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Review: Paradigm Paradox (Nintendo Switch)

November 7, 2022
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Paradigm Paradox has a smart idea behind it: This is a magical girl story where most of the girls are, in fact, boys! The boys (and love interests) in this otome story magically turn into women when they are out there saving the world, before shifting back to male form…

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The catch-up coffee: Monday, February 21, 2022

February 20, 2022
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News by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)! New…

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September 22, 2021
Otomate/Video/Video review/visual novel

Video by Matt S. Olympia Soirée is the latest visual novel from Otomate to be released on consoles in the west. And it is an incredible, beautiful game. What’s amazing is that after years (and over 100 releases), Otomate remains one of the very finest purveyors of visual novels. Just…

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Review: Olympia Soirée (Nintendo Switch)

September 22, 2021
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Review by Matt S. One of the benefits of publishing a review a little later after release is that you can check against some of the other reviews to see how your own take on the various themes and ideas expressed by the game were taken by others. Having checked…

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November 12, 2020
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Review by Matt S. After Piofiore: Fated Memories just about ruined me when I played it a few weeks ago (I just never thought Otome games would get that dark), I rather enjoyed the contrast that Café Enchanté has offered. It’s another lengthy, substantial visual novel by the same developer…

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Review: Piofiore: Fated Memories (Nintendo Switch)

October 14, 2020
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Review by Matt S.  Gangsters – be they yakuza, mafia, or otherwise, are aestheticised in Japanese culture in a way that lends itself very well to otome and a kind of violent, but ravishing romance story. Because of that, Piofiore: Fated Memories, which is a visual novel about three warring…

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June 3, 2019
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News by Matt S.  Otomate is an Idea Factory brand that regular readers of DDNet should be pretty familiar with. It’s the visual novel brand that is “for women,” in that it produces games with harems full of gorgeous dudes for you to date and fall in love with. Of…

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Look at all these visual novels Otomate is bringing to Nintendo Switch

May 10, 2018
Idea Factory/News/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Otomate/visual novel

News by Matt S. Visual novel specialist, Otomate, has announced a simply staggering amount of support for the Nintendo Switch. One of the last bastions of PlayStation Vita development, this wholesale shift is perhaps the final nail on the coffin for Sony’s underappreciated console. Otomate had already announced Hakuoki Shinkai:…

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Review: Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 4, 2018
Aksys Games/Otomate/otome/Reviews/Sony PlayStation Vita/visual novel/Vita Review

By Matt C. You wake up in the entrance hall of an elegant, old-fashioned manor, with no memory of how you got there or who you are. Your confusion and disorientation soon make way for fear when you find yourself attacked by a strange, minotaur-esque monster. As you flee, you…

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Review: Bad Apple Wars (Sony PlayStation Vita)

October 12, 2017
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Review by Matt C. Rinka’s first day of high school started like any other, with a combination of excitement and apprehension. On her way to there, though, something happened and she blacked out. When she woke up, she found herself being welcomed to school by a strange, rabbit mask-wearing teacher…

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