And of course, saying I like it when I’ve only played 5 hours means I’ve probably jinxed the game. Just like I jinxed Tokyo Majin Gakuen, a game Tsukumonogatari bears more than a passing resemblance to. In fact I have created a “Majin-like” genre in my mind that encompasses games such as these. To qualify […]
Magical Houshin impressions
I won’t say “review” because I dropped it after about 3 hours. Magical Houshin is a Japanese GBA game very loosely based on Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (Houshin Engi in Japanese). The game tells the story of a young boy named Sora who goes up a mountain to study to become a hermit. On his […]
Tanbi Musou Meine Liebe – Love your frenemies
Bad game was bad. I didn’t enjoy it at all. I see what Konami tried to do there (create a girl’s version of Tokimeki Memorial, which they eventually managed with the Girl’s Side series), but Meine Liebe just sucks. You play a girl in a high-school in the fictional country of Kuchen around 1937. The […]
Oujisama Platonic Keikaku+ – Not bad for a free indie game
I downloaded several free Japanese otome games and demos while doing research for my otome game list, and now I want that hard drive space back so everything must go. First on the chopping block, Oujisama Platonic Keikaku+ (王子様プラトニック計画+), a free indie game made by someone from a doujin otome game creation circle known as […]
Kaeru Batake de Tsukamaete Portable – Didn’t click with me
Kaeru Batake de Tsukamaete is an otome game about a girl and a bunch of her schoolmates (all bishies) who defile a shrine on their school grounds and are cursed so they turn into frogs. A mysterious three-tailed cat turns them back to normal, but under one condition: that they all work together to purify […]