Operation Backlog Completion 2026

Otome News Continues With Radiant Tale and Norn9: Last Era Release Dates

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Apr 282023
 

The surge of otome game news continues!

After last week’s cluster of otome announcements and then Idea Factory’s Charade Maniacs release date reveal, it was time for Aksys to take the stage today.

In a short “All Aksys 2023 Update” video, Aksys provided updates on several of their upcoming titles.

The otome games Radiant Tale and Norn9: Last Era both got release dates. Radiant Tale will be out on July 27, and Last Era on August 24. Yes, the upcoming months are becoming packed with games I’m interested in. Preorders for both are open now.

Jack Jeanne, which will be out on June 15, was also highlighted as they showed off its impressive Limited Editions.

Now, it wasn’t all otome news. They also showed Inescapable, which I’ve been interested in since its announcements, a fantasy farming game called Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island, and the dungeon crawler Mon-Yu, which now has the amazing full English title “Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters and Gain Strong Weapons and Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don’t Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be a Day When the Heroes Defeat the Devil King” that they impressively fit onto the box art without looking bad.

So while there were no new announcements, it was exciting to get release date news. I’m looking forward to the oncoming rush of games I want to play, even if my backlog trembles in fear.

Are you interested in any of the games from Aksys’s update?

Charade Maniacs Release Date & Limited Edition Announced

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Apr 262023
 

So soon after our previous rush of otome news, we have a new announcement to add: the release date of Charade Maniacs.

Idea Factory has officially announced that Charade Maniacs will be out on June 27.

Now, this isn’t a big surprise. The eShop page has said June 27 for about a month, but it hadn’t been announced until now.

What makes it exciting news despite that is that they’ve also revealed the Charade Maniacs Limited Edition, which will cost $89.99 and include the game (of course), a steelbook case, art book, drama CD, a 44-page short novel, a 10 card bromide set, a collector’s box, and a trading card. Idea Factory’s Limited Editions put other Limited Editions to shame, and this one looks like no exception. Preorders will open on May 2.

We haven’t talked about Charade Maniacs before, mainly due to the way its localization was announced. You might recall an Idea Factory otome live stream that we never actually discussed after its announcement. They announced Charade Maniacs at that live stream, except the stream was over an hour of static with the chat mod pretending they didn’t know why people were frustrated, followed by the Charade Maniacs trailer and then the immediate end of the stream. It might have been a cute marketing stunt if it lasted 10 minutes, but over an hour? After being announced in advance?? To people who had set aside time to watch it, it felt like Idea Factory wasted our time, so I was a bit too annoyed to actually blog about the game.

But I’ve softened since then, since I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they had good intentions. Besides, the plot premise sounds interesting – 10 people are abducted and forced to act out dramas in order to escape, but one of them is a traitor. The mystery elements have me intrigued, so I’m definitely looking forward to this one.

Charade Maniacs will be out on June 27, making the second half of June quite crowded for new games I want to play. Are you looking forward to Charade Maniacs? Are you planning to pick up the Limited Edition?

Even If Tempest: Dawning Connections Release Window and More Otome News

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Apr 212023
 

Yesterday, all the developers woke up and decided it was otome day.

All right, so that’s an exaggeration. But it was just three days ago that Jack Jeanne’s release date was announced to be June 15, and more news was hot on its heels.

The fandisc for Even if Tempest had already been teased, but yesterday it was officially revealed as Even if Tempest: Dawning Connections. It will be released this summer in both Japanese and English.

I haven’t played Even if Tempest yet, but it’s been on my list to try – even more so now that the fandisc has a release date.

Meanwhile, the opening movie was revealed for Bustafellows Season 2. There’s been no word about localization yet, but since the first Bustafellows is one I intend to play soon, it probably won’t be long before I’m hoping for news.

Moving on from there, an indie Japanese visual novel called Dormitory Love has been announced for a worldwide release for the Nintendo Switch on April 28. It was originally released for the PC in Japan in 2011, but this is the first time it will be available in English.

Finally, the official website for Hana Awase New Moon is now open, along with an announced release window of fall 2023. We didn’t talk about this one when it was first revealed, but people were pretty surprised that it was getting an English release. It appears that it will be sold as 4 separate volumes instead of a collection, so that sounds like it could get pricey. Nevertheless, I’m intrigued!

This actually isn’t all the otome news, because I think some games only coming out in Japan so far got release dates as well. As it is, I’m already overwhelmed.

Yesterday was a great day for otome fans and a terrible day for my backlog. A wonderful day all around! In non-otome news, NIS announced a collection of the first three Hayarigami horror visual novels, so I’ve got my fingers crossed that NISA finally brings them west.

(As you might have guessed, there was no Clock Tower news to discuss from Sunsoft’s stream. At least all the otome announcements made up for it, for me.)

Are you interested in Even if Tempest: Dawning Connections, Bustafellows Season 2, Dormitory Love, or Hana Awase? Do you think we’ll get Bustafellows Season 2 localization news soon? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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