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Katawa Shoujo: Meet Cute

cx3907 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:46:40 +0000

Betcha look like this when you wake up. (0_<)

I don’t want to be biased when selecting routes for review, so I’m going accordingly like this: Emi, Hanako, Lily, Rin then Shizune.
Hell, turning off that option affects completion of scenes.

What did I just say?!

Back to the main topic… >_>

Storyline and character development for Emi’s Route: Cliché
Reminds me of a friend though…
Cute, active, enthusiastic about stuff… and certainly likes to bounce up to you.
Guys, this is what you want right? =^^=
~~But still, it is quite typical.~~ While I guess almost everything must have a benchmark there. ~~Supposedly Emi’s Route is the ‘typical’ kind of thing~~ when other routes are different, must be.

CG: There are certainly some differences between the normal (during conversation) and special scenes…
Normal:

CG:

Result of artist collaboration?
Well, I can’t say either are bad, right? Just different styles.

Bright and cheerful, popular but does not have many close friends (only Rin), and also stubborn. In all perspective, she’s probably the fastest girl you can hook up with in real life.

“幼き頬　朱を滲ませ　疼きに足を崩される”
“My childish cheeks are flushed crimson, my legs collapse in tingly pain”
–緋色月下、狂咲ノ絶

P.S.: Were you able to escape from the Mysterious Cathedral?

Android Apps: Sena Airi live2D clock by DIGIMERCE

k_ryuuji — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:42:18 +0000

Okay, I’m writing about an interesting clock app which I found (and I think it’s not a new app) with live2D for Google Android devices.

Well, you do see live2D clock apps on the iOS like the Mirai Clock 3, which was just released a month ago, or a Oreimo clock app which was in the App store for some time.

Then after hearing about this, surely I would have Google Android users actually complaining why apps like these have not been given some love to Android.

But after seeing this app, some might change this line of thinking. For there’s both an iOS and Android version of it.

“ましろ色シンフォニーあんどろいどあぷり“, is a wonderful live2D clock app by Digimerce, is like the other live2D clock apps out there. If you watched the slice of life, romance anime “ましろ色シンフォニー (Mashiro Iro Shinfoni)” or “The color of lovers”, you would know who is Sena Airi.

Well she greets you “おはよう” upon opening the application, even when it’s at night. What I thought is different from the many clock and alarm clock apps is, this actually talks to you.

There is an alarm and time telling function for this clock app.

Tap anywhere on her, she’ll talk with some and different phrases along with emotions, and tap the time for her to tell the time.

Dragging your finger around the screen would make her look where you are dragging the finger. You can also change the attire, which is a school gym class outfit and it must be bought.

Since this app came preloaded with the basic pack of emotions it’s useable, but if you are willing to pay, you can venture more, by buying the respective emotions too.
The background will change according to the time where if it’s in the morning in real life, the background of the clock app will be in the day. Same goes in the night. The location in the background never changed so far, for the 3 days that I’m using this application.

Other functions include the portal to the twitter and the webpage of the anime which will take you away from the app and brings you to your phone’s browser.

The good thing, it’s free to download off the Android Market, But here comes the de-motivational part. . . .

It’s only available on the Japanese Android Market which I think ( meaning you’ll have to get a Japanese Android Keitai ) and I am not to sure whether it could be downloaded in any countries. As when I accessed my phone to download this app with a R800i Android Market app, it says it could not be downloaded in my region which is Singapore. Got this app via an alternative method ( which I don’t really recommend ) as it’s going to be hard finding it.

Since it’s only availible to Japan, these are the phones that this app would work on ( via. Android Market )
On au by KDDI:
-Xperia acro IS11S
-AQUOS PHONE IS11SH
-INFOBAR A01
-G’z one IS11CA
-IS05

On NTT DoCoMo:
-ARROWZ Kiss F-03D
-Xperia PLAY SO-01D
-T-01D
-MEDIAS WP N-06C
-GALAXY S SC-02B
-GALAXY S II SC-02C
-F-12C

Android Market link :https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.ono.mashiro.airi

And oh. On the market, this same app comes in with another character, Amaha Miu, but the thing is, it’s a paid app unlike Airi’s. So, I would want to have a go on this one too , even though it’ll be sacrificing a little.

Amaha Miu live2D clock < via. Android Market > : https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.ono.mashiro.miu.chara&feature=more_from_developer

Katawa Shoujo: Warming Up

cx3907 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:17:48 +0000

Neither do I like it.

My guess is that some of you have already completed the game (so I’ve heard).
Come for the screenshots, stay for the prodding.

Uh well, I couldn’t help it.

I will be talking a little on game features today besides keeping it brief. As long as I keep playing, you will see an endless stream of commentary, not voiced by Danny Choo unfortunately.

Jukebox, a.k.a BGM playback
Gallery, a.k.a CG view
Library, something new
Cinema, for all your shorts and animations

I won’t be talking about everything save for the ‘Library’.
Now the VN veterans may notice that ‘Scene Recollection’ or whatever it is is missing…

Unlike most other VNs, you can playback every single snapshots of your ‘life’ you’d experience, instead of only some special scenes.

Act 1 went away pretty fast…

…in like… about at least an hour and half?

What could be better?

From First Impression to Act 1:
So far so good, I won’t comment on the art, no point. If I’m to continue on with the art all day long the reviews would resemble each other in many ways.

Everything’s from first-person perspective, nothing much to say about the style. Description-wise, detailed enough to let you imagine what’s necessary, not too informative to lose you out.
The music matches the mood fairly easily, not to mention well-timed BGM switching during turn of events etc., which is good. I have played certain VNs that weren’t capable of approaching it in such a manner.

Character personality is explored during Act 1, only getting deeper for selected few as you close in on to Act 2.

Closing the curtains on this one, I hope this has been enjoyable for all of you!
Cypher signing off. ^_^

“この愛が真実(まこと)
伝えにいくよ恋しくて”
“I missed the chance to say that my love for you is true”
–サクラ咲ク

Katawa Shoujo: It’s Free!

cx3907 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:29:13 +0000

Konichiwa~ It’s Cypher desu~! =^^=
Katawa Shoujo Full Ver. was just recently released so I’d be giving a heads-up on this one!

http://katawa-shoujo.com/

Well, don’t worry, there’s one for Windows and Linux as well! ^^

Although many things may be covered by the developers themselves, but I can give a brief summary.
It’s a Visual Novel (duh), ADV and First Person.
The story goes like this (not much of a spoiler):

Hisao suffers from a heart defect and has to transfer to a High School for the disabled children (while he isn’t really ‘disabled’). Despite that, he is able to find friends -and perhaps love, if, that is, he plays his cards right.

The main heroines ^^:

Interesting…

Here’s the Main Menu, pretty simple for now as you progress through the game.
I noticed that for every ‘Act’ (or chapter you might want to call) a ‘paper cut-out’ of a sketch of a certain character appears. My guess is that it shows how far you’ve went through.

The Options Menu, not much but… it features the ‘non-H’ option! Handy if you’re playing in everyone’s view. ^^ Or you just want the story, no pre-marital ero.
There’s no ‘Fullscreeen Mode’ for Mac OS is probably some resizing issues. The Windows version does have Fullscreen Mode though.

I can’t do much of a review (school and all) but so far, in my opinion, the story is well thought out but it may be new to some of you. The theme can be ‘Tragedy’, and the character design is unaccustomed to me. It took me quite a while to get used to the characters.
The game itself isn’t voiced though, so, make up some voices in your head as you go! ^^

This is what it might look like back in 2007. Once Japanese pen-on-paper concept art of a dating sim back in Comiket 61, December 2000, drawn by RAITA of Zettai Shoujo.
This translated and colored omake appeared in the /a/ board of 4chan on 4th January 2007, somehow sparking a wildfire among the community . Ideas and suggestions, and even requests for actually making the game flooded the page. It even became a stickie on 4chan.
Ah yes, I forgot to briefly mention its development.

Started in 4 January 2007, ideas and suggestions flooded the /a/ board. From what I know, in November 2007 the team (later known as Four Leaf Studios) start to grow.
December 2008, discussion on Voice Acting comes to a conclusion. The answer is, well, you guessed it: NO
January 2009, translation translation translation.
April 2009, Act 1 Preview released.
December 2009, Act 1 V2 released.
May 2010, Act 1 V3 released.
June 2010, 5 translations completed. Also, Act 1 V4 released.
July 2010, FLS reflects. Katawa Shoujo gets featured at Babycastle indie game arcade in New York City.
August 2010, Katawa Shoujo panel at Manifest Anime Convention in Melbourne, Australia.
April 2011, Act 1 V5 released.
Late 2011, Katawa Shoujo in Comitia and Comiket.
4 January 2012, Katawa Shoujo Full Version released! Exactly 5 years since the /a/ board incident.

That’s all for now, I give it a 8/10 for its art and story. Of course, I do not criticize it for not being voiced because I understand how this project came about and it seems pretty low-budget, due to the fact that Four Leaf Studios is simply a group of 4chan regulars, one heck of helluva enthusiasts who love doing it for the community. My praises.

You can download Katawa Shoujo here:
http://katawa-shoujo.com/download.php (opens in new tab/window)
Other languages can be found at the bottom of the webpage.

P.S.: I’m really busy with school, perhaps I’d give a full review on Katawa Shoujo in future. Fingers crossed.

“花火して　笑ったね　夏の海
遅刻して　けんかした　駅の前
ずぶぬれで　はしゃいだね　帰り道
バンソコが　似合ってる？！　私たち”
“Setting off fireworks in the summer sea,
Running late and fighting in front of the station.
Running home soaking wet in high spirits
Do our plasters* look good on us?!”
–the first the last

Dragon Nest Soft Launch at SGComifest 2

tueac — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:30:04 +0000

The secound coming of the SG Comifest is going to be on the 4th and 5th of June, which is next weekend at the Bukit Batok Civil Servant Club. One of the sponsor, Shanda Literature Singapore Pte Ltd (www.sdl.sg), the first overseas subsidiary of Shanda Literature (SDL) will be soft launching their latest game.

The Dragon Nest

It’s a MMO RPG developed by Eyedentity Games, which is about, the dragon nest and the usual what nots… Sorry I’m not a MMORPG player.

Either way during the event, a special demo will be screen via a 42” TV for all at the event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHrLPLcDu0

Read below to find out about this new sponsor and read a message by them,

~ A message for everyone from Shanda Literature Singapore ~

Singapore Comifest 2, which differs from any other similar events, adopts a concept that combines comics and literature as a brand new business model. The sponsor of this event, Shanda Literature Singapore Pte Ltd (www.sdl.sg) is the first overseas subsidiary of Shanda Literature (SDL). SDL is China’s leading digital publisher, internationally famous for its unique business model. Its rich resource of intellectual properties and cutting edge digital publication model has prepared SDL for international expansion. General Manager Mr Zion Zhou says: “I wish for all local and overseas artists to be inspired by the imaginative online literatures and adapt them into comics with their drawing pencil. It is not just to further develop the original literature but it is also a way to develop more market-centric artworks. I hope that more local and overseas audiences and artists will benefit by being inspired through sharing quality literature.”

PS3: SRW OG Pre-Site Opened!

tueac — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:01:43 +0000

Yesterday it is reported in a magazine that Super Robot Wars: OG for the Playstation 3 is official, but due to the blur-ness of the the scan, some are kinda sceptical.

Just hours ago, Banpresto(Yes! It’s back!) opened the Game’s pre-site. With the specification of the game clearly stating for the Playstation 3 and only PS3. The release date is stated as within 2011 and priced at 8,379 Yen for the normal edition. Then there’s the Limited Edition, COMPLETE BD BOX, of the game going for 41,790 Yen.

It’s currently stated as COMING SOON. So YES!!! KIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Source: Temple-Knights

Utada Hikaru’s Concert, Streamed LIVE,

tueac — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:49:42 +0000

WORLDWIDE Via UStream!

Utada Hikaru will be streaming her first “WILD LIFE” concert, live and online for everyone worldwide to see. This concert is her 2nd last concert before her indefinite hiatus starting next year.

The first of 2 her “Wild Life” concert held at the Yokohama Arena, will be on the 8th of December(Wednesday) at 7PM(JST) or 6PM (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong time), this is also the concert that will be streamed live. It’s unknown thou if the 2nd will get the same treatment…

The WILD LIFE concert is a 2 day show, held on the 8th and 9th of December at the Yokohama Arena.

As for the streaming, UStream Asia will be fully collaborating with the Concert manager to bring about the streaming. Other then main high quality Ustream, there will also be a lower quality stream for the Handphone, Idevices and etc, here.

Source: ANN | Tokyohive

Website: Hikki’s Website

For the fun of it, did you know even Straits Time Covered this story… … Yes this is how big Utada Hikaru is.

I’ll be watching the concert tomorrow night, so why not join me?

Love Plus +++ Touch…

tueac — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:25:42 +0000

In the recent Digital Content EXPO at Odaiba, Konami showcase the next generation of love plus games made in collaboration with Tokyo University‘s Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and Keio University‘s Graduate School of Media Design

They are exhibiting a technology known as “RePro 3D“, which in this case, your girl friend reacts to your touch and you can feel them touch you. even thou it’s just the chibi version… it’s just damn creepy… especially with the addition of the portable 3D tech… 4Gamers.net tried out the demo and was kinda shocked by it’s ability

Things are kinda getting grim on our side… I was wondering who would ever need a girlfriend in the future… …

Btw, did you know, LOVE PLUS + won the “best in the Romance Creative (entertainment) class“, in the first ever Romance Award for the advancement of Augmented Reality technology, why? Because you can quarrel with your virtual girlfriend… lol.

This is bad…

But for now, you can tryout the touch technology at the Digital Content Expo in Tokyo Odaiba from now till the 17th of November.

Website for Reference: 4Gamers.net(Picture and report in Japanese) | Andriasang(Report in English) | Sankaku Complex(H-tech report, NSFW) | Siliconera(Article: Love Plus Wins Romance Award) | Digital Content EXPO 2010 Site

This is Hikari… Silverlight….

tueac — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:50:01 +0000

Aizawa
Blood: B Type
Birthday: September 27th
Star: Scopio
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 42 kg
Hobby: Sing, Dance, Listen to music
Rank: Fourth Daughter in Family
Favorite food: Grill Meat, Red Bean Soup with Rice Cake
Disliked Food: Natto”>

Er, this is the mascot for Microsoft’s Silverlight… What is Silverlight? Oh, it’s Microsoft’s own flash replacement software… … …

Name: Hikaru Aizawa
Blood: B Type
Birthday: September 27th
Star: Scopio
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 42 kg
Hobby: Sing, Dance, Listen to music
Rank: Fourth Daughter in Family
Favorite food: Grill Meat, Red Bean Soup with Rice Cake
Disliked Food: Natto

Anyway, her first mission will be to be in Taiwan to appear in the Microsoft Tech Day there, from the 28th to 30th of September. Btw, this is a project by the Microsoft Taiwan team.

Kudos to you guys!

Website: Silver Light Taiwan | Temple Knights

Playstation 3 Hacked! Oh no….

tueac — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:51:00 +0000

I know I’m a little late about this topic, I’m sort of in denial over the the “Jailbreak” of the Playstation 3 software… What brought me back down to earth finally, is the the series of videos that demonstrates how a normal person can jailbreak the PS3 with a Texas Instrument Calculator.

Yes a calculator… … …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suh4wCdmTwI

Via the use of the software known as PS3Jailbreak, PS3Groove, and etc… It allows owner of the Jailbreaked PS3 to backup their games onto the hard-disk and run the game without the need for the Blu-ray disc.

It’s existence was unceremoniously announced by an Australian retailer some 2 weeks back, with many doubtful eyes looking at it. After all, a famous hacker have just surrendered to the PS3, claiming it to be “Un-Jailbreakable”, looking back at it, it might even be a ruse… haiz…

However all the fun did not last long as the courts of Australia have banned the sales of the device and SONY have released a minor firmware update to patch the security concern, just yesterday afternoon. But creator of the jailbreak, claims that a update of their own will go around the firmware and thus the Cat and Mouse game shall begin!

I look forward to seeing what the outcome will be, but there are rumors that the latest version of the PS3Jailbreak will allow the PS3 to play Playstation 2 games, that is something that I will want… … or maybe that will force SONY to release their own. Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

Source: Kotaku: Calculator Jailbreak | Kotaku: PS3 Firmware Update | Playstation Blog

Website: PS Groove: PS3Jailbreak | SONY