Comments on: Hiiro no Kakera: Exploring The Modern Fairytale On The PSP

By: RinguKei

RinguKei — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:48:29 +0000

I would definitely play it if it came out in the US. I found out about this game just yesterday, and already, the art has gotten me,

By: nika

nika — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:38:33 +0000

ehhh, I fear that if otome games (no matter which one) would ever get dubbed, there would be someone who gets a texas accent or something like that. Or at least, some horrible country accent <— I can’t stand that. I’d be able to survive oxford english better than that. (in fact, I might be able stand that by now. british is funny ^^ <— meant in a good way)

no, I fear an english dub would kill all feeling in the game. as would any dub, most likely.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:12:19 +0000

@nika: Its much better/prettier on the PSP than it was on the DS.

I’d probably be somewhat interested in hearing dub voices, were this released outside Japan, just because I always like to at least try the dub voices.

@Hasu: The DS Tokimeki Memorial DS games are really very import friendly as well. There are guides online for the PS2 versions (which are practically identical), lots of players who can offer assistance and it doesn’t focus solely on text.

By: nika

nika — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:52:41 +0000

@Jenni: glad to hear that the sound is better. this will be a buy for me then. And if this would be released in English I would so buy it, the english speaking world needs games like this. (but I would like them to keep the original voices… somehow I fear for any dub they might do)

@Hasu: if you want an import friendly otome game, try Kiniro no Corda. Since you get to run around and do stuff as well as try to find your dream guy Sadly, I don’t really know any other import friendly otome games.

By: Hasu

Hasu — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:41:02 +0000

@ Jenni – Hmm, I figured as much. The genre doesn’t seem import-friendly in general. I know a little Japanese, but doubtful enough to get me by in this kind of game, since I would really like to understand the story and everything.

I guess I’ll either have to step up my Japanese learning. That, or cross my fingers that it will get an English release.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:59:35 +0000

@ Hasu – Weeell….

If you don’t speak Japanese, you could get through the game, get all the CG screen images and get a good ending.

You really wouldn’t understand most of it though. You’d be able to get the general gist of what’s happening, but have no idea why. If you can’t understand written or spoken Japanese, you’ll really be missing out.

If you don’t mind missing out on most every aspect of the story, and don’t mind watching and waiting for those incredibly pretty pictures, you probably could get through it without knowing any Japanese. Its possible, but no where near as fun as if you understood what was going on.

By: Hasu

Hasu — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:42:46 +0000

If this were announced for NA, I’d so be signed up for a preorder.

@ Jenni – How would you rate the import-friendliness of the game in general? I’m guessing that it would be pretty difficult for those not well-versed in Japanese to really be able to understand the story?

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:15:49 +0000

@ squall3031 – Hopefully, if enough people show that they would be interested in a game like Hiiro no Kakera Portable, there’d be a better chance of it being released in the US. Do you think you’d play it, if it were in English?

@ nika – The sound quality is much better. It sounds absolutely wonderful. I’d say at least 2.5x (maybe even 3x) better than the DS’s sound.

By: nika

nika — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:12:36 +0000

how is the sounds quality? better than the DS?
because that is what annoyed me most about the ds version, the sounds was a little… off.

By: squall3031

squall3031 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:32:58 +0000

no plan of bringing this to US, right?
I pass!