Producer: Aries Soft
Release Date: 18th September 2009



Synopsis: Our protagonist 'Sota' has come back to his hometown after a few years. Him and his imouto Koharu start living at their childhood friend's house 'Hinako'. He falls in love on his first day at school but typically, he's no good at talking to girls. His friend then shows him a website named 'Angel Navigate' where people talk about love. Sota decides to visit the website himself...





I can't really decide on a character, but I think I like Urara the best (When in doubt, go with the meganekko). Overall, I'm semi-interested in this, it's really well presented and I like the art, but no character really catches my eye over the others, and I think that the story won't be an 'active' one, but more laid back. If you're into that, go ahead, I may pick this up further down the line.

Eden*
Producer: Minori
Release Date: September 18th 2009


Synopsis: Set in the far future, a huge ball of energy named the 'Planet of Destruction' appears near Mars, yet adverse weather changes and the deformation of the Earth's crust effect Earth to the extent of terrorism and wars, eventually destroying it. However all is not lost; 100 years are left until the extinction of mankind, and to avoid this humans are getting out of Earth by following the 'Felix Plan'. Whereby they invent a creature called the 'Felix' and manipulate it's genes.

99 Years later, a girl who works as a main part of the 'Get out of Earth' plan. She devotes her life to this plan, and decides to stay on earth for the rest of her life. One day, a boy is sent to her place, it is his mission to protect her life at all costs. This is where the story begins.

(Apologies for the inconsistent CGs)

So, eden* has a complex storyline, and one hell of an epic trailer. If I'm honest, there are not many elements about this that draw me in, but because it's minori, because the trailer is incredible, because SO much money has been poured in, it'd be a crime not to play it. All we can ask ourselves is 'Will we see an anime adaption in the future' as our minds all dart to Ef.

This also comes originally as a non-explicit game, but with a special 'Mosaic' pack too, if you so desire. Which you do.


Dakkoshite Gyu! (だっこしてぎゅっ！～オレの嫁は抱き枕～)
Producer: Tactics Latte
Release Date: 18th September 2009



Synopsis: "Dakko is about a guy named Yuya. Yuya goes to school as a normal guy, but he absolutely loves Dakimakura, he is a 抱き枕er (A collector of dakimakura) and is surrounded in them when he goes home. His life is like heaven.

One day, in the school corridor he hears the voice of a girl. She is the boss of the Pillow Research Club and she asks him for a favour. Her name is Tobari and she's holding a dakimakura of a beautiful girl. Yuya is of course excited by the sheer sight of a dakimakura and asks if he can have it, Tobari accepts...but only on the condition that Yuya will accept her offer.

The Dakimakura Tobari is holding is not any normal dakimakura, it is a special dakimakura that when you sleep with it, you will meet the girl on it in your dreams. The girl on the dakimakura is called Akari, and Tobari's condition is that Yuya must sleep with the Dakimakura, visit Akari in the dream world, fall in love with her and help raise her mind via the dream world.

Of course Yuya doesn't believe a word of it, but takes the dakimakura anyway with the intention of sleeping with it. That night, Yuya sleeps with the dakimakura...and discovers that the dream world really exists.."

(copied from previous post)


Okay, a large part of this part was copied from the original post that I previewed it in. What can I say that I haven't mentioned already? Hmm...I'm really looking forward to this? Nope, already mentioned that. Roll on September 18th!

HimexHime (姫ｘ姫)
Producer: Etoiles Soft
Release Date: 18th September 2009



Synopsis: There is a famous school for rich boys and girls, this school has a tradition whereby a girl called 'Princess' （姫） governs the school. By accident, our protagonist (An average boy) finds himself in the school. Because of the complications this has caused, he is forced to share a dorm with Saki, the current princess, who of course treats him like a slave. Eventually, he begins to develop feelings for Saki...


Okay, despite the basic, and maybe not the most intelligent of storylines, I really like the look of HimexHime and I think I like Hikaru the most. Not much to say here really other than, I hope it's good and interesting.

Koibumi Romantica (恋文ロマンチカ）
Producer: Chuable
Release Date: September 18th 2009



Synopsis: Fumito came to town with big dreams of being a novelist, but shortly his dreams are washed away as he becomes penniless. While standing in the rain, a beautiful girl hands him an umbrella. Thanks to her he is able to work as an assistant at a Novelist's house. He meets many people and experiences many things, until one day a cat says to him: "Fall in love with someone, it will be beneficial to your career as a novelist". Fumito begins to think deeply about falling in love..


What can I say about this except for "Zzzz.." it's kind of dull, to put it simply, but other than the art style, which doesn't really do much for me at all, I can't find a fault. Maybe if you're a novelist yourself and want to live out the fantasy or if you want to follow a really typical Visual Novel scenario. I hope those guys didn't have to work overtime on this.. Also, I really don't understand why there is a talking cat...why? Just why?!

Natsuiro Penguin （夏いろペンギン）
Producer: LittlePrincess
DELAYED!: October 30th 2009



Synopsis: Our protagonist's parents have gone away on business, as a result he lives in a small town with his cousins where he used to live. There he meets many childhood friends, and a simple love comedy begins...


Natsuiro Penguin looks like a really nice summer comedy. Shame about the delay because I think the nice weather will be behind us by the time of release. Korone (ころね) is very cute and I like her a lot. I know me and a few other bloggers have been waiting to play this one. Let's hope it's good!

Hapitora -Happy Transportation- (はぴとら　-HappyTransportation-)
Producer: Bloom Handle
Release Date: 25th September 2009



Synopsis: In a fantasy world, Tio runs an air transportation company, his parents died when he was young, so he has been looked after by the workers in his company. One day he decides he will leave the island for a short period of time to learn to fly an aircraft. When he returns, his company is about to go bankrupt and there is just one worker left. Raica, his childhood friend says she will join the company to help, but she is very careless. Will they survive the struggle?


ARIA meets eroge meets the air...maybe. Upon first glance this is once again a very basic game, with a tried and tested scenario. I like the art, even if I do think Raica looks like Mikuru. All in all though, while I won't be getting it, I think the art style is nice and I hope we'll see more from Bloom Handle.

Signal Heart
Producer: Purple Software
Release Date: 25th September 2009



Synopsis: One day, the protagonist's house is destroyed by a fire, so he has to move to a school dorm. This is all well and good, but all the male dorms are taken so he must live as a caretaker in the female dorms. A few days later, the school decides they will tear down the dorms and build a new one. The students debate over whether they can live in separate dorms or together, as both sides seem to dislike each other. The score will be settled in a battle of sales in the school festival, but the our protagonist is on the girl's side...


Okay, so my love of Purple Software isn't exactly the strongest bond in the world, but I'll tell you what's wrong with this game: The story is weak and in some places, nonsensical. Why do the boys and girls hate each other? I also don't like the number of お姉ちゃん characters that seem to be in Purple's games a lot. But that's a personal thing.

Generally, the whole 'Purple Software' part gets me, BUT there is an upside: this is something of a new direction for Purple. I like how they've tried to make the game more fun than touching. Maybe Purple are going up in the world; let's hope so. Nothing against games that aren't fun, but it's nice to have diversity. Keep going Purple!

Tropical Kiss (トロピカル Kiss)
Producer: Twinkle
Release Date: 25th of September 2009



Synopsis: Protagonist Kaito decided to leave home in hopes of being a big man, but instead he just found himself lazing about all day because he has no ideas. He decides to work at the A-LO-HA resort, but many girls working there had relationships with him..


This looks like a really great game and eroge newcomers Twinkle have really done a great job on getting a head start on breaking into the market. I think the story could do with a bit more depth, but it more than makes up for it with great art, cute characters and candy colours to tempt the eye. I will hopefully get this and I really hope Twinkle retains it's greatness onto it's next game.

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