It’s interesting to see that the latest in visual novel offerings from publishers like Idea Factory making their way to multiple gaming platforms recently, seems to be tapping into a wellspring of content that’s been well appreciated by Japanese tastes for quite some time now. New Gamer Nation uses the word tastes here in place of gamers because New Gamer Nation hesitates to classify visual novels as games because aside from prompting the user for a simple button press to keep speech bubbles reloading with new text, or loading a new cut scene, there usually isn’t much in the way of interactive features that are more commonly seen in a typical video game. The visual novel genre is also splintered off into different sub-genres with some featuring more, and some featuring less game type mechanics than others, but they typically offer the player an immersive narrative experience giving the player some control over the actions of the main character, ultimately shaping the direction of the story and offering multiple endings, usually with the best, or happy ending being the ultimate reward.
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New releases of Amnesia: Memories and the spin-off collection Later X Crowd are now on Switch. Is it worth picking up these two otome games?
WTMG's Leo Faria: "There are great otome titles out there where you’re treated like a princess from start to finish. Birushana may have been a bit hardcore at times (with some violent roots of their own), but the heroine stood on her own two feet and had so much more to her than just a Mary Sue with celestial leanings. Cupid Parasite had so much heart and humor I could forgive the way a goddess was occasionally mistreated by her bevy of boys. I think Amnesia: Memories is just a tad cold, a bit too mean, and left me feeling restless and unresolved. It hits the notes, but it hits them in the wrong key. A classic, certainly, and I’m glad Switch owners have the option to play it. I just don’t know if it’s one I’d pick up if given the choice."
