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23:26:25 <bay|AX|JAST> (still seating)
23:29:48 <bay|AX|JAST> let's get started
23:29:52 <bay|AX|JAST> people are still coming in
23:29:57 <bay|AX|JAST> we want to make sure we don't go over
23:30:06 <bay|AX|JAST> welcome to the jast usa visual novel panel for 2016
23:30:14 <bay|AX|JAST> we'll go ahead and get started
23:30:26 <bay|AX|JAST> first of all, some of you may know we have jast usa, licensor and localizer
23:30:36 <bay|AX|JAST> we're also jlist, a company that has been around 20 years this october
23:30:42 <bay|AX|JAST> 1 year longer than google
23:30:54 <bay|AX|JAST> we've been honored to bring many many products to our customers around the world
23:30:59 <bay|AX|JAST> recently we did a website refresh
23:31:13 <bay|AX|JAST> and we have a nice new website that you can acces through phone or tablet or pc
23:31:17 <bay|AX|JAST> let's talk about who we are
23:31:30 <bay|AX|JAST> we've been licensing and publishing games from japan since 1998
23:31:38 <bay|AX|JAST> we think it's nice to do package versions
23:31:54 <bay|AX|JAST> we also do direct download... it's a steam like system, you buy it, you own it forever
23:32:04 <bay|AX|JAST> also we've started doing distribution through steam
23:32:15 <bay|AX|JAST> What are visual novels?
23:32:38 <bay|AX|JAST> We do...
23:32:43 <bay|AX|JAST> games that are quality stories ..when we can
23:32:54 <bay|AX|JAST> no drm
23:33:06 <bay|AX|JAST> packages and digital, and bend over backwards to make the package nice
23:33:14 <bay|AX|JAST> (going over old games)
23:33:26 <bay|AX|JAST> recent titles
23:33:42 <bay|AX|JAST> Shiny Days
23:33:46 <bay|AX|JAST> the sequel to school days
23:34:22 <bay|AX|JAST> actually a prequel
23:34:32 <bay|AX|JAST> and talks about what would have happened if the characters had met the summer before
23:35:12 <bay|AX|JAST> we have a limited edition in stock, we're down to about just under 500 of those
23:35:18 <bay|AX|JAST> so you should probably get it this year
23:35:27 <bay|AX|JAST> Seinarukana
23:36:27 <bay|AX|JAST> jrpg... same staff as aselia and yumina...
23:36:48 <bay|AX|JAST> Sonicomi - Communiation with Sonico
23:37:04 <bay|AX|JAST> One of the great games from nitro+
23:37:25 <bay|AX|JAST> You are sonico's photogrographer and you choose the types of pictures
23:38:02 <bay|AX|JAST> game has an optional english dub
23:38:07 <bay|AX|JAST> can play with japanese or english audio
23:38:22 <bay|AX|JAST> 17 endings including 1 that answers the secret of sonico
23:38:39 <bay|AX|JAST> so we have a nice limited edition that comes with a plastic figure of sonico and a stand
23:38:47 <bay|AX|JAST> if you preordered from jlist, you have already gotten your download code
23:38:54 <bay|AX|JAST> and you will be getting the game and the mousepads have gone out
23:39:03 <bay|AX|JAST> Aselia the Eternal is available on steam now
23:39:22 <bay|AX|JAST> this isn't needed to play for Seinarukana
23:39:25 <bay|AX|JAST> Coming Soon
23:39:51 <bay|AX|JAST> Flowers (Innocent Grey / Gungir)
23:39:53 <bay|AX|JAST> 4 part series
23:40:00 <bay|AX|JAST> this is part 1 that we're working hard on and will have out soon
23:40:12 <bay|AX|JAST> we have a nice limited editiont hat comes with background cards and the plastic figures
23:40:20 <bay|AX|JAST> and you an can can collect all the groups with all of them
23:40:33 <bay|AX|JAST> we had some issue with translation, so we had to pause the game to work on that so when it comes out, it'll be up to our standards
23:40:38 <bay|AX|JAST> Nymposensei Ryoko
23:40:47 <bay|AX|JAST> this is a game we're close to releasing
23:41:37 <bay|AX|JAST> some games have delicate, beautiful stories, this isn't one of them
23:41:48 <bay|AX|JAST> 2017 JAST Selection
23:41:54 <bay|AX|JAST> now something new, we got some new partners to announce
23:41:56 <bay|AX|JAST> New partner
23:42:06 <bay|AX|JAST> Katahane
23:42:08 <bay|AX|JAST> by tenmile
23:42:15 <bay|AX|JAST> this is another yuri title
23:42:58 <bay|AX|JAST> the version we will bring you is not this version, it's the upgraded version that the company is working on right now
23:43:05 <bay|AX|JAST> Katahane - An'call Belle'
23:43:08 <bay|AX|JAST> it's the HD version
23:43:13 <bay|AX|JAST> it has additional story
23:43:24 <bay|AX|JAST> tenmile has a lot of other game, so if you support this, we'll bring out their others
23:43:27 <bay|AX|JAST> next
23:43:33 <bay|AX|JAST> who has played little witch romanesque?
23:43:41 <bay|AX|JAST> we're happy to announce we're bringing out Eiyuu Senki
23:43:57 <bay|AX|JAST> strategy based rpg where you have to conquer the world
23:44:19 <bay|AX|JAST> it has gender bent and loli versions of famous people in history
23:44:38 <bay|AX|JAST> it's like civ for perverts
23:45:01 <bay|AX|JAST> we're happy to also announce the game will be released without any censorship at all
23:45:26 <bay|AX|JAST> we'd like to thank fruitbat, the company that did the ps3 version, who is assisting us
23:46:04 <bay|AX|JAST> our version will be the full pc version, there will also be a steam version
23:45:38 <bay|AX|JAST> new partner...
23:45:52 <bay|AX|JAST> PrincessX - My Fiancee is a Monster Girl
23:45:58 <bay|AX|JAST> This is the game that started the monster girl craze
23:46:20 <bay|AX|JAST> by a company called Poisonberry, a brand of (Psi?)
23:46:25 <bay|AX|JAST> this game will also be uncensored
23:46:52 <bay|AX|JAST> one more announcement
23:46:59 <bay|AX|JAST> when we work on games, we're doing 5 at a time...
23:47:21 <bay|AX|JAST> so while we've been working on nympho sensei, we translated the other game by the aritst
23:47:17 <bay|AX|JAST> Sweet Home
23:47:46 <bay|AX|JAST> this will be out pretty soon
23:47:55 <bay|AX|JAST> happily it uses the same game engine
23:48:02 <bay|AX|JAST> so the thing we learn from ryoko help us bring out the game faster
23:48:18 <bay|AX|JAST> these are the titles we'll be bringing out soon
23:48:23 <bay|AX|JAST> so we're going to give stuff away like we always do
23:54:46 <bay|AX|JAST> (the girl getting the tenga egg and the guy getting the female item happened as always)
23:54:52 <bay|AX|JAST> (they swapped)
00:01:34 <bay|AX|JAST> thank you for coming... hang on
00:01:43 <bay|AX|JAST> i'd like to also thank toys heart
00:01:56 <bay|AX|JAST> so we have 15 more min...so i thought we would do q&a
00:06:15 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: muramase? A: one of the crown jewels of nitro+, that's basically, if we sell so many copies, we'll talk; they know we want it, whenever we talk about new games
00:06:33 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: what is your cycle about doing development? A: Chaos... one of the problems of porting a game is we don't know the schedule of the company, we've heard from them "we're working on our new game, please wait 6 months" a lot, so we try to avoid that
00:06:41 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: best yuri visual novel to recommend? A: we got one game so far, yuri panic escalation, it's an homage to the great cream lemon hentai from the 80s... raydee if you like lesbian monster girls
00:07:19 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: Partner with alicesoft? A: Would love to, haven't been able to
00:11:06 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: steins gate zero? A: steins gate zero is nitro+ and another company that begins with an M
00:11:44 <bay|AX|JAST> (basically sounded like someone else will bring it out eventually?)
00:13:56 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: Where is Django anyway? A: Other projects got put in front of, and nitro+ wanted other things out first; also the translation isn't done yet. the translation for starmine girl is done so that will probably get ahead of it
00:14:23 <bay|AX|JAST> Q: do any yaoi? A: there are certain realities that make yaoi harder to do.. the studios that owns the rights to the voice actors say to make this version of the game in english, you have to pay secondary royalties in english, which can be hundreds of thousands... or we can do the game without voices... we could do the game with english voices.. and that wouldn't really appeal to fans either... it's kinda a barrier and we're trying to work around it
00:15:21 <bay|AX|JAST> thank you very much for coming