How do you pick games to localize? What would you change in 999? And what’s going on with Marvelous?

I was hoping to come back with a definite yes (or no), but that’s not the answer I received.

Aksys are pretty serious about this.

An Aksys survey asks if you would like to see more otome games published in the U.S.

Last week, Ghost Trick and a title in Idea Factory’s Otomate Forte line of games made their Japanese debut. As did poor Trauma Team.

One of the staples in Konami’s Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side games is the ability to dress up to achieve certain looks. It’s not really about looking good, but rather a way to attract one of the dateable guys…

There wasn’t as much going on in the Otome world in April, 2010, as there was last month, but there was still some interesting news regarding release dates and general game updates…

Siliconera takes a bullet point look at some of the otome news that’s come up this past month. Vitamin Z, Last Escort: Club Katze, and Heart no Kuni Alice covered in this issue.

Kaikan Phrase, known in English speaking parts of the world as Sensual Phrase, is the latest manga/anime series to get the DS treatment.

Idea Factory’s new otome title, Arcobaleno! captured my attention the minute I saw it. I’ll admit I haven’t really played too many otome games, but how often do you see such nice-looking cover art?

Video games based on anime and manga tend to be hit or miss affairs. Idea Factory’s Ouran Koukou Host-Bu DS, known to American fans as Ouran High School Host Club DS, is one of those hits.

Ouran Koukou Host-Bu DS (also known as Ouran High School Host Host Club DS) is incredibly easy to navigate and play, especially if you’ve played…

 
Will O’ Wisp Portable for the PSP is out, and if you’ve played one of Idea Factory’s other PSP visual novel ports, like…

Idea Factory recently announced a brand new line of games in Japan, Otomate Forte, and also announced the first game in that line, I Will Protect You for the Nintendo DS. I Will Protect You is a break from Idea Factory’s…