Thread 717261164

https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/yukes-to-acquire-aquaplus

Are we gonna see ToHeart/Dungeon Travelers and Utawarerumono outfit DLC for Full Metal Schoolgirl?
At least Aquaplus wasn't sold to China after all.

>>717261164 (OP)
Give me Tenerezza 2

>>717261164 (OP)
>At least Aquaplus wasn't sold to China after all.
bless

Looking forward to utawarerumono wrestling

>Aquapazza 2 is now a wrestling game
>Kuon vs Anju Hell in a Cell match

AND NEWWWWWWWWWWWW

>Make EDF Spinoffs that nobody plays
>Make a $5 million acquisition
How?

>>717262785
i guess they made some dimes off the marks in /pw/

>>717261164 (OP)
Well this is....random
Their target demos don't seem like they're the same at all

>>717261164 (OP)
>til yukes co dev'd EDF
I thought that was a sandlot joint

I never knew that all my favorite wrestling games were made by japanese

>>717263736
They're very much known as the rasslin' guys but reminder they're making Full Metal Schoolgirl (being billed as Onechanbara meets EDF) due in October and people were very surprised at that too. They even name Aquaplus' bishoujo expertise as a valuable asset in the press release.

>>717263947
They made the spin offs (Iron Rain, World Brothers 1 and 2). I don't think they're involved with the main games.

>>717262785
They almost bankrupted a billionaire money mark with a shitty game called aew fight forever. They just kept fleecing him until they eventually had to produce something.

>Yuke’s said the acquisition will serve as an opportunity to combine its console game development capabilities with AQUAPLUS’ intellectual property and brand planning know-how to develop titles in new genres and from a different approach. By bringing some of AQUAPLUS’ development projects within the group, Yuke’s also expects to optimize resources and stabilize operations within its contract development line.

This sounds horrible. "Globalizing" Aquaplus and taking people from them to work on Yuke's games?
We're not going to see Dungeon Travelers again.

>>717266127
Don't feel too bad, games like this were never gonna come out again regardless.

>Yuke's
I mean it's good it's still a Jap company but this sounds like whatever considering their recent track records

>>717267282
Japs are relieved it wasn't Korea or China but at the same time it's terrible they figured JP companies were done with otaku media so that's why they were expecting foreign buyouts.

>>717267701
Can't blame them honestly. Maybe stop buying/paying for low effort (in terms of depth not production value) products

>>717261164 (OP)
Evil Zone/Eretzvaju 2 fucking when!?... I mean theres the possibility all the character designs are gonna be censored because i think the original designer is dead, but still!

>>717261245
Do gachafags really think this gameplay is fire?

>>717267263
That's different from actually pozzing the developers so they're never even conceived of, let alone released. Aquaplus at least said they would consider a Dungeon Travelers 3 if there was interest, but not if their new masters just tell them it's "problematic" and contrary to the DEI values of their company. Look at Dragami Games over there, they're at least TRYING to do LoveR Kiss, with an accurate, non-pozzed translation at that, and what do you know, they're explicitly anti-DEI.

>aquaplus
They are gonna make swimming pool accessoried or something?

>>717261164 (OP)
Is there still an audience for these giga low budget panty sniffing games? Hoyo seems to have crushed all competition.

Just put the sequel in the bag, bro

>>717269397
>Is there still an audience for these giga low budget panty sniffing games?
No, ecchi is dead

And for some reason Utawarerumono never clicked with the masses despite it being something they would normally love

>>717269397
Aquaplus' output is not remotely comparable to Mihomoshit which doesn't even have a lick of fanservice.

>>717269005
thats not a gacha game retard

>>717261164 (OP)
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 15 YEARS WA2 OFFICIAL ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!

>>717269519
>No, ecchi is dead
Why are you even here, then? Go shill your gachaslop elsewhere (and claiming it somehow "obsoleted" traditional anime games counts as shilling)

>>717269779
Ok. Ecchi is still dead tho. Cant even put schoolgirl outfits in steam games, chigga

>>717269779
>Why are you even here, then
its a thread where we are discussing the acquisition of AquaPlus

they need to add the sex scenes back to Utawarerurumono if they want to make money
>but it doesnt have sex scene in the first place
then dont add loli sex sales?

>>717261232
Fuck no. Fuck you. Trash-ass game. If you want a game where all you do is pick up monster trash then do it in real life.

>>717269849
It’s only dead because everyone bent the knee the moment Steam raised an eyebrow. Used to be devs had balls and would just patch it in after launch or give you uncensored versions off-site. Now everybody’s too scared of Twitter randos who don’t even buy these games. It ain’t dead, it’s just chained in a basement, waiting for someone to bust it out like back in the PSP era.

>>717269519
>And for some reason Utawarerumono never clicked with the masses despite it being something they would normally love
Maybe it's the tens of hours of cooking/eating/drinking scenes. I completed the trilogy just for my weeb cred, but god was it exhausting.

>>717269724
>people actually paid $60 for this Blue Archive like chibi slop
grim

Utawarerumono seems completely dead so not sure what's the point either way.

Lol I guess the new To Heart remake didn't fly so good.

>>717269849
Are you here just to shitpost?

>>717270375
I just need my monochrome mobious 2 for closer then we can put it to rest we'll never get the gacha game anyway

>>717268457
Why the hell would you even want that? I don't think you played it I think you're just trying to act cool for knowing about an obscure game.

>>717270375
>Utawarerumono seems completely dead
ZAN1 remaster is still coming, plus there will be a Morbius sequel.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3074840/Utawarerumono_ZAN/

so long as they don't suddenly pull their shit off shelves

>>717270253
>Japs talking about cooking/eating/drinking
I always skip stuff like that.

>>717270340
I paid $15, I guess that's why they're getting sold to china

>>717270214
Steam has been getting worse and worse over the past few years. Nowadays they're hard-banning (no store page) even censored versions of Vita games like Dungeon Travelers 2 and Tokyo Clanpool. And from what I can tell, it is much harder to just patch out the content Steam hates from these games because you also have to do it in a way that doesn't make the game look like it's obviously missing content, because Steam will reject for that as well. It's much easier to do for simple VNs than it is for full-fledged games. which is part of why the majority of high-profile Steam bans the last few years have been (former) console games; they can't really "just" patch things out without obviously looking unfinished. Removing the rubbing minigame and censoring some CGs was pretty much all Eastasiasoft could do for Tokyo Clanpool and Steam still banned it.

>>717270649
Strange, normally franchises receive a Musou at the height of their popularity and not when they are at the verge of death. Also Utawarerumono seems a strange choice to milk for character recognition like you would normally aim for with a Musou.

>>717262213

Yukes will always be the developer of Hermie Hopperhead to me...

>>717263806
Sandlot makes the main games
Yukes just makes the spinoffs

>>717264149
Nice job replying to the wrong person, retard.

>>717269849
Yuke's is doing that with their own game, even putting the credit card redflag word "schoolgirl" in the title
That said they can pass it off as "she's a robot lol" excuse, but from my perspective excuses usually don't work.

>>717269398
>website still says Fall 2025
Definitely not happening. I hope it's just a small delay and they're not rebooting it because Yuke's wants to develop it or something.

>>717271259
>Not these ludokinos

Will this bring us closer to the Yuke's-developed King of the Monsters reboot that I've been wanting for ages? If not then zzzzz

Bed breaking sex with Anju (she's on top)

>>717261164 (OP)
How the fuck are they still in business? They haven't made anything worthwhile since the PS3/Vita era. IIRC it's literally just Mobius plus the Uta gacha.

>>717272959
Uta gacha makes money, it's like 5 or 6 years old, that's ancient in gacha years.
The new ToHeart remake sold decent numbers on famitsu sales though it was sold at an absolute dirt cheap price

Since this is the time to ask, how good is the localization of the dungeon traveler games?

>>717273790
>games
Wasnt only 2 translated? Anyway it’s okay

>>717273790
The localization is good. They don't rewrite or try to hide anything in dialogue (see >>717266127)

However for DT2 there are 4 censored CGs in the localized version, there is a mod to restore them on PC.

>>717273904
DT1 and 2-2 were officially localized on PC in 2023, DT1 is available on Steam too, but Steam banned 2 and 2-2. You're better off pirating those, the store they're available on has draconian Jap DRM that takes the game away from you after too many activations

>>717274012
>However for DT2 there are 4 censored CGs in the localized version, there is a mod to restore them on PC
I saw that on the censorship fandom. I didn't find any uncensor patch though, can you tell me where I can find it?

Wrestling chads saving the day as always

>>717274012
>there is a mod to restore them on PC.
Where's the mod? I checked through the archives and both the sites used to host it returned 404.
>You're better off pirating those, the store they're available on has draconian Jap DRM that takes the game away from you after too many activations
It doesn't feel right just pirating something like this, especially in light of how much the industry is trying to suppress it. I suppose if I do hit that limit, I could just transfer my saves to a pirated copy.

>>717262213
EDF?
I thought the earth defense force guys were like 5 dudes working under a bridge

>>717274421
Yuke developed a EDF spinoff, the main EDF developer is Sandlot.

>>717274421
Yukes makes the EDF spinoffs, not the main EDF games. That's sandlot

>>717274265
>>717274410
Hmm, I don't have the mod myself. The 4 CGs combined are about a minute of the game (all are boss defeat CGs) and the game is 150 hours so I didn't actually bother installing it. Unfortunate if the mod is lost though.

>>717275062
>gofile-io/d/znldxb
>pixeldrain-com/u/5XEHb6yR
Replace the - with . in each.
These are the two sites on which the mod was uploaded going through the archives. Gofile returns "This content does not exist", Pixeldrain returns 404 (it likely expired, they evidently delete files if they're not viewed in 120 days). I wonder why a site like Mega wasn't chosen; is it because they wouldn't host it?

>>717275654
Troons were actually scraping all of that mod site's links and mass reporting them to get them taken down iirc

>>717275847
Fug. You think it was caught up in that? Do I have to go around bumming on 4Chan hoping someone still has the mod and is willing to share it? I don't want to play a censored game. That game should have not been censored when it came out and I fully believe Fatlus USA was lying through their teeth when they blamed ESRB. NISA did the same thing with Mugen Souls and yet Eastasiasoft later released the full, uncensored games on Switch with the content NISA said would get AO and it was only M.

>edf developer
iron rain and world brothers. that's why an iron rain character mentions wrestling video games a few times.

>>717275654
damn
was it a secret official release or just some kinda upscale of the Vita files?

>>717276548
The JP/CN PC release of the game is not censored so it was probably lifted from there.
It's unknown why Shiravune even left the censorship in the game because they didn't censor DT1 or 2-2 in any way. Maybe they thought it would improve the chances of the Steam release.

>>717261164 (OP)
they said we'll get 3 so just have faith

>>717277426
Even if you do get it, it won't be anywhere near as provocative as the other entries. Aquaplus have already accepted the "necessity" of self-censoring for Steam and other anti-anime platforms.

>>717264048
is this a gacha? or a real game?

>>717279389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IVtzcKl89k

>>717279518
thank you
looks alright
I hope the shooting is better than bullet girls phantasia

>>717279389
Speaking of, does Yuke's even have any mobile games? Another reason it's good Aquaplus didn't end up with China/Korea is that they'd definitely be thrown in to the mobile pits.
Aquaplus didn't even want to make the Uta gacha but they kinda had to, and then were using the money from it to make more console games anyway.

>>717274265
>>717274012
Wait till you guys find out the original DT was already censored on PSP.

>>717280810
It was removing H elements, duh
Now it's a miracle the game was able to get on Steam with this in it (clearly got lucky with the reviewer) and the game would never release on any of the modern consoles

>>717280625
I don't know but these days if it has cute girls I just assume it is gacha so I won't quickly be disappointed

>>717281026
I don't consider Steam any better than current console policies. Yeah, they allow porn and unrated games. That's it. Within the confines of non-adult games that in theory should be able to release on consoles, they're not any better than their competition. Anything Japanese that would get blocked by modern Snoy or Nintendo will likely get blocked by Steam as well. So I do not feel the desire to fellate them.

>>717281941
No fellating here, it shows how fake their process is when DT1 gets on Steam and censored Tokyo Clanpool gets banned from it in the same year, the former has much more risque designs inc lolis in it

>>717274012
>after too many activations
More like only 3 lol

>>717283834
It wouldn't even be that bad if the number of permitted activations wasn't so low. It would be acceptable if the number was like 10 or 8. Some games on DLSite have 5, and while that's still low, it's better. With only 3, for someone like me who has both a PC and a ROG Ally, downloading it to both of them would leave me with only one activation remaining in case something happened to either of those or I wanted to upgrade. The problem is the lack of a buffer.

>>717264248
Based.

>>717279389
graphics look like shit, which means it's a real game

>>717285146
99% of gachas look like shit outside the promo stuff thougbeit.