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 ====== Visual Novels ======
-The visual novel genre was originally pioneered by the Japanese in the late 80s and early 90s.
+[{{ :wiki:visual_novels:sayuri-tea.webp?280|Screenshot of Kanon (1999)}}]
-Companies such as Chunsoft and Leaf are often considered some of the earliest developers of these games and JAST was heavily responsible for bringing them to the west.
+The visual novel genre primarily gained popularity in Japanese during the late 80s and early 90s.
+Companies such as Chunsoft and Leaf are often considered some of the earliest developers of these games and JAST, as a publisher, was heavily responsible for bringing
+them to the west. Nowadays, it's expected that Japanese visual novels either ship with an English localisation or some true patriots will go through the trouble of
+manually patching it into the game themselves, releasing a localisation patch for people to enjoy **for free**.
+Until around 2010, it was essentially required that visual novels be "eroge", or "erotic games". From the late 80s to the late 2000s/early 2010s just about all the
+major visual novel developers were producing eroge. All ages releases were there but the most *popular* ones were generally adult games. Games such as ToHeart from
+Leaf, Fate Stay/Night and Tsukihime from Type-Moon and AIR and Kanon from Key were all incredibly popular eroge during this period. While Leaf was dying out, Key and
+Type-Moon transitioned into making more all ages games. Key transitioned out with CLANNAD, Type-Moon a lot later with Mahoyo (Witch on the Holy Night).
 This page contains a collection of visual novels I like and some of my thoughts about them
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+===== Steins;Gate =====
+{{:wiki:visual_novels:steins_gate.jpg?97 |Steins;Gate cover}}
+^ Rating ^ 9/10 |
+^ Status ^ Completed |
+^ Year ^ 2009 |
+^ Length ^ 40-50 Hours |
+^ VNDB   ^ [[https://vndb.org/v2002|v2002]] |
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+{{ :wiki:visual_novels:steins-gate-reboot.jpg?nolink&450|}}
+An emotional sci-fi adventure VN with a focus on conspiracy. This is definitely one of my favourites in the SciADV ((Science Adventure, a series of loosely connected visual/light novels written by Chiyomaru Shikura)) series.
+There's never a dull moment for the entire runtime of the VN and I highly, HIGHLY recommend not only playing it but going for the true ending.
+The anime adaptation is quite good but the visual novel is still much better in my opinion, though it's not as big of a gap as... literally any of the other SciADV game adaptations.
+Though MAGES. have fallen out of favour since, this is still a great visual novel and will almost certainly remain in my top 5 for a very long time.
+The relationships between characters are deep and emotionally gripping, MAGES. did effectively invent the chuunibyou protagonist + tsundere heroine trope after all.
+There's also a route for every major character so you won't have to worry about not spending enough time with them. The only exception to this, really, is Moeka.
+However, if you're a Moeka fan, then I would recommend you try RE:BOOT (the 2026 remake) instead as some content specifically focused on Moeka is included that was
+originally from a spin-off.
+If you do wish to experience it, I recommend you look into the [[https://sonome.dareno.me/projects|CoZ patches]]. Committee of Zero have developed fan translation/improvement
+patches for all the SciADV games because the official translations... well, they suck. The official English localisations you'll find on Steam struggle to maintain cohesive phrasing
+and that really diminishes the experience as a major part of what makes the series so special is the themes and references. Improvement patches exist for almost all the SciADV
+games so if you want to read any of them I cannot recommend Committee of Zero enough. I've read both translations and the difference is night and day.
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+===== Chaos;Head NOAH =====
+{{:wiki:visual_novels:chaos_head_noah.jpg:?97 |Steins;Gate cover}}
+^ Rating ^ 10/10 |
+^ Status ^ Completed |
+^ Year ^ 2010 |
+^ Length ^ 50 Hours |
+^ VNDB   ^ [[https://vndb.org/v22505|v22505]] |
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+FIXME Write this section --- //[[root@keirn.net|Keiran]] 02:04 28/10/2026//
+~~DISCUSSION~~