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Magazine ad for the Dreamcast version of "Never7 -The End of Infinity-". [ネバーセブン]

On the passing of Yoran Heling, our friend and co-worker. blog.fruitbatfactory.com/2026/03/22/goo…

Yorhel has passed away He was known for running vndb, a website he created back in 2007 The moderation team is working to preserve the website but cannot provide details at the moment

@El_Yolnepatl @Nijouin_Love @YangFYUSTC Licensing issues. English and Chinese publishers for the most part cannot get license for Japanese support though some developers do allow it (Yuzusoft, MAGES., 07th Expansion, etc.)

@Nijouin_Love @YangFYUSTC W-without Japanese subtitles?? How is that even possible 😂

steamセールの勢いで日本語字幕がない美少女ゲームを間違って買わないようにしましょう

@MisterSomaru @WeebyRevy @G0ffThew ToDX has been fan translated for years now, ToD2 has a WIP fan translation in the works

@WeebyRevy @G0ffThew *still waiting on ToD DX and ToD2* Nah, I'll wait another 30 years, I guess.

It’s a crying shame the only official way to play the PS1 version in English was the dogshit microtransaction-laden iOS port

A new patch for Shuten Order has been released (across all platforms). If you’re currently playing, please make sure to update. This patch includes replacements for sound effects and some voice data, adjustments to presentation, minor bug fixes, and text revisions. As for the sound effects and voice work, we were able to address areas we previously had to leave unfinished due to time constraints—the persistence of our staff really paid off. We’ve also made minor adjustments to the Ministry of Justice route and the meeting scenes in the Final Chapter, improving parts that could easily lead to unfair mistakes. (These may have already been included in a previous patch.) Additionally, text revisions for foreign-language translations have now been completed with this update. The game is currently on sale as well, so it’s a great time to jump in if you haven’t yet!

@EnforcerNo0 @superange128 @BassmanReviews ...what? It literally fits the infinity series. I have no idea what in Remember11 doesn't fit infinity. You literally disagree with the core theme of the game. You are asking it to be Ever17: the return of Coco route while it's supposed to be a complete opposite of that.

And? You know that you can -and often times should- disagree with the artist? That’s literally one of the purposes of art. And while I do get the artistic intent, I am not an idiot after all, I also think that this sort of thing does not work in a Trilogy as eclectic for the lack of a better term as the infinity trilogy.

And finally—today marks the 22nd anniversary of Remember11. It stands to this day as one of the most ambitious, yet divisive, visual novels ever made. Has it aged well? Spoiler-free review: youtu.be/-bpM3J0r-wc

@superange128 @EnforcerNo0 @BassmanReviews ...they literally settled on that though. The whole point of the game is that you're looking for a conclusion that doesn't exist. That's the entire point. Nakazawa himself said that many times.

@EnforcerNo0 @SeriesInfinityy @BassmanReviews I love Remember11 regardless of the flaws of its final state But im not gonna pretend it obviously wanted more to tell but just wasnt able to and they "settled" on just putting some answers in bad ends

@EnforcerNo0 @superange128 @BassmanReviews Then make your peace with it. A third chapter is never gonna become real and if you understand the game's plot, you'd realize why as it's not hard to understand. Nakazawa also had a chance with the PSP port and he kept things as they are.

@SeriesInfinityy @superange128 @BassmanReviews And? It still feels hella incomplete.

@superange128 @EnforcerNo0 @BassmanReviews Was the third route planned? Yes, it was. Did they end up scrapping it and going with the game being a revenge story? Yes, they did. They have said this many times in the interviews that the game simply cannot have another chapter with the current implications.

@SeriesInfinityy @EnforcerNo0 @BassmanReviews (if you ignore the fact that a 3rd route was planned)

@EnforcerNo0 @BassmanReviews The whole point of the visual novel is the lack of the satisfying ending. You're asking Remember11 to be something it isn't. The whole VN is written to be antithesis of Ever17... which is something with a very satisfying ending.

@BassmanReviews I think it’d be as highly rated as Muv Luv or Steins;Gate had it ever been finished ngl. It’s just so so so good but it really doesn’t have a satisfying ending.

@VampyricMaid @EbullientSMP Maybe Bamco told them that the game had to release in 2026 or else they'll pull out entirely... Maybe Aniplex is willing to come in. Ngl I'm surprised Type Moon isn't self publishing cause they're probably big enough at this point to handle it themselves imo.

@SeriesInfinityy @EbullientSMP It's a weird business decision but we have no way to tell unless they tell us. I can only assume it's some corporate politics rather than anything to do with the game's quality and progress given what we know about those.

Always blame bandai

@VampyricMaid @EbullientSMP I hope for the best but it seems to me that something definitely happened that caused Bamco to pull out of publishing entirely.

@VampyricMaid @EbullientSMP But then why would Bandai Namco entirely pull out of publishing if they're close to gold? I saw another comment saying that Niino claimed in December that voice recording was already done but it apparently wasn't.

@VampyricMaid @EbullientSMP Like I doubt Bamco would pull out if they at least had something to show off? The game was originally supposed to release in 2025 then it got delayed to 2026... and now it gets another delay. Publisher pulling out entirely just screams bad news to me

@VampyricMaid @EbullientSMP I can understand it being in dev for 5 years but they barely showed off the game in 6+ (soon 7) years. There is def something going on with development. Most devs at least have something to show off.

@JAGWithASnail @gogo_violet Niinou literally said voice acting was done in December of last year and yet Kana Ueda said that she's still doing voice sessions for the game.

@JAGWithASnail @gogo_violet I'm not even a huge Namco fan (fuck them) but they're competent when releasing games. Studio BB is just mismanaged alongside Type Moon. It's very likely Namco saw the state of the game (probably far from releasing) and decided to pull out.

Genuinely how the fuck did Samurai Remnant release within a year of announcement

@VampyricMaid @KaroshiMyriad I assume no one tried to ask the new company if they have anything or if they know what happened to source files post bankruptcy? Tho still sad that even a decade ago nobody bothered to try and properly preserve source assets...

@SeriesInfinityy @KaroshiMyriad Not sure, but I know the source code alongside all original assets for games like their Toushin Yoshi remake got lost, so I don't have confidence Extra somehow made the cut...

I do hope if Fate/Extra Record takes this long, they just port the original to modern platforms especially when what we've seen so far already has story deviations. This goes for any remake. Tired of when a remake releases, there's no legal convenient way to play the original.