Menhera Farm is a 2025 indie simulation title by developer Sugar Star. It uses a mix of stat management and rhythm gameplay of sorts in your quest to raise combat dolls and save the nation. Looking for more unique and quirky Japanese games? ZenMarket, who have kindly sponsored this article, list plenty of physicals of […]
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Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian – Review
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian is a title that has generated considerable confusion. It promises us a return to ‘classic Atelier’ after Atelier Yumia changed up the formula quite a bit, and it follows Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & The Polar Night Liberator, which was a gacha game that was only available […]
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian – How to Unlock All Wire Actions Guide
In Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, you’ll find lots of points of light with a blue, red, green, and gold glow. These are places where you can perform Wire Actions as Rias. They’re not quite a zipline, but these will let you swing across a gap or pull yourself up to […]
Nook News – 9/22/25 | A ‘New’ ASaProject Release Is Coming!
This week, our weekly news round up with be limited to visual novel news. We expect it to include the normal highlights for visual novels, gaming, anime, and upcoming releases next week. Visual Novel News: kawaiinium have announced the upcoming release of Ren’ai 0 Kilometer, one of ASaProject’s earlier titles which was originally released in […]
Hold Me Tight All Night, Onii-chan! – Review
Who said you need to leave home to find love? Hold Me Tight All Night, Onii-chan! (Onii-chan, Asa made Zutto Gyutte Shite! or OniGyu) is a mixture of sweet moments and erotic scenes between ‘Onii-chan’ and his four younger sisters. This 2018 visual novel is by Tinkle Position, the same developer that brought us Onii♥Kiss: Onii-chan, […]
Hold Me Tight All Night, Onii-chan! – Walkthrough & Guide
Hold Me Tight All Night, Onii-chan! (Onii-chan, Asa made Zutto Gyutte Shite! or OniGyu) includes a common route with four normal heroine routes and a locked harem route. There is also a code system that allows for some additional content to be unlocked. This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various routes, […]
Interview with Ono Wasabi (CEO of Laplacian) | On AI Translation, Industry Challenges, and Future Plans
Visual novel developer Laplacian recently announced the retranslation of Harmonic Reflections (Kioku no Kenban) following strong negative feedback regarding the initial translation by DMM Game Translate, which utilizes AI machine translation (MTL) with human supervision. At the time of writing, the majority of the Steam reviews regarding the English version are negative, with most citing […]
Some of the Best Robot Girls in Anime
Anime and manga have types of characters we see all the time: maids, idols, mysterious transfer students, catgirls, and the comically wealthy, just to name a few. But one type we don’t see as much of anymore (at least in romcom anime) is the classic robot girl. These characters tend to fill a few different […]
If You Liked Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister You Should Watch/Read…
Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister! (Onii-chan wa Oshimai!) became well known after a brilliant anime by Studio Bind, which we called the Best of Winter 2023 in our review. But with no second season of Onimai in sight and only one short chapter of the manga per month, there’s not much out there for Onimai fans, […]
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar – Hints and Tips
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar isn’t too complex, but it does sometimes leave the player to explore the systems and figure things out for themselves beyond the very basics within tutorials. There are also some tips that can make life much easier, both early on and later in the game. While this isn’t a full […]










