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MangaGamer hints at two new possible properties

zalas — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:19:52 +0000

In addition to giving a progress report about MangaGamer’s manga and H-anime sections getting closer to opening and game animations to be checked arriving from minori, the official MangaGamer Twitter has also announced that they were working on acquiring two new never-before-announced titles. Unfortunately, the popular guesses of Key, TYPE MOON and Shin Koihime Musou failed to win free Internets. There’s now two hints in relation to the titles: “1) Yo dawg, we herd you like traps, so we put a trap in yo eroge so u can trap it up with all dem chicks!” and “2) How much blood would you shed to stay alive?” Lastly, MangaGamer has also released a SHUFFLE! CG viewer bug fix as a 1.12 MiB zip file that needs to be unpacked into the program folder.

JAST USA and MangaGamer deliver year-end updates

zalas — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:26:58 +0000

Both JAST USA and MangaGamer have delivered their year-end updates. From the JAST USA end, it looks like Saya no Uta and Hanachirasu will be sold separately, although there will be a discount for buying them together. The two games along with Sumaga are scheduled to be out before Anime Expo. Meanwhile, MangaGamer states that they’re working on a 4th hard copy game from the J-List distribution deal, which will be a game they have already released that they are trying to fix up. Furthermore, they’re also aiming for a end-of-February or beginning-of-March release for DEARDROPS, while the trial version is currently out for people to try out the game. Dengeki Stryker and Harukoi Otome are still in translation, with the former aimed at a release by the time Anime Expo comes around. As for ef – the first tale, it’s still undergoing review by NNL of the latest build from minori, which if it passes, will allow the release to proceed.

Tidbit: MangaGamer posts DEARDROPS trial version

zalas — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:08:00 +0000

MangaGamer reveals new hardcopy titles

zalas — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:01:33 +0000

MangaGamer has now announced the first three releases under their hardcopy collaboration with J-List. Go Go Nippon!, their all-ages game that introduces the reader to living in Japan, will be available for 15 USD MSRP. For their adult segment, MangaGamer and J-List are releasing Edelweiss and its fan disc, Eiden Fantasia as a bundle for the list price of 40 USD. Lastly, the recently released maid-centric title, We Love Master, will also be receiving a hardcopy edition, for the list price of 35 USD. All titles will be DRM-free, as have been their previous hardcopy titles, and are basic releases with no extras. The announcement post also contains detailed images of the packaging. Go Go Nippon and the Edelweiss bundle are expected to finish printing on December 20, and MangaGamer hopes to push through last minute fixes for We Love Master to have it out by New Years. The J-List website is now accepting preorders of the newly announced titles.

Tidbit: MangaGamer hints at upcoming DEARDROPS

zalas — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:55:05 +0000

MangaGamer has tweeted that the English localization of the rock and roll visual novel from OVERDRIVE, DEARDROPS has entered beta testing. Furthermore, they hope to have a trial version up later this month.

Tidbit: MangaGamer releases Harem Party

zalas — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:26:49 +0000

Tidbit: MangaGamer holds Halloween sale

zalas — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:09:29 +0000

MangaGamer announced today that they will be offering some of their titles (well, mostly the thriller/suspense/mystery ones) at a discount for Halloween. Higurashi’s question arcs, Guilty and Soul Link are reduced from 24.95 EUR to 15.95 EUR. Higurashi’s answer arcs are reduced from 34.95 EUR to 24.95 EUR and budget titles My sex slave is a classmate and Suck my Dick or Die have been reduced to 9.95 EUR. MangaGamer has held sales before, such as their Spring and Summer sales.

Tidbit: MangaGamer posts transcript to third bamboo live chat

zalas — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:44:38 +0000

Go Go Nippon going nicely

zalas — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:05:32 +0000

MangaGamer released their virtual homestay game, Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ slightly over a week ago and has garnered a decent amount of sales. According to MangaGamer, sales of Go Go Nippon during the first week beat out Kara no Shoujo and We Love Master in their first week sales. However, sales numbers for the first week were still less than first day sales of Koihime Musou. The rate at which Go Go Nippon has been selling has MangaGamer commenting that “[they'd] love to see the game expanded through DLC, so [they] hope it continues to sell well.”

The game itself is available from MangaGamer’s all-ages site for 9.95 EUR and comes in a 256.5 MiB zip file which can be extracted to play the game (after activating online of course). The game runs at 800×600 and the user interface is very similar to previous MangaGamer games. However, for parts of the game where characters are conversing or thinking in Japanese, there is an option to display the original Japanese lines as well. The start of a new game begins with asking the player to input a name as well as the current exchange rate of the yen with either the dollar or the euro, as the game will keep track of how much the protagonist has spent throughout his week in Japan. One issue with the exchange rate interface is that JPY and USD were erroneously swapped on the screen (while the EUR option is fine).

NNL posts ef preview

zalas — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:43:19 +0000

No Name Losers has posted a lengthy preview of MangaGamer’s upcoming release of ef – the first tale. Improvements over the original game and/or the fansubbed release include the ability to choose fonts for the dialogue display, a revised English script, an improved upsampling filter and an option to use an alternate set of fade and scroll speeds. Furthermore, NNL and MangaGamer’s editor developed two different styles for resolving the issue of mismatched dialogue text length between the original Japanese script and the English script, which is very apparent with the Japanese audio. Chapter 1 of the game will use NNL’s approach and Chapter 2 of the game will use MangaGamer’s approach. The conclusion of the post suggested future sneak-peak updates of this nature.