How were otome games invented? How did they develop into what we now today? How was the development of otome games in Japan and in the West? Is the genre dying?
Interesting reads:
https://kotaku.com/how-japan-began-making-otome-games-1710577005
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3wjpv/all-woman-team-otome-angelique-ruby-party
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/05/the-history-of-otome-and-the-ruby-team-legacy
How Japanese otome games’ main hardware came to be the handheld console and how that reflects on the future of the industry from otomegames
[Otome Curiosities] Let’s Talk About Otome Localisation
https://www.4gamer.net/games/520/G052080/20210719001/
https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Inside_85573/
“女性向けゲーム”約20年の歴史とその分化や進化。はじまりの『アンジェリーク』からVR・ARまで【乙女ゲーム、BLゲーム、育成ゲーム】
https://note.com/licca_mori/n/n0d178b9d03fa
Sales numbers
https://w.atwiki.jp/ggirluriage/pages/14.html
https://mono-iki.com/gs4-sales-ranking/
https://teitengame.com/index.html
The Chinese perspective on the history and localisations
About the first Angelique game
Shown games:
Angelique, Angelique Luminarise, Angelique Retoure, Harukanaru toki no naja de 7, Kiniro no Corda 4, Tokimemi memorial girl’s side, Tokimemi memorial girl’s side 4th heart, Tokimemi memorial girl’s side 3rd story, Fushigi Yuugi, Hiiro no Kakera, Hakuouki, Wand of Fortune, Hanayaka Nari Waga Ichizoku, Clock Zero, Code Realize, Piofiore, Norn9, Heart no Kuni no Alice, Starry Sky in Spring, Uta no Prince sama, Diabolik Lovers Haunted Dark Bridal, Mystic Messenger, Yo Jin Bo, Period Cube, CollarxMalice, Sweet Fuse, CollarxMalice Unlimited, Amnesia Memories, Kissed by the baddest bidder, Ikemen Sengoku, Bad Apple Wars, Café Enchantée, Bustafellows, Cupid Parasite, Olympia Soirée, Tengoku Struggle, Radiant Tale, Hakuouki Shinkai: Tenun no Shou, Shuuen no Virche
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Music:
Legends (AlexProductions), Adventure (Vadim Krakhmal), It’s like a Romantic Movie (Cupid Parasite BGM), The Travelling Symphony (Savfk), I’m Free (Waroxe), Tengai ni Mau BGM, Gatekeeper (The Piano Says), Radiant Tale BGM, Fashion Saxophone (Infraction)
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