Visual Novel translation status Amagami - 1st day patch Released

Sekai/Denpa
Nekopara Vol 3 - April 28th release
Grisaia no Meikyuu - Uncut release Early 2017
Grisaia no Rakuen - Steam release March, uncut release early Summer
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
2236 A.D. - 100% translated, Engine/QA work ongoing
>Maitetsu - 83.23% translated
Nenokami - Part 2 2017 release
Kokonoe Kokoro - 100% translated, engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo - 100% translated, engine work
>Chrono Clock - 75.43% translated, early 2017 release
Narcissu 3rd - TL+Editing done
>Tenshin Ranman - 92.29% translated
Darekoi - 100% translated Engine/QA work ongoing
Wagamama High Spec - 100% translated, early 2017 release. Editing/Engine work ongoing
>Koikuma - 23.68% translated, 2017 release
Hoshizora no Memoria - 81% translated
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Ley Line - Engine/QA work ongoing
SakuSaku - Engine/QA work ongoing, Spring 2017 release
Baldr Sky - Picked up both 1 and 2
Fatal Twelve - Picked up
Project Lux - Picked up
Her and Her and My 7 Days - 11% translated
Girls in Glasses - Picked up
Unannounced Project 1 - 100% translated, Engine/QA work ongoing
Unannounced Project 2 - 41% translated
Unannounced Project 3 - 100% translated
Unannounced Project 4 - 16% translated


Frontwing
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger - April 28th release for Volumes 1 and 2
Corona Blossom - Volume 3 IGG started, early 2017 release
Sharin no Kuni - 2nd Kickstarter finished, goal reached, August 2017 release
Island - Translation in progress, release expected around when the anime airs


Visual Arts
>Little Busters - Being worked on by Prototype, "we hope we can deliver more info this spring."
Rewrite+ - Picked up
Angel Beats - 50% translated


Degica
Muv Luv Alternative - Winter release
Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up


Aksys
Period Cube - 4/25 release
Collar x Malice - 2017 release
Bad Apple Wars - 2017 release
Code: Realize fandisc - Picked up


Fruitbat
Hakoniwa no Gakuen - March 2nd release
Seven Days - Late 2017 release


Other
Taisho Alice - March 2017 release
Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - Common/Mari/Calen/4 Bonus routes translated, Aoi 85%, Lycoris 90%, March 2017 release
Dies irae - Kickstarter ongoing, May 2017 release planned
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Hyakka Hyakurou - Picked up
SubaHibi - Official release planned
Harumade, Kururu - Seems to have an English release planned
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
Short Whirlpool title scheduled for Spring
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

>>16380612
Waiting warmly.

Someone is trolling the Dies Irae Kickstarter again. Big random jumps in funding without gaining many new backers.

>>16380721
Conjueror, I think.

is the mangagamers survey happening yet? will sumaga and django finally come out this year?

>>16381330
Survey will probably be out this Friday and no.

Isn't hatsukoi 1/1 from a VA brand?
Won't they get C&D'd?

>>16381336
Nope.

>>16380721
It's normal for people to raise their pledges in the final few days. Why don't people know how kickstarters trend by now?

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Top 5 Ranking: http://pastebin.com/FufBPzG2
Popularity Sort: http://pastebin.com/GhKpfTjM
Full Data Point List: http://pastebin.com/BVzZ56wK

As always, this tracker is powered by anonymous like you, so post order numbers if you've got em'.

>>16380501
>From June to early 2017 release
Let me gues, it will be released almost at the end of summer.

>>16381431
Do not support MG before they announce Quest.

>>16381523
And why I would support Quest if I'm not a fan or Rance?

>>16381538
If you're not a fan of Rance, then you're a plebbitor and you need to stop posting immediately.
Mods, one perma here.

>>16381545
Where do you think you are? We don't like Rance here. We like Umineko.

>>16381549
>we like all ages
Sure thing buddy.

>>16381545
I pre-ordered DC3 the last week, why I have to support Rance now?
If you're fan of that serie then go back to your general.

>>16381545
I don't give a damn about a serie where the MC hate lolis.

>>16381563
He doesn't hate them. He protects them, and fucks them occasionally.

>>16381566
>He protects them, and fucks them occasionally.
No, that would never happen.

>>16381560
Speaking of which, I can't help but wonder if Rance is doing stupidly well, if Da Capo is bombing, or both. Third place being Huniepop doesn't really clarify anything.

>>16381583
But he did - in 01, IV, Sengoku.

>>16381603
I forgot 03.

>>16381590
>http://blog.mangagamer.org/2017/01/06/2016-in-review/
I think that Rance is outperforming because it wasn't released too long ago and now is the 4th VN most sold of MG catalogue.

>>16381609
Aside from BBH it's the only vn with gameplay they released.

>>16381618
Koihime Musou
DMC
Boob Wars

>>16381645
Anon, are you stupid?
They didn't release those in this year.

>>16381660
You didn't say this year. And the list is for 2016 sales, not for VNs released in 2016.

>>16381660
That's not what you were stating tho. A lot of gameplay VNs that aren't also glorified nukiges (like Boob Wars) didn't do too hot, like Koihime. BBH and Rance on the other hand seem to be breaking the rule.

So it's not like people were starving for gameplay VNs when BBH came out.

>>16381590

Rance is almost certainly a titan to be reckoned with. Given how it ranked fourth in the end of the year rankings with only a single month of sales, it might actually reach that 5k sales total that one anonymous suggested months ago.

>>16381672
>didn't do too hot, like Koihime
Koihime Musou was one of MG's bestsellers. There's a reason it's one of their listed titles on their twitter. All gameplay titles MG has released have done very well.

>>16381725
I recall it flopping quite hard, regarding cost to localize vs actual income.

>>16381747
It broke even at 2,000 copies and went on to be a really good hardcopy seller and sold way more in digital as well over the following several years. It still does really well when MG has sales. So, while it was slow out of the gate, its long term sales have been very good.

>>16381769
Hmm, must've been a 2012 thing then. It's been such a long time, all I remember is MangaGamer having a lot of difficulties getting their localization costs rounded out due to lack of sales.

>>16381773
It took it around a year for it to break even with voices at 2k copies. It got a hardcopy run and kept charting in the year end chart for several years after that, so it very likely profited at least several thousand sales.

>>16381786
It's a shame GH fled VNTS as it's a little hard to verify now. Regardless though, whether Koihime did good or not, BBHs success alone means we'll get more gameplay VNs in the future.

>>16381786
>>16381773
>>16381769
>ITT faggots who don't know shit about the time value of money.

>>16381803
You can just check year end summaries on MG's blog. It did well on both main chart and chart.

http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/01/26/look-back-at-2014/
Hardcopy charted in 2014.

http://blog.mangagamer.org/2014/02/12/final-review-of-2013/
Digital copies still charted in top 10 in 2013.

>>16381423
End of Kickstarter surges are accompanied by a flood of new backers which has not happened here. And there have already been issues troll pledges.

>>16381895
They recently added heroine goods people have been asking for. The dedicated existing backers could be the cause. There's also a final 48 hour rush due to the reminder that goes out and the Thunderclap, so even if some pledges are trolls it won't be enough to cause the campaign to fail. If anything the trolls will cause more people to donate, since they're making it seem closer to Vita goal.

>>16381909
Oh, the campaign isn't going to fail. I'm not fear mongering in that regard, just saying some of the pledges look suspicious. They could even hit the Vita goal if all the pledges are actually legit.

>>16381931
I think someone suddenly took up a $1,500 tier. So, a few troll pledges are definitely possible.

>mfw EOPs will never ever get 神咒神威神楽

Does saying 神咒神威神楽 is a spin-off sequel to Dies Irae count as a spoiler here? Or do you already know?

>>16381974
More likely, light will release KKK year after DI, and then make several DI english steam-only sequels with nekomimi heroines and no adult scenes.

>>16381931
Lot of people in comments were talking about reducing their pledges to 1$, they're probably increasing them now that KS is going to meet the goal.

>>16381976
I would pay top dollar for Reinhard/Mercurius moe spinoff.

>>16381976
They should just release their normal adult titles. How long does it take for them to learn that there is no audience difference. We eat the same games here as they do there.

Even though I wish I could claim we didn't gobble down rape fetish games all the time.

>>16381976
Well they did mention in the blog they will release adult patches for a price so everyone can buy it for the steam version. I think it will happen even more so when it is released on Steam.

>Tenshin Raman as an all-ages release

Actually fuck you

>>16382591
lol really?

I guess you EOPs never get a break.

>>16382628
Only when SP's involved yes

>>16381549
Nobody with taste likes Umineko

is little busters ecstasy gonna be moonrunes forever?

>>16383377
no, release planned after release of Muramasa

Waiting for the next Princess Maker.

>Amagami progress last 2 weeks
>Hatsukoi 1/1 prologue patch this week
What project will come back from the dead next week?

>>16383452
SUBAHIBI

>>16383452
Mahoutsukai no Yoru.

>>16383452
django

>>16383452
Hello World by Jast? [
spoiler]Will never happen.[/spoiler]

>>16383619
What was never alive can't come back from the dead.
Also, game is too old and art is too moe uguu of early 00.

>>16381803

I can't really verify anything from before I was at MG anyway, but afaik Koihime was the top all-time seller for a while. I dunno what those standings look like now though (probably Huniepop if we include 3rd party...)

what? rusalka route
https://twitter.com/diesirae_steam/status/818384832099188736

>>16383452
yosuga no sora obviously

>>16385910
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/818390573119893504
According to Reading Steiner they're talking about something from Rea's route. The PR team is just being retarded

>>16383452
Sumaga?

>>16383452
Muramasa

http://gematsu.com/2017/01/esrb-rates-utawarerumono-mask-deception

If I can enjoy the terrible anime out of sheer nostalgia, I'm definitely buying day 1.

>>16386557
>The rating suggests Sega, or possibly its subsidiary Atlus, is localizing the Aquaplus-developed visual novel / RPG. In Japan, it was released for PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and PlayStation 3.

It's atlus, sega doesn't have an inhouse localization crew anymore(they contract it out to a couple of companies started by translators they let go lol). Not to mention atlus has done other aquaplus stuff

>>16386557
>Only the Vita version rated
Ehhhhh

>>16387151
PS4 rating just isn't there yet. There's no chance Atlus/Sega release only the Vita version and skip the PS4.

>>16381431
Haruka has charted first place 6 times during the many weeks it charted, though not in a row.

By comparison, Rance VI has charted 1st 6 weeks in a row with no real signs of stopping. It's probably going to stay on the chart until Otakon at this rate if its tail is similar to Haruka, and it's very likely to be a mainstay on the top 10 list.

I wonder how releases of future Rance games will affect sales of Rance VI. Sengoku doesn't really require Rance VI, but Quest does need both VI and Sengoku, and IX has important characters who debut in all three of those games.

>>16382031
They will increase their pledges because let's be honest we are 14k or even 16k away from the goal and the final 48 hours or 24 hours is important. I hope the Kickstarter PR is at least competent enough to tell everyone it is the final 24 hours and to see if they can make it.

>>16388061
48 hour notices go out automatically. And there's still no chance this fails even after those troll pledges were withdrawn.

>>16389819
You wish. The Vita backers will pull out simultaneously, and who knows how many 2.5k+ trolls there are. It's not happening, and light will blame a lack of interest rather than incompetence.

RIP, non-moege.

>>16389833
I think this is actually your wish fulfillment. There aren't even any vita backers to pull out.

>>16386493
You've been here a while, huh? Some of us got old and gray, still waiting for it.

where is my sakurai after route fuck, rusalka

>>16385236
About 2016 top tens Haro, are the lists based on the number of copies sold or the profit from each title? I have a hunch it's the latter.

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>We know the survivors
>We know who kills who and around what circumstance (for most)
>We know who the mastermind is
>Before the game is even released in fucking Japan

Behold the V3 Mastermind!

>>16392667
Nice filename

I have a confession to make. I was paid by sekai to put in fake pledges for dies irae.

>>16386557
This is great news. I'm fucking happy it's getting localized.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/818973655476609024
Anyone want to take some guesses on the blurred notes?

Well 18+ Meikyuu is out

>>16394731
Look at that kikestarter section, sasuga SP

>>16395207
Now we just have to wait for a torrent/mega.

>>16395207
That's only about 10 or so days late. Not bad.

>>16395207
took em fucking long enough

>>16395236
God I will be waiting to download that. Sekai does not deserve my money.

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Nekopara is the Savior of visual novels.

Dies Irae is 11k away again. The last 24 hours is going to be tense.

>>16395236
https://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=2216636

Good news it's up time to steal their money. But I wish there was one without Daemon Tools that I could install just straight up though.

>>16396056
>Uncensored version with mosaics
Huh?

Obviously we need a Dies Irae/Nekopara crossover; that'll get funded for sure.

>>16396596
Actually good news in that regard.

Dies Irae has added a ton of new rewards on their final announcement for the next 24 hours. And actually they are pretty damn worth it even for the low tiers and higher tiers.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986219362/dies-irae-english-localization-project-commences/posts/1781697

and it has even jumped to 156k as of writing. This is definitely going to be funded. Only 4k left now.

>>16397070
Dies Irea fanfiction is irrelevant, what matter is that Nekopara reached the last goal; $500k

>>16397070
What a tense, badly managed and full of retarded twists campaign. Just like edgy chuunifags like. Too bad there's no genreshift for utsugeshitters to cut themselves to.

>>16394731
Just to count it up
Crowdfunding - 10 projects, 0 with visible names
In Development - 28 projects, 8 with visible names
QA - 4 projects, all with visible names
Marketing - Nothing
Launchable - Just Meikyuu 18+, which has since been released
Far right at end - 3 notes, one probably a category name with two projects, Falls at the end of the line of In Dev, QA, marketing, and launchable.
Top portion - 5 not-visible notes (presumably 4 projects and a category?).


A number of the hidden projects should be existing titles, likely kept hidden to avoid announcing which titles have crowdfunding planned.

>>16397070
Made the base funding goal.

>>16397698
Please speak in a normal, non-cringey language when you post here

>>16397698
cry some more hipster

>>16397184
>A number of the hidden projects should be existing titles, likely kept hidden to avoid announcing which titles have crowdfunding planned.
They're probably going to pull a Chrono Clock with any title they get reasonably do it with.

>>16397698
>Uninspired shitposts strike again

If you bothered to put any thought into your shitposting you'd realize the western scene is in fact dominated by ESLs, not EOPs.
You vastly overvalue western VN customers by assuming they're native English speakers and not BRs and SEAniggers.

These threads are much more shitposting free than the vn threads on /vg/. It's like night and day.

>>16398174
/jp/ actually has janitors

>>16398189
One is working here right now, I saw post deleted before my eyes

>>16398245
>>16398189
Janitors and moderators moderate this thread really, really heavily. Didn't used to be the case, but nowadays the slightest off topic post gets your post removed or yourself banned.

>>16397698
On the upside, you can read Dies irae with above 40% comprehension once it's translated by people who actually speak the language, you dumb pseudo-JOP cuck.

>>16398326
>you can read Dies irae with above 40% comprehension once it's """"translated"""
Are we still talking about Ludo here?

>>16398326
Edgy, N2-kun.

>>16398105
>THERE COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON WHO THINKS I'M FULL OF SHIT FOR HATING POPULAR THINGS

>>16398471
Ludo's going to do the same thing he did on Steins;Gate: translate some song lyrics and shove everything else onto the other translators.

>>16398611
Wait, what popular things do I hate? Conjueror and Ludo?

Cause I do like DI clearly. That's why I don't want to see it EOP'd.

>>16398634
>EOP'd
>Oh noes the plebian masses are getting their shit covered hands on my kamige

>>16398557
What meme is this?
Is there a lad in /jp/ going by N2-kun?

fill me in on the memes

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I didn't think it would reach the Vita goal, but at this rate it doesn't seem too unlikely

>>16399529
Any chances it drops below 160k?

>>16399598
He can file complaint with bank if he's not retarded and trolling.

>>16399608
It's an obvious troll. As long as it doesn't drop the KS below its goal he can withdraw so he'd been fine doing it.

>>16399608
I hope that he is too dumb to do that.

>>16399598
I only wish this wasn't a troll

>>16399529
On top of that 200k is not far away for the PS Vita stretch goal. Any PS Vita sites report about it yet? I mean now is the time to do so.

>>16399564
KS makes it so it can't drop below the goal at the 24 hour mark.

>>16399598
If this was real, he would deserve loosing that much money for being an idiot.

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So that's how it happened.

For what it is worth, The Labyrinth of Grisaia is up to 6th on Denpa's popularity sort (which seems to be based on lifetime performance, aside from the free Sakura titles which are omitted) and has been climbing steadily. It is still behind the original Grisaia, two Nekopara releases, Sunrider Academy, and a Sakura title.

>>16398064
I'd expect that the majority of their current crowdfunding projects on that board are full length titles they have announced. They make out well with the Chrono Clock approach, no risk, able to cash in on higher spenders, and they fund a batch of physical copies to sell online/at conventions. Although it probably does mean they probably have a parade of moege Kickstarters ready to go not long after Nekopara.

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>>16400399
Lol Readingsteiner aka Ludo bluffed and conned his way on the team. I can not wait for the editor to look at his work and feel bad because Dies Irae will need to be delayed for another 6 months due to his fuckup.

>>16401045
Demos/Sekai deserve piracy. Also Frontwing on their youtube Livestream did hint at a huge Grisaia collection with the 18+ included that would be from themselves.

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Comments on Grisaia :)

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Erogedownload comment for World End Economica Episode 3, lol If this is really true then nice going Sekai.

>>16401176
Do not forget to mention how they are leeches for literally having every game to be translated be held on a kickstarter. I think Sekai is on their what? 30th kickstarter so far?

>>16401183
It is true! I could not believe it either but it happened. Sekai is slow as fuck with these things.

I would just email the kickstarters erogedownload and a torrent site. Sekai deserves nothing for their incompetence.

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Lol some commenter actually talked about Sekai Project yesterday.

192k for Dies Irae. If it can get 9k more in 12 hours it will reach the PS Vita stretch goal.

And there was confirmation from the European PSN that if Dies Irae does reach the stretch goal they will also deliver it digitally.

How big is a "lap blanket"? I want the Rusalka one, but 70 for a blanket seems steep as fuck especially if it's a tiny square.

Did anyone here get any add-ons? I know I at least want some of the tapestries

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>>16401176
>lie, cheat, steal

>>16401183
>>16401210
Not true. I'm a backer and I got beta key back in November. You need to check your backerkit and key will be there.

Vita goal reached as well for Dies Irae, quite an impressive turn it has been.

>>16401121
Does the editor even know Japanese? I mean, it's guaranteed at this point that there will be mistranslations. Also, how is ReadingSteiner still on the team after saying he wanted the kickstarter to fail?

>>16395236
Good.

>>16401748
>Does the editor even know Japanese?
GareJei has translated stuff before. He even has some translated Dies scenes on his Wordpress

>>16401183
Backers got their keys in September. Off by a few months there.

>>16401218
F/SN will do well no matter what (even if it was all ages only and was made episodic for example), but I would give money for a Tsukihime remake fully knowing that I probably won't see it during my lifetime.

I can't believe there are people in this very thread that has backed a Sekai kickstarter. For shame.

>>16401946
WEE Kickstarter was like 4 years ago, I didn;t know better then.

Jew Project is being straight up shameless with their greed in the Neko stretch goals. I guess if the Neko tards are willing pay they deserve to get robbed by Jew project.

>>16401946
It isn't entirely wrong to back them into doing adult games.

Anyone backing all-ages get fooled though. Because all-ages is something they'd do for free.

I still wonder how SP is still living despite the questionable business practices they do.

Once Nekopara's reign of fame is over and the Grisaia trilogy, I wonder if they can still keep running. Frankly, I hope they already go under, as they do more damage as longer they keep running.

>>16402431
They got several top-level games like Baldr series, Nutaku financial and retail backing, huge loyal following.
Few loud MG shills like you don't affect their bottom line at all, they are already number #1 west VN company by sales, money flow, license number and quality and they will only keep growing bigger while JAST and MG fade in obscurity and sell nothing but rape nukiges because other bigger players don't want to touch this niche.

Any specific news about the Muv Luv Alternative actual release date?

>>16402478
>Muv-Luv Alternative's retranslation might take the entire winter because of its enormous script length.
Nothing more specific than this

>>16402477
t. Dovac

>>16402477
>and quality
Nice bait, but you lost me here.

>>16402534
Name even single license from other localization companies that could match Baldr Sky.
Protip: you can't.

>>16401748
The rest know Japanese except for Ludo who ran like a sissy girl with Rance.

>>16402551
>Name even single license from other localization companies that could match Baldr Sky.
Please bang my wife.

>>16402020
Lol I can not wait for the disappointment when Nekopara drops Sekai for the next game and starts a new Nekopara universe like Frontwing is doing with Grisaia.

>>16402477
T. Sekai schill

>>16402551
Too bad for them it'll take 5 years to come out, sell 5k on Steam, and leave them in the red.

>>16401045
The Labyrinth of Grisaia is now up to 4th on Denpa's popularity sort, having passed the digital version of Nekopara 2 and the highest ranked Sakura title.

>>16403169
What is that, 50 sales?

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/819654304621625350

Seems Sekai Project is opening an otome brand. Although a doujin title which already had an IGG localization project fail hardly seems like the strongest title to open the brand with.

Interestingly there is an R18 Japanese release and the failed IGG localization project had included it, but remains to be seen if they handle it through Denpasoft or not for the new brand.

>>16402551
Baldr Sky honestly seems like it'll be buried under all of the other Steam releases. A kickstarter would be Sekai's best bet at breaking even, mainly because all of the hype is within the VN community unlike Rance.

Even then though, the main reason VN localization kickstarters have been succeeding recently have been Vitafags, and Sekai isn't the most reliable company when it comes to providing a Vita port.

>>16403216
We unfortunately have no way to judge raw numbers, and the popularity sort only deals with how titles do relative to one another. It wouldn't be a surprise to see Meikyuu get up to 2nd place, but if there happens to be a large gap between first and second it wouldn't do much to answer if the steep decline between the first and second title on Steam also happened with the 18+ releases.

>>16403269

>Even then though, the main reason VN localization kickstarters have been succeeding recently have been Vitafags, and Sekai isn't the most reliable company when it comes to providing a Vita port.

Sekai seems to be going hard after Vita this year thanks to their Limited Run partnership. However Sky is unlikely to benefit from that unless Giga is willing to put in the effort as there is no Japanese release that is Vita ready, with just a 4:3 800x600 resolution version available.

>>16403269

Baldr Sky will probably be a tough sell, it's an old game that looks its age and doesn't even run at a modern resolution. And I doubt Sekai Project will do the work to update its engine. It has the potential to be like Xanadu Next, a quality old Japanese game coming to Steam and bombing because it doesn't look particularly interesting in screenshots.

>>16403231
If they do the 18+ version, then it'll probably sell fine. Bishounen are probably more popular than old men, but I'm sure that it's a sizable niche.

>>16403302
Except Baldr Sky isn't much of a game at all and is essentially porn with extra steps. It won't win over modern gamers. the best Sekai can hope for is a successful Kickstarter, because it sure as shit won't be a profitable title otherwise.

>>16403425
>Except Baldr Sky is essentially porn with extra steps
WTF? Baldr Sky is one of the best VN over there. Plebs these days...

>>16402551
Have fun with your absolute garbage tier translation! that is assuming Baldr Sky even comes out because Sekai fucked over Aroduc who almost had the damn thing completely translated already.

>>16403566
What did they do to Aroduc? I've worked with him before. He's alright.

>>16403606
Attempted to lowball the fuck out of him for the work he and the group had done and then kick them out and replace them. It killed his will to translate and he hasn't done anything since.

>>16403615
Wow, that is truly fucked up. What a bunch of scumbags. The guy has done so much over the years, long before anyone thought VNs would ever make their way to Steam. It's really not fair that he gets screwed over once people start actually making money doing what he did for free.

I hope the guy comes out of it alright.

>>16403606
Sekai's strategy is to say "We'll call you" and then leave you at the phone waiting until you are nothing more than bones.

I'm sure Aroduc would have been happy to be told to throw his translation in the trash rather than to be kept in the dark.

But I guess it is to be expected. Sekai doesn't even have their deal finished for the rights for the game, so why would they start negotiating for translations? See you winter 2017 when Sekai has established "it will only be all-ages" and we are looking for a translator.

>>16403665
Shameful. I know what it's like to wait on a check from these companies, though.

>>16403566
Nobody except dozen of pirates from /vnts/ cares about translation quality. Nekopara games are doing great and they are total garbage translation-wise, its literally impossible to translate Baldr Sky worse than that since language in BS is very trivial, even google translate would do good enough.
If they throw Clannad team on it, they could easily release BSD1 by the end of this year.

>>16403778
What part of being an outlier do you not understand anon. As long as cute Cat girls are doing cute things with Sayori's art that shit is going to sell.

>>16403874
Its same with almost any other game. MG's ImoPara is complete garbage too, but its top seller for 3rd year. KF is full of mistranslations, typos and bad grammar, but almost nobody cared.
If you have good editor and pander to typical weeaboo issues like honorifics, translation quality doesn't matter at all, you can just make up shit and they will still love it.

>>16403874
Does anyone REALLY care about the literary faithfulness of the translation of Nekopara? It wasn't a masterpiece in Japanese either.

>>16403874
There are very few titles where the translation quality will make a significant difference in sales potential as long as it isn't as bad as something like the original Edelweiss translation. For the most part that list of titles where translation quality would make a noticeable difference is niche titles with limited sales potential in the first place.

>>16403968
Maybe because the standards for bottom barrel Moege is pretty damn low. Do that with A Steins;Gate caliber title, and watch the shit storm that follows.

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Not too bad. I think they could have gotten more money with better PR though

>>16404226
Way more then expected, considering how bad that kickstarter was.

>>16404226
They could have definitely done better with better PR and management in general.

>>16404226
I think it could've easily put up Nekopara numbers; the potential was there.

>>16405210
>easily put up Nekopara numbers
lol no, maybe after anime but not now, no chance

>>16405261
Even then, chuunige just aren't that popular, unless you're Type-MOON. I don't see it outdoing Nekopara at all.

Nekopara seems likely to get 1 million, honestly speaking.

>>16403778
Baldr Sky isn't a brainless moege like Nekopara, the translation quality is important.

>>16405740
It's so important that Sekai will get multiple translators for it.

>>16380500
>Degica
>Muv Luv Alternative - Winter release
>Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
>Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
>Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
>Kiminozo - Picked up
Total Eclipse never ever?

Corona Blossom vol 3 finished up as well with $38k.

>>16405740
Yet it'll sell worse than (insert random moege here). Why even bother localizing non-moege? Doesn't make any sense from a financial standpoint.

>>16406383
I would argue their stack of moege is a bigger risk. Baldr Sky is likely to disappoint sales wise, possibly not make a return on their investment, but it is well known enough that an all out disaster is unlikely. Much the same way that Dies Irae was able to beat every VN localization kickstarter since Muv Luv despite a horribly flawed campaign. Baldr Sky also has a better chance of taking off than most of Sekai's lineup (not that it will, but the potential is there). On the other hand, if the moege market begins to fade (and we haven't had a good test since Princess Evangile). most of their expensive licenses would feel the pain.

Although most of their lineup has access to secondary revenue streams (Kickstarter/Nutaku/Vita) to help migrate a Steam disaster even if they were to struggle on Steam.

>>16406283
>Total Eclipse
I'm probably the only one who actually enjoyed this anime.

>>16406283
They seemed to have skipped over TE so probably. Maybe if the sales are stable and after Schwarzesmarken comes out they catch up to the JP releases they'll go back and do TE.

>>16406486
I liked it!

*ducks rotten tomatoes*

Lovely Cation update someday pls

>>16406439
>(and we haven't had a good test since Princess Evangile)
Da Capo III might be a good test. If not then: SukiSuki, Dal Segno or SakuSaku. Whichever comes out first.

>>16406439
>On the other hand, if the moege market begins to fade (and we haven't had a good test since Princess Evangile)
There was the Chrono Clock Kickstarter, a model you should expect SP to follow with their other titles.

>>16407719
The Chrono Clock Kickstarter, while a fair success to sell hard copies, wasn't exactly the kind of result that will assure strong sales on Steam/Nutaku when it is released. It also hardly means that the 4th or 5th moege in their current lineup will still see the same kind of initial success.

>>16406439
I think that moege are similar to nukige in that they fulfill a base desire, the latter being sexual desire, and the former being the desire for moe (or in less weeaboo terms and more pretentious terms, escapism and emotional fulfilment).

Obviously, one desire is more fundamental than the other, but moege aren't going away anytime soon.

>>16407701
Da Capo III should be a fair test to see how such titles are holding up on Steam long after Princess Evangile, as would SakuSaku or whatever moege Sekai releases first. SukiSuki, being a purely MG release, isn't really going to be indicative of Steam performance of other titles, and its success or failure will probably depend on if MG can get its nukige audience to buy a moege with good art and a fair amount of H-content.

>>16407881
Agreed, and moege should hold up better than other genres (and probably have decent off Steam potential, especially on Nutaku). However, one also shouldn't overstate their expectations, there is no reason to expect that moege are exempt from the same decline on Steam that has affected most VNs. Especially if one is basing expectations on Princess Evangile, which got a sizable amount of support from the type of people who are no longer part of the market.

Licensing survey time
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyzlL5dYfJwRAuSfOl0koYZiz9KWyE0XRl3-fMRA2Fv6UwNg/viewform

>>16408275
Sisters ~Natsu no Saigo no Hi~ Ultra Edition
https://vndb.org/v3896
FOR JUSTICE

>>16408275
So do we vote for Muramasa and Eustia now that all other kamiges have been announced/licensed?

>>16408613
Doesn't JAST already have the license to Muramasa?

>>16408640
Does JAST even still exist? Remember how Seinarukana Steam was supposed to come out in September and we've heard nothing about since last Spring?

>>16408275
>1: Monobeno, since it's going to get the most meme votes
>2: Get something galette's from oniichan series, I think they'd do really well
>3: Seriously where's the lolige? galette, tanukisoft, marble candysoft, I'm not even picky. Get something atleast

Pretty much the same as last year. A bunch of shit that'll never happen, but hey, hope's a free commodity.

Also damn the vnts is pretty dead this week. Normally news like that would have the thread pumping, but it seems not to be so. Half the thread must be banned or something.

>>16408733
The released Flowers in August

>>16408275
I wonder how many more years I'll have to beg for White Album 2 before it gets licensed.

> Additional Comments or Concerns
You know what to write there, right?

>>16408751

"Get rid of that anime section. It's been sitting there empty for like three years"?

>>16408751
"Improve the Kira*Kira translation"?

>>16408738
I'll buy any and all lolige

de-mosaiced monobeno the dream

>>16408751
"Need more lolis."

I'd love more OLs

>>16408751
I begged for lolige.

>>16408275
remember to vote for Complets games we need more /ss/ in english

>>16408275
My votes:
1. Daiakuji
2. Aku no Onna Kanbu Full Moon Night
3. Atlach-Nacha

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>>16408275
>What is your gender? *
>>Male
>>Female
>>Other
>>Prefer not to say

Quick gimme 3 kamige to list on the survey.

>>16408275
I put in Disorder series for 5pb for license suggestion that would be a long shot. But also Bishoujo Mangekyou because it seems like a game I would enjoy.

>>16408640
They do they have exclusivity to Nitroplus content which pisses me off. Why give exclusivity to JAST when they will not release it at all

>>16408748
White Album might be too expensive to license. Even I know with my license suggestions it may not be able to happen.

>>16408275
My votes were for
1.KF sequels/gaiden
2.Ricottta stuff
3.More vanilla ClockUp titles

>>16408751
>You know what to write there, right?
Please Bang My Wife?

>>16409230
Voted for that every year except this one. I felt like spicing it up and asking for some fresh anime based VNs on Steam or something else that never happens.

Instead I requested a non-funbags Waffle game. They got the partnership going now, so bring in the wide genre of games from them and don't just spam same game over and over.

>>16409421
Back when the deal started JAST was the only company that'd release anything ever.

>>16408275
>How old are you?
>Selects 31-40
Fuck, I'm old.

>>16409257
Diabolique looks cool

I voted for
Sakura no Mori † Dreamers
Fraternite
White Album 2

>>16408275
I said no more 18+. All ages is what the western market is and wants

I wrote in more Sono Hana, White Album 2, and Ikusa Megami Zero just to round it out with something that'll never happen.

The MG sales chart should become more useful again this week, to see how long it takes Da Capo 3's launch to get ahead of Rance (which has maintained the top slot, aside from 1 day, since the day after it went up for preorders).

>>16410501
>to see how long it takes Da Capo 3's launch to get ahead of Rance
>implying it ever will

>>16410545
DC III on site sales are not likely to beat out Rance VI's lifetime sales, however it is hard to believe that Da Capo's launch week sales on the MG site (as obviously Steam sales aren't included in the chart) won't be higher than Rance's week 5 sales, which is all it needs to do to get into the first slot temporarily.

>>16410587

Given how heavily rance overperformed, I think it's very possible it could still have such a volume of sales that DC3 won't be able to uncap it.

>>16410587
>>16410614
Himawari managed to outdo Rance on its release day, didn't it? Or at least, there was one day that Rance got dethroned by Himawari.

Perhaps the same could be said for Da Capo III.

>>16410694
That's possible, but for traditional vidya, preorders are only 10% of the initial sales.

I'd imagine that with VNs, the percentage is quite a bit higher, but Rance's sale pattern could be more representative of traditional vidya simply because it's more popular. The number that Himawari had to compete with could pale in comparison with what Da Capo has to compete with.

>>16408275
My votes were:
1. Rance Quest + Magnum
2. Sakura Mau Otome no Rondo (Or any other trap protagonist games)
3. Hakoniwa Logic

>>16408275
My votes are the same as always:
- Souten no Celenaria
- Galaxy Angel
- Venus Blood

>>16408275
Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier
Chuusotsu! 1st graduation
Evenicle

>>16411433
Chuusotsu is not for EOP eyes.

Now that the Kickstarter is over Light puts Rusalka daimakura in their store. Top kek.
http://www.light.gr.jp/light/shop/index.html

>>16411440
i'm sorry

>>16411446
hahahaha, so bad KS.

>>16408275
Dei Gratia no Rashinban
J.Q.V Jinrui Kyuusai-bu ~With Love from Isotope~
Mushi no Me

>>16408275
- Rance Quest
- Evenicle
- Galzoo Island

Now that MG is partnered with Alicesoft, i want everything.

>>16411596
>J.Q.V Jinrui Kyuusai-bu ~With Love from Isotope~
Not for EOP eyes

>>16411012
Well that game was a bomb but I have no clue if it was a bad game or not. Or maybe it was because it felt really low end and easy to make.

>>16408275
I want the rest of Propeller's relevant library. Official Ayakashibio + Chrono Belt, Bullet Butlers and Evolimit get my votes.

>>16412203
While any Propeller is probably a struggle, Ayakashibio in particular seems very unlikely. It's fan translated, and even having a fan translation didn't bring the title all that much attention.

>>16412203
Im not sure after how hard TB bombed they would still insist on licensing more chuunishit.

>>16412219
It probably comes down to the specifics of the title in question. The biggest failing for Tokyo Babel seems to be the licensing costs were quite steep, rather than significantly worse sales compared to their average release.

>>16412219
They still released moege after Harukoi Otome bombed, so it's not completely out of the question.

>>16412211
>even having a fan translation didn't bring the title all that much attention
Which made the lead translator leave the scene and never look back. Higashide's work is fairly highly regarded as far as chuunishit goes, so it's bizarre that it went unnoticed in a community that had been begging for Dies irae and similar titles for years.

>>16412256
>so it's bizarre that it went unnoticed in a community that had been begging for Dies irae and similar titles for years.

The community you mention is bunch od Redditors listening to memers on Twitter.

Or rather, listened. Nowadays every EOP that played Katawa Shoujo and two Sakura games thinks he knows everything there is about eroge, so nothing can be easily meme'd up anymore.

But Dies Irae, Baldr Sky, WA2 etc. are already done.

>>16412256
>community that had been begging for Dies irae
Because Dies is a memege hyped for years by e-celeb while Ayakashibioto is literally no name chuunishit no one know about. Which is shame because Ayakashibito is pretty damn good.

>>16412256
That's because Dies Irae has been hyped to hell and back by all those that are "influential" to the VN community.

>>16412219
Can we really say that it bombed considering that it was 5th on the top 2016 steam sellers list?

>>16412426
>Tokyo Babel; 5th on the top 2016 steam sellers list
Your autism must be pretty strong.

>>16412426
Any title can be a failure, regardless of the raw number of sales, if it doesn't make its costs back or at least doesn't bring in a meaningful profit. Tokyo Babel was an expensive license that was picked up along side a bunch of other Steam targeting titles when everything on Steam was selling like crazy.

Although we only know the launch was a disappointment, if it got to its place in the chart in part because of a long tale, it may not be as much of a disappointment as it was (although it certainly didn't reach the expectations they would have had when they picked it up, but you could say the same about all MG's Steam releases this year aside from Kindred Spirits and OzMafia.)

What Alicesoft title will they release this year? Escalayer?

>>16412467
Hopefully Evenicle.

>>16412467
That 10 year old kusoge you don't care about. MG delivers.

>>16412482
Tsumamigu confirmed

>>16412463
So? why not just admitting someone was just pulling shit out of his ass? placing between two higurashi releases in nothing close to 'it bombed'. People here just love to take their speculations as absolute facts.

>>16412598
TB mostly sold for 50% off.

>>16412467
Probably Escalayer or Oyako Rankan, maybe Sengoku Rance, Galzoo, or Blade Briders. Evenicle is probably too new, and anything older than Rance 5D (like Daiakuji and Atlach Nacha) is probably way too old. Daiteikoku is neither of those things, but it doesn't have the best reputation.

>>16412607
There's no way to actually know that.

>>16412607
Well 2016 in review was mostly based on revenue and not the number of copies sold (Haro didn't confirm, but it reasonable assumption considering higurashi Ch3 which take the 6th place have around 7k+ copies sold), the discount will not affect its place on the list.

>>16412426
Yes, it bombed really hard, remember that it was on sale almost all the time and it reached %60 off.
Being on the best sold list doesn't mean shit like that.

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>>16408275
>>16408751

>>16408275
>Fairytale Requiem
>Rondo Leaflet
>Gore Screaming Show

mangagamer onegai

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>>16413018
>Fairytale Requiem
My nigger.

>>16412474
Not a chance

>>16412467
Escalayer and they could probably get a Rance title in for December 2017

>>16413238
Bad end is busy with Sorcery Jokers, and even if he already started, I don't see Arunaru being able to translate both Escalayer and either Sengoku or Rance 01 by next year, much less the beta testers and programmers finishing the all of the final touches.

>>16413311
*end of this year

What should I put in my third slot for mangagamer's poll?
I got Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia and Hare Nochi Kitto Nanohana Biyori in the first 2 spots.
I was thinking of Mamiya-kunchi no Itsutsugo Jijou because sister incest and we know how well that worked out for MG before.
I was also thinking of Kurano-kunchi no Futago Jijou because fuck yeah, twincest!
Or should I just go with Chiccha Love Apart.

You guys think MG could get a partnership with Parasol? I'm not asking just because their games have a bunch of little girls, just so you know.

>>16413318
Twincest

>>16413378
Isn't he stuck with Kuroinu?

>>16413318
Listen to what your dick tells you and go for the lolis

As I see it, it is a must to go for the lolis.

Not making lolige can only mean loss. While going for them will either give us a brief moment when we can enjoy them before they are banned, or opens up society for debate so they can progress and learn that drawings don't suffer.

Though society progressing forward seems unlikely, so mainly just to get loli before society breaks.

>>16413311
Rance 01 is really short

>>16413545
This man knows

>>16413545
It pains me not to go with twincest, but you made a very convincing argument for the lolis.

I don't know why people keep saying Evenicle is impossible for being too new, when it's going to make two years since it's release on april and if MG do announce it, it's release will only happen the earliest by the end of the year if Arunaru starts working on it early.

And please stop recommending Blade Briders, it is a painfully mediocre srpg, that sold so little that Alicesoft already stopped making copies of it.

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>>16413707
I'm an /m/fag, so that's the main reason I want it.

I want Evenicle and other titles more of course, but I can't help but fap to shit like this.

>>16413707
>that sold so little that Alicesoft already stopped making copies of it
Wouldn't that mean they could potentially get the license on the cheap though?

The Labyrinth of Grisaia is now up to third on Denpa's popularity sort, behind only the Nekopara volume 2 patch and the original Grisaia.

>>16415088
Maybe it'll convince them to prioritize their 18+ releases instead of putting them on the backburner!

Ha.
Ha,
Ha,

>>16415600
At the very least, I'd be surprised if they handle another title like Grisaia again. Anything with Nutaku's involvement would probably be same time release if not R18 first because Nutaku throws in funding on those projects. Additionally, their recent crowdfunding projects have made the R18 release one of the major selling points, even on Kickstarter with Chrono Clock. Not to mention that there is more reason to focus on R18 releases now that releases on Steam aren't selling like crazy anymore.

They still may have titles without an R18 release if the publisher isn't on board (or if they want to avoid something like Maitetsu), especially for licenses they picked up when they didn't care about Denpasoft at all. But the circumstances that lead to the Grisaia mess probably won't be repeated.

>>16408275
I did my part. I asked for more NTR, hopefully they deliver.

>>16408275
1) White Album 2
2) Caucasus ~Nanatsuki no Nie~
3) Evenicle

I hope 2017 will be awesome.

>>16415088
How can it be behind the patch? Nobody bought that. That is like saying Grisaia has sold less than 100 copies.

>>16412467
Daiakuji, Evenicle and a bundle Sengoku + 01.

>>16416698
>Daiakuji
Never ever ever

>>16416693
Nekopara volume 2 on Steam looks to be around 200k units sold. You don't need that high of an attachment rate to get a decent number on Denpasoft.

>>16416703
If Daiakuji does make it on the list (probably unlikely, but I've noticed a significant amount of people vote for it), then at least MG will be forced to comment on it.

I can't do it anymore. 5D is just so fucking bad, I'm skipping it.

>>16421597

It's really sort though.

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