In the same case, did you know that Clannad, Higurashi, Little Busters! and Danganronpa were Visual Novels at first, then adapted into the anime series?Īs already brought up, there's some Visual Novels with features more than just your typical VN. Popular Otome games have been adapted, for example, there's the well known Diabolik Lovers, Amnesia, Uta no Prince-sama and Hakuōki.
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Visual Novels are usually always purchased, and can be quite expensive, but Otome games can be free of charge, 'label your own price', or purchasable at almost the same price. A harem can be in Visual Novels too, but the main point of an Otome is it being about dating, therefor a dating sim. This is typically aimed at a female audience, with the main goal of the plot being that the player has to develop a relationship with a man out of a variety of guys (this is known as a reverse harem), or even females if it's a same-sex game. Take this as a genre of simulator/dating sim games (while VNs can have such a focus, not all of them do, while the majority of Otomes' main objective is being a dating simulator). As the name suggests, a Visual Novel has mixed media, just look at it as an anime styled book. Visual Novels can either be short, lengthy, or extremely lengthy, being over 50+ hours (see Fate/Stay) to completely unlock/see everything it has to offer. Some Visual Novels might not even have this option, and they're referred to as Kinetic Novels/Sound Novels. These are known as routes (the main one being called the common route), that can lead further into the story, to a bad end or a game over. What this means is that the player takes the position of the main character/protagonist and makes certain options for them that can change the plot's progression. The biggest interaction is usually making choices (with an acceptation of a few unique games which we'll get to in a bit). Actual gameplay isn't a major feature in these. Visual Novels usually contain voicing acting, music and anime like characters stills, and are very text heavy (some even have live-action stills/footage). Purchasable Visual Novels will more than likely have cut out these scenes for sure. While there's patches for most of these that remove such scenes, and some even allowing an option to do so in its Japanese release, PLEASE REFRAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHEN WANTING TO ADDRESS ANY ADULT THEMES. It's a fact that many Visual Novels are Eroge games, meaning they're NSFW.