Otome Sideblog

I’m pleased to announce that Black Wolves Saga: Bloody Nightmare is fully translated in English! To play in English, you need to download Visual Novel Reader. If you need instructions on downloading the program, watch this video here. 

I was hoping to finish translating the untranslated bits sooner but at least it’s done. Send your thanks to @bakemeats for translating the vast majority of it! Also thanks to @blackicejester for part of Arles’s route, his good end, and a few other lines.

Keep reading for instructions  on getting the translations to show up & other troubleshooting info.

So, since the game released for IOS just yesterday, I wrote up a guide for beginners, with some starter tips I wish I’d known when I first played!

Aksys Games has announced four new otome titles to release for the PS Vita in 2017!

The games are:

Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~

The fandisc for Code: Realize not yet released in Japan. It will continue the stories of all the love interests from the previous games, as well as add routes for Herlock Sholmes and Finis.

Period Cube

“With the help of your childhood friend, Hiroya, you decide to play the online RPG game “Arcadia” in order to look for clues as to the whereabouts of your missing older brother.

You are suddenly engulfed by a blinding light and lose conscious. When you wake up, you find that the scenery has changed into that of a video game fantasy world. As you are overwhelmed by the sudden twist of events, you learn a terrible truth: to escape this deadly world, you must clear the game.“

Bad Apple Wars

“The heroine, who was caught in an accident on the first day that she was to enter high school, suddenly found herself on the premises of an unknown school. This was NEVAEH Academy, a school for those whose souls were left behind after death.

In this school if you were a good student who followed the rules then, upon GRADUATION, you would be able to return and RESUME YOUR LIFE.” (Source: Otome Jikan)

Collar x Malice

“Due to the occurrences of serial brutal crimes, Shinjuku has become a dangerous town to live in. The protagonist works as a police officer and works hard everyday to keep the town safe.

However, one night, someone attacks her and places a collar around her neck with poison inside of it. Amidst the chaos and right before the protagonist’s eyes are men with suspicious backgrounds. They’re all part of an organization composed of former police officers and have taken it upon themselves to investigate the brutal cases.

E2 Gaming is planning to localize the Taisho Alice games and other games.

They are still in the process of updating their site but they have a facebook page that you can visit in the meantime for more info and news.

*queues Shang Tsung* It has begun! >:D *plays Mortal Kombat Movie Soundtrack* … Okay, so I may need a little sleep or something after all this, but it’s for a worthy cause!  (￣︶￣) And so I do. I’m going to break things up into parts because there’s a hella lot so I will be using #dorilovescrabbletutorial in the tags for easy retrieval. Let us begin.

Please know that I’m trying to cover all the things and am finding more along the way. Just give me time and if there’s something missing or you don’t understand, ask away and I shall answer :3

*inserts Disclaimer * All screenshots were taken by me, labeled by me, a single Voltage fan who wants nothing more than to help other non-Japanese speaking gamers play this thing we all hustled to love. I do not, in any way claim the game or characters or design as my own. Just the stupid labels and explanation that come with them |3

The Basics

….. I can’t seem to find Kenshin’s wet sprite *runs*

Update: 

Sanada Yukimura’s photo collection with divine ending special photo

From Otomate World Facebook:

Hi everyone! We have a new announcement from Gloczus, Inc. regarding their new project on Kickstarter! Link: http://kck.st/1mt6YfL

We are extremely thrilled to announce the name of our project, Beastmaster and Prince - Flower & Snow - (working title), which is now on Kickstarter! Our team at Gloczus could not be more excited about our brand new project, as well as sharing this fresh and unique experience by releasing the game to Otome fans all over the world!

However, we are facing the difficult challenge of acquiring the adequate funds needed to translate and edit the massive volume of game text in order to create a localized version of this game that preserves the same exhilarating user experience as the original game. In order to accurately deliver the story and capture each character’s unique personality, we require the highest quality of localization from an experienced team of translators and editors. As you may be aware, this is absolutely crucial for visual novels, where the strengths of the story and its characters are critical in enhancing the game’s narrative and experience! That’s why we’ve come to Kickstarter to ask for the support of Otome fans and community! By reaching directly to all of you, we are able to connect quickly with your feedback and further consolidate the level of trust in the relationship between us and the Otome fans. We really hope that you will join us to help bring Beastmaster and Prince - Flow & Snow - to Steam for Otome fans around the globe!

About CGs and stuff in BMP/ BMP2/ BMPLT

An official notice has been posted up on BMP/ BMP2/ BMPLT today stating that the posting of scenarios, CGs, movies, and etc. of the game without permission is prohibited because of copyrights.

Because of that, I will be taking down all CG and audio translation posts from my blog. From now on, this blog will mainly be consisting of original edits and fanfics. I will not be posting CGs of the games anymore. It would be appreciated if you would delete any of those posts that you have reblogged from me. Thank you.

Full notice (Japanese) from the games under the cut:

I hope they don’t take away the edits and such as well. That’s what makes our fandom great. Sharing our work with others who share in our love for the games is what we love most around here. Making gifs, edits and icons for our friends and posting them for others to see also inspires others to try making their own and fuels our creativity. Most of us need that encouragement from our friends and followers to keep going, to push ourselves to better our skills. Without that push, a lot of us just don’t have the drive to do it. If we can’t even share our pride in our work, it’s not worth it for most.

I’m not saying I think we should be able to post videos of entire routes or anything close to it. I’m not sure on the CGs. I think seeing the CGs ahead of time, for a good few of us, helps us decide it’s worth buying the story. I think they need to find a happy medium. They also need to consider the fact that many of their new players come from the fandom’s followers who many never have even heard or Voltage or otome in general. Seeing our posts with screen caps and CGs interest them enough to go out and buy. I can tell you one of my own followers picked up otome because of my posts and me talking to her personally about my love for their games. I spent over an hour telling her about the various games and characters until she picked a game she liked and a route.

This is just pure alienation of their fan base, and actually limits what we can do as far as fanart and edits since we are unable to get ahold of the new routes.