Moe Game Award 2014 Winners

The winners of the Moe Game Award 2014 have been announced! Flying high in first place is sprite’s Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, followed by Chuable Soft’s rocket manic Ano Harewataru Sora Yori Takaku and SILKY’s PLUS Wasabi’s spirit mystery Nanairo Reincarnation. Aokana was also voted as the top game by users.

Individual winners are as follows:

Scenario – Ano Harewataru Sora Yori Takaku, Kimi no Tonari de Koi Shiteru! (ALcot Honey Comb)
Character design – Clover Day’s (ALcot), Reminiscence Re:Collect (Tigre)
Game design – VenusBlood -HYPNO- (dualtail), Gigai no Alruna (Debonosu)
Pure love – Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2 (Navel), MeltyMoment (HOOKSOFT)
Ero (pink) – Sakigake⇒Generation (Clochette), PRIMAL×HEARTS (Marmalade), Amakano (Azarashi Soft)
Ero (black) – Kuro no Kyoushitsu (BISHOP)
Fetish – Oniichan, Migite no Shiyou o Kinshi Shimasu! (Galette)
Fire – Soushuu Senshinkan Gakuen Hachimyoujin (light), BALDR SKY ZERO 2 (GIGA)
Long play – Tenbin no La DEA. (Eushully)
Song – Dekinai Watashi ga, Kurikaesu (AkabeiSoft3), HapyMaher Fragmentation Dream (Purple Software)
BGM – AstralAir no Shiroki Towa (FAVORITE)
Fandisc – ChuSinGura46+1 Bushi no Kodou (Inre)
Promotion – Yakimochi Stream (MadoSoft)
3D – Kono Oozora ni, Tsubasa o Hirogete SNOW PRESENTS (PULLTOP)

Low price – Walkure Romanze Re:tell (Ricotta)
Topic – Kanojo no Seiiki (feng)
New brand – Doushite, Sonna ni Kuroi Kami ga Suki nano? (FIRE WORKS), Kami no Ue no Mahoutsukai (Uguisu Kagura)

New titles announced this week include:

Debonosu – Ayakashi Sange
Digital Cute – Tincle★Twinkle Festival!
D.O. – Nanairo＊Clip
La’cryma – Kadenz fermata//Akkord:fortissimo (July 31st)
Lump of Sugar – Tayutama 2

key’s Angel Beats! -1st beat- has been delayed to June 26th, while release dates have been set for the following:

PENDULUM – June 26th
Koinaka lovers – August 21st
Traveling Stars – August 28th

Chara polls have begun for Shin Koihime†Eiyuutan 1 (until May 1st), Panyanyanda (until May 8th) and Hananono (until May 11th).

light has started up a crowdfunding project for an anime adaptation for Dies irae. They’re aiming for over 3 million yen. It’s all or nothing.

NanaWind’s ALIA’s CARNIVAL is getting a PSV port.

The Minakoi visual fan book and OST are both coming out on May 15th. The Silverio Vendetta OST and Hanasaki soundtrack CD will be on shelves on May 29th and June 26th, respectively. Fans of Shimotsuki Haruka will be delighted to hear there’s a compilation of her best PC game songs coming out on August 5th.

New figures available for pre-order include:

ALTER – 1/7 scale Aliasse (Senjou no Valkyria 2, September, ￥19,800)
Orca Toys – 1/6 scale Muramasa race queen ver. blue (Muramasa, September, ￥13,800)
Phat! – 1/8 scale Makoto (im@s, September, ￥8400)
Q-six – 1/5.5 scale Natsuha (Monobeno, July, ￥12,800)
VERTEX – 1/7 scale Celia (Walroma, October, ￥18,000)

Dakimakuras are coming out for Aokana‘s Asuka, P×C‘s Chitose, Walroma‘s Celia, Himegoto Union‘s Nanoka, Koikano‘s Mayu, Amakoi‘s Tsuyuri and Anastesia, 11gatsu‘s Fuuka, Golden Marriage‘s Touko and Marika, Sakigen‘s Ririko, and Mayosube‘s Otoha and Suzuran. Enjoy!

I did nothing but eat poutine and play Evenicle this weekend. I have no regrets.

A Welcome Change for Clochette

Clochette‘s next title won’t be all balloons! The main illustrator working on Koko Kara Natsu no Innocence! will be Sesena Yau (Timepiece Ensemble, Diamic Days). Other new titles announced this week include:

FrontWing – Hatsuru Koto Naki Mirai Yori
Gummy Soft – Tenkiame (August 28th)

The top finishers in Softhouse-seal GRANDEE’s dakimakura poll for characters illustrated by 2-G are Aki (Zettai Zecchou☆Seiki no Daihatsumei!!), Sara (Zettai Junshu☆Kyousei Kozukuri Kyokashou!!), Charlotte (Zettai Ryouiki☆Sex Royale!!) and Moa (Tensei Kunitori Sex Gassen!!).

SAGA PLANETS has started up a dakimakura poll for Hanasaki until April 23rd. Vote for your favourite outfit for each character (back side). The front side is always the school uniform, except for Nonoka (normal clothes).

Yahho~ Sakura’s birthday is coming up on May 18th. Why not celebrate with her by getting her CD? It only costs ￥2200. The Hanasaki complete soundtrack will be on shelves on June 26th for ￥2500. For ￥2000 more, you can also get a tapestry!

New figures announced this week include:

Max Factory – figma Uzuki Cinderella project ver. (im@s cg, September, ￥5,370)
Milestone – 1/6 scale Natsuha strawberry decoration ver. (Monobeno, July, ￥12,500)

Get your Daito LINE stamps here. C’mon c’mon.

Character1 is just around the corner, so there’s plenty of dakimakura available soon, including Koihime‘s Sui, Amakano‘s Sayuki, Panicon‘s Honoka, Omokage Railback‘s Juri, Clover Day’s‘ Anzu, and a new loli heroine from Lose’s next game. There’s also a big Nonoka summer bath towel!

Panicon was so immensely shallow. Honoka is probably the only reason you should play it. I’m just playing the last few routes in KamiEx, as well as some May trials. Spica in Love Equation is adorable! I’ll gladly help her change every morning!

While You Were Away…

It seems like there’s not much news this week or maybe everyone’s just busy with a certain loli goddess with a blue string…

Release dates have been set for the following:

Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai – July 24th
Sakura Nikagetsu – July 24th

PULLTOP Air’s Natsuiro Recipe has been delayed to May 29th.

The “Watanabe Akio Artworks 1” book comes out on April 24th, featuring 148 pages of illustrations from Grisaia. It’s priced at ￥2500.

The next installment of Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen for the PS4/PS3/PSV is planned for September 24th.

New figures announced this week include:

Kotobukiya – 1/8 scale Kanako (im@s cg, September, ￥7800)
ORCA TOYS – 1/6 scale Tamaki miwaku no twister game ver.HIYAKEATO (TH2, June, ￥13,800)

I’ve spent the past couple days being a lucky sukebe in Panicon. It feels odd playing an Escu:de title that doesn’t have some whacky mini game (the clothes come off on their own!), but Honoka and Teo are so cute that I don’t care about anything else.

Everything for Shinku

FAVORITE is making an after fandisc for Shinku! Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai will be devoted solely to our adorable hotcake-loving translucent magician, with a whispering voice drama and a Shinku stuffed doll as planned bonuses. I can’t wait for this! ^^

Like in past years, key announced a new work on April Fool’s Day. This year it is Harmonia, with only a PV up.

Other new titles announced this week include:

ALcot Honey Comb – Kimi no Tonari de Koi Shiteru! ~The respective happiness~
Chuable Soft – Watashi ga Suki Nara “Suki” tte Itte!
HOOKSOFT – PriministAr Mini FD Senri&Kayano ver.

3rdEye’s Sorcery Jokers has been delayed to June 26th.

Misaki won the Chrono Clock chara poll. ば～っかじゃないの！？ The Silverio Vendetta chara poll has started up and will run until April 19th.

The Amakano soundtrack CD and AKABEiSOFT2&Sisters vocal collection will both be on shelves on April 24th. The Shining Resonance collection of visual materials comes out on April 27th.

New figures available for preorder are:

GSC – nendoroid Rin (im@s cg, July, ￥3426)
WING – 1/7 scale Muramasa bunny ver. (Muramasa, July, ￥12,744)

I took a day off on Monday to finish Hanasaki Work Spring! in one go. It was pretty long, but I thoroughly enjoyed it! The story wasn’t as deep as Natsunagi, Hatsusaku or Karumaruka, but as a chara-ge, it did its job. While Ayano’s was the strongest route, Hikari and Nonoka are angels~ ^___^ Long live #hikaributts!

April 2015 Eroge Releases

Did you know that it’s been almost 9 years since D.C.II came out? Well, CIRCUS is going back to its best title to provide a canon link between the second and third games, D.C.II Dearest Marriage. BaseSon’s Koihime series also makes a comeback with the first chapter of the retelling Shin Koihime†Eiyuutan. On the RPG front, there’s titles from the usual suspects: ALICESOFT’s Evenicle and Eushully’s Kami no Rhapsody. For something that doesn’t turn back the clock, Purple Software’s Chrono Clock promises to be a good read.

So, April fools joke this year is, that there is no April fools joke, ha, ha. Although compared to most months these days there are a few games that might be worth playing, which says a lot. Always nice to see companies like Circus and BaseSon give up on trying and just whore their characters out over and over.

Playing All Weekend with No Regrets

Iris‘ next title will be Chicchakunai mon! ~School Bus de Omukae Chu Chu♥~. Yellow school buses have never been so popular.

Tanuki Soft’s Shoujo Ramune has been delayed to July 24th., while release dates have been set for the following:

Neyuki no Genei – June 26th
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o New Gene! – June 26th

The PSV port for GIGA’s Harvest OverRay has been set for June 25th.

The following new figures are available for preorder this week:

FREEing – 1/4 scale Perceval (Eiyuu＊Senki, August, ￥22,037)
Medicom Toy – 1/8 scale Ruler/Jeanne d’Arc (Fate/Apocrypha, January, ￥11,610)

The top 3 in the Second Eroge Reviewer Ranking hosted by Marebito-san were Subahibi, Hoshimemo and Suika. The favourite makers were ALICESOFT, elf, Nitro+ and UnisonShift Blossom. I had a great time listening to it last weekend. All 6 hours of it.

Hanasaki is out! I was thinking of doing Nonoka first, but it seems like she’s locked from the beginning, so Hikari it is! #hikaributts

HERO = H + ERO

Marmalade is making a sequel PRIMAL×HEARTS2, due out on August 28th. It takes place 6 years after the original, with the same dual student councils setting, but the cast will be totally new. The protagonist is subchara Michi’s little brother.

Other new titles announced this week include:

Abogado Powers – Seven Piece!
MOONSTONE Honey – Ojou-sama to Himitsu no Otome (June 26th)
ORANGE YELL – Sakura Nikagetsu (July 31st)

Possibly inspired by key and minori, WHITESOFT has turned to crowdfunding site Shooting Star to raise money for a package version of their upcoming Samoto Fuuri-only fandisc Nekonade Distortion Renai Jishou no Dead End, which comes out on May 29th. They’ve already passed their target within a week, so it appears to be quite a success. Will we see more of such projects in the future?

Release dates have been announced for the following:

LOVEREC. – Jun 26th
Magical☆Dears – June 26th
Fairytale Requiem – July 24th
Maboroshi no Dystopia – July 24th

Insync’s Mousou Complete! has been delayed once more to May 29th.

Kara no Shoujo‘s Touko was voted as #1 in Innocent Grey’s 10th anniversary chara poll. This comes as expected from the main heroine of their most well-known title.

Grisaia spinoff Idol Mahou Shoujo Chiruchiru☆Michiru is coming to the PSV! It’s planned for a June 25th release. There’s also a sequel GAL☆GUN Double Peace set for this summer for the PSV and PS4. Keep shooting for love!

The visual fan book for Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia will be on shelves on April 24th.

The following figures were announced this week:

ALTER – 1/6 scale Saber Extra swimsuit ver. (Fate/Extra, August, ￥10,800)
Daiki Kougyou – 1/6 scale Bertille (Walroma, September, ￥18,500)
Kotobukiya – 1/8 scale Anzu (im@s cg, August, ￥6800)

Dakimakuras are available for preorder for Onikin‘s Ayuka and Nostalgia‘s Misaki.

I played a trio of RPG trials this week: Evenicle, Kami no Rhapsody and Kagura Kaentan. Evenicle was the most attractive to me out of them. It had plenty of comedy and ecchi, wasn’t hard to learn the system, and made me want to play the full game. I’d easily rank it as one of my top picks for the month.

There’s still a week till #hikaributts, so I’m gonna waste some time playing KamiEx while trying to recover from this awful cold.

Encore! Encore!

ensemble’s Otome ga Kanaderu Koi no Aria ~Kimi ni Sasageru Encore~ is planned for June 26th. Chara poll winner Kei will get a route in this fandisc. They’ve also open got a PV up.

Liar-soft has also revealed the name of their next title: Fairy Tale Requiem. The website opens next week.

Release dates have been set for the following:

Love Love♥Princess – June 26th
Sukui no Serenade – June 26th

The chara poll for Anekouji Naoko to Giniro no Shinigami is underway and will end on March 19th. Vote for the sheep or the hamster!

The rest of the characters in Shin Koihime†Eiyuutan have been revealed. The only new characters are Shanfu and Karin’s cousin, Eika.

You have until May 31st to preorder the dakimakura of Koisex‘s Kotone.

There’s still another two weeks until #hikaributts, so I’m getting a head start on April trials after finishing Tearstilla, which had nice characters, although neither the story nor character development was deep at all. First up is Chrono Clock and I’m already smitten by ultra-shy kouhai Miu >w<

It’s also White Day tomorrow, so there’s plenty of voice clips and wallpapers available.

March 2015 Eroge Releases

The much-anticipated March chara-ge treasure trove is finally here! Enjoy winter in FrontWing’s Yuki Koi Melt or look forward to spring in SAGA PLANETS’ Hanasaki Work Spring!. Be loved by older girls in Minato Carnival’s Anekouji Naoko to Giniro no Shinigami or take care of SLG idols in HamHamSoft’s LOW-RISE!!!. See the future in Insync’s Mousou Complete! or see the traces of the past in Applique’s Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no. Hau~ There’s so many bishoujos to take home!

As all good things come to an end, so must winter, forcing us to deal with everything from allergies to rising CPU temperatures. A shame the only medication I know of to make bad eroge seem better requires you be three years older than the games themselves.

It’s Magically Delicious!

There’ll be more of Kotone and Shiho in PeasSoft’s Koisuru Shimai no Sextet PLUS. It is scheduled for July 31st with additional ecchi content for the most popular twins. Sister sex! Sister sex!

PENDULUM has been delayed once again, this time to an unspecified date this spring. The following titles have been also been delayed:

Sumire – May 29th
Ichibun no Ni Koigokoro – June 26th

Kogado Studio’s Hakuisei Aijou Izonshou for the PSV has been set for April 30th.

Aquamarine’s 1/7 scale figure of Fate/Apocrypha‘s Saber of “Red” -Mordred- will ship in May for ￥11,000.

A pair of Koihime dakimakuras are available for preorder from Tokuma Shoten: Aisha and Karin.

I’ve spent the past couple days going through a huge backlog of March trials. Anekouji Naoko to Giniro no Shinigami felt almost like Minakoi with its comedy and pacing, while Low-Rise!!! was entertaining with lots of mini systems. I didn’t think I’d enjoy Shirogane×Spirits!, but it’s not too bad. The game that probably went up my personal rankings the most would be Panical Confusion. All the heroines are cute and lucky sukebe moments. Gotta love magic!