Gamertell

It’s been way too long since I posted an update of the game-related and generally interesting items being offered at Japanese import site J-List and under-18 site J-Box. To help bring everyone back up to speed, here’s a big bullet-point list of notable items currently offered on the site. Most… Continue Reading »

Ar Tonelico 2 is definitely a unique experience with a magnificent soundtrack to match. The voice acting is actually skillfully translated and even if you still don’t like it, you can easily switch to the Japanese track. Not many other games incorporate a dating simulation aspect that’s required to encourage… Continue Reading »

Princess Waltz is a very text-intensive visual novel with a dash of eroticism. Most of the text is thankfully accompanied by Japanese voice-overs except for dialogue that originates from the omniscient narrator and Arata himself. Most of the battles that don’t involve you require you actually use your noggin to… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Princess Waltz

Important Importables has always offered substantial coverage of various otome, that is, life/dating sim games for girls, due to the fact that I enjoy playing most of those games. But those aren’t the only kind of dating sim style games in Japan. In fact, there are likely far more dating… Continue Reading »

Konami is enticing all otome fans to shell out cash for a game they may already own with Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side 1st Love Plus (TMGS). The original Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side 1st Love was released in March 2007 and, now, exactly two years after its initial release on the… Continue Reading »

If you’ve been following Important Importables for a while, you might have noticed that I like to touch on not only games but game-related imports as well (or at least things from Japan that might interest gamers). Today’s column is one of those days. Due to coverage of titles like… Continue Reading »

The latest Japanese dating-sim (aka bishoujo or hentai) game to be released by G-Collections is Amorous Professor Cherry. Available for PC CD/DVD (Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista; $39.95), the sexy sim includes English text with Japanese voiceovers so you get to enjoy the essence of the acting while being… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Amorous Professor Cherry screen shots

Time to keep you up on some of the bishoujo games from Japan (see what I did there?) J-List recently stocked its supply of dating-sim game Snow Sakura released by G-Collections in December 2007. Snow Sakura stars student Tachibana Yuuji who is left to live with an uncle when his… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Snow Sakura screen shots

Product: Bazooka Café Price: $34.95 System Requirements: Pentium II 300 mhz, 96 MB RAM, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista Rating: 6.6/10 Pros: Good erotic art, low system requirements, funny and fairly well written Cons: Low gaming value, culture shocks, grandma will think you’re a pervert Overall: Selective adult fans will enjoy, not a… Continue Reading »