What're we thinking? https://astraeoratio.plaync.com/en-us/indexhttps://x.com/Asora_EN
>>2018414
Gameplay?
>>2018414What if it's not a gacha game?
>What're we thinking?That any vague interest I had in the game shriveled up and died when I read that, I already know I dont want to share a community with faggots like you. You dont post any info or personal opinions you have on a game you're allegedly interested in but want to know how "we" think. Your thread is complete dogshit and in better times you'd be banned for shitting up the board. That's what I think. Thanks for asking.
is this set in the 80s?
>>2018414BA 2.0
>>2018423>looks like a fuck tranniemuke
>>2018414>What're we thinking?Futa KINO is back on the menu bros
>>2018414waiting for gameplay
>>2018423
Why did the Blue Archive JP thread die?
>>2018414Will keep an eye.>>2019015vmg is dead outside the schizo general.
>>2018414>What're we thinking?Looks incredibly less soulful than red archivebut honestly I just want her back
>>2019168It used to be so vulgar...
>>2018414Doesn’t it feel a bit too similar to BA again?
Who deleted the previous thread?
>/vmg/why though?
>>2019773Only games that have already been released or are about to be released are allowed, that's why they deleted the /vg/ thread
>>2019773>>2019784to be fair this board is slow enough for a pre release thread like this one to survive
>>2019580BA is their game so no surprises there
predicting a mix of Taisho Roman fashion with modern architecture and some modern fashion
hags and lolis
so where's the gameplay?
>>2019580>what is art style
my bet that this is gonna be turn based game
>>2020121Koreans making Taisho shit would be fucking wield considering the smallest things imperial japan get censored in korea.
>>2020180they should do it just to snub the tiny dicked gooks that simp for nexon out of their chaebol slurping instincts and the corrupt judicial system that sides with their quack lawsuits.
>>2020183what
>>2020180I really dunno what they were thinking with this setting.I know they wanted to attract the jap audience but these people can't even get their localization done properly.how the fuck are they going to get a setting with a ton of jap historical references right as someone who doesn't have/has to rely on a tea, of outsiders' help for the understanding of another knowledge?
>>2020121I'd rather they go 80s showa o
I hope its a NTE 3d driving open world competitor
>>2020220AI MTLs are already perfect, and will be perfect by the time they need it.
well? gameplay?
>>2020992pikaman doesn't believe in gayplay, it'll be a visual novel
>>2020992first person dungeon crawler
>>2021715real shit if true
>>2018417>male mc>>2018423>hag assistantmassive downgrade, bring back my blonde twintails dual wielder
>>2020180I-i can't see the difference here, can someone explain?
>>2022438shoe. idk what it is though.
It's been days without any gameplay
gameplay....
>>2018790sorta, seems like an alt timeline dimension. all we really know is magic is real and everyone is a witch basically.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056557955743420779[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]World Introduction - Origin of Magic“Hecate, the First Magician”The goddess Hecate, revered as the first magician, is most often depicted holding a torch in one hand and a dagger in the other.A powerful goddess of sorcery, magic, and thaumaturgy, Hecate also presides over the moon and the night, shadows and crossroads, and boundaries. Her authority over boundaries allows her to govern transitions between worlds: day and night, life and death, surface and hidden, city and nature, and reality and unreality.The torch and the dagger are Hecate’s most iconic symbols. The torch illuminates the boundary between night and day, symbolizing the divide between reality and unreality, and represents the key that grants access to the hidden side of reality known as magic. The dagger, in turn, becomes the magician’s will that manifests magic into reality.Though myth has faded and the paradigms of the age have changed countless times, the two concepts of torch and dagger remain the most essential principles for magicians to this day.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056560472087003335[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]World Introduction - Kleis (κλείς)“The key that unlocks the boundary between the surface world and world hidden beneath.”Hecate’s torch, and the key that allows passage between reality and unreality.Derived from the ancient Greek word for “key,” the Kleis is an essential tool that allows magicians to wield magic, commonly referred to as an ignition keyJust as a car requires a key to start, magicians must enter the realm of unreality using a Kleis to use magic. Because every magician possesses one, the Kleis is also regarded as a symbol of a magician’s qualification.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056562990602969201[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]World Introduction - Artifact“A weapon through which a magician’s will takes form.”Hecate’s dagger, and a weapon that manifests a magician’s will into reality.Artifacts are weapons that possess magical powers.They exist in many forms, from ancient relics steeped in history to ingenious creations born of modern craft.Magicians who enter the hidden world through an ignition key can wield an artifact, which allows them to command powerful magic that would otherwise be impossible.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056555438653747594[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]Teaser Visual Sequential Release Episode 4“Take up your weapon, my enemy.”
>>2026397>>2026399>>2026401>>2026402which one of these has gameplay
>>2026399If these are the equivalent of BA's guns then I hope they branch out into staves and books and other magical items
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056605770452505012[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]Character Introduction - Doll“Rest assured. I will protect you.”A sort of temporary bodyguard created by the Commissioner to protect the Shunin.The only information available about this entity is that its body is made of wood.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056608287244632359[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]Character Introduction - Hoshi-chan“Ahahaha! It can’t get better than this!”The promotional mascot of the Special District Office.The design is a testament to what the Commissioner is into.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056610803424407909[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]Today’s Astrae Oratio! No.3“Origin of Magic”
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2056613320036151507[Notice from the Special District Office PR Department]Today’s Astrae Oratio! No.4“Kleis and Artifact”
this is the worst gacha game preview rollout ive ever seen
>>2026496This is the real protagonist.
>>2026493sex
>>2026533it's way less hype than kv for suredoll is sex though
>>2026959kv initial reception was free of nexon interference
DOLLPUSSY
>>2027240It's a solid wood, you'd have to carve one out yourself. Also watch out for splinters.
gameplay?
>>2028956who cares, it's gachayou log in, do your dailies and if you're lucky you're out in less than 5 minutes
>>2029056Ok but how do i know whether i can see panties in the game
>>2029070You will see panties because its artists love pantyshots (remember this key visual for Project KV >>2019175) and the same team already released a character design for AO with visible panties here >>2026493
I hope that it will be not as time consuming as Azur Lane. BA had very nice option to sweep, and even skip battles that are not bosses.It would be nice if gameplay wold be good, because from what I'm seeing art is already kino.Invite waterkuma to the party and it will be masterpiece.
>>2028131Just install an onahole.
What kind of timeline are these guys looking at? Judging by the guy constantly saying gameplay doko and the anemic details on the site it appears to be miles off but then I see the pv says 2026.
>>2018414>look at picture>"wow, the girl is so pretty. with megane too? amazing".>see >>2018423>....? the fuck?What a fucking massive downgrade, got my hopes up for nothing.
New posts.https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2059092153704575435https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2059095928947290450
Hoshi-chan needs porn
>>2035284oh so the doll is the girl who's been in the wave one of animated line stickers
THEY TURNED ME INTO A CAT
>no gameplay
>>2036064A cat huh?
>>2036114bra-fucking-vo
gameplay footagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpIvyZYp8U4
>>2042189>star rail slop
>>2042189what the fuck, it's 3D?
now we're talking
>>2042752bout time we see more character designs
all smiles over here
>>2042752I fucking love the designs. It's cute and simpler but beautiful. It's not like the chink over engineered designs
analman
Really liking how omnipresent the anime lens flares are in the animations and designs and how it ties into the shooting star motif.
>turn basedfuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
>>2018414Nice i prefer turn based a lot more nowdays, from what I understand they got inspired by e33?Also how true is this talk about the devs losing goodwill with blue archive players from JP and KR? Does it hold any water or it's just overblown?
>>2043028>from what I understand they got inspired by e33?This sounds exactly like something someone heard from someone else that heard it from something else, and so on.I'll doubt that until there's a source from an interview or something.>losing goodwill with blue archive players from JP and KR? Does it hold any water or it's just overblown?Overblown but no doubt the KV problem will affect diehard BAfags' perception of this game. Rightfully so if I'm being honest.
>>2043059the e33 thing is from reddit and just based on the qte shown in the trailer
>>2043028JP player tends to be more forgiving if the final product is good enough to satisfy them, KR fanbases, however, are known for holding grudge for a long time.
>>2043059>>2043069Tbf gachas tend to copy popular stuff and I remember watching a japanese streamer playing the full game as well too.It's just that usually takes longer and E33 didn't release that long ago for copycats to come out that fast, so yeah I think it's just turn based like hsr.
looks like reverse 1999 and blue archive had a kid
>>2018414>What're we thinking?If the gameplay is methodical and tactical it mite b cool.
>>2043213sure but they could have already been working on a star rail clone and added qtes to attacks and dodging/parrying to make it e33likewe'll see
gameplay probably a prototype NCSoft just made then asked DynamisOne to polish, write story and style it.that's why the development is quite fast
the story seems cringe but other than like gakuen idolmaster there's no gacha with a good story so whateverthe three playable character designs we've seen are great
>>2043891>gakuen idolmaster as the only good exampledaring statement. elaborate on its story.
>>2043028I've seen a lot of my jp follows followed dynamis one. JP doesn't really care much about the drama or not aware as much. It's most likely KR side that are more aware and shitting in them but as loyalty to BA and not for nexon.>>2043059As a BA player, I'd still play this. I want to see these guys' own vision of BA if they're in full control. There's definitely something holding their group back in nexon that led them to such extremes. I actually want to see more BA clones tbdesu and stella sora disappointed me.
>>2043897Not him but it's the only gacha I actually play so I'll give you my thoughts: It's just idolm@ster.I guess the strong character writing stands out a lot more thanks to the relatively small cast
>>2043975Nta but if it's about character writing, umamusume is pretty up there too isn't?Also damn I tried playing gauken but setting up a VPN filtered me hardMight as well stick with umamusume anyway, umas superior to ningen women
>>2044273>if it's about character writing, umamusume is pretty up there too isn't?Yes, but in Uma you have like 200 horses meanwhile GK only has 13 so each idol gets a lot more focusAlso iirc in Uma the character stories are always the same regardless of what scenario campaign you play, while in GK every new scenario they've released until now comes alongside story progression for most of the girls
>>2043928>JP doesn’t really care muchThey do, and a lot. If we’re comparing it to KV, AO has a lot less followers despite having shown way more, but a lot more detractors. Japanese BA fans straight-up demanded the Famitsu twitter account to remove the “former BA devs” in their ad for it. Diehards despise it and regular fans range from interested to feeling skeptical- and that’s putting it nicely. They no longer have the heaps of goodwill they once had.KR on the other hand hates it with a passion for many other reasons, such as the game being at least partially set in 1889 Japan and being backed by NCSoft
>>2044450They're also banned from comiket after faking their doujin booth.
>>2044450>having shown way moreFew people care about loredump walls of text. What important things (cute girls) have they actually shown? Until yesterday all AO had was the OL hag and some dollcunny. By contrast, Project KV had 4(?) cute schoolgirls with great designs revealed very early so mogs AO by far.
>>2043891>there's no gacha with a good story so whatevertrickcal is pretty good if you like a cartoon-esque setting.
>>2044502they also had people draw the characters to celebrate the announcement. with this game we were just operating on faith that we'd get good girl designs eventually
>>2044568>>2044502Even before they released the designs (or anything, really) they had like 60k followersTheir latest posts had two new designs and they still haven’t gotten much traction Then again, people used to think KV was a BA spin-off rather than a direct competitor so that helped
>>2044502>cringy lore drop>creepy ass NPCs>just another turn based game.They are still riding that BA coattail hard, otherwise this kind of reveals would totally fall off the radar.
>>2044450KV also was like 2 years ago back when "BA devs" and BA itself was crossing its peak.KV, for being something that was actually taking real inspiration and influence from BA, struck at the same ideal time like Genshin striking during COVID. The initial popularity couldn't have been better until most of it from korea turned negative
>>2043975well I'll give you credit for actually responding with a reasonable response
so, did DynamisOne really sabotage BA/Nexon?
>>2045028What makes you think that?
>>2045068i keep seeing posts that D1 sabotaged BA or Nexonwell, some take from neutral stances would be nice
>>2045071They clearly did something shady while working with Nexon, which was why Nexon could easily crush their KV project without them putting any resistance, but to which extend we will never know for sure.
>>2045071sabotage implies that something was ruined thanks to D1. I think BA's state is completely natural.
>>2045090What do you mean
>>2045028who cares?
>>2045108There's not much to suggest that D1 had a notable impact on BA, assuming were talking about KV announcement and not the fact that artists simply left. I won't say the same for Nexon's unreleased projects though.
>>2045028I don’t know about sabotage but mx2j was visibly sandbagging for his last few months on the team and there are Nexon employees who said some of the people who left kept taking repeated extended leaves on their way out, as well as talk of them actively trying to poach other staff. Believe it or don’t. KV was also almost definitely stolen assets (Nexon wouldn’t have taken legal action otherwise) but whether they did it maliciously or out of naivety we have no idea of knowing.We’ll know everything once the lawsuit concludes, whenever that happens. How long did it take for Dark and Darker?
>>2045151>How long did it take for Dark and Darker?about 5 years
>>2043072there was literally no controversy in japan. guks like you need to stop spreading fud
>>2044450you live in a parallel universe. this is textbook schizophrenia
>>2045151what's wrong with using up your sick days before you leave a company that screwed you over? south korea is a hellhole where its citizens live what comes after the bad ending. filled with chaebols ie. american partnered and american aligned business elites colonizing corea for wageslavery, like samsung where the government said they'd force the union workers back to work for striking until they get the same pay as hynix for the memory boom. or when their chaebol owned starbucks had that tank day campaign.
>>2045659Yeah because japs were busy drawing them futa fencing each other instead of raging like gooks.
>>2045685the futa garbage came from the gooks. it betrays your colonial past when you desperately seek the validation from your japanese overlords like that
>>2045690But that was the only memorial thing came out of that canned garbage.
>>2045696okay? now stop spreading fud, kim.
>>2045659Mmnyes nothing ever happenedhttps://namu.wiki/w/%EB%94%94%EB%82%98%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4%20%EC%9B%90
>>2045782is that the best you got? making the false equivalence of tiny dicked gook seethe == the japs are on our side?
>>2045790It has both KR and JP controversies.
>>2045799why should I bother to spend llm tokens mtling an article (en.namu is even more garbage) that would only attempt to whitewash the average gook dogpiling instinct on account of them being gook themselves?
>>2045802You do you anon.
>>2045805I don't have to do anything, fud spreading gook. you do. or don't, rather
are the futa girls in this game?
>>2045071we don't know what exactly triggered them to do what they didcould be internal conflict or just their egos went through their headthough that namuwiki site and the docs explaining it gives us some insight, but it still feels biased
>>2045131Most of the damage were most likely on project MX. Hot uninformed headcanon take of mine, the sabotage was due to D1 group (theres project director, artist and writer) who wanted to be heads for MX but Nexon says no and has another head to lead which caused them to want to sabotage it after pouring some work to get into it. Remember MX is full bodied character 3d so its most likely a higher budget game they wanted in
>>2043028There was some drama, but I don't think jp side will give a fuck if the game is actually good. Whatever was the problem, it all will be quickly forgotten. Kr fags however, will probably be forever butthurt, they shouldn't expect much from that server. They likely already know that, with how jp coded this game is.
>>2045799The JP looked more like technicalities. I kinda stopped believing the shit when the controversy was about "Official twitter account must only tweet news about the game and not fan arts". That shit sounded very nitpicky. The comiket was arguably correct though, that place is strict and will literally move you no matter how big you are if you're causing problems
>>2045664Literally just read the replies and qrts on their posts, I didn’t exaggerate anything
>>2046542yeah individual schizos like you exist but they're not the collective community
>>2046584>all pushback is from a few schizos JP is actually really onboard just ignore all evidence to the contrary This is the last reply I’m giving you
>>2046472It's probably why they lean HARD on japanese aesthetics like they're trying to make amends for something
>>2046595More like they know they have no chance with Korea + it worked for BA
>>2046621Tough hurdle. Even trickcal had to struck gold with speaki memes.
>>2046595Pretty sure dynamis are bunch of otakus. It's on their tagline but they don't have actual JP connections besides yostar to understand nipponese culture properly beyond anime
>>2046595they've been glazing japan with all these short quotes to the point it somehow cringebut oh well, game ain't released yet so i won't judge any further
>>2046593that wasn't me. in fact I contend that NO jap alive would fend for nexon. even the schizos there would be nationalistic and would never side with gookshit. if there are ever any "japanese" voices against kv it would have been from gooks living in japan.but feel free to not reply to me anymore, I would love to never have to deal with you again.
>>2046112poor compensation. it's exactly what it says on the tin. guk chaebols are well known worldwide to rile up its wageslaves that way. every guk cultural output is about their horrendous wealth inequality.>>2046472yup. the comiket shit was literally the only thing he wasn't delusional about.
>>2047639what would you rather they glaze instead? worst korean """culture""" lamo???
>>2047639YeaI still prefer KV approach of show, don't tell.
>>2046472They are absolutely valid in kicking D1 off their event.Comiket even kicked kancolle/C2 off of their venue because of their violation of the corporate entity masquerading as a doujin circle rule so you can't possibly blame it on "oh it's just a gookjap feud thing!"
>>2044588People keep saying shit like 'riding BA coattails' or 'using BA name' when these are the artists and writer that built the game from the ground up. It cannot be understated how instrumental they were. BA is dead on arrival without doremi, mx2j, hwansang. and it's isakusan that made it rival the story power of competition like fgo and arknights. Yeah BA has other artists now but who do you think attracted them in the first place? Shit like "dont use BA's name" is like if you got mad every time type moon were called the fsn guys. lol
People seem to be confused on how the comiket stuff works. They aren't "kicking groups out", you just cant be a corporate entity in a doujin booth, you have to secure a space in the corporate hall or go doujin. Pick one. Honestly I'm disappointed in them because it would've been full aura if they released the KV visual novel as a doujin project and then just left it to work on this as their corp project. As it stands they said they had the VN almost ready to go and now it's just ethered.
>>2047834i guess D1 doesn't really have the full reign of working on AO because NCSoft
news?
>>2050035monday, like always
>KoreanIts dogshit.
it's monday in asiawhere's the news
>>205127011 pm
>>2018414Nyews in 11 hours
>>2051273it's monday 11:30 pm in gook and japland right now
>>2050035>>2051270dumbass
its nyover
would be funny if this canceledlet's just hope not
https://x.com/asora_en/status/2064165587618586797?s=61
>>2051870A new shirt overhang begins.
Red Taiga.... please......
>>2051870>no pantie peekinto the fucking trash good riddance
>>2051909see you around
>>2042189Was hoping for some unique magic system or something but it’s hecking turn based slop.
>>2051946This game probably was one of those generic turned based game NCSoft was developing before they threw it to Dynamis for some finishing touch. There's no way Dynamis themselves could work this fast after their main project just got nuked by Nexon.
>think of buying gigantes skin when I get him>devs gives him away for freeforcing my hand early alright alright
>>2052010wrong thread bro
>>2051909>key art>showing pantsuthat's exceedingly rare, be patient and trust the plan
why do koreans love japanese culture so much
>>2052068Is her va a complete newfag? Can't find her voicing anyone ever when searching for the name.
>>2052068>middle schoolernice>irish motherlmao
>>2052124she's gonna grow up to be so fat i just know it
>>2051909I'm starting to think that the poached artists have left the team
>>2052068cute
>jcgeba got mogged
i'll believe it if they listed age in their profiles
>>2052141yeah no sight of mx2j and I highly doubt that this art was made by DoReMi guess they left when the real passion project with the KV world with katanas died out
>>2052539why is doremi retweeting everything about it then
>>2052099probably, can't find her on anthing
>>2052068I too love my canonically underage girls
>>2052539Mx2j just drawn satsuki. I don't think he fully left, he is most likely on limbo
>>2052539That or being put under pressure.
>>2052839gook headcanon
>>2018414Enjoyed all the futa fanart it got
>>2053799you wish gook
>>2052099did my research, seems correct
>>2051909We already saw pantsu on the loli doll, they'll probably gonna use this art as an ad, so they cant put anything ecchi or else the unitedstatetian will cry to the goverment. Remember that Rio and Himari advertisement got censored too
>D1 artists only repost stuff on xitter without saying anythinghuh...
>>2054338probably told to keep low profile because D1 name and their names ain't in a good light
the game is releasing this year apparently so they're going to have to unlock the comments on their vids and post eventually
>>2054338>https://x.com/doremi4704>pinned post is a BA character
>>2051870Really like the 80s-90s anime vibe
>>2051870So blue girl has drumsticks and brown haired girl has a wand and a staff? Are they gonna be a maho trio?
>>2053917this is the gookshit thread tho
>>2056077BA was good because the D1 cast was not gook-coded
>>2056077Oof
https://x.com/Karasu_Chan1204/status/2065604534744027455
>>2056285lol
Doremi fell off and all his designs are generating negative hype. D1 needs Mx2j to save the day.
>this artist is bad actuallyinsane cope lol lmao lel kek
the doll mogs a ton of recent ba designs thoughbeit
>>2056890The doll has a character introduction, art promos, and gameplay footage and yet gets mogged by dolphin-chan's 1 second in a PV.
>>2057018>dolphin-chan'whomst
>>2056850>D1 needs Mx2j to save the dayanon...all of the designs you see right now are mx2jyou can see it in the faces and clovenfeet
>>2056890it do be like that
>The designs are greatKV got a thousand fanart in it's 1 week of existence while this game has less than a couple dozen desu
>>2057261the number is tainted now since KV has been around for like a year? but yeah you point still standsIIRC all 3 named girls from KV got at least 200 fanart each on pixiv before the announcement of their cancellation which was like 2 weeks in I think.
You can't really expect a lot of release hype for this considering what happened. The only thing to do is make a good game and let the results start to speak for themselves, which they seem to be confident they can do since they didn't just disband after KV and go do their own things or return to BA etc. >>2057176There's just no way anon. mx2j has a much more distinctive style than 'faces', it would be immediately obvious in his shading and he has a few idiosyncracies. Any time a character is or isn't his art you can immediately tell provided they have long hair.
>>2057261almost like they exist in different contexts and design quality isn't the only factor
>>2057261The impact of removing pantyshots and clothing damage.
>>2057340>There's just no way anon. mx2j has a much more distinctive style than 'faces'go look at the stuff he did before he announce his departure from BA.hell, look at his private work from after he quitted BA on his twitter, his style (in particular, his shading) shifted massively from what he used to do before.
>>2057261It's 2 different situations. Project kv was pretty much presented as a Blue Archive spin-off/sequel project. It wasn't technically related to it at all, but everyone understood the implication of what it really was. In comparison, Astrae is just a random new gacha. Plus it has the baggage of them not delivering with kv.
>>2018414I'm cautiously curious about this one.Obviously people behind it fucked big time once, but we know that they can write good stories and right now they have big company and investors looking at their hands.Also - sex with Doll.
>>2057622kek nice try i still prefer kv
>>2057622>break off from Nexon because they don't want to have big company and investors meddle with their work>fucked up big time and now had to submit to another oneIf anything this is just ironic.
>>2057645I have no idea what they expected. Gacha games need huge initial funds, investors backing and an actual publisher. This is not early 2010s where one dev making flappy bird in his bed room can make gorillions of dollars and then fuck off.
>>2057517>Project kv was pretty much presented as a Blue Archive spin-off/sequel projectno it wasn't
>>2057735If you're retarded maybe. Everyone saw it as ba with swords from people behind ba, they even had fucking halos on them.
>>2057857no, it literally wasn't. this is objective fact and only stupid mother fuckers like you thought it was related to ba.
>>2058265Did you even read the post you originally replied to, you fucking retard? Try doing it next time before replying. Nobody said it was literally part of ba franchise. But it was presented as the new ba not in name but in spirit, made by the people who worked on ba. And everyone understood it and most of the fan art attention it got was from the ba art sphere being excited for it.
>>2057435I mean anon, you're posting it yourself, his twitter art makes it pretty clear his coloring and shading styles are the same. It's very clear the girls revealed so far are doremi. And even putting the main girl aside I don't even know where you'd begin thinking the dolls or the cel-style CCS girls are anyone but doremi, who has a very distinct slant towards bony girls and loli chars.
>>2058265It took several days for them to reveal project KV was separate from Blue Archive. Anyone would have thought it was a prequel project at that point. Even if you kindly say they didn't do this maliciously, it was still a huge fuckup because regardless of their intentions everyone felt betrayed afterward.
>>2058542>as a Blue Archive spin-off/sequel projectnowhere did you say in spirit. kill yourself.>>2058600>for them to revealwhat the fuck are you talking about. if kojima makes a new game he doesn't need to explain it's not mgs just because you have brain damage
and no anyone would not assume it was. i was following the game from the start and i knew it wasn't ba because i'm not a fucking idiot
it was known way before kv was revealed that they had leftit was no fucking secretthe initial drama was the comiket thing because they had made their own company and thus weren't indie.
>>2058765>nowhere did you say in spirit. kill yourself.Next time fucking read what you reply to instead of sperging like a retard.>>2057517>It wasn't technically related to it at all, but everyone understood the implication of what it really was. >wasn't technically related to it at allWhat kind of mongoloid you have to be to read this, then start arguing that it wasn't related to ba achkshually.
so KV was supposed to be original stuff?really?
yes? i was following it from day one and at no point did i think it was related to ba. low information retards like the anons in this thread might have assumed it was for no reason but that's on them being idiotsthat or nexon shills straight up lying about what happened
I was just lurking, but jeez, what a dishonest niggerReminder: BA Director retweeted a post about Project KV not being related to BA because people were confused
>>2058828*because idiots were confused
>>2047877BA was dead on arrival retard the bunnies saved it.They didn't do shit, they (yes all of them nexon and pikaman +his goons) got lucky.
>bunnies saved itthey did nothing
yes they did
yeah did nothing
yeah did something
with my cock yes but irrelevant in the grand scheme of things
>>2047877Mentining artists and musicians as part of this drama is mega retarded because they work via commissions and are not bound to any particular company or project. None of them are actual side in this drama.
>>2058884Bunny event was important but it would not save BA on it's own.What saved it was devs pulling heads out of their asses and actually starting to treat players like actual human beings. Asuna's massive titties, stable servers and better anniversary events attracted eyes and then people noticed that BA has actually good writing, lore and aesthetics and spread the word.
>>2058884I was following since day 1, it was far from dead and got interest online for its designs and there was enough twitter art to, just for example, jack off to Mutsuki. The main problem for BA JP was that it released alongside Uma fucking Musume. The bunny event was effective because it allowed BA a moment of twitter hype while everyone had come off the honeymoon period of horsegirls, while also being the point where BA had a few story chapters done and people were able to see the spark there.>>2059344That's just wrong I'm afraid anon. The majority of the work on BA is done by in-house artists, employed full-time by Nexon. There are commissioned artists but they always have just 1 or 2 chars they've done—a far cry from say, Doremi, Hwansang, mx2j doing a good dozen or so chars each. Doremi/Hwansang were also credited for art direction while they were employed—they handled the consistency of the in-house style as well as handling story CGs and anni PVs. Notice how BA's anni PVs had to switch to anime after they left. That's how good they were, no one can fill the void they left; they had to do something else instead.
The only guy who got caught kind of in the middle of things while being freelance was Mitsukiyo but I think everyone gave him a pass anyways I don't think he's getting KR hate.
>>2059533>That's just wrong I'm afraid anon. The majority of the work on BA is done by in-house artists, employed full-time by NexonNigger shut up if you know shit. Holy fuck, you're absolutely clueless how this shit works.They are not part of the company, they have no real contracts and wages. They are just getting commission and they can take it or not. It's just that for commissioned artists it's actually good to get consistent works from the same commissioner. But there was absolutely nothing stopping them from taking commissions for other, unrelated project including project KV.Schizo conspiracies about artists being involved directly in this shit when they were just doing their job are just that - schizo theories based on people not understanding that they are not direct employees of Nexon.
>>2059533Also holy shit you claim to be following BA since day 1 and talk about some schizo bs about Uma Musume.The reason why BA was not a success since day 1 was not because of horse girls but because BA was a dogshit game held by duct tape and hopes of devs for it's entire first year. People shitted and memed on BA because servers were mostly down and it's a miracle that Nexon gave them so much time to actually repair this shitstorm instead of pulling the plug.Actually just shut the fuck up, you're talking out of your ass.
>>2059583Bunnies attracted attention of people to BA but the undeniable reality is that this would do jack fucking shit if not the fact that game eventually became stable and devs realized that gems for six rolls is not enough to celebrate anniversaries.
>>2059533>Notice how BA's anni PVs had to switch to anime after they left.In the latest dev talk, they said they’d always wanted to create animated PVs, but due to budget constraints and other factors, they couldn’t. Then, around 2023, with all the other gacha games releasing animated PVs, they decided that BA needed to keep up with current trends and switch to animated PVs as well and were finally able to release their first animated PV in 2025.They said they know that the CG PVs have become their identity, but that they've wanted to switch to animated PVs for a long time. Since the 2nd PV they were already planning to make animated PVs.
>>2059582Why are you shitting up the thread with this retardation. We literally know for a fact everyone at D1 was employed by Nexon and worked there fulltime in the offices for years. This isn't disputable. I have no idea what you're trying to accomplish by doing this either. "Uhhh if you think they worked for Nexon that's just a schizo conspiracy by people who want to hate them!" Shut the fuck up idiot. You can defend them without making up weird delusions. >>2059795>around 2023, with all the other gacha games releasing animated PVs>current trendsAnimated PVs have been a staple for gacha for a decade, this isn't new stuff. I don't doubt that they wanted animated PVs anyways (the chinese version was doing it) but it's obvious they're just dancing around the topic no one wants to bring up in official BA dev talks.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2066702303055511750
>>2060101Great work by mx2j on this!
>>2059582>schizo theories based on people not understanding that they are not direct employees of Nexon.keknow this is schizo theory
>>2060101So this really is a game where (You) are the girls' cute animal mascot.
bros where are the pantyshots and clothing damage
>>2059583It was a miracleheh that it survived the maintenance hell.
>>2060101Freckles is a cutie but none of the designs are popping out to me like the KV ones did
>>2060376it's really hard admittedly to defeat red Taiga
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2066777796622365074
>>2060417Character Introduction - Anna M. Battenberg“I thought I’d have a quiet school life...but this isn’t so bad.”A noble young lady from Vienna.Her full name is Anna Marie von Battenberg.Ever since her grandfather’s generation grew fed up with the family’s outdated traditions, “finding a suitable match” has been the family’s top priority. As a result, the entire family keeps close tabs on Anna’s love life, much to Anna’s exasperation.She currently resides in a flower shop building in Tokyo run by the family’s retired butler, who, for some reason, seems to regard the Shunin as a potential future son-in-law.>family’s retired butler, who, for some reason, seems to regard the Shunin as a potential future son-in-law.
>https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2066780313221546171These hobbits/kobolds/gnomes are fucking awful compared to GSC NPCs, and what's with that "their"?
>>2060417...the same CV?
>>2060447>>2060417oh no intern-kun just forgot to change it
>>2060447she has a very wide range for a newcomer to the VA world
>>2060417(((berg)))
>>2060417i thought her va was Takahashi Minami
>>2060471It is. Looks like someone forgot to change it on the earlier generic template.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2066785347225420072
>>2060471>Takahashi Minaminow i'm interested
>>2060417canon jc wife
>>2060470oy
https://x.com/project_RX_EN/status/2066807999121752222tic tok AOKEKS
>>2060512imagine being john nexon and feeling threatened by AO
>>2060512It's so fucking over holy shit.
>>2060417I don't know, the characters don't look bad, but I don't feel like they're that great either. They're going for the pseudo retro magical girl aesthetic so far, but it doesn't feel like such aesthetic will be popular in 2026.
>>2060512they're so scared now that we're actually seeing more of ao and it looks amazing
>>2060512yeah, kinda saw it that AO will be overlaped with project RX
>>2060512>suddenly ramping up promotion on their side projectHoly Nexon, just how salty are they over pikaman? AO isn't even generating buzz like red archive anymore
>>2060101>Still no panties aside from Doll's artsGrim
>>2060512So much more visually striking than.... some elf OL and a bunch identical blue cloaks....
Can I fuck the elves?
>suddenly ramping up promotion>it's just a single imeji and SNS announcement
>>2060439>what's with that "their"?Maybe they're a gremlin pseudo-hivemind or artificial beings like the dolls that do a wide variety of jobs and are easily replaceable.
>no pantyshotowsri da
>>2061012onahole number one two and three
>>2061083They are the Tenga squad.
>>2061012>the elves in this game are just FF14 Lalafellwhere's my sexy big badonker elf?
>>2061227they’re aiming for cute, not sexy
>>2061227You'll probably get her first in Stella Sora AKA Hag Archive than in this game (which has shown exactly one woman while every other character has been a loli or a weird mascot thing).
The only good thing with NCSoft as their publisher is that they can legally include Poharan as a collab character
>>2061229They are sexy though...
BA was a lightning in a bottle flukeAO and RX will both be trashretards that devote their times fighting over all three like US politics should kts
>>2061227this is a jcge, begone hagpedo
>>2061421i want sexy big badonker elves in this game
>>2061424No they're going for true elves. The santas workshop kind.
>>2057656whatever it is they probably didn't expect BAtards to be publisher loyalists. well it's common knowledge now but hindsight is 2020
>>2061255what's your problem with the short one?>>2061407BA captured ironic lolifags in a bottle. good for revenue bad for fanbase
>>2062055>Nexon loyalists existGrim
>>2062130gachaniggers made the impossible possible. I've been playing maplestory since the beta and these "people" absolutely boggle my mind
>>2062058>what's your problem with the short one?I'm talking about the star with rapist vibes.
don't manifest the ntr star please
Haha!It can't get better than this!
Why are they saving info for the cutest girl last?
>>2065266and who is that?
>>2065293The blue one.
>>2065301you mean the pink one?
>>2065334you mean the yellow one?
doll > all
>>2065347you already have that star
>>2065357I can't really argue with that.
you can't fuck the dollbut you can fuck that white haired lady
>>2065553the problem?
>>2065593doll made of woodyou could get splinter embedded to your cock if you fuck the doll
>>2065657erm ackshually it's made of resin or vinyl
i am going to play this game day 1 and i am not even going to fap to any of the girlsi just like the art style and i want to collect them
>>2066554i never fapped to ccs either
>>2065730easier to slide in then
females
>>2068654Cute delinquent.
>>2068654Dibs on the tomboy with visible tummy.
>>2068654no one tickle my fancy yeti want my big badonkers elves
>>2068654I spy a white thing on the right.
>>2068654Blue Kagome, she's even a Miko
Uoooooohhh pikaman delivered. Game is saved
>>2068917yeah no, i can excuse them being school swimsuit outfits for the setting, but they haven't earned my trust in the fanservice department yet until they deliver an actual bikini design first
>>2068917the 3D model looks really roughthough the style is pretty familiar for me, not sure which game
where are the pantsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD64xufKMyUNew gameplay video.>>2068917>the most serious girl of her group wears the sluttiest swimsuit
>touching hoshi's tip
>Dating middle schoolgirlsFinally, a game made for me
>>2068923https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HetILdXAYCIRemind me of another certain HSR clone with witches..
>>2068923outerplane? star savior? madoka?
>>2069049oh rightBlue Protocol
The clothes look really fucking boring. All of them should just strip.
>>2069427DoReMi will never let go of Hina
>>2069473kv had clothing damage in their concept...
>>2068951>Korean disgusting bugman hates it>Fully pandering to the japanese>Unrepentant japanese BANZAI complete with swimsuit kinoYeah I am thinking this will be a keeper, anything that pisses off the subhuman Korean players deserves a shot as far I am concerned.
It's almost certainly just a coincidence, but it would be funny if AO brought back Project KV's characters (or legally distinct copies of them) as antagaonists that became evil out of spire for being betrayed and forgotten by player-kun's organization.
how long is the wait going to be2 years?
>>2069576They're rushing for 2026 release
>>2069578that sounds worrying
>>2069543She looks like more of an evil clone of Kikyou from BA
I want this to flop so hard in korea but flourish everywhere else.
>>2069543They look nothing alike autism-bro
>>2069601KR already has the least views on the trailers.
>>2068951damn they did a good job making the models look just like the 2d concepts, even if they're a bit lacking in fidelity
I don't want to fall into the gacha trap again, but I really love the art style
>>2068951I see weapon gacha, I cringe
Manzai
>>2069516>>2068951we won
>>2069702Yuyushiki 2
>>2069702Bravo, Isakuyan.Where's the joke? Every singe 4koma so far have been lore dumps with no punchline.
>>20699894komas dont have to have jokes. Its literally just 4panels
>>2069989>>2070018the joke is that pink is retarded
>>2070038But she right if a girl knows magic shes a magical girl
>>2069596I was neutral on the characters and then she showed upIf evil why hot
The joke is that she's good at Taiko
>>2070095Well of course she's a miko
>>2069427>>2069498I hope CHILD give us new shupos
>>2069427>that silhouette on the right MSGK fox?
>>2070132No it's the other white haired girl here >>2068654
>>2068654i see a light brunette and a grey but no white
>>2070144anon the silhouette clearly has a ribbon or fox ears and is Doing a peace sign. none of those girls match that look
>>2070149>>2070152Whatever you wanna call this colorI didn't wanna be a faggot and call it cream or something
>>2070156damn hopes dashed
>>2068951are modern gachas just incapable of not looking like a hoyo game
>>2070206unfortunately Hoyo standardized the most effective way to make stylized and simple models so until someone can do it and make the characters have a new style this will be the basics
how many people will be in a clan? minato has 3 girls and this has 3 people in it>>2069427 will they all have 3?
>>2070206how the fuck does this look like a hoyo game
>>2070206It's what sells.
>>2070206>hoyoAO not even the slightest looks like hoyo gamefor me, it looks like those PS3 JRPG game
>>2070224well there are three groups of three here >>2068654, but it may be these are just thee main girls of each clan
New gnome. The biggest chested one yet
>>2070286Maybe he means the gameplay looks similar? I have no clue how star rail plays though so I don't have a frame of referenceAnyway I hope they launch with a PC client
>>2070315>Maybe he means the gameplay looks similar?eh probably, i don't play HSR or E33 so i can't compare
>>2070315hoyoniggers think HSR invented turn-based so that's always what they mean
>>2070313tags:free_use,emotionless_sex,standing_paizuri
>>2070323i'm convinced that large portion of hoyofags don't play another games beside hoyo games
>>2070315having played both hsr and e33 I would say that it doesn't really look like neither of those two, maybe closer to e33 if there is a parry/dodge system but I'm not sure.It absolutely does not look like a hoyo game, be it visually, in gameplay or even in soul, that anon is retarded
>>2069587dynamis one has been developing their game for 2 years if not more knowing whose behind it. they couldve just transferred some assets from kv project for all we know so AO technically wasnt made from scratch, unlike project RX
>star savior from the makers of BAmeh
>>2070376not having boring raising sim or cancerous pvp will save this game
>>2070386*rapes your waifu*
>>2070389https://x.com/Karasu_Chan1204/status/2065604534744027455
>>2070390lmao
>>2070325Mihoyofags don't even play the games mihoyo made. They just larp and watch other people stream Mihoyo games and talk about some garbage lore not even the devs take seriously
>>2070412>don't play the games>larpwhat form of mental illness is this
>>2070422It's nothing new, has been there since the age of Touhou or even older. Plenty of these people who just consume secondary creations and act like they are the franchise best fans.
>>2070426oh right, 2hungl i was one of those secondaries who only consume its derivative worksthough in the end kinda forced myself to try all 2hu games until touhou15
>>2070422>what form of mental illness is thistwitter and AO3 tumblrfaggotry. People vicariously living from fucking Mihoyo fanart and AO3 fanfiction of Mihoyo characters instead of actually playing their games. When Mihoyo throws them a bone and listen to these newfags and tertiaries, they never showed up and fucking play the game. This is basically what happened to Honkai 3rd's non-HSR sequel and to the surprise of literally no one, it crashed and burned.
showing off sukumizu this early is a good sign
>>2068951Any anons have theories on what exactly this sukumizu scene is? I was thinking at first it could be some kind of "cafe" type of location, but unique sukumizu for each magician/student would be a lot of effort. So now I'm leaning towards this being a costume pack. The beginning is a part of the character screen where you can select costumes and then the group shot of the trio together will be a promotional CG or something that plays in the store.
>>2071043The 4koma implies the pool is their own hideout so I'm thinking the other trios will have different locations, although that also sounds like a large effortAs for gameplay purposes I don't know, maybe you just go there to chill and take funny screenshots.It's super scummy if they put that shit in their promo and then it turns out that it's a paid cosmetic, if anything the sukumizu should be the default and then there'd be other kinds of swimsuits or recolors or something that you buy but that's just wishful thinking
>>2071051>4komaThat's a good point, I forgot that part. But >although that also sounds like a large effortThat's my concern with it. It would be insanely cool and, dare I say, soulful if every character had a uniform and then a casual/club outfit, but that is unheard of to me in my gacha experience. I considered it being a "cafe" type of area for students to interact with each other and furniture, but a pool is incredibly specific lol. And once again it seems really high effort assuming it's just furniture you can put down. This was my initial idea from the trailer. Possibly several different camera POVs you can cycle through and when specific characters are together they have can unique interactions. I just can't get away from the fact of how incredibly specific that section is. Adding that to the fact that the start of it really gives off costume selection vibes leads me to believe that they're skins. And I agree, if that is what they are, it would be pretty shitty to include it in this trailer.
gameplay looks boring..
>>2071292and that's a good thing
>>2071043it could be 3D cutscene
>>2018417So, harem game confirmed?
>>2070206Anon. Hoyo didn't invent Video Games with Anime aesthetic. Japan has been doing those for decades before Hoyo.For fuck sake Hoyo slogan is "Otaku save the world." Otkau is Japanese term.Question should be if Hoyo is capable of making games that aren't ripping off anime aesthetics.
>>2071389>Hoyo slogan is "Otaku save the world."was.That Hoyo is long gone now.
>>2071395Its kinda sad desu, ZZZ is their most "otakucore" game left
>>2071395so how long until we remove our slogan
>>2018414they should have just made Red Archive and removed the halos
>>2071444till they sell themselves to the gook equivalent of the CCP to make a once-in-a-decade cash grab
>>2071071>That's my concern with it. It would be insanely cool and, dare I say, soulful if every character had a uniform and then a casual/club outfit, but that is unheard of to me in my gacha experienceTbf this is a very peculiar instance where this gacha can not afford to pull back it's punches now, they can't count on korea to play it on release and they need jp whales to wholeheartedly pour money into it or it's literally over and all the investment in this will be for nothing.
>>2018864>>They force you to play as fucking Hachiman. What massive waste of hype and designs.
>>2018864Shouldve been 142 producer
>>2071306I considered it could be a story cutscene or just a purely promotional shot, but the beginning is, I feel, unmistakably a wardrobe of some kind. Likely on the character screen there is a wardrobe section where you can switch outfits. I made this little mock up UI lol. It's possible it could be a story cutscene, I just don't find it likely that such a seemingly inconsequential shot would get it's own dedicated animated cutscene. It could also just be a general PV of some kind. >>2071776That's a good point. AO is in a somewhat more precarious position than other gachas typically are, so going whole hog and having some free alt costumes would be a very nice incentive for people to try it out. They really do have to knock it out of the park, which I'd say they've started to show signs of that. The initial teasers of AO were not very enticing, but recent reveals have been very exciting. Also, damn drunk hag sexo.
>>2071942i'm leaning more that is a story cutscene or promotional shots.that wardrobe thing could work, though i'm not entirely sure how this game's cafe/dorm/lounge works.maybe something like GFL2
Damn in game economy is fucked. 100,000,000 currency before starting!?
>>2072014it cost 1 billion to do a single pull
Do we have an idea of how much money NCSoft even gave them to make this?
>>2072014You work for a shady branch of the government that specializes in training magic child soldiers, you essentially have infinite money.
>>2072059nuh uh, all we know that NCSoft are investing to DynamisOne and Vic Games Studios (Limit Break Zero dev)probably step to entering subculture market
is that? no it couldn't be...
>>2072092nyanner?
>>2072092wellif you skipped the intro, the game will pick femMC by defaulti ain't joking
>>2072092top right kinda resemble KV girl
>>2072102I would be very surprised if they repurpose any of the designs at this point
>>2071071>every character had a uniform and then a casual/club outfit, but that is unheard of to me in my gacha experience.That's literally Umamusume. They have two school uniforms, their racing uniform, casual clothes and a bazillion concert outfits
Any guesses for what these are?
>>2072167most likely class/job icon
>>2072167in order, it looks like:1. dps 2. healer 3. ???4. tankthe 3rd one is a real mystery, google map looking icon ass. looking back at her gameplay, don't see any buff/debuff triggers, and the battles seem kind of 1v1 despite teammate healthbars and other enemy healthbars being present in bottom left/top right corner of the screen so unsure about aoe/assassin roles. hmm. maybe glass cannon role?
>>2072201Her attacks seem to deplete the white break bar a lot faster than 2 other girls, so maybe there's some kind of a breaker role.
Will this launch with pc client?
Drew Anna in a bunny outfit. She's my favorite of the reveals so far. >>2072149Damn you're right; I forgot to mention Uma Musume. In that, each Uma has a unique racing uniform and a casual one. The other outfits (outside of alts) I wouldn't really count cause they're not unique; they just have a base model from which they apply bust and height changes. But it does give an example of a gacha actually having a free substantially altered outfit for each character. I hope AO follows in those shoes then. >>2071958Oh yeah GFL2 has that sort of freecam mode right? I'm so used to the Blue Archive/Starlight Stage types of cafes/rooms that I forget that there are many different variations out there. >>2072201A posture breaker, like the other anon suggested, makes sense. It kind of looks like a tip penetrating armor.My first guess would've been utility. So buffs and debuffs, like Hexer or Troubadour from EO. >>2072257They haven't said anything about it yet. But they also still haven't mentioned the release date, so it's all up in the air.
The ryona potential with this doll is too absurd, the devs must know this kek>>2072265Holy cute anon, I dream of bunny girl outfits (free)
>>2072265cuteberg
>>2072167so bottom is their role and top is like their element?
>>2072265cute anna, those freckles are enticing>GFL2 has that sort of freecam mode right?yeah and also freeroam using the MC, though i doubt it's gonna be freeroam. maybe it's just freecam while you can assign the characters to certain furnitures, just like BA with their interactable furnitures
I've not been paying attention, is this the official next game after Blue Archive or the work done by the devs who left the company?
>>2074571Astrae Oratio is the latterProject RX is Nexon's Blue Archive 2
>>2074575Thanks. Also I like the retro art feel but I feel like I'm going blind, isn't the white haired girl here >>2072167 in a different style?
>HSR gameplay>weapon gachauuuuuuh
>>2074674What do you expect from post Hoyoverse gacha world anon?
>>2074674>>2074753you fags are literally like that boss baby meme
>>2074674>weapon gachajust like hsr down to a t
>>2074753you people told me these guys are supposed to be to "good guys" doing it out of passhun>>2074755cmon you don't get to pull that for gacha they're all boss baby
>>2074780>Being corpo bitch>"good guys" doing it out of passhunPick one.
>>2074782blue archive always had that reputation for some reason
e33 firsties be like: hmm getting a lot of e33 vibes here
hoyofag see anything turn-based: getting a lot of hsr vibes here...
gachafags getting ripped off with multiple gachasystems again: getting a lot of generosity vibes here
>>2074784I mean, every devs will gloat about xyz being their passion project that they pour everything they have into it in some random interviews. But most of the time it's just bullshit and you have to be an absolutely morons to actually believe that.
>>2074753star/star synonym fatigue...
yea, not interested with your BA seethingbring that shit with you to /gdg/
no news until next week...
>>2074794loser projection
>>2074794yep, and picrel is the only time where "most" doesn't apply
Astrae is not a proper declension of Astra because Astra is a neuter second declension noun therefore the Latin in the title is broken.Depending on what they meant, it could be.>Astro Oratio>Astri Oratio>Astra Oratio
>>2074980>retard proof autobattlera shining light in the darkness
>>2074988they probably (correctly) thought astrorum/astris sounded like shit so they took some liberties, it's not like anyone cares. it's likely supposed to mean 'prayer to the stars'
>>2074988all those words are trademarked by large corporations and will probably be forced to change it to something else.
So does anyone know what studio nox role in all this
>>2075022Latin is a 2500 year old language and these are just normal nouns baka. You have no idea how copyright works. baka.
>>2075032didn’t stop shiftup from having to use nikke instead of nike
>>2075009>prayer to the starsWonder how they'll tie that to the story because it doesn't give a strong impression and the abbreviation is even more retarded.Maybe that's how these kids gain power or how john wagie came into being but both options sound weak as hell
>>2075038No they were just pussies and didn't have the warchest to fight it in court [or didn't care enough to spend money on it]. Backing down to legal threats from a bullying megacorp is not the same thing as actually losing in court.
>>2075025who
>>2074755Was it being mass copied before chinks did it?
>>2018414art looks bland and it's more turn-based slop, I'll pass
Whwre are my shota magical girls?
>>2075025probably internal teamlike BA's MX/RX StudioorKV's studio Araya
Drew some more Anna with a german classic. Next I'll draw her swimsuit. Rabu her. Anyone have any rarity guesses? I would guess that of the main trio, Riria will be a 1/2 star. I don't think the whole main trio will be SRs. >>2072908That's certainly what it seems like. There doesn't seem to be any clear "weapon triangle" here based off the symbols. Maybe red beats green. >Anna is a healerGoood. That probably means she'll always be decent. >>2072349Doll is super cute. And yeah, her breakability will probably come into play in several pics. Her bit of lore that's been shown makes me think she'll be a starter character given she's supposed to be Shunin's protector. Also thanks, anon. >>2072544Top cuteberg. >>2072947I was thinking if they do a freeroam, it will be as the cat instead of the sarariman. The cat seems to have always been part of the plan because even in one of the old KV key arts, he's present. I'd prefer something like the BA cafe/SS room though. Maybe with an option to zoom closer in or go to ground level. Also thanks, anon. >>2074988CheckedBased latinfag. I think the name is mostly just to sound cool. Asora and AO are both decent shorthand I think too. >>2074809I think updates are on Tuesday, so we're still a few days away. I would say they've revealed enough to reveal a release date already, but the UI was still totally unfinished in that trailer, so I wouldn't be surprised that they don't have one yet.
>>2075376>There doesn't seem to be any clear "weapon triangle"seeing as there's five options visible it may be a weapons Pentagram or just a square with a fifth being a generic "all around" element
>>2075378I can only see 4. But if there are 5, it could be like Trickcal, where there is a standard weapon triangle and then two on their own that both deal and take extra damage from each other.
>>2075376drawGOD..
Is it bad that I'm actually a little excited for this game
>badwhy though?
>>2071942hell yeah dressup game for us manly men
>>2075580>ncsoftwell
>>2075580naw, you like what you like
>>2075580I'm sick to death of overdesigned Chinese characters that simple designs, some common tropes and a refreshing classic art style feel better than they probably are.
>>2075580Nah anon we are all excited for it, the art style is both refreshing, gives a nostalgic feel, and full japan pandering is always good, the only ones not excited are the koreans kek>>2075376>Her bit of lore that's been shown makes me think she'll be a starter character given she's supposed to be Shunin's protector.definitely a starter character, which is good because she should be easy to max out early with duplicates while we are rolling, will encourge players to use her too.>Drew some more Anna with a german classic. Next I'll draw her swimsuit. Rabu her.bless you anon, also kek eating a wurst takes experience.
https://x.com/Asora_EN/status/2071836136679338043
>>2076887wonder what model is that carsubaru 360?
>>2076887Look at those twiggy little legs.
>>2076887I love the background artwork
>>2076887>powerful business dynastiesDoes that mean I get to be pampered by rich JC girls?
>>2076887so these are the actual jews and Brattyberg was just the red herring
>>2076887Cool car.When can i roll?
>>2076887Why do they need so many clocks? How late are these girls?
>>2077881Filthy brat
where are the cows
>>2078013dead
>>2078013anon they are children
>>2078013In Stella Sora
Choose your gremlin to have ass-oral sex with.For me, it's the clueless janny.
The new 4head erufu is really cute. I like all the elves a lot so far. Drew a little comic for her. Paying for deliveries with forehead kissus. I'll draw Anna's butt for real soon. >>2075452Thanks a lot, anon. I'll probably take some AO requests in the near future. >>2075580I would say try to temper your expectations. Gachas usually have rough launches. If we wanna make a comparison to BA, I remember the launch days with all the crashes and terrible performance and everyone on /v saying it wouldn't last 6 months. So be ready for troubles like that maybe lol. >>2076422CheckedI suppose she'll likely be a 2 star then. Thanks, anon. I love the strains on the cloth on that pantsuit. The hag is actually quite cute. >>2077609Rolling for cars would be super cool. I think this somewhat addressed the problem a lot of people have with weapon gachas. Most of the time when people are rolling, they just want the cute girl to look at. The weapons don't provide anything like that. So a weapon gacha where the "weapons" were accessories you could give to girls would alleviate the problems somewhat, I think. >>2078013I'm also asking this. I don't really like cows that much, but we need some cows to make the other girls insecure about their bust size. That is one of the best tropes.
>>2078123i like twin braid brat
>>2078123Well damn if I had just waited 1 more minute, I would've been able to respond to this lol. I just drew the forehead elf, but I drew director back at her announcement too. In spite of having drawn those two, the janny is my favorite as well. That expression is top cute. I love all the elves though. Perfect height and size.
>>2076901looks like a nissan figaro inspired car
>>2078125>the tiptoeingcute as hell it's like this anon's just another me>I'll draw Anna's butt for real soon.the buttberg
my huge badonker elves...
observations from a random jap on twitterhttps://x.com/581_eamekaoY/status/2071841282650165454
>>2078687
>>2078690Too short for standing blowjobs
>>2078690Truly hope this is not a female MC and more like the girl we see in BA in the beginning I really want to give this a try
>>2078123as a unit they look really cute
I really like some of the not LINE sticker they have.
>>2076169I actually like that they're putting Erin, Anna and Riria front and center in the promotional art. There's a subtle charm to their more 'plain' looking designs.
>>2078123the one with the coffee
>>2078123This is my theory for what roles in-game each elf will do, based off their description and appearance. The only two I'm fairly certain on is the glasses elf and sleepmask elf. The others less so. Anyone else have any ideas? >>2079214Left girl (Ai) is definitely not a feMC; she's her own character. It's not too clear what her role is yet though because one of the 4koma implies she leaves at the start of the game. >>2081415Same, anon. They're all really cute. I like Anna Motivated the most.
>>2081708
>>2082536You should remove half a cup from this calculation. Her height only goes to her heels, no need to go all the way to her toes.
>>2082536My headcanon is that the gremlins are exactly 3ft tall and have incredibly elastic internals.
oh, so they'll open booth on C108https://x.com/Asora_JP/status/2072865409397665952
>>2083481I fucking love art books broshope it gets scanned or something
some of the book art
anna combat vfx sneak peak
>comments on global are just uohing>jp's comments calling it cute or actually talking about the designThank you BA global, for creating a whole subset of people that are more concerned about announcing that they fit in over talking about characters in question.
you have my attention
>>2083580Why are my childwives talking to a man who is obviously not me?
>>2083608>thisi played BA for Rio/Asuna/Saori, i hope AO delivers just as well.
>>2083640Surely we don't need yet another hag game?
>>2083644you can pretend to be a little ironic "pedo" to fit in on the internet, but at the end of the day, hags and JK are what sells games. I like little witch academia, this is in it's art style, but that's just an anime, and not a gacha that sells characters.
>>2083652>hagfag pretending wanting a jcge is to "fit in"Devs have already made clear what the target audience is, hagshit is a saturated market D1 is not aiming for
>>2083652why do you enjoy being strewn around by a game that does not truly care for an audience like you? there's a ton of other games who service hag lovers like you. giving works like this a try because it's got one girl you like out of many only means you'll be constantly annoyed at being treated like the second class citizen you're signing up to be.
>>2078542Yeah I love stark size differences, so I like to try and show it off with gestures like that. I'll try to draw all the elves are some point. >>2083508That is awesome. I'm glad this time it's working out for them this time lol. Those drawings look really nice. With KV, they registered as the wrong booth type or something. That with all the other issues cancelled their first time at comiket, so we never got the KV VN. That's my personal library of alexandria. >>2083522Aaaaa she's so cool. Perfect combination of cute and cool. Also damn I've been drawing her with little fluffy pigtails, but she just has powerful back floof. Also>production notes in JapaneseI wonder if they went back and added those for the book or if they're just so big of weebs they write their notes in Japanese. Cool either way. >>2083608>pantsuit buttVery nice.
>>2083636It's the classic trope of some white guy asking an anime girl something in english and her responding with watashi notto spiiku engrishhu
>>2083636she's Scottish so people assume she knows english
>>2083676>picholy FVARK, drop your handle bro
>>2083676>freckles on her assoh my goooooooood
>>2083676Goddamn good shit drawbro
>>2083691I thought she was Irish? Inb4 same difference>>2083676Based Anna enjoyer
>>2083749same difference
>>2083520sex
>>2083522The lack of panties beyond Doll is concerning
>>2083520I hope we get lots of outfits to put on our (dress-up) doll. I love her piercing eyes and those earings contrasted with her simple look. She's so lewd, I wonder what kind of personality she has.>>2083580Is that the other girl meeting Anna's dad? clear gaijin face lol>>2083481I hope they learned their lesson from last time and are doing a coorporate booth... Would an anon familiar with comiket be able to check from their booth number if that's true?
>>2084002>Would an anon familiar with comiket be able to check from their booth number if that's true?I did some digging and it's true, they did it the right way this timeamusingly they're right next to the Hololive and TYPE-MOON boothsIf anyone wants to look themselves you can here>https://webcatalog.circle.ms/Boothbut you need to create an account first (I just used a throaway email)
>>2082531>It's not too clear what her role is yet though because one of the 4koma implies she leaves at the start of the game.That immediately stood out to me too when I saw it. I think she's going to be the equivalent of GSC prez in BA, give you a very short introduction, leave you with doll/arona, then fucks off.
>>2083580Why would she do a handstand in a skirt? Is she dumb?
I played BA for the music, I like the electronic style they have and I'm hoping AO can scratch the fantasy-magic music itch Priconne left me with. Fury of Set and Phrenaptes's theme are still my favorites, I wonder what the AO equivalent of that or Unwelcome School will be?Speaking of, I wonder how BIIIG enemies will be portrayed, I hope we get our own Set boss and he takes up half the screen
I am absolutely hopiumpilled for this, if it's shit I'll never play a gacha again.
>>2085860the gameplay looks extremely boring, so I'd keep expectations down
>>2085890It's a gacha, I don't care about the gameplay?
>>2085930so what will be shit about it? stingy gacha currencies?
>>2085932Just want a good story and interesting characters and if I'm being greedy some nice music. I'm already very happy with the character designs and art style. Weapon gacha is a really bad sign but I don't mind going fully f2p.
>>2085860this but promilia for me. keeping an eye on AO and RX for the sake of popularity if I'm being honest.
>>2086063promilia looks like ass though
>>2085977not an expert on gacha, why is weapon gacha bad?
>>2086250NTA but it's another thing to spend currency/money on and it just pollutes the gacha pool, and sometimes devs make it so you absolutely need the SSR weapon for a character to performI personally don't mind it that much if it's a separate banner but I also don't care about pushing endgame or pvp
>not Hina's name is LunaTwo whole letter difference
>>2086250If I'm pulling gacha, and especially if I'm paying money to pull gacha, I want to be receiving cute girls, not junk like swords or whatever.
>>2086264>>2086569They are almost certainly going to be separate pools like Trickcal. The gacha screen with the weapons looks totally different to the magician one if you compare them >>2078687If they aren't, then that part of the trailer is very misleading. >>2086250Like the other anons said, they're usually terrible because they lower the amount of girls you get from the gacha. And the weapons are just not cool/pretty enough to justify getting over a new character.
>best girl is first onei kneel d1
>>2087131best girl is knife thoughunless she does the yandere shtick then she's total trash
Who broke my doll?
>>2087131>The only one with visible pantiesLiterally bestest girl
>side tie pantsu wooden doll>freckles>notHina>varsity jacket midriff tomboy>Kimono Walkman villainSome kino already.
>>2087177sorry we went too hard clanking last night
>>2088108How're the splinters treating you?
>>2088108imagine she falls apart as you go and by the end you're just holding her hips to fuck or her head for kissing, or just holding her hands.what face would she make in the morning? what would the commisioner say when she had to put her back together?
>>2086822>touching hoshi-chan's tip
>>2089170He can't keep getting away with this...
>>2089165woah she's hot
>>2074794That's a rather blindly cynical stance. It's pretty obvious after even cursory engagement with most gacha games that full-time in-house creatives (cygames, hoyo, nexon games, type moon, project moon, etc) put everything they have into these games, its just that it doesnt change the inherent nature of the gacha model and what the publishers expect from that. but these aren't two separate things as the massive earnings of gacha goes back into funding creatives. cygames has an entire art studio, mihoyo is huge, etc
>>2089191>>2089194
>>2089195who is she?
>>2089199obviously talking about the car
>>2089199all three now that I think about it but I was referring to the tall blueshe's also autistic
Look at those curves
>>2089232jcs...
>>2089232damn, anna
>>2089232What is that leprechaun charm? Is it because shes irish?
>>2089165>frilly socks with garterI can't explain why but I just know she's into being tied up
>>2089302It's (You).
>>2089223I forget numpads are popular in asian countries.
>>2089223Coffee and parfait at 3:30 in the morning? What a glutton
>>2089462It says 13:30 blindbro.
>>2089462it's 13:3024-hour formatso it's 01:30 PM
>>2089223>>2089364Using a numpad to type things out as a form of communication is certainly a choice, those things were kind of a pain in the ass to use and they weren't quick either. The fact that she has a flip phone is interesting as well considering they technically existed in the 90s but their height of popularity was in the 00s. I suppose they can chalk up to the weird asynchronous tech level they're going for.
>>2089496>those things were kind of a pain in the ass to use and they weren't quick eitherI remember my Nokia 3310, there's a function to type with dictionary mode, it let's you type the number once like a single letter and it will estimate what word you are looking for. It was like 90% accurate with up or down button to cycle to next word. It made my type speed almost as fast as qwerty. I've seen Japanese phone keyboard use the same for kanji, they just type the hiragana and cycle to next word. It's not as bad tbdesu
Why is she like this?
>>2089755she’s still a child
>>2089797So Arisu Tachibana but Hina body?
So it's a character action game like genshin?
>>2090336no it's turn based
>>2090723too big
>>2090723Sauce
>>2091103look closer it's right there
>>2089232>Poorfags>Base/Dominion is a private rooftop pool>>2076887>Rich heiresses>Base/Dominion is some garage
>>2091258>poorfagsAnna has a butler as a caretaker because she lives in their families second property.They're not exactly the poor group, but they have mentioned that the area is given to them by the organization you work for.
>>2076901That's clearly a Beetle.
>>2094344Rhinoceros or stag?
>>2091258Some garage with their own car
>>2091258>>2094659what if the car itself is the dominion and it gets a lot bigger when you enter it
>>2094745
>>2099204
>>2099204cute
This almost looks officialhttps://x.com/kimnicodesu
>>2100449Cute dork
>>2100449Might just be someone in the business doing some serious fanwork
Where news
>Character Introduction - Mitsukoe Runa>(Shunin... He might be my type in about ten years...)>The only daughter of the Mitsukoe family, a real estate dynasty.>This young lady’s family entered the world of the nouveau riche overnight due to an unprecedented real estate boom.>Despite his immense wealth, her grandfather insisted on staying true to his humble roots, which put him at odds with her father, who longed to embrace a life of luxury. Her grandfather raised Luna, but he passed away when she was in the third grade, prompting her to move in with her father and begin living as an heiress.>She treasures the memories she shared with her grandfather and seems to have a soft spot for mature older men.>She's convinced that, given another ten years, the Shunin will be exactly her type.Cute bush
>Character Introduction - Keikou Mayoi>“Don’t take your eyes off of little ol’ me.”>A young lady from one of Japan's top ten corporate families.>As befits the daughter of a wealthy business family, she wields jewel magic that evaporates expensive jewels. >Though she wears braces, she doesn’t seem the least bit self-conscious about them.>She can be somewhat ill-mannered and overly familiar with others, but she knows where to draw the line and, when the situation calls for it, reveals an unexpectedly polite and thoughtful side.
>Character Introduction - Shiranui Ren>“...”>A young lady who has a complicated relationship with Runa and Mayoi as their supporter, errand-runner, and friend.>In truth, she is a bodyguard and hitman dispatched by the Mitsukoe family and Keikou family.>At times, she seems to struggle with communication, and at other times not. She appears to be shrouded in mystery.>Every now and then, she gives the Shunin a subtle, predatory look.
>>2101307>Cute bushblushOut of all the designs so far Ren is definitely my favorite but I usually hate the quiet autist trope so that might be a deal breakerI'll just have to wait and see how they handle it
>>2101318>car ornamentShe's gonna fuck cursed form
>>2101307>"Come back when you're 10 years older">except it's not a shota thing but a ojisan fetish...
>>2101402fat middle-aged men
>>2101314>bracesabsolute qt
>>2101307is it Runa or Luna they seem to switch in the official art and in the background description
>>2101416
>>2101418a shame Luna is cuter
>>2101427Just pretend you're japanese, romanization is a meme anyway
>>2101418uuuh why are they keeping the original name and not localising it to Misty Moona or some shit?
>>2091258They keep the garage a secret
>>2101318knee
>>2101599The age difference relationship is canon and pushed by the devs. Fucking based. A game that caters to my fetish
They've been whiffing with these designs since the doll none of these appeal to me.
>>2101801The Doremi designs are killing all the hype. They need to give us the good stuff from Mx2j.
>>2101830not a hagge
>>2101652I wonder if they're going to correct that at all
>>2102312I feel like they have to if they're gonna use it in game
>One batch left to introduceI assume the game will release this August or September then? They're targeting 2026 afterall
>>21024652 weeks for the last batch + 1 week for the woman at the top places them right on time for a C108 release date announcement + preregistration into a late Sept/early October launch is my guess
>>2102501>Woman at topDamn, I blindly assumed that was doll but apparently she's not. With the clothing differences and all
>>2102465Tomboy, gamergirl movie buff, and a genki. Truly the worst trio already
>>2102625>gamer girl Huh didnt notice is that a controller on her bag or something similar?
>>2102744It looks like a dot patterned bow to me. I think she's just a film buff.
>>2102465>SeptemberSeptember is suicide via Genshin's anniversaryThey need to release in late October/November if they want a chance at success
>>2102848I don't think anyone who plays Genshin cares about this game in the first place anon
>>2102848Caring about anniversaries is meaningless nowadays, there are so many big gachas, you will stumble on an anni/half anni of some no matter where you go.
>>2102848Different market tbdesu
the dutch botes from azur lane is joining promilia
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