The latest major otome game has hit the shelves! …Except with the pandemic, there are not too many store shelves you can browse safely. The pandemic has also been causing shipping delays and other issues. But hey, the more important thing is to stay safe. Stay inside if you can, which is a perfect excuse to play video games!
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Four competitors, all vying to be the most special limited edition. Who will emerge victorious?
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Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
バクダン☆ハンダン (Bakudan Handan)
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys Games
Sony PSP / PS Vita
Out-of-print
It’s opening day for Saki’s uncle’s gaming-inspired theme park. Excitement is replaced with fear when someone in a pig suit sets off bombs and takes people hostage. “Count Hogstein” announces the terror shall stop if seven people can beat his games. Saki volunteers, but can she and the others save everyone and unravel Hogstein’s true identity?
It’s the first snowstorm of the season in my area, and the answer is no, I don’t want to build a snowman. I want to stay inside where there’s heat and the Internet.
Note that PS4s and Xbox Ones are on price drop until Christmas, so keep an eye out for store promotions on top of the $250 (or lower!) sale price. Otherwise, on to the deals!
Norn9: Var Commons
ノルン＋ノネット ヴァール コモンズ
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys Games
PS Vita
Twelve-year-old Sorata suddenly finds himself in what appears to be Japan from 100 years ago. A girl who doesn’t even remember her own name invites Sorata join her on the ship she’s been waiting for. What Sorata doesn’t expect is for that “ship” to be flying in the sky! What is this ship’s purpose, and will Sorata ever return home?
Norn9: Var Commons had so many issues, I had to cover them separately!
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
Code:Realize ～創世の姫君～ (Code:Realize ~Sousei no Himegimi~)
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys
PS Vita
Cardia is cursed with a poisonous body. Anything — or anyone — who touches her skin ends up melting. So, following her father’s orders, Cardia spends her days alone, never leaving her house. One day, soldiers come to take her away, but someone else plans on stealing her first…
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
極限脱出ADV 善人シボウデス (Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shibou Desu)
Visual Novel
Spike Chunsoft / Aksys
PS Vita / Nintendo 3DS
In this follow-up to Nine Persons, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Sigma and eight others have been forcibly dragged into something called the Nonary Game. Will Sigma and the others ally together so everyone can escape? Or will some players betray the group, leaving others to face eternal confinement…or a worse fate?
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
極限脱出 9時間9人9の扉 (Kyokugen Dasshutsu 9 Jikan 9 Nin 9 no Tobira)
Visual Novel
Chunsoft / Aksys
Nintendo DS / iOS
Junpei is a normal college student. One day, he awakens and finds himself trapped in a room in a sinking ship! He learns he’s not the only one to be kidnapped and brought here, and they are all being forced to play a life-or-death game by the mysterious Zero.