Any good anime games on steam asides from the ones carpe fulgar published?

[Tsugumi Henduluin]

Remember... Panty & Stocking is a Gainax show as well.

But yeah, what happened to Princess Maker 2 is really sad. Who knows what things would be like if the game had made it over to the states, and succeeded? We might actually have had simultaneous world-wide releases, rather than having to wait years before a game makes it over.

[neonie]

Man that doesn't look like Gainax art at all... I am not... really digging how that game (Princess Maker 2) looks.

It's from 1993, thats before Eva.

Ah that explains a lot then. I didn't get into anime until around 2010 and can't watch much past 2004 because the arm because the art becomes so far away from what I'm into.

[nosef]

I made an account just to answer this topic:

There are plenty of RPG or "animeish" games on the PC, though JRPG types are limited sadly.

I saw one person say that YS: Oath of Felghana was one, it definitely is, the YS series have always been a part of my heart. They are on Steam currently
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1 (Oath of Felghana)

There is also YS: Origins, I've been meaning to buy it whenever it comes on sale, I have played the imported version of Felghana, a superb game as I've said:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207350/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1 (Origin)

There is also Xanadu Next if you're willing to import, I really really like this game and I hope Steam takes it up and publishes it, because this game is amazing.
http://www.sisdown.com/UploadFiles/Article_UploadFiles/200605/20060526134128930.jpg (Xanadu Next)

Other than Falcom company games, there are many other RPG type games you can try out for the PC My personal favorite PC game is one that isn't talked about much. It has a lovely art style (so cute <3) and it speaks to the heart and soul. If you're willing to import this game it is AMAZING, I love it so much: Oh and its' name is Gadget Trial
http://dev.wolfservers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bbb.jpg

[Narmy]

So, anyone heard of a mainstream commercial translated VN?  Did it do well on sales?

Here are some I know of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999:_Nine_Hours,_Nine_Persons,_Nine_Doors#Reception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney#Reception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatcher#Reception

[Balto]

I've started playing Cherry Tree High Comedy club today, for it's price it's fun and good. I kinda feel like playing some sort of Persona game, raising stats and getting social ranks up. Only thing that bothered me about it is that while everything in the background and culture in dialogue itself is japanese, they keep insisting on being american, makes some of the puns and jokes not that great

Still prefer CF's work! I mean only SpaceDrake or BlondRobin could come up with the term Capitalism Ho! I blame CF for my usage of Yayifications in pubplic and at roleplays.

[neonie]

they keep insisting on being american

Ya it's kind of a crappy translation. One of those "We have no idea our audience would be Japanophiles and feel the need to over Westernize the shit out of the game for people who won't realize what we are doing." kind of deals.

[Sabin Stargem]

A step forward :  Localization that suits the audience (reworking speech and jokes to make sense and to get their point across)
Two steps back:  Altering the setting to be "culturally correct".   

[SpaceDrake]

A step forward :  Localization that suits the audience (reworking speech and jokes to make sense and to get their point across)
Two steps back:  Altering the setting to be "culturally correct".   

Actually, this can vary depending on the developer in question. For example, as far as I'm aware, the developers of the Ace Attorney games (one of the prime examples of "extreme" localization in terms of name-changing and whatnot) by and large approve of the changes made to the games overseas, because Shu Takumi in particular wants to make sure that the games are relateable to any audience experiencing the games.

I'm obviously not privy to the internal details of how Nyu Media and Atelier773 agreed to handle Manken, but if a client (such as 773) suggested themselves that we take an "extreme localization" route with a project, we'd be receptive to such a request, if we ourselves thought it fit the project. This is the sort of thing that needs to be handled with care, though, for sure.

[Naryoril]

So, anyone heard of a mainstream commercial translated VN?  Did it do well on sales?

I know, it's a late reply. Depending on what you see as mainstream, maybe Hakuouki would fall under this category as a recent release. I bought it, but haven't had the time to play it yet. As for how well it did: no idea.

http://www.amazon.com/Hakuoki-Fleeting-Blossom-Limited-Sony-PSP/dp/B005T3GSCM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339661386&sr=8-1

Personally i'm currently reading Clannad. I bought the original game and installed a fantranslated version on it. I'm reading for 30 to 90 minutes every evening in bed on my laptop, using a guide. After i don't know how many months now, i'm on my last playthrough (which should unlock After Story).

And i already have Kanon and Littel Busters waiting with the same treatment (japanese DVD at home, fan translation installed)

[LilithTome]

There are plenty of RPG or "animeish" games on the PC, though JRPG types are limited sadly.

Yeah, just most of them aren't on Steam. Or really localized at all in the West. Carpe Fulgur and others on this frontier have a lot of things available to them.

I really hope to see, after XSEED has done so well bringing Ys games to Steam, we get to games like Gurumin come there. It is much like a lot of the awesome cute games starring strong female protagonists Carpe Fulgur has done by chance. And is a really cool game, in my opinion. I'm also rather interested in seeing Zwei II Plus hit the platform.

I'm worried about Cherry Tree High Comedy Club now. I've been waiting for it to come out on Steam to get it. Just how Americanized is it?

[jseah]

^Hakouki.  Thanks, but I'll pass on the otome game.  =D
I wonder how it did. 

Speaking of visual novels, I recently finished Katahane (fan translation), which was amazing. 
Except the H.  That was totally tacked on afterwards. 

I am thinking that perhaps it is those that prevent any "mainstream" translations (which I admit I can't really define).  None of any I have seen in any VN to date add anything to the story that a simple relationship scene could have done just as well or better. 
And the presence of non-minor content means cutting away alot of the potential playerbase, if any exist. 

And far FAR too many good VNs have H content that only get in the way. 

[Ataru]

And since the all-ages versions of all the VNs tend to only get released on console, and since the console companies are all pretty much against VNs in America... you get an unwinnable situation. No (few) non-H VNs for PC, and the non-H VNs for console that can't get localized.

[temporarysanity]

I'm worried about Cherry Tree High Comedy Club now. I've been waiting for it to come out on Steam to get it. Just how Americanized is it?

Steam still seems pretty anti anime style games overall.  Sure, CF is there, but there's other stuff like Shira Oka doesn't get on there.  (Nobody mentioned that yet, right?  Shira Oka is great.)

Impulse has a few that I haven't checked out since it seems like they're made for girls.  Not always a deal breaker for me but lessens interest considerably anyway.

On that same note, CTHCC is already up on Impulse so if it doesn't show up on Steam I guess we have our answer...they'd rather sell retro/pixel art crap than anime style games o.o

(I'm also fond of Blade Kitten myself.  It's not the greatest, but it's entertaining.)

[LilithTome]

I certainly hope that isn't the case. I love anime games, obviously.

Also they're becoming more frequent with not only Carpe Fulgur, but with stuff like Ys games, Analogue: A Hate Story and other instances here and there.

In fact, I hate to say it, but the Western developed game Magical Diary doesn't look all that well drawn. Looking like it was drawn in the sort of style people on Deviantart often have when they're just starting to learn how to draw anime but have a lot to learn and a long way to go.

Not to mention the "Korean wave" is starting to hit Steam. Steam didn't used to be an MMORPG platform, but now it seems absolutely loaded with them coming over. And pretty much half of all MMORPGs are anime and from Korea.

And it still made it to Steam. Maybe just not enough people who make or license anime style games have considered Steam. And stick to "anime culture" platforms and more traditional means than the Steam trend. Admittedly, the culture of Steam certainly does look off putting to an anime fan. And is part of the reason I put off joining Steam for a long, long time. It just did not look like it carried and wanted to carry my types of games.

And after having been there a while, I've started to doubt some of my initial suspicions. A lot of Japanese developers just don't seem interested in Steam. And a lot of Western developers who like making games in that style don't seem to be that interested in the platform, or are making games in a format not very compatible with the Steam overlay, like RPG Maker. And that while that's happening, Western developers are flooding the platform with games that are, well, pretty much the antithesis of what Japanese developers and fans like in games. I think that if a few things changed, Steam would look a bit more like, say, the PlayStation Network, and a bit more friendly towards anime games.

If the Steam(Valve) folks do feel that way, though, I sure hope things change. There are multi-million selling anime games out there. For instance, Pokemon. It'd be not only our loss, but theirs.

[Ravenholme]

I'm worried about Cherry Tree High Comedy Club now. I've been waiting for it to come out on Steam to get it. Just how Americanized is it?

Steam still seems pretty anti anime style games overall.  Sure, CF is there, but there's other stuff like Shira Oka doesn't get on there.  (Nobody mentioned that yet, right?  Shira Oka is great.)

Impulse has a few that I haven't checked out since it seems like they're made for girls.  Not always a deal breaker for me but lessens interest considerably anyway.

On that same note, CTHCC is already up on Impulse so if it doesn't show up on Steam I guess we have our answer...they'd rather sell retro/pixel art crap than anime style games o.o

(I'm also fond of Blade Kitten myself.  It's not the greatest, but it's entertaining.)

Actually, CTHCC, eXceed and even EtherMaster are all slated to come out on Steam - the thing holding them back is something else (Publisher woes). I believe eXceed is finally cleared for launch though. I'm subscribed to Nyu Media on Facebook so you find out the low down.

And Shira Oka is terrible. Great to watch someone LP, but hilariously awful if you try and play it.