Game review: Idolm@ster 2

Made by: Namco Bandai

Genre: Rhythm game, Raising sim

Summary: You arrive at Studio 765 where you will be working as a producer from now on. Your job is to raise a unit consisting out of 3 idols and help them become number one on the music chart.

Otome & BL news 19/11

Games

A trial for Beyond the future hit the PSP/PS3 stores some days ago. The gallery also had a really big update with many new pictures.

It's finally time for Rikuto's birthday which also concludes Hotokensers wallpaper special.

Upcoming dress-up game FabStyle recetly updated their website. The guys in he game got their own character profiles. Right now I'm leaning towards the first or last guy, but we'll see when the game comes.

LiarSofts old games Souten no Celenaria, Sekien no Inganock and Shikkoku no Sharnoth are getting re-launched with new visuals and this time fully voiced! I'll definitely play Sharnoth and Inganock!

TOKYOヤマノテBOYS ~ SWEET JELLY BEANS is scheduled for the 13th January next year.

Pashet, who I wrote about in my last news post is up on OZMAFIAs website. And it turns out he is actually a she. After many discussions about the possibility of crossdressing/misreading the text, a 4koma was posted on the website and I no longer have doubts, this puss in boots is really a girl. The description also says "female knight" but who knows?
I'm pretty open to yuri myself and if her route is indeed a love-route I won't have a problem with it at all.

The story page was also updated and I felt I had to post the first couple of lines here, because they are so touching and sweet.

The one who brought a rainbow into my dull future was you
Swept up by a tornado, you, with cheeks as red as an apple's
In order to get my brain, Axel's heart, and Caramia's courage,
We set out on a journey together with you, who wore a pair of silver shoes  
At the end of our travel, you returned to your distant, far away home 
The love we were supposed to have ended before it even begun.

The above is written in Kyrie's POV, which is interesting since in the character data he calls himself a sadist and got a yandere-feeling to him. Maybe he is a got a soft heart underneath? 

DRAMAtical Murder got updated with voice samples! Koujaku got some kind of accent which I'm not really digging. This is gonna take some time to get used to. Noise was put up today, his voice being a bit darker than I expected, but overall okay, he is still the guy I'm most interested in so far.


Otomate's hit game AMNESIA is getting a fandisk! Woot (/^▽^)/
Scans are here and here. Wedding rings! Naked Ikki! Ukyou blushing! You can tell it's gonna be great.


Hatoful Boyfriend is 100% english translated and ready for download here. Enjoy your pigeon bishie~

Merchandise
Continuing on the last mentioned topic, you can now buy A4 illustration sheets at AmiAmi with the Amnesia guys signature on here. I'm kind of tempted to buy and put up in my apartment as posters lol.

Arcana Famiglia is releasing the ending songs for the game on 21th December. An official fanbook is also coming out the same month, together with a pocket book and a comic. A fourth Drama CD will be released after new year's.

A character poll is up for Kami Kimi. Go and vote for your favorite!

PSP game Musketeer will get a artbook. Release date is 22nd December.

The Wand of Fortune 2 Drama CD will be released in a few days. The character poll just ended and the winner is Est!

Currently playing a lot of Skyrim and Idolm@ster 2, not sure what VN to read next. KamiKimi? Peter Pan Sweet Never Land? If you have any recommendations, leave a comment~

Game review: Arcana famiglia - La storia della Arcana Famiglia -

 

Made by: Hune-X

Genre: Otome, Mafia, Romance, Adventure

Summary: Mondo, leader and "Papa" of The Arcana Famiglia, a big mafia organization, decides to retire. A tournament, The Arcana Duel, will take place and the winner not only get to take over the family, but also marry his beautiful daughter, Felicitá. The contestants are the 10 heads of the family (Felicitá included), whom all have special Tarot Arcana powers. Felicitá got 2 months until the tournament and during this time she must train hard unless she wants to be married against her will!