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Latest English Otome Games – December 2016

These are a couple of otome visual novels released recently (or soon to be released) and available for English users.

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Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons – Takumi (PC)

Summary: Rejecting the path set before her by Professor Kazama, Tsubasa turns to her childhood friend Takumi for help in finding her mother – an enigma directly tied to Takumi’s brother, Yasu. Despite being targeted by an all-powerful vampire mafia, the pair follows the faint trails of evidence, spending night after night in the underworld unraveling secrets.

But even as Tsubasa and Takumi start to learn about each other again, they begin to realize that they’re becoming corrupted under the shadow of the red-light district, Yoru.

With Takumi battling his inadequacy as a human detective in a supernatural world, and Tsubasa struggling with her powerful but out-of-control abilities, is this one mystery they can solve without losing each other – or themselves?

Features: three full-length canon endings per character, more than five hours of gameplay, five CGs

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Dangerous Seduction (mobile)

Summary: Your father is dead, killed in an accident months ago. When you are attacked out of nowhere, you are saved by 5 of the most notorious criminals in Japan.
They tell you that your father’s death was no accident,
and the men who killed him are now after you.
One of them is chosen to guard you day and night, at least until their contract is up.
But now you are at risk of losing your heart as well as your life!
Is love enough to win the heart of a bad boy?!
Who will you trust to keep you safe?

Features: Two endings, receive emails from the characters, free prologue for each character

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Lost Alice: Destined Lovers in Wonderland (mobile and Facebook)

Summary: “You’ve come here, neither following the White Rabbit nor in response to the Queen of Hearts.You’ve come to Wonderland on your own will.”
–The key to solving all the mysteries is your lost memories.
“My Alice, I’ve been waiting for you for so long.”
“I told you, I’m not Alice!”
–You remember nothing but your name. They call you Alice.Elegant tea party with the Hatter. Temptations from the Cheshire Cat. The golden afternoon with Joker. While the days in Wonderland never cease to entertain you…you find your true love.
Whose “Alice” will you be?

Features: Uses story tickets, in-game events, social avatars, and multiple endings

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Nightshade (available Dec. 15 on Steam)

Summary: During the Sengoku Period the two main factions of ninja clans, Iga and Kōga, warred against each other for decades.
In the year 1593, Nobunaga Oda started the Tenshō Iga war, decimating most of the Iga ninjas in the process.
The very few that survived were absorbed into the Kōga clan, despite their past rivalries.
After 17 years the Sengoku Period finally came to an end, and Japan was unified.
Enju (Protagonist), daughter of Kandō Ueno, the Head of the Kōga clan, spends her days training diligently in hope of becoming a full-fledged ninja like her peers.
At long last she is assigned to her first mission, but finds herself caught in a dark conspiracy――.

Features: Fully voiced, two endings per character (five characters), some characters based on real individuals from Japanese history.

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Kokorogawari (Date TBD; available on PC)

Summary: A time when the transient flowers slowly shed their petals, spring has come once again, and is a season filled with memories for Matsubayashi Asami who starts her fourth year at university. Aware of her mother’s struggles during the divorce thirteen years ago, she is determined to graduate smoothly to finally enter the workforce and repay her mother who raised her single-handedly. But love is unpredictable, and time and time again, her heart is moved. Through these experiences, will her cynical attitude toward love and marriage change for the better or will it break her further… ? What is forgiveness to her… ?

Features: This game is currently on Kickstarter. 24-28 hours of gameplay, in-game dictionary, love stats section, and extras.

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Period Cube: Shackles of Amadeus (PS Vita)

Summary: In search of your older brother’s whereabouts, you join the online RPG, “Arcadia” in search of clues. Having lost consciousness after being drawn into a mysterious light, you wake up within the game’s fantasy world! Confused and shaken by your strange yet familiar surroundings,you learn that the only way to escape this world of life-or-death is to clear the game. As the gameworld begins to crumble and fall apart, you gain the status of the “Shinken” (divine sword), key to clearing the game, and become targeted by hordes of enemies.

Features: More than 30 hours of gameplay and multiple endings. Game set to be released Spring 2017.

 

In 2017, we’ll be getting more otome games next year alongside games from mobile developers like Voltage and Shall We Date. Although this isn’t a lot, compared to past years this is a step up. So if you want to see more otome games (especially on PS Vita or PC), make sure you let the developers and publishers know by supporting the games. I didn’t include Japanese releases (although if there is a request for that I certainly can). Let me know in the comments what games you are looking forward to playing!

 

 

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