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• [NSFW] Sekai Project announces that they will be working on Squeez’s Teach Me! Yuiko Sensei – The Sex Education Lesson for Adults!! (おしえて！唯子先生　【エッチ】を覚える大人の性教育レッスン！！)
  Update: April Fool’s. The page has been restored.
• The red moon has risen at mirror moon, which usually signals a new release. However, there has been no announcement yet. They have released Tsukihime 2 English today, a year after announcing the project. More information is available in their news post
  Update: Confirmed to be an OEL parody work of Tsukuhime.
• Not a translation, but the Daily Momo-i TIMES informs us that Bottomless’s Omakase! Trouble Angel (おまかせ！とらぶる天使) has finally been released, although four years late. It was mentioned in our interview with Momoi Halko at Anime North 2008. (April Fool’s)
• Agilis has posted pictures of Narcissu 2 Carry-on Edition, which he says is nearing release.
• Hyper All-star Hani Sentai Force Z and Rance-sama have announced that they will be translating the entire Rance series of games from Alicesoft, or at least the older ones, which were released as freeware.
• In another announcement from AstCd2, True World 〜真実の世界〜 will be localized by the usual group of suspects. True World is a game by Circus and Kadokawa, released with the first press editions of volume 6 of the Welcome to the NHK (NHKにようこそ！) manga.
• The Sonozaki Futago-tachi, who released their translation of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni’s first chapter, Onikakushi-hen, in January, have received a response from 07th Expansion regarding the their translation. Unfortunately, they have been asked to decided to cease work and stop distribution of their patch. This could be interesting for the various other 07th Expansion translation projects out there.
  Update: They have removed the download links.
  Update: April Fool’s. They have now released an updated version of the patch, available on their download page. However, it is still true that they received a response from BT of 07th Expansion, but to a more positive effect.
• Not quite visual novel news, but Hendane, Inc. has announced an unexpected partnership with a certain famous doujin game creator, who likes hats and armpits.
• A toast to the hard working people at Yandere Translations, who have released the translation of the first 1/3 of Alicesoft’s Sengoku Rance. There are bugs seeing as this is a teaser patch, but the project seems to be moving along nicely.
  Update: We are now have a direct download link available for the Japanese version of the game, which you must apply the patch to, in our new downloads section.
  Update: Confirmed to be a real patch.
• We got caught linking our direct download of Sengoku Rance to MOU IKKAI. We have replaced the link now.
  Update: ぴったん〜らっらぜのぴったん〜
• In an (un)expected update from JAST USA, we find out not only that Shingo is alive, but also that they are busy reallocating their resources in these hard economic times. They have reallocated 12,000 april fool’s joke personnel from Redmond, WA, USA to instead work on the translation of Family Project (家族計画). See their update for more information.

Over the years Melty Blood has become famous as one of the most advanced 2D fighting games ever created and has seen a plethora of expansions and ports since its original conception. Apart from the trial versions of all three games, the most notable title in today’s release set is the translation of Act Cadenza Ver.B, which had been on hold for a long time since the actual translation was finished. Being the only title still readily available for sale, MBAC does however not have the large visual novel styled story mode that was available in the first two games. The updated versions of MB and MBR English most notably offer full Vista support and a crashing bug fix for MBR, as well as a general polish to the translated images and game systematics.

Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Ver.B can be bought at HimeyaShop. Downloads are available at the mirror moon website.

Fate/stay night is one of the most famous visual novels of the decade, telling the story of the Holy Grail War, a fierce battle between seven magi and the Servants they control. It was released by TYPE-MOON on January 30, 2004, was sequeled by Fate/hollow ataraxia late 2005 and got an anime adaptation by Studio DEEN and Geneon in 2006. The game was later ported to the PS2 as Realta Nua. The Fate universe has seen several expansions in forms of novels, manga and fighting games.

mirror moon translator TakaJun started working on the script and images of Fate/stay night late 2005, working silently for a few months to see if translating the game would be feasible. At April Fools’ 2006 the project was officially announced, the joke being that it was actually true. It then took over a year until the Fate route patch could be released, translating the first of the game’s three routes to English. Two years after the official announcement the second version was released, adding the second route Unlimited Blade Works. Now, after a total of three years of work, all three routes are translated with the release of Heavens Feel.

Edit: Due to a nasty bug a new version was released (v3.1), but for the voiced version of v3.1 another small fix is required. See the official post for details.

Tsukihime Plus+Disc is a fandisc released by TYPE-MOON in 2003 as part of the Tsuki-Bako collection, offering a number of side stories to the original Tsukihime game. It can be seen as an extended version of the Tsukihime Plus-Disc, released separately in 2001, but the translation is only compatible with the extended Plus+Disc. Download links for the release can be found on the mirror moon website.

Edit: A stopping bug was found in the release and v1.2 has been put online. Links updated.

Probably the longest running translation project to ever see the light of completion, Men at Work! 2 English was first started by Top50 back in 2001. As years came and went the progress of the project slowed to a dead halt until TheXev and Top50 agreed that mirror moon would take over the translation. TakaJun had already translated part of the game for the original MaW!2 Translation Project and it was decided that the rest of the game scripts would be re-translated by him as well. At some point TheXev passed on the director’s chair to Radical R, who finalized the project together with the rest of the mirror moon staff.

Men at Work! 2 is an adult action/fantasy RPG styled visual novel, released by Studio e.go! in november 2000, featuring a 3D battle system and, in the plus version, full voices. The Voice Plus version (version 1.50) was originally released as a bonus on the Men at Work! 3 DVD, and has since been released once more on the Men at Work! 4 Special Edition DVD featuring a huge overhaul to its 3D system (version 1.51). The translation is designed to work with either of the two Voice Plus versions of the game. It will not work with the original, unvoiced Men at Work! 2. The Men at Work! 4 Special Edition DVD can be purchased through HimeyaShop [NSFW].