Storm Lover Kai!! – I don’t like the guys

Actually I suspect D3 Publisher intentionally made them not-so-likeable because of the kind of game this is. Unlike most otome games, Storm Lover offers a lot of flexible (or should I say ‘loose’) dating options so you can date guys without actually being locked into a route until the game ends. You can date Kyosuke […]

Miss Princess (Mispri!) – For younger fans

Miss Princess is an otome game from Ruby Party and Koei-Tecmo based on a shoujo manga by Seizuki Madoka. It’s aimed at a slightly younger crowd than most otome games, probably with the hope of getting tweens and younger girls into otome games in order to expand the market and maybe open the way for […]

Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku – Final roundup

Hmm, I wasn’t going to do this, but for the sake of closure… Besides, I’ve talked about the gameplay and the various routes I did, but I haven’t said much about my thoughts on Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku quality-wise, so here goes. In point form. Which always ends up longer than if I’d just written […]

Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku – Masashi GET!

*boing* I jumped from Isami’s arms straight into Masashi’s without looking back. When I watched the HanaIchi trailers years ago before the game came out, Masashi’s was the one route I swore I would never go on, but lo and behold, it’s my favorite. In fact, they’re all my favorite, depending on what I played […]