Blossom - Vol 1 released, vol 2 IGG started
Sharin no Kuni - Kickstarter halted, will be restarted
Island - Picked up
Grisaia no Senritsu - Picked up


Visual Arts
Little Busters - Picked up
Rewrite+ - Picked up
Angel Beats - 50% translated


Degica
Muv Luv - Released, uncut patch still to come
Muv Luv Alternative - Winter release
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up


Aksys
Collar x Malice - 2017 release
Period Cube - 2017 release
Bad Apple Wars - 2017 release
Code: Realize fandisc - Picked up


Fruitbat
>Enigma - 100% translated, in editing, Winter release
>Hakoniwa no Gakuen - Being translated, Spring 2017 release
>Seven Days - Late 2017 release


Other
>The Silver Case - Released
>ChuSingura46+1 - Last 2 chapters released
Root Letter - 10/28 release
Steins;Gate 0 - 2016 release
Dies irae - Announced, Kickstarter planned
>Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - Common/Mari/Calen/2 Bonus routes translated, Aoi 15%
Taisho Alice - Vol 1 fully translated, all 4 volumes to be translated, crowdfunding plans scrapped
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
SubaHibi - Official release planned
Sora wo Aogite Kumo Takaku - Through Greenlight
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

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Damn, look at Maggot Baits go. Surely it will be any day now.

>>15943435
>Chrono Clock - 39.81% translated, kickstarted finished
January 2017 release boys!!!

Do we have any new info on subahibi? How many months has it been since they last said anything about it?

At this point I'm worried that the license fell through or something.

I kind of have the feeling that rance might get put up preorder in december but the launch date will be january 5th

why is the newest higurashi chapter not on steam yet?

>>15943559
Contrary to popular belief, you don't need Steam to buy nor play games.

>>15943612

evospace probably forgot to release it and it'll get taken care of when he comes in on monday.

>Shiei no Sona-Nyl
Koestl hasn't started translating this has he. Pretty excited for this, and I even bought Gahkthun in hopes that this would get localized.

>SakuSaku - In QA
Hey it actually alive, I thought Sekai just decided to just let it die. 2018 release with 18+ patch hopefully.

>>15943548
http://ask.fm/moogy0/answers/138823611348
Hope is all we have.

>>15943612
>>15943622

Basically, someone forgot to press a button on the Steam back end for something that requires approval before you can release. It's very dumb but we can't do much about it until Valve's back in next week.

>>15943434
Why they need +3 month for beta-testing DC3?

>>15943435
>>Ley Line - In QA
>>SakuSaku - In QA

How QA is different from QC?

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>>15943435
>Hapymaher - 51% translated
>Chrono Clock - 39.81% translated
Every fucking time!

Would anyone know if a tool got made for dealing with entis .csx in general? I found the old one that got made for yosuga no sora back in the day, but it seems like it's only good for that particular case, as I've got a script it won't export.

Not that it's important or anything. I kind of doubt I've got the drive to actually translate. Just curious about giving it a try.

>>15943464
Such is life with Kouryuu translating. He has a lot of other obligations aside from translation.

I hope it'll at least match the time it took Euphoria to get out, which was more or less around 16 months I think.

>>15943770

I'd guess that it's because it's a doddler port and it's not an engine that he's ported before(ex: he's ported enough bgi stuff by now that beta testing those titles is mostly a formality), so they want to give it a good chunk to make sure it's all in working order. If I recall, cartagra had a similarly long beta.

>>15943994
He gave a read-over once first, I think? Which is why he only recently started. It definitely won't take as long as DCIII did with most of his responsibilities diversified since he started on it.

>>15944008

Yeah he just finished his read through/notes like last week? I think. So he only just started TLing. It's not nearly as long as DC3 but the text is a lot more dense. I don't imagine it'll take as long as DC3.

>>15943669
SakuSaku had a Denpa release announced from the start, they still have a number of titles where the uncut release is in limbo but that isn't one of them. Though rather then a patch I imagine it will get the same kickstarter to Nutaku treatment that Chrono Clock is getting.

>>15943751
Hope is the most important thing there is.

>>15943464
As head translator of MG, Kouryuu has many duties that don't involve actual translating. It'll take a while though probably not nearly as long as Da Capo 3.

In any case, MG's streak of weekly releases for their store is likely to end the week after this Friday, not that I personally care too much about that. Still, assuming Ume Soft has something planned for Nov and December, there will only be 2 other empty weeks until the rest of the year.

>>15943548
VN localization agreements can take years to resolve.

So uh, what is going to happen when Rance beta starts anyway? Or is that just another thing to wait for it to finish?

>>15944511
It's closed beta, as always. You will never ever get it, so yes, it's just another phase of waiting.

>>15944511
It's no different from their regular round of testing, not sure why you would think that it is.

>>15943434
>Hapymaher - 51% translated, 32% edited
Who's translating Hapymaher? Seems like all the usual translators at MG are busy with something

>>15944497

Mangagamer's more opaque than it used to be, but it seems to me like kouryuu is doing a lot less than he used to. I'd say his problem is more than mangagamer isn't his only gig.

>>15944511
The latter. Open betas aren't a typical thing in general.

It'll probably come out the last two weeks of December

>>15943434
>Princess Evangile W Happiness - 66% translated, 42% edited

According to MG's twitter and status page it's only 62% translated. Unless this extra 4% was posted about somewhere else. If it's a mistake you should make a note about it in next weeks update, so people don't think MG are the ones who went back in progress.

>>15943464
I heard Kouryuu usually reads through the entire vn first before he starts a translation. That would explain the gap between Da Capo 3 being done and Maggot Baits starting.

>>15943669
Koestl is busy finishing the Grisaia games. He likely won't start work on Sona-Nyl until he finishes those.

>>15943770
What >>15943998 said and when you take into account all the text, Da Capo 3 is a very long vn.

>>15944511
MG isn't a AAA publisher, so they don't do open betas. There might be a demo closer to release though.

>>15944732
>I heard Kouryuu usually reads through the entire vn first before he starts a translation
That is the logical fucking thing to do. You need to know what kind of dialogue there is to be able to localize properly. If you don't, you're gonna get fucked hard at the end like JAST in Seinarukana.

>>15944786
If the vn is long enough, then that's not always possible.

Sometimes all they have to work with is a list of key terms and names provided by the devs. And sometimes not even that.

>>15944786
>like JAST in Seinarukana
What did they do? I haven't read Seinarukana.

>>15944878
At the end of Satsuki's route, she asks MC to finally call her by her name. Up until now, he called her senpai. Yet JAST used her name all along. They translated this line anyway and completely ignored the confusion it causes among the EOPs.

>>15944898
That's disgustingly sloppy of them.
If they actually bothered to fix it I guess the game would still be in editing.

>>15944898
If based Gare translated it, she would've asked the MC to call her Satsuki-poo as a pet name. Confusion averted.

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>>15944931
How much poo will there be in Himawari?

>>15944951
Himawari with be full of poo, because it's a no-name lolige and the art looks as expected. As expected of something moogy recommended.

>>15944951
>>15944978
No ero = no one cares

>>15945002
I care :(

>>15943998
I'm dumb as fuck, but why do they need to port the game in the first place? Does english text just not work on the original engines?

>>15945233
If you can come up with that question in the first place surely you can figure out the answer.

>>15945233

There are generally two reasons games get ported: either the engine is simply unworkable with English text and/or English locales or the engine's license is prohibitively expensive and a port would be either less expensive or comparably in price but offer additional advantages in terms of features and whatnot (eg. multi-platform options, Steam achievements, etc). DC3 is a case of the former afaik.

>>15944816
This is more common for regular game releases or something with a time-sensitive release. Since MG gets to dictate their release schedule for the most part there's really no reason they can't read over the material beforehand. Even translators that work at companies where this isn't possible admit that it's much better to do it than translate something raw. It helps with localization choices and context, among other things.

>>15945389
Most of their translators are freelances that work part-time for them. And a month extra or so on every full-length vn they translate would really add up for time lost and money wasted.

>>15945665
MG pays by the character (at least they did when I tried to work with them) so it wouldn't cost them anything to have the freelancers read the VN before they start translating. At most it would take some time, but since they're not paying for it I bet it comes out of the translator's free time, not paid time.

>>15945691
Then why would the freelancer bother doing it at all when they're not being paid to do it? MG has no way to enforce them to do it.

>>15945708
Because it's easier to translate something when you have a general idea of what's going on in the story.

>>15945716
They can just use whatever terms they choose. Similar to the Kyonyuu Fantasy translation until the writer got involved. Yes, reading it beforehand can help, but it's not a requirement and it results in delays before translation.

>>15945736
That's kinda different situation though, they translated it, checked with Waffle and got the go ahead but Waffle never double-checked with the writer.

>>15945716
They aren't going to do a month of free work before starting the work they actually get paid for. They're doing it for money, so no, there is no free work being done.

>>15945708

Obviously you can't enforce something like that, but most competent translators do it because it just makes sense to. It's not as critical on every game though. Like most nukige and moege you can get away with not doing it or just reading a route or two in advance. For most games it really shouldn't take that long to get through a readthrough anyway, though some TLs take pretty extensive notes or start working through some potential problem points (eg. terms/foreshadowing shenanigans/etc) in advance.

A lot of loc companies don't even provide copies of games to their loc staff though, which is pretty awful.

>>15945752
That free work is just reading a VN. I can only see your point if the game sucked.

>>15945783
It would also be the case if they had no interest in the vn, or if it's just some nukige.

>>15945752
>>15945736
I didn't even mention terminology. Unless the game's really straightforward (nukige need not be mentioned), knowing the context of random allusions and description can save a lot of headache in actual everyday translation. Never mind stuff like gender references that turn out to be a plot point later on. Going back to edit those later would be hell.

It takes a few days to read through most games, translation will take months. It simply makes sense from the point of view of the translator, in most cases.

As for delays, you can play through the game before you even get the script to translate, since that usually takes longer to set up.

>>15945823
Agreed. I don't know why that other guy is complaining when it results in higher quality translations.

>>15945736
Shame they didn't check measurement system. You have done a pretty bad translation job when nobody can read your stat translations.

>>15946155
Well, the translation is full of "it's" when they mean "its", "you're" instead of "your".
The stat localization is shit, but it's not the TL's biggest problem. If it went through QA even once, it would get discovered.

>>15944898
Aroduc translated it, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it was the fault of JAST editing the translation.

>>15946665
>JAST
>Spending money on an editor

Their editor is probably the QC person too. Basically just read the whole thing and check for typos.

>>15946674
Best way to conserve "its" and "youre".

>>15944517
MG is hiring people for beta-testing, so if you apply now, maybe you will be picked for rance testing.

>>15944816
>If the vn is long enough, then that's not always possible.
What.
Even longest VNs take only week to read. If "translator" cannot fucking finish reading VN he is hired to translate, he should be fired as soon as possible.

>>15946674
JAST hires editors. Some projects were edited by ultimate honorifics-hater herkz, so retarded dialogs like that are deliberate choice rather than mistake.

>>15946808
Aroduc left a nice blog post with some reasons why he did some of the shit he did.
http://tenka.seiha.org/2016/03/a-collection-of-random-translation-notes-from-seinarukana/
Can't remember if he did any blogging about the honorifics though, but I do remember he doesn't like using them in his translations.

How the fuck is uncensored Muv Luv still not out?
How the fuck is Alternative still not out?

>>15946155
They mentioned that most of their customers are in the US, so it makes sense that they changed the measurement system. If they could've, providing both would've been a better solution.

>>15946900
That's because he's a faggot who would rather ruin the dialogue than use them. Everyone who is against honorifics is completely fucked when they are supposed to translate lines in which the characters discuss the honorifics they use for each other, like in Seinarukana.
Bunny Black was worse off, because it seemed as though the characters didn't show respect for Darx, calling him completely casually.
The worst was Duel Savior. I just couldn't read the lines with お兄様, or whatever the MC's sister used, translated to [name]

Aroduc is like Herkz, but with actual power. Terrifying.

>>15946808
>>15946900

Aroduc and Herkz both have rather strong opinions on terminology and translation style (as well as willing to publicly release anything they aren't happy about) which aren't particularly well suited for official releases. I imagine this is at least part of the reason why Sekai only initially offered to buy the Baldr Sky translation as is, rather then bringing the team aboard, especially if Giga has their own requirements for the English release, and why Herkz never was picked up by Mangagamer to do editing. It is an attitude that is much more suited for fan translations instead, where there is no requirement to deal with higher ups looking over the scripts or a need to be in line with what consumers are looking for.

>>15947229
If only Arunaru was the same case.

>>15947229
>why Herkz never was picked up by Mangagamer to do editing

I thought it was because he didn't know Shakespeare and likes to add memes instead of actual translations.

>>15947229
Personally, I think you're giving a little too much credit for Sekai caring how liberal a VN translation will be. Though I could see Giga having issues since Frontwing had issues with Grisaia's translation for a bit, and Sekai does have an issue with kowtowing to the parent company.

Still, it shouldn't be too hard to convince Aroduc to make the necessary changes though any extra money he may charge for those changes may bother Sekai.

>>15947259
I think him being an incredibly toxic asshole is more than enough reason to not hire him.

>>15947271
On the subject of Sekai, the linkedin account for the CEO disappeared. Guess he's officially fired.

>>15947271
I'm not saying that Sekai cares about the translation being literal or liberal, although they would want to avoid a translation that makes them look bad in their highest profile release, especially when they already have other problems to deal with. However if Giga wants to micromanage how Baldr gets introduced into the West while Aroduc wants to be stubborn about his choices, it would get ugly rather fast. Not to mention that Herkz has already burned Sekai once with the Frontwing information leak, and both of them would publicly badmouth Sekai and Giga about any choices they didn't agree with as well as publicly air out any dirty laundry that is sure to occur in a largescale project such as this.

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>>15947302
Doubt it. Here's a picture of Dovac's disgustingly long fingernails. He's still there.

>>15947315
I really think dovac's anger problems is because he wants to be transgendered but his mom won't let him.

Instead of all the NTR, how about someone localizes a good swapping game?

>>15947229
Herkz isn't even a translator, why does anyone value that fuck's opinion?

>>15947351
He's one of the leaders of the cartel. Of course, since anime fantranslations are dead, he matters even less than before. The memories of his trolling still remain, though.

>>15947379
gg was the best troll fantranslators. I miss them.

>>15947339
To most people they're the same shit.

>>15947382
They came back for Macross Delta, though they probably won't be staying around.

>>15947393
Most people are retarded then.
Usual netorare:
MC's girl fucks 1-x other guys
MC fucks 0 other girls

Usual swapping:
MC's girl fucks 1 other guy
MC fucks 1 other girl
Often threesomes as well.

>>15947404
Let me rephrase that:
As long as MC's girl fucks someone else than the MC, it's the same shit.

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>Myth

T-they're actually translating this trash?

>>15947430
That's the view of a vanillashitter. Don't reply to me again.

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Oh, so you read it in Japanese? Can you tell me if Hibiki is a cutie pie?

>>15947442
I prefer Netori and reverse NTR more than vanilla to be honest.

>>15947458
that would be an understatement

>>15947511
Ok, bought. I don't like reading about uglies.

MG should really try to get https://vndb.org/v19684#main since they have a partnership with Liarsoft and a good relationship with Hamashima, they could even use this game as a way to start talks with Silkyplus.

>>15947636
I think their problem now is finding good, quality translators that will work for peanuts.

>>15947643
Both Haru and Gare have showed interest in the game, so finding a good translator is not a problem and they also have Arunaru to put on projects that dont have translators.

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http://mangagamer.org/moeday/
The Moe Day sale looks really good, desu. Why MG don't make their shop page as good looking like this?

Too bad the moeday sale doesn't apply to hardcopies. I'd buy some of those older catalogue titles.

>>15947891
Thanks for the Da Capo sales so I would know what the fuck is going on in Da Capo III!

>>15947891

Mostly because I just get to do whatever for the sale pages pretty much. The only real restriction is how annoying it is to put together. I was gonna try to make it randomize the order of the games but I got too lazy to figure it out. Perhaps next time.

Which is the best Overdrive game out of the three: DEARDROPS, Kira Kira, or Edelweiss?

They're all pretty cute.

>>15947958
DEARDROPS

>>15947891
>http://mangagamer.org/moeday/

That is the worst page layout I've ever seen anywhere. I wonder if my browser is just displaying it wrong, because nobody would make something like that on purpose.

>>15947211
>Bunny Black was worse off, because it seemed as though the characters didn't show respect for Darx, calling him completely casually.

I think that works for Darx. He seems like a pretty casual guy.

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>>15948098
What exactly is wrong with it...?

>>15948101
Maybe in 1, but definitely not 2.

>>15948098

Assuming it's actually broken and you're not just being mean, I probably shouldn't have been lazy and counted on everyone using modern enough browsers to support flexbox without a fallback...

>>15947891
Guess I'll be buying Da Capo to see if I care about Da Capo 3.

>>15948128
Pirate it.

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>>15948105

I'm not him, but firefox renders it pretty wild for me aswell. Not that it's a big deal since it'll be over soon anyway.

>>15948141
works fine for me on FF

>>15948128
Just read a summary of Da Capo I and buy Da Capo II. I bought them both a couple months ago and DCI really didn't age well. DC II was much more pleasant to read. 3 of the routes arent the best but it's nice if you are looking for something calming.

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>>15948105
I guess it is just me.

I actually had to zoom out as far as I could, and that was all I could get on screen. Otherwise it's all just the banner. No idea why.

>>15948150
>>15948141

Yeah, whatever version of whatever browser you're using must not support flexbox. Which I guess is not as widely supported as I had assumed or you guys are just using old versions of things.

>>15947003
And the lesson is... kickstarters are bullshit. Don't buy until you can see the final product.

>>15948158

Or maybe I'm just stupid and forgot something in the CSS that FF and IE require (thank you Doddles).

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>>15948105
>>15948141
>>15948150

Sasuga, Haro-poo.

>>15948158

I'm on 47.0.1, which is new enough that it's not harassing me to update it, so I guess
>>15948145
must be on 48 or the 49 beta

>>15948158
49.01 here, displays fine for me without javascript.

>>15948197
>>15948179

I fixed some stuff, so hopefully it should be working properly now.

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>>15948204

Yes, that appears to have solved it.

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>>15948204
>>15948119
Why is Mangagamer's most moe title (pic related) not on sale for moeday but non-moe stuff like No Thank You and Euphoria are?

Surely someone intends to fix this error, but I'm surprised it was overlooked in the first place.

>>15948204
I just checked and refreshed the page, and it's working now for me. Great work being on top of things.

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>>15948216
>Euphoria
>Not moe

>>15948216
This fucking guy again.

>>15948216
There nothing more moe than penis swordplay and literal shit.

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>>15948216
Calm down.

>supipara's on sale already

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>>15948216
Michel's too cute, that's why. They can't allow him to monopolize the sales.

>>15948250
Desperate times call for desperate measures.

It's mostly up to the minori fags at this point though. Maybe one of them will win the lottery.

>>15948270
Honestly I think even minori fags would prefer that they just move on to another title

>>15948270
>minori fags
I don't think these people exist?

>>15948302
Two work for MG at least, and Overdrivefags are still a thing.

>>15948329
Overdrive is dead, mate.

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>go to Japan
>nobody fugs

Sounds about right

>>15948345
One day, Shin Go Go Nippon will rock the visual novel industry.

Jokes aside, a company or franchise being dead doesn't always stop the fanbase from existing.

>>15948349
>2016 version
God damn I remember reading the 2011 version and it being so short.

>>15947636
I want more detective eroge in general. How about some Hakoniwa Logic?

>>15947636
DMM would make Nutaku seem more likely. And that vn isn't even out in Japan yet, so good luck getting a license for it within the next year or two.

>>15947891
>http://mangagamer.org/moeday/
No Tick! Tack! or Really? Really!?
Now it's confirmed, Navel is no more in partnership with MG.

>>15948148
I think that DCPC is way better and less borring than DC2 because the latter seems more generic, but yeah, the english translations for DC suck.

>>15947891
ive got almost every game on that sale, guess ill pick up free friends 2, though, since thats about all im missing

>>15949140
Doesn't sound like a very big loss.

>>15949315
>Doesn't sound like a very big loss.
Navel, with games like Oretsuba, Shuffle Essence, Tsuki ni Yorisou, Otome Riron, etc...
Seriously annon...

>>15949343
>Navel, with games like Oretsuba, Shuffle Essence, Tsuki ni Yorisou, Otome Riron, etc...
Still waiting for you to say something noteworthy.

>>15949378
Ok, you got me. If you are saying that one of the best kamiges (Oretsuba) isn't relevant then you must be trolling pretty hard and isn't worth to reply any more to you comments.

>>15943458
Order Number - 233122
Order Date - 2016-10-10 20:05:25

Moe day flash sale started ~8 hours ago for reference

>>15947636
Forget about that i want a new Innocent Grey title to fill the void KnS2 left inside me. I can't wait any longer.

>>15950047

Can't really measure the success of the sale because there was a bundle not too long ago, and that usually takes a full month for the codes to get used up.

>>15943458
Order Number - 233109
Order Date - 2016-10-10 18:43:37

Hope MG bring over more Lilith titles, though i guess the previous titles didn't sell that well.

>>15950100
KnS3 by 2018

>>15950251
Not sure which company broke it off, but yeah, MG is unlikely to get new Lilith titles.

>>15948329
Overdrive is at least fun. minori is anti-gaijin, pro-DRM and hates eroge fans in general. Let's not forget they can't manage money since they said it costs a cool million to make power point slides.

>>15950560
>minori is anti-gaijin
That's a good think.

Why aren't Kira Kira and Deardrops on Steam?

>>15950570
I know, right? Ask Europe.

>>15950602
I know that MG wanted to do a retranslation for Kira Kira if they ever put it on Steam. I doubt that any potential Steam sales would outweigh the cost of the translation though, at least not for a long while.

Deardrops should be fine though. It wouldn't sell a lot, but enough to offset the cost of putting it on Steam, probably.

>>15950602
Deardrops doesn't have an all-ages version (yet) and Kouryuu said that the Kira Kira translation isn't up to their current standards.

>>15950815
About the only reason they bothered to redo the Umineko and Higurashi translations was because those are famous vns that would sell very well on Steam. As for Umineko, them hosting links to fan TL patches just helped reinforce the retarded misconception that MG was a fan translation group that charged money.

Edelweiss was an odd case as well. Its translation was much worse than Kira Kira's, which meant that many fans weren't willing to buy it until it was redone. Kira Kira's translation isn't the best, but as far as an EOP can tell, it just needs some editing. It isn't likely to receive a new translation though, since they'd be better off putting the time/money into a new vn that has way better sales potential.

Once again, it seems that MG needs to find a way to spread their brand name.

>So, this might be a dumb question, but do all vn on this site have English translations or is it just the ones that say so. I'm new to vn, most I got off steam.

>>15950875
Where did you find such a dumb question

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>>15950895
Not him but...

>>15950875
There's not much they can do to spread their names to steamfags. They're already mentioned on ANN once in a while, and they already publish Steam games. It's to the point a Google search should suffice.

Do they need to get tv commercials?

>>15950895
Moe Day thread on reddit

Which VN from MG will get the NOTO font?

https://www.google.com/get/noto/

>>15950900
Euphoria in tv commercials would be marvelous.

>>15950900
Once they're close to releasing the Umineko fighter that's both all ages and has gameplay, they can shoot for more mainstream coverage. I wonder if they could take out an add in a gaming magazine.

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>>15950915
Not for a gaming magazine, but they could use almost all the gaming sites just to promote it. And the FGC will shill the fuck out for the Ougon Musou if MG makes an exhibition tournament or they put money for somewhere like CEO/CEOtaku, Anime Ascension, etc.

>>15950907
>>15950899
>>15950875
Literal plebbitors who will not get banned.

>>15950939
Not really. I just go there to laugh at them. Such as that instance or the one where they praise that SJW, Christine Love.

>>15950915
Unless they plan on getting more all ages gameplay titles (Pretty much all of their actual gameplay titles are eroge right now), I don't see that happening.

Except for Alicesoft's Pastel Chime Continue (whose all ages version involved 5pb and thus negotiation will be a bitch), none of their current partners have all ages gameplay. It might be feasible to make all ages version of some of Alicesoft's games, but that involves heavy negotiation with the parent company and with Steam. At the very least, I don't think slapping hannies over the genitals will be sufficient.

>>15950960
What's the actual problem wiht 5pb? They would rather localize themselves?

>>15950971
Yeah. They prevented JAST from publishing Steins;Gate on Steam.

>>15950974
And then did it themselves, but with shittier font and UI translations. At least it has higher resolution artwork than the JAST version.

>>15950933
I'll shill it on Kappa at least when it comes out, might help get a few sales.
Really doubt a scene will grow for a PC-only fighter, especially one as mediocre as Ougon, but whatever.

anyone notice that sekai has to offer health benefits 401k and employee housing to attract staff? MG doesn't even need to advertise for jobs to get talented people

>>15951140
But the healthcare is paid for by Kickstarter fools. How long will that last?

>>15951140
Yet they don't have money to pay for Aroduc's BSD translation.

>>15951140
What's the point of either of those if the company's bound to collapse in a matter of years?

>>15951231
Well, I suppose employee housing is beneficial so you can save on rent. Of course if they were smart, they wouldn't spend the savings since they will be out of a job and housing down the road.

>>15947339
Authoring Heaven would be a good choice for company with wife on shota. That is a pretty good swap.

>>15951267
Their vns are too old and dated.

>>15949140
They have NEVER been on sale. Navel probably didn't like how cheap it was in the west and just said screw it.

A shame, since a sale on their items would probably have moved hundreds of copies.

>>15951312
A bit late to the party, but is Dracu-Riot's patch any good, or is it essentially garbage-tier translation?

>>15951332
Garbage

>>15951306
Like you don't fix that with lolscaling and porting to unity. Suddenly HD awesome game.

>>15951349
Don't bring attention to MG's cropping or their fanbois will rip us apart.

>>15951340
Who would have thought. Thanks.

>>15951354
Only the parent company crops, and that was even true with Sekai's release of G-senjou.

>>15951349
It wouldn't even look good upscaled, the art is just bad.

>>15951358
It's fine anon. Give it a try.

>>15951414
Most of it is an edit of Insem's original translation which was translated from the Chinese fan translation. Chinese fan translations are all notoriously bad.

>>15951455
>edit of Insem's original translation
And it edited by the same group who MTLed Noble Work.

>>15951366
You don't know what parent company means.

>>15951406
You are just being silly. It isn't even 256 color.

>>15947891
Is ef worth it, I never really paid much attention to it for some reason

Gal*Gun seem to be selling pretty well. It is practically a VN as well, but it is a shame we aren't counting it.

>>15951794
Fuck PQube. T'was a minor issue, but them claiming no censorship then censoring the ages from Valkyrie Drive annoys me.

>>15951766
Just watch the anime.

>>15951766
It's high tier on the cinematic front, though that also means your poor toaster will suffer

>>15947891
>>15948098
Looks like >>15948105 for me. On Firefox 49.0.1.
Looks pretty good.

>>15947891
Rather than fixing the layout of the store, I wish that I could sort my purchases by genre rather than simply date.

>>15951766
>ef
Poor man's Key rip off.

>>15951358
of fucking course it's garbage it's a leaked patch that was never edited

>>15950980
They are fixing it and said there will be an update this week or next. They plan to put in new font.

>>15951924
Only 1st season. The 2nd is trash.
Also, the ending of the VN is much more touching and depressing

>>15951836
Not sure I can care. They censor the ages in all the visual novels. "All characters 18+" plastered on the covers is just standard.

>>15951140
They do not have enough money to keep it going at that rate. Healthcare is offered throughout the US and is required for 30 workers or more. But it's a lot considering that Sekai is running out of kickstarters and fans are becoming apathetic tired. The bubble will burst eventually.

>>15951836
Actually the company that gave permission to bring it out uncensored. Has always had the rule of changing the ages in order to prevent it from getting negative press over lolicon stuff.

>>15951140
This is going to be for their in house positions, rather then the translation/editing/etc work they mostly contract out to freelancers. Though they seem to have a larger in house staff then MG/Jast. Frontwing is the only company which has most of their translation work going through in house, but even then their translation output is fairly limited by comparison.

>>15952486
> Have more staff than MG.
> Get literally shitall done.

10/10. Yeah, they now give regular updates for everything, but game TL status moves by literally 1%-3% a week for a very modest length VN. It's absurd.

I don't even know how Leyline and SakuSaku aren't out yet, considering when they were picked up they already had QC all done. Plus, insofar I know, SP doesn't actually do QC.

>>15952533
They claim to be doing QC now, but this sudden development still doesn't explain why Leyline and SakuSaku have been in limbo forever.

It's absurd that people think they'll actually release ChronoClock in January.

>>15952556
Honestly, it just seems like a PR move, since I don't think I've seen any of their other titles hit QC, ever. Heck, most aren't even edited, with rare exception for high-profile titles like Grisaia.

I can't think of any reason why they'd stall releases on two titles for no apparent reason when they haven't had a single profitable year yet, and the license is ostensibly already paid for. The only thing that would make sense is that they don't have the liquid to pay for the translation on top of all their operating expenses safely. It'd also explain why they tried to lowball Aroduc so heavily for Baldr Sky.

Expect their translations to be increasingly outsourced to worse and worse TLers.

>>15947302
Dovac isn't fired. If he were, he would be here bitching about it like a bitch.

>>15952616
>I can't think of any reason why they'd stall releases on two titles for no apparent reason when they haven't had a single profitable year yet, and the license is ostensibly already paid for. The only thing that would make sense is that they don't have the liquid to pay for the translation on top of all their operating expenses safely. It'd also explain why they tried to lowball Aroduc so heavily for Baldr Sky.
Those two titles weren't even announced that long ago. No conspiracy theories are required to understand why they haven't released yet.

>>15952556
SakuSaku was only picked up in the early Summer, even MG might not have had it out yet had they picked it up. They'll have tech work to make sure it works in English and they need to create an all ages Steam version. Much of that is likely dependant on waiting for the Japanese company if they didn't get permission to do it themselves. They also might want to throw an editing pass on it, to avoid any pitfalls of releasing an unchecked fan translation (or follow any script demands from the developer). Leyline is going to be dependent on the same things, and it isn't like they picked it up all that long ago either.

Chrono Clock is puzzling though, as they have several other titles seem much closer to release which seem like a better choice to be pushing for their next release. Short of them having 2 translators and the second one hasn't reported progress to the status page, I can't imagine how they have it done by January, or even before AX next Summer.

>>15952556
>Leyline and SakuSaku have been in limbo forever.
Maybe because they haven't? SakuSaku was a announced in July. Leyline a few months earlier. You're inventing a narrative that has little to do with reality.

>>15952822
Fuck off, Dovac.

>The Silver Case - Released

I never thought this would happen.
There might be hope for Otome Function to release in this lifetime after all.

>>15952900
>Otome Function
How long has it been now

>>15952796
Leyline was picked up in March, so it's approaching 7 months now since announcement. That seems like quite awhile to me to release a title which was already translated, even in spite of all the additional technical stuff they need to do.

Honestly I think it would've been more in their favor to have announced it later. Closer to their projected release date. But I suppose since it was initially an on-going fan-project, the logistics of that would've been a bit difficult.

>>15952533
I am starting to wonder if they know how to translate Japanese or are hoping the machines will get it done for them. It seems weird to take so long on a few simple visual novels that has basic Japanese and easy kanji.

>>15952900
Unless SkyRockets hired Suda51 without telling anyone, I can't see why it would matter.

>>15953086
It doesn't, but the english release of the silver case was pretty high up there on the list of games that will never come out. If Silver Case can get released after all this time, Otome Function might get released eventually too.

>>15952953
Himawari finished both translation and editing back in September 2015 and has been waiting on Frontwing, a Japanese company that is actively involved in the Western market.

Leyline was announced in March, and presumably wasn't picked up much before that considering Sekai's habit of announcing titles as quickly as they can. The fan translation they picked up wasn't necessarily in a release ready state and may need at least an editing pass, and they very well may be reliant on the Japanese company for script insertion, engine work, and creation of a Steam version. Not to mention potential approval of the script, if the Japanese company wishes to micromanage the release as some others have wanted to.

>>15953144
Well it's because visual novels have exploded on steam and the companies want a piece of the Steam pie. It's good to see it happen.

>>15953172
Sales on non-meme titles have really cooled as of late. Hopefully it's still enough to keep the devs interested in localizing their titles.

>>15952900
Also if I remember correctly they did also remaster the Game with better graphics and cleaned everything up and allowed upscaling. Silver Case definitely deserves a look at for the fans of the oldschool and the new

>>15953221
Judging by the sales of Steins;Gate(I think it has 13k sales) and a few other notable ones I would say they are happy. Also do not forget the Steam sale this winter and visual novels will be riding through the roof.

>>15953221
When the Sharin KS and the Dies Irae KS fail, devs will probably stop being interested and the Steam part of the market will suffer. The 18 plus part will trudge along as always at least, in a better shape than it was before Sekai came along at least.

>>15953241
It really depends on the title and how famous it is and how much hype there is for it etc. Supipara flopped even at a cheap price.

>>15953250
That is true not everything is going to sell extremely well there are some that never pan out week. But I do think some sell quicker(Steins;Gate) and others it takes time for it to get good amount of sells(Tokyo Babel,Corona Blossom). But I do think the Steam sales(Winter) help both of those titles get into more hands and help spread the word.

>>15953247
Sharin will do really well as well Dates rae. Sharin even admitted that they will lower their goal and bring in to PS Vita port.

>>15953277
The summer sale is the same thing and Tokyo Babel didn't seem to get much of a boost from that. Gahkthun is in the same boat.

>>15953247
Dies Irea will be fine as long as the translation team can drive home doing the kickstarter before the anime would be really stupid.

The Steam market might be down, and you might have the ocasional title which does abymisal (Supipara), but the sales as a whole are still much better then most pre-Steam releases, and Steam all ages releases still generally beat 18+ releases. I doubt Da Capo 3 does better on MG then it does on Steam, despite the 18+ content with the MG release and MG being one of the bigger storefronts out there. Sure Rance might sell better then a lot of Steam titles, but few 18+ releases are Rance.


>>15953241
Steins;Gate is likely to end up with a much bigger total down the line. Despite no Kickstarter keys it actually started much stronger then Clannad. Steins;Gate has been out roughly a month and is 12-13k average or so on Steamspy. Clannad on the other hand is at around 30k now, but a month after release it was about 7.5k, and 14k or so about 5 months after release.

>>15953300
> the sales as a whole are still much better then most pre-Steam releases
That's not exactly saying much, since we already know that numerous popular companies told MG they wouldn't localize their titles at the time due to low sales numbers. If Steam numbers continue to drop, companies could lose interest or make the projects low priority.

>>15953282
Sharin will probably fail, but even if it succeeds, barely hitting its goal after one failed campaign isn't really doing really well.
DI could go either way. I think it'll comfortable reach its goal, at least, but I have doubts that it'll go much beyond that.

I understand some of the Steam burnout. I've given a few doujins that have been translated a shot lately and was pretty disappointed. I'll still play major releases that I'm interested in though. Lesser known titles that I'm not that familiar with will more than likely get passed on. Dead End Junction's ending, or lack thereof was just the last straw.

>>15953286
I would say that is because the Summer Sale is the hugest sale of the year and everyone is going to get the more well known games and visual novels(Danganronpa) and pickup a few small indies. I will admit I did not pick it up on the summer sale but I bought it a week ago. I think the winter sale should be good for visual novels as it's not so huge than the summer sale where everyone is indecisive.

Aroduc's given up translating because of disgust with Dovac and the community response, especially the industry people.

Congratulations. We did it.

>>15953340
Winter sale is a huge sale too. Nearly everything notable is on sale. And alot of people tend to have less money, because of their holiday expenses.

>>15953354
That is true and a good point. Maybe visual novels can have a 25 to 30℅ sale on that time instead of during the summer(unless it's more well known or in parts like higurashi ). Try to make it more if a traditional thing.

>>15953325
Dead End Junction did not have much of an ending? That is surprising actually.

>>15953400
It was pretty bad. You get to a really good point in the story, then they go "but that's a story for another time" and it's just over out of nowhere. It's like they're baiting for a sequel that doesn't exist and might never exist.

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Not exactly the perfect place to ask, but can you guys help me remember a fully unofficially (afaik) translated VN name?
>main character is a doctor
>something crazy happened to the normal world and warped it to a surreal world where everyone has some degree of mutations
>MC helps the poor muties in particular
>one heroin is a thief cat-lady mutant with black cat arms and legs


Played it for several hours a couple years ago and can't remember the name, but it was a really top notch VN in terms of story

>>15953405
Wow that is just bad I dislike open ended endings.

>>15953417
Inganock

>>15953425
That was fast as fuck, thanks. Been eating away at me for a week now

>>15953405
Eh, I thought it was fine as far as open endings go. All of the important conflicts were resolved by the end. Though maybe I'm just weird.

Ignanock was worse in this specific regard since we're on the topic, and Sharnoth was an utter travesty. Gahkthun actually wrapped things up pretty well if it was a bit rushed.

>>15953282
>>15953300
Vitafags might be enough for Sharin, but I'm still skeptical.

As for Dies Irae, I can't help but think that even if the timing was perfect, the Japanese devs will do something extremely stupid.

>>15953511
>Ignanock was worse in this specific regard since we're on the topic, and Sharnoth was an utter travesty.
You'll have to explain, considering that both Inganock and Sharnoth rather decisively concluded themselves and their thematic lines as far as I can tell.

>>15953511
But we still don't know what happened to Jo's dad, the villain escaped, we still don't know what the villains really are, Runon still can't control her power, and it seems that everyone was separated when they jumped worlds, so who knows where the others are.

>>15953400
The ending was fine. But it was a "the adventure continues" type of thing that sets up a sequel.

>>15953527
Inganock never explained the prince very well, and the final battle with the clown made no sense whatsoever.

Sharnoth's issue was mostly with what M was and the lack of conclusion with Mary he had. Though at least the voiced edition explains him more than in the original edition IIRC.

>>15953534
I just assumed the villains wanted to wreck shit, took the father at his word and assumed he survived somehow, Runon would eventually learn how with Inaho at her side since she tooks the first steps to controlling her power within the story itself, and that everything would end up fine.

>>15953582
That's the problem with Dead End Junction's ending. It requires a ton of guesswork from the reader and teases you for a sequel that might never be made. And in a visual novel, showing is better than telling, so they failed to show pretty much the conclusion to just about anything important.

Hey Haro, what's the name of the adult yaoi beastmen vn that somehow ended up on an all-ages phone app store?

>>15952420
Much more ridiculous, you mean.

>>15953144
>list of games that will never come out

Why won't anybody release Mother 3? Fucking hell.

>>15954227
It's already been translated, it came out in Japan on a console that was already replaced in America (and replaced by a console that was incredibly successful on top of that), it was the sequel to a game that did badly everywhere outside of Japan, and Nintendo really doesn't care about people complaining on the internet.

Doesn't matter to me either way since an official Mother 3 would be censored to hell. The Magypsies alone would give Treehouse a panic attack

>>15943458
Order Number - 233643
Order Date - 2016-10-11 14:17:18

>>15953340
Sure is a feeling when I didnt bother with Summer sale last time because the sales werent good enough for the games I wantrd since they are mostly new

>>15943458
Order Number - 233644
Order Date - 2016-10-11 14:18:59

>>15943458
Order 233658
2016-10-11 14:41:49
Kindred Spirits drama cds

>>15953352
But he's gonna keep shit talking anime, right anon?

>>15954598
I hope

>>15953671

Beast x Light

>>15953352
Doesn't stop him from shitting on animu on principle so all is fine.

i love dovac
he is my brovac

Ne No Kami part 1 seems to be out, though it looks like another short-term Nutaku exclusive.

>>15954958
Out of curiosity, does anyone know for sure if Nutaku's download store is actually doing well?

>>15954227
When has Nintendo ever given up the rights to one of their IPs to let somebody else localize it?
If Nintendo doesn't do it, it ain't gonna happen. Give it up, it's been fan translated for years anyway.

>>15955364
But Pokemon GO wasn't even made by Nintendo but then again, it's not a localization.

>>15955369
Pokemon Company owns Pokemon. Nintendo has a large share but they don't have exclusive rights. That's completely different from all their other first-party IPs.

>>15954432
Depending how well they're still sell they might not be much more discounted during the winter sale either.

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>Frontwing suddenly tweets in your language
>It's also perfectly written

>>15955690
Frontwing seems to be one of the better Japanese companies in terms of foreign languages. Wonder why everybody else is having such a problem.

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>>15955690
>Español iberico
>Perfecto

Toma uno

>>15955690
What's the point when Frontwing doesn't have Spanish VNs?

>>15955754
Maybe they're hoping some beans know English.

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>>15955690
>Using Spain's Spanish
>not Neutral Spanish.
Spain a shit.

>>15955754
In the Ask Me Anything they did in Reddit, they talked about more languaje for the upcoming titles. Spanish is the second most used languaje in the world, so is kinda important.

>>15955744
>Español Iberico
WTF is this? In Spain you can talk in a few different languages. Do you mean castillan or spanish (not latin)?

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>>15955767
>Neutral Spanish

Not a real thing. Nice try though.

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>>15955776
It is tho. Solo dejen de ocupar los vos y sus conjugaciones, ademas de quitar las palabras con la terminacion -is para hacerlo neutro para la mayoria de los paises.

>>15955767
Nah, we all know that in south america it's more natural to pirate a game than purchase one.

>>15955784
lol

>>15953352
Where did he say that?

>>15955767
2nd most widespread technically

Chinese has the most speakers while English is second.

>>15955799
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
English is in the third position in the most spoken languages.

>>15955245
Depends on what you mean with well. Considering they like to boast several million unique visitors, I doubt many actually buy anything.

>>15955808
Only if you're native.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers

>>15953033
>It seems weird to take so long on a few simple visual novels that has basic Japanese and easy kanji.
How to spot someone who doesn't know Japanese

>>15955690
They announced hiring a Spanish speaker a couple months ago.

>>15955245
I don't believe there is any direct evidence out there of someone saying how any particular title has done on Nutaku, so it is hard to judge on absolute terms how the titles are doing. However Nutaku seems to be offering enough that after Sekai's initial experiments that they were willing to go full partnership with Nutaku, offering a period of exclusivity even over Steam. They have also recently begun to put a significant amount of effort into Denpasoft, taking it off the back burner and starting to make it a larger part of the company. Granted this may not mean their titles are selling particularly well as Nutaku could just be offering a lot, but it is hardly a sign of abysmal sales. MG has also found it viable to release a fair number of titles to the platform, in particular their older nukige, where they are likely getting the standard deal instead of any additional incentives that the developers offering a period of exclusivity are getting.

On the other hand, it seems possible to judge how titles are doing relative to one another with occasional checks of their top ranking sort. With the sort, on release day they put their new releases in the top position, and then it seems to be on their own after day 1. The sort is updated on a once per day basis. There is a fairly good amount of day to day consistency at the top, though there a ton volatility after the top set of positions. That said it isn't clear how strongly the relation between ranking and sales is, but there seems to be meaningful correlation.

Sakura Dungeon is probably their best selling title to date judging by occasional checks of their top ranking list, with Demon Master Chris likely being second. Both of these titles spent an extended period at the top, and have often been in the top 5 long after their release. MG's nukige also seems to have been doing well relative to other titles (at least at release), with Bukkake Rance, We Love Master, and Boob Wars spending a solid amount of time at the first position. On the other hand, Sweet Volley High and the two CG titles appear to have done relatively poorly, spending no more than their initial release day at the top before falling behind other titles.

>>15956215
Thanks for the interesting data. For the most part, Nutaku store trends seem similar to MG store trends in that ero gameplay titles and nukige sell the most. It's nice to see that 2D beats 3D CG; I have no idea what people see in those games.

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For anyone doubting they were paid exclusives

>>15956901
>Nutaku contributing to Sekai's continued existence
What a shame

>>15956901
It was foolish for anyone to ever think otherwise, a bunch of publishers including Sekai didn't decide to give Nutaku a period of exclusivity out of the kindness of their hearts.

It does give more reason for Sekai not to forgo 18+ releases though, as it is money they are giving up when they decide not to do an 18+ release.

>>15956901
The funny thing is that for the most part, it's more profitable to let MG sell their old nukige than to pay for Sekai exclusives.

I gues Baldr Sky could be a runaway hit on Nutaku, but I sincerely doubt it at this point.

>>15957010
Both should be profitable for them though, and since they are just a middleman it isn't like they are wasting effort on localizing the titles themselves.

Himatsubushi still not on steam?

>>15957312
It will be out in a few days or so. The reason why it is late is because someone forgot to click the accept button and because of that it will take a few days to process. I have my money lined up for it as well.

>>15957867
I have Steambux I need to use otherwise I would have got it off MG already, myself.

>>15956901
So it was all a matter of saving a few bucks from the adult scenes royalties as many guessed. That's weak.

>>15958550
They have no reason to give Nutaku a period of exclusivity over Denpasoft and Steam without getting something out of it.

Corona Blossom volume 2 finished with $39,476, down about $15k from Volume 1. Though even if that is down quite a bit, it held up better than I would have guessed for being the middle title of a trilogy.

A grand total of $231 was raised from 33 backers on the all ages tier, the remaining 784 backers backed some type of 18+ release, with 430 of those backers getting the game + uncut patch tier. People are willing to pay a sizable premium on crowdfunding projects for H-scenes, even when they are aware it is just a few gallery scenes.

>still no 18+ Meikyuu
Fuck Sekai. How it's possible to be so slow?

>>15957010
>I gues Baldr Sky could be a runaway hit on Nutaku, but I sincerely doubt it at this point.
But it's an all ages release. It has no place on Nutaku.

Ume Soft happened to have discovered Nutaku as they threw Detective Masochist and Nakadashi Banzai onto the platform.

>>15958762
Nutaku specifically mentioned Baldr Sky when they mentioned their partnership with Sekai. Even if Nutaku can't do it in the end, they obviously want to do it.

Some of the MG nukige have rape, so Baldr Sky should be fine for Nutaku. I don't think it'll sell as well as Sakura Dungeon or Demon Master Chris though. If I were Nutaku, I'd want Rance way more. However, MG would want to hold onto Rance VI and 5D for at least a few months, and even though their restrictions are more lax, Sengoku could possibly pose a problem.

>>15958620
How was the backer distribution in vol. 1?

Wonder if their reaching out to VN communities did them any favors.

>>15959430
Rance 5 and 6 are fucking brutal. In 6 there's plenty of outright gore and guro, with insane Zeth mages engaging in brutal sexual torture of non-mage women and killing them afterwards.
Then there's whole loli-raping issue, Tamanegi being Tamanegi, majins being even more brutal than zeth mages and so on. You can't compare it with lighthearted yuri like DMC, where worst thing happening was wooden horse with spanking and no ill feelings, protag heroine clearly enjoyed it.

>>15959783
Kamilla did nothing wrong

>>15959430
Sengoku is pretty tame compared to VI.

>>15959430
>If I were Nutaku, I'd want Rance way more. However, MG would want to hold onto Rance VI and 5D for at least a few months
Of course. Rance is a well known name so it wouln't be wise for MG to let Nutaku get the exclusivity they like so much to market themselves.

Also, Nutaku will drop your ass as soon as they get what they want. MG does well in not giving Nutaku big name titles.

>>15960040
>Also, Nutaku will drop your ass as soon as they get what they want. MG does well in not giving Nutaku big name titles.

I agree. MG should not give any titles to Nutaku until they are long past their lifetime. Last thing I want is for MG to start getting dependant on Nutaku and start deciding what to localize based on what is acceptable to Nutaku. Or worse, start censoring based on Nutaku's standards to get stuff on the store.

>>15960155
Considering MG's top sellers ranking, I doubt this could ever become issue. Nutaku simply isn't going to carry titles which sell for MG.

>>15960172
I'm looking at the ranking right now and it's ALLLLLLLLLLLL good.

>>15960172
The persistence of the Koihime fags is amusing.

After they run out of Softhouse seal games, I could see MG giving Koihime and Harukoi Otome, though I don't really know what content those games have and if it may bother Nutaku one way or another

>>15960200
Hopefully in five years, MG would have enough money for Shin Koihime Musou.

>>15960203
I really doubt it considing how long it might take for Shin Koihime to break even. Not to mention all of the other titles they have in their grasp that are guaranteed to sell more.

You're better off asking Degica at this point. They translated the fighter after all.

>>15960234
>You're better off asking Degica

Gross. I should just learn Japanese.

>>15960203
>Hopefully in five years, MG would have enough money for Shin Koihime Musou.
Reminds me of Tokyo Babel given big name VA. Would Shin Koihime Musou be more expensive?

>>15960248
I don't think Shin will be that much more than Tokyo Babel if at all. Koihime only had to sell 1k to make voices worth it, though maybe everything besides the voices was just dirt cheap on Baseson's part.

It is still silly that they don't just go with percentage deals. Either Japanese want the bulk deal because they have zero faith in the market, or they really don't want to make money from titles that sell well.

>>15960288
It probably depends on the company, but I'm pretty sure Mangagamer pays a initial fee then gives the company a percentage of sales.

>>15960288
They largely do have percent deals, or at least the deals include percentage. The Supipara deal is based on Minori's share of the revenue, and Fata morgana discussed revenue sharing in the deal they initially announced. Comments have regularly said that some of the money on any given title goes back to Japan.

There are additional fixed costs though, as there can also be demands for an upfront lump sum (be it from the company and/or voice agencies), and localization costs which scale with the size of the game.

>>15960248
>>15960260

The Localization costs are going to be significantly higher due to Shin Koihime's length, and part of the reason they took a chance on Tokyo Babel is they picked it up while the Steam market was peaking and getting Steam-ready titles was a top priority.

>>15960396
It's also going to be lower thanks to the already existing google translation.

>>15960155
As MG tries to differentiate themselves from Nutaku, one thing they have going for them is their more relaxed restrictions and I suspect they'll abuse that fact.

Although if down the road Nutaku does eventually allow Rance VI onto the platform (a title they surely would want if their payment processors were fine with it), I'd be somewhat less concerned about Nutaku's censorship policies as a whole.

Nutaku has already proved time and time again that they are lying sacks of shit. That should be enough to avoid them but added to the fact that they are keeping Sekai afloat, that's enough to never support them.

>>15960465
They still haven't restored the loli content on Aigis right?

>>15960506
They have not.
http://millenniumwaraigis.wikia.com/wiki/Unimplemented_Content

>>15960506
I'm quite sure they are not fixing old stuff because they want that stuff to die so they can replace it with new things that more people play.

Nutaku's doing fine on Flower Knight Girl.

Everything else, especially Aigis, can burn unless they decide to get their shit together.

>>15960541
Nutaku was caught censoring (boobjob) in-game banner in FKG for one of gacha girls recently. Its clear that crazy "compliance" requirements didn't go away, nutaku just found a way to limit their impact, and I find it doubtful that said workaround is legal.

>>15960040
I'm surprised they let them sell Princess Evangile.

>>15960675
Why anyone would try to found a porn company in Canada I'll never understand.

>>15960693
Sekai is buddy buddy with Nutaku now, but MG was pretty generous with its first batch of titles.

Princess Evangile probably stopped selling significantly since I don't think moege have as long as a sales tail as nukige.

>>15960411
>Believing in online translation this much.

Hey, Haro.

Does Novectacle have any interest in working with MG on the Fata Morgana stuff they're doing for the Vita?

I mean, considering they patched in the Maid art rework from the 3DS version.

>>15960260
Koihime Musou didn't break even with voices until 2,000 sales and most of the money went to BaseSon because they fronted most of everything.

Kouryuu said they'd need 6,000 full price sales to break even on Shin, which would be $270,000, so good luck.

>>15960717
Princess Evangile and Cho Dengeki Stryker were already multi platform titles and along with Deardrops they were long past their prime on the MG storefront. They wouldn't have lost out on selling extra copies there.

>>15960937
Princess Evangile only came out early last year. I don't think it's past its prime. It hasn't even had a major discount yet that I remember.

>>15960854
What is the best 18+ only MG title in terms of sale?

>>15960717
It's clear mangagamer is torn between getting additional sales from nutaku's platform and the risk of eroding the importance of their own store. They seem to have found a balance in giving them somewhat older titles that no longer sell regularly on their own site, which at least is better than JAST, which just gave them a few trashy titles. It's pretty obvious from the selection though that Nutaku is heavily, heavily slanted towards low risk titles (no loli, no incest, low non-consensual content, etc).

>>15961046
Shuffle 18+ or Koihime Musou. They don't post sales numbers.

>>15960851
Vita version will be voiced right? I really want a voice patch for the pc version.

>>15961046
For the amount of time/money it would cost and what little profit they'd make, I doubt they'd ever bother doing it.

>>15961072
I wonder what the voice patch would end up costing, or would it be like other console ports that they can't license the assets too?

>>15961046
Probably Boob Wars.

>>15961048
While the MG has far more objectionable titles, the recent nukige they sent over still have plenty of objectionable content Nutaku would have rejected not too long ago.

>>15961046

Take a look at their year-end rankings and make and educated guess?

>>15961067
Because they removed Shuffle afther the licence died.

>>15961067
>>15961091

koihime and boob wars are both yesteryear's hits that don't pop in the rankings too much anymore. I'd wager imopara is probably the top dog right now, given it was a huge seller that was right behind those when it came out and continues to pop up every now and then. DMC would probably be a decent bet aswell given that it just keeps on selling years later.

>>15961098
True. But I think all of MG's long nukige right now are unacceptable by Nutaku because of incest or other extreme material. Those types of titles tend to do really well, and until Sekai starts doing them or they do it inhouse, Nutaku won't be able to fill that niche. I doubt MG would start giving away such titles even if they could anyways.

I think at this rate, Sekai will be Nutaku's translation slave. I will laugh while Dovac is forced to make his employees translate nukige after nukige.

>>15961155
DMC and Imopara sound about right.

I wonder if Rance will supercede DMC in due time or if dungeon crawler fans just prefer yuri.