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Aksys localizing game where you are Keiji Inafune's niece
I have to hand it to Aksys. They've been taking a lot of risks on titles which, even in today's tolerant environment, would still be considered niche-within-niche. Games like this one, Sweet Fuse: At Your Side (Bakudan Handan) for the PSP. It's an "otome game", a romance-centric type of visual novel/dating sim targeted at the female market. Stories and character designs trend towards hot men, lady protagonists, and the courting by the former of the latter (and occasionally by the former of each other). Sweet Fuse is notable in that it capitalizes on the popularity of Keiji Inafune (he of Mega Man fame) by casting players in the role of Saki Inafune, his fictional niece. Rather than a giant laser-firing space battleship, Keiji Inafune is now a theme park owner, one being held hostage by the dastardly, Ferris Wheel-destroying Count Hogstein, and Saki must participate in a series of deadly games alongside a bevy of fabulous bachelors to save him. Yeah, you can't make this stuff up. Check out some press release goodness below. Aksys to localize otome game Sweet Fuse [Japanator]
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| 6:00 AM on 03.18.2013 Aksys: There's a western market for otome games |

Otome games are a niche within a niche. Visual novels and dating sims focusing on romantic relationships from a female perspective, they've never quite gained traction outside of Japan. Maybe that's starting to change though....more
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| 7:45 PM on 04.17.2013 Genesect battles 'Awakened' Mewtwo in Pokemon anime |
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