March 2020 Eroge Releases

Did you need more games to keep you busy while you’re stuck at home? Good thing that there’s a few promising ones this month, such as Hulotte’s Ore no Sugata ga Toumei ni!? Invisible to Suuki na Unmei and CUBE’s futuristic Kami-sama no You na Kimi e. GIGA is remaking AXL’s Koisuru Otome to Shugo no Tate Re:boot THE “SHIELD-9”, while ninetail’s alchemy RPG Soushin no Ars Magna should keep you bound for hours. Stay safe everyone.

At least there are a better series of releases than last month, while I can’t think of anything worth pining for there is a good range of choices. What is even more noteworthy is that even if some are poorly made in one area or another, they don’t feel as bad as what makes them inferior isn’t because they are boring generic copy paste eroge.

February 2020 Eroge Releases

There’s a choice of isekai games this month, from SMEE’s slapstick HaremKingdom to TOKYOTOON’s Marco to Ginga Ryuu, which combines both traditional anime and cartoon styles. GIGA also has their spinoff Full Kiss S, while SukeraSomero offers the yuri title Oshi no Love Yori Koi no Love.

A month full of the worst kind of game. All besides one are just boring rather than good or bad. Or rather than boring perhaps nothing special or median for eroge is more appropriate. The sole exception to this is just weeb bait, so pretty dull month.

January 2020 Eroge Releases

Happy new year! It’s another light start with only a half dozen games. The highlight is Cabbage Soft’s kemonomimi café title Amairo Chocolata, drawn by Shiratama and Korie Riko. DESSERT SOFT’s Kami-sama no Shippo ~Etogami-sama-tachi no Ongaeshi~ features the twelve zodiac animals, so most likely at least one of them will appeal to you. Maybe the rat? It’s the Year of the Rat after all!

Happy new year. Though sadly not off to a great start for the year for eroge. Nothing this month is much more than decent, though one or two may be worth playing depending on your tastes. Just don’t expect anything to be too memorable a month later.

December 2019 Eroge Releases

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Did you wish for a cafe chara-ge like YuzuSoft’s Cafe Stella to Shinigami no Chou? Or maybe a dungeon management spinoff title like KarinProject’s Suzukuri Karin-chan? It isn’t all coal this year, so you should have ample games to play over the holiday break. Perhaps you’re already playing them now! (Zen will probably add his comments later when he’s free.)

Merry Belated Christmas, and Happy New Year at this point. Still I have to say aside from a few this is actually a decent month of average to better than average releases. Aside from the late post due to various reasons I’ll consider this a good month.

 

November 2019 Eroge Releases

It’s not often you can have things both ways, but in HOOKSOFT’s Docchi no i ga Suki desu ka? you can either take the lead with your girlfriend, or let her do so. Your decisions are also critical in the two RPGs this month: Astronauts Sirius’s Chaos Dominas and catwalk’s Yuusha to Odore!. For something much darker, there’s always BUG SYSTEM’s yuri title Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru.

While not a particularly great month, nor are there many releases in general It is nice to see some slight turns towards a more positive direction. Sure it seems like the industry is dying, and in a lot of ways it is, but it would be nice if a lack of more business oriented thinking towards eroge allows people who actually care about the games they make to come back.

October 2019 Eroge Releases

It’s hard to be excited for a month when there’s only six games. Applique’s crowdfunded Cross Concerto has technically already been released on Steam, but the package version will be out this month. GIGA’s Ai Kiss continues their school setting series, albeit with a new staff. Cabbit tries to recreate their past magic with the mysterious Kagi o Kakushita Kago no Tori.

Boring month yet again. Not only are their few games but most aren’t even up to the usual standards as sad as that is. I will certainly give thanks if next month can finally improve the releases we are offered.

Just Some News

It’s the 11th anniversary for Hau~ Omochikaeri~!! Thank you for your continued support. On a related note, this will be the last weekly news. As you may have noticed lately, the frequency of these posts have declined as there is not much news coming from the industry, which has seen a downturn. On top of that, most of you probably consume this material via other sources like Twitter. I hope that they have been useful to you. The monthly posts will still continue as usual.

YuzuSoft has revealed their newest title: Cafe Stella to Shinigami no Chou. It will be released on December 20th. ASa Project’s Ren’ai Karichaimashita will be getting two mini after stories. The first (Tsubaki, Chinatsu and Konatsu) is scheduled for November 29th, while the second (Emi and Hasumi) comes out on January 31st.

Gesen18’s Shin§Sengokuhime has been delayed to November 29th.

Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

FREEing – 1/4 scale Archer/Gilgamesh (FGO, June, ￥26,000)
KAITENDOH – 1/7 scale Super Sonico jogging ver. (December, ￥15,000)
knead – 1/7 scale Miku Dreaming Bride ver. (Deremas, April, ￥17,600)
Max Factory – figma Archer/Jeanne d’Arc (FGO, April, ￥8000)

The key character election has started up and runs until September 12th. The results will be announced on the third episode of Key Channel.

The NEXTON official English community Nextension has opened! Join their Discord server to interact with other fans and give feedback and suggestions to the staff.

September 2019 Eroge Releases

What would you do for love? The romance story only for you may be in Marmalade’s Study§Steady, provided it isn’t delayed again. Maybe you want something light, like Lass Pixy’s Little Sick Girls ~Osananajimi no Koibito~? Then again, nothing is stronger than a sibling bond, as you will see in Applique’s Cross Concerto.

Another empty month. Good news for backlogs everywhere and those who want fandisks. Otherwise the only one actually worth looking at this month is Cross Concerto, the rest are either nukige, fandisks, or nothing special.

Temptations Abound

Prekano is making a spin-off for Inre’s ChuSingura46+1 focused on Yamayoshi Shinpachirou, titled ChuSingura46+1 Wacchi to Onii-chan no Raburabu Nagaya Seikatsu. It will be out on November 29th.

CRYSTALiA’s Shiraha Kirameku Koi Shirabe has been set for November 29th, while bootUP!’s Mitsu Ane has been delayed to October 25th.

The Evenicle & Evenicle 2 art works will be on shelves on September 30th.

The Aibeya and Ama Mane PS4 ports will be out on November 28th, along with the Switch port for Flowers. The D.C.4 Switch port is planned for December 19th.

Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

ALTER – 1/7 scale Kako Talented Lady of Luck ver. (Deremas, July, ￥15,800)
AMAKUNI – 1/7 scale Caster/Helena Blavatsky (FGO, June/July, ￥19,800)
Broccoli – 1/7 scale Nanami (RIDDLE JOKER, February, ￥16,500)
Ooami – 1/8 scale Shin Heart to Heart ver. (Deremas, November, ￥14,960)

The Koihime Live 2019 will take place on November 9th at Yamano Hall in Yoyogi. Tickets starts from ￥6000.

You still have time to order the dakimakura for Onigyu‘s Akane.

Summer Heat

Recently announced new titles include:

BUG SYSTEM – Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru (November 29th)
Catwalk – Yuusha to Odore! ~Bocchi no Ore ga Isekai Shoukan Sarete Bishoujo-tachi to Gakuen Saikyou Party o Kumimashita~ (October 25th)
CRYSTALiA – Shiraha Kirameku Koi Shirabe
GIGA – Ai Kiss (October 25th)
Lass Pixy – Little Sick Girls ~Osananajimi no Koibito~ (September 27th)

Baseson’s Suzukari Karin-chan has been set for December 20th, while the following titles have been delayed:

Study§Steady – September 27th
Kagi o Kakushita Kago no Tori – October 25th
Raillore no Ryakudatsusha – October 25th

Sol Press will be doing the localization for a trio of Windmill titles: Happiness! 2 Sakura Celebration, Witch’s Garden, and Hyper→Highspeed→Genius.

The LocaLove Densha×Doukyuusei art book will be out on the same day as the game, August 30th.

The second H OVA for Hime-sama LOVE Life! by PoRO Petit will be sold on August 30th for ￥3800.

The PS4/PSV port for Aerial Life has been set for October 24th.

New figures available for pre-order include:

CharaAni – 1/7 scale Syoko -Mush Up★Voltage- (Deremas, December, ￥18,150)
FREEing – 1/4 scale Archer/Gilgamesh (FGO, June, ￥26,000)
Funny Knights – 1/7 scale Hibiki Tsutawaru Omoi ver. (Million Live!, October, ￥13,800)
GSC – nendoroid Avenger/Jeanne d’Arc [Alter] Shinjuku ver. (FGO, January, ￥4545)
HIDE – 1/8 scale Kotoha Hana-tachi no Shukufuku ver. (Million Live!, February, ￥23,500)
Max Factory – figma Shinji and Sakura (Fate, March, ￥11,000)
Medicos – 1/7 scale Rider/Mordred (FGO, December, ￥13,800)
PULCHRA – 1/6 scale Hachiroku swimsuit ver. (Maitetsu, December, ￥13,800)
Revolve – 1/7 scale Rin (battle ver.) (FGO, April, ￥17,380)
WAVE – 1/7 scale [Summer☆Usamin] Nana (Deremas, October, ￥14,800)

The third Shirokoi Sakura＊Gram append disc, featuring Yaya, is now available for download.

Beta service has started up for DMM browser game Eiyuu＊Senki WW.

JAM AKIHABARA is hosting a collaboration cafe for Raspberry Cube from August 5th to 18th.

Dakimakuras are coming out for Mamatoto‘s Arvy, SHUFFLE!‘s Kaede, Shukugar‘s Kanoko, Waka-sama‘s Waka, Spirichu‘s Itose, NEKO-NIN‘s Shino, Senmomo‘s Elsa, Yoakena‘s Cynthia, Grasesta‘s Ekthel and Fleurety, Shirokoi‘s Yuuri, Wakaba-iro‘s Hiyori, Kagura Reimeiki‘s Yayoi, Men at Work! 3‘s Phyllis, Castle Fantasia‘s Ciruela, Koihime‘s Sei, Amakano‘s Ruiko, GBM‘s Tale, Tamayura Mirai‘s Shiro, Raspberry Cube‘s Yuu, Wagahigh‘s Karen, Harumina‘s Yoriko, UQ AAA‘s Silveria, Hoshimemo‘s Yume, and Sakura, Moyu.‘s Kuro.

Remember that if you want to donate to the Kyoto Animation arson recovery fund, you can do so directly via the official bank account set up by the studio. Rest in peace.

It’s hot this summer. Make sure you stay hydrated!