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They're testing the waters for commercial viability. Both the manga and anime ended over a decade ago, so there's little way of knowing how popular a new series might be.

If the OVA can reignite the passion of old fans and prove that there are enough paying customers, more anime may be possible.

Thing is, the graphics aren't even impressive, so I can't for the life of me understand why the frame rate is so low and seems so laggy. Did Nippon Ichi put the junior intern staff on this game? Is it written in Java? (kidding, kidding...) The battles have the same issue and last too long. By reput...

Did they change the director on purpose? Judging by the timeframe, the original director passed away 3-4 months into the series run, so I don't think the change was planned. Anyway, I haven't seen the entire series yet. However, I've read that the mangaka originally focussed on Marie Antoinette but...

In terms of general perception, the label may carry a negative connotation - after all, obsessive interest in something so non-practical doesn't conform with social norms. However, those who openly identify themselves as "otaku" embrace the term as a matter of pride and fellowship. Most li...

People who played the all the untranslated Sakura Wars games have said that the fourth game was a letdown, and the fifth game was a slight return to form. The two were criticized for different reasons. Sakura Taisen 4 was a rush job just so Sega could reuse the ST3 engine and milk the popularity of...

From the reviews I've read so far, I see a whole lot of eye-rolling and "ANOTHER visual novel adaptation?" comments, especially for the first two. Seems like we still have a ways to go before we can escape the stereotype of all visual novels being H games with lousy plots. Has anyone actu...

It's in part promotion for Mass Effect 3. Besides, publishing rights to most of their older games are held by different companies, which would complicate this kind of arrangement.

I don't know a whole lot about this one, but it's derived from the original version of FF4 (2D graphics, albeit redrawn from scratch. I'll assume that the battle balance is based on the GBA version and not the original) as opposed to the DS remake. Extra content includes the after story that was rel...

In Japan, another problem is the lack of fresh blood. Among younger people (i.e. those born during the 1980s), not many are interested in joining the industry.

The situation in Japan is pretty bad. However, I doubt there will be a big impact on niche, low budget stuff like visual novels.

OTOH, RPGs and strategy games (which have been increasingly tailored for a tiny otaku audience) are likely to fade even further into obscurity.

Yeah, I'd have to say that those topics are extremely commonplace. That article parrots stuff that's widely presented in newspapers (English language versions at that), not to mention games, anime, and manga. Maybe the author's sampling of Japanese-produced entertainment is too limited.

That's what really gets me about this game. Five years of paying people and assuming that they had the spare cash of two full-time good paying jobs over that time at their disposal considering their marketing tactics... Did they pay people through the entire five years? Development could well have ...

I've completed the first year of game time so far, and my impression hasn't changed. Stats still take too long to improve, and there are too many interruptions to the process. In a sim, the player needs ample opportunity to work on skills. However, much of the game time is depleted by various story ...

I don't think i agree with you. Many of Konami relatively, TokiMemo either for boys or girls, is quite a hit. I've never seen a TokiMEmo(I'm particularly sure about TM 4 and Girl's Sides) that hasn't been on the top lists of best selling games.... Tokimemo still hits the weekly lists (mainly becaus...

5. Konami released Brooktown High in English in 2007. It was okay, I guess, but I'm not sure what audience the company intended to reach. They were targeting the mainstream - basically, the type of people who might enjoy games like The Sims. Where new development is concerned, companies like Konami...