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Mistonia no Kibou and Utakata no Uchronia Localizations Announced

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Jul 052024
 

I waited until after Aksys’s news from Anime Expo to write today’s blog post, and Aksys didn’t disappoint!

Before we get to Aksys, let’s talk about a couple other Anime Expo announcements quick. First, yesterday Sekai Project announced that the upcoming new Nekopara game, Nekopara After, was originally intended to be DLC but has now become a full release on its own.

Second, NISA announced that Ys X: Nordics will be out on October 25 in the west, and preorders for the limited edition have opened. Today, they followed that with the largely-expected news that Trails through Daybreak II will be coming west in early 2025.

Now let’s move on to Aksys!

On the otome front, we got three main announcements.

Mistonia no Kibou – The Lost Delight has been confirmed for localization next year. This is an otome dealing with fairies and a heroine seeking revenge, and it looks beautiful. It’s the one I’m the most interested in right now (although I wish the main character’s name wasn’t Applause, because I’m not sure I can take that seriously).

The really surprising thing, though, is that it isn’t even out in Japan yet. It’s coming out on July 18. For localization to be confirmed before the game is even out in Japan seems like a great sign for how much the otome localization situation has improved.

Utaka no Uchronia is also coming west in 2025. This one is set in a flying city, and I know a lot of people were hoping it would be announced.

The Switch port of 7’scarlet is also coming west, with a more specific window of Spring 2025. I never played the Vita or PC version, but it’s one I’ve considered, so I might keep this in mind.

As for their already-announced titles, the Virche Evermore fandisc got a release date of November 7, and the 2025 release window for Despera Drops was also narrowed down to spring.

2025’s otome lineup is already looking stacked.

They had a few non-otome announcements as well, including a zombie RPG called Raging Bytes that looks like it could be interesting.

So we’ve gotten plenty of great announcements out of Anime Expo so far, with still more to come. Don’t forget that Idea Factory is holding a separate event tomorrow as well!

What announcements have interested you so far?

Bustafellows Season 2 Localization Confirmed At Last

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Jun 262024
 

PQube has been teasing Bustafellows Season 2 since last year, and this morning it finally came to fruition with the announcement that it will be localized in 2025.

Only the Steam page is up so far, but it will be localized for the Switch as well. A physical release for the Switch version has been confirmed, though there’s no word on a limited edition.

(PQube’s upcoming lineup also includes otome games Celestia: Chain of Fate and Genso Manège, idol games I*Chu: Chibi Edition and B-Project Ryusei*Fantasia, and visual novel SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky, so they’ve certainly stepped forward when it comes to unexpected niche releases.)

There’s a Bustafellows panel scheduled for Anime Expo, so I thought they might announce localization there, but it looks like they wanted to handle the announcement first instead.

When I played Bustafellows last year, I praised its characters while criticizing the way the story and mystery were handled. At the time, the sequel wasn’t out in Japan yet, and I had my fingers crossed it would improve those areas. I liked the characters enough to buy the sequel for them, so here’s hoping I get my wish.

It is a great time to be an otome game fan, and 2025 is already looking good. Who knows what other announcements might come from Anime Expo, too? Aksys will be announcing new games, and Idea Factory is holding an event at the same time, so the chances of getting more otome localizations is pretty high.

A few days ago, eastasiasoft also announced an August 1 release date for Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom, which I almost blogged about except I was too busy rambling about Ace Attorney.

Yes, it’s a great time to be an otome fan… Now I just need to get my backlog under control! Are you looking forward to Bustafellows Season 2?

Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon Localization Also Confirmed

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Apr 192024
 

Sometimes it feels like similar news comes in waves for no apparent reason, and it’s that time again.

Hot on the heels of Idea Factory’s announcement that otome game 9 R.I.P. will be localized this fall, publisher dramatic create released an otome announcement of their own.

Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon, originally released for the Vita as an expanded re-release of a PSP otome game, will be out for the Switch and PC later this year.

Best of all, the official website confirms that subtitles will be available in Japanese, English, and Chinese, which means we have another otome localization to look forward to!

Back when I started getting into otome games, it felt like such a niche genre that you could buy every localized title that came out and still have only a handful each year. Now the years have been stacked! I’m definitely not complaining, though, but I’m starting to build up a notable backlog for otome games alone.

This one sounds like an interesting story, with the heroine traveling through time back to the Meiji era, so I’ll definitely have this on my list to check out. Are you interested in Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon?

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