There certainly are some weird and wonderful subgenres out there in the world of video games, which probably goes some way to explaining why a series about firing pheromones at schoolgirls and sucking their clothes off has attracted such a cult following. The latest entry, Gal Gun 2, is coming to Switch in Q1 2018 and developer Inti Creates has just announced some new livestreams to showcase the characters, mechanics and a rather risque sounding 'Doki Doki mode'.
One livestream took place a few hours ago with Inti Creates' president and VP looking back on 2017, but the second one - due to air on YouTube on 27 December at 21:00 JST (that's 12pm UK time) - will be one to watch, with voice actors from the oddball rail shooter (including MC Yuna Taniguchi, Chinami Hashimoto and Chisa Kimura) joining the broadcast to discuss all the embarrassing things the developer asked them to do in the name of video game innuendo.
In the meantime, here's a crazy Japanese trailer for Gal Gun 2:
Are you planning to pick up Gun*Gal 2 in 2018? Are there any other Japanese titles you'd love to see get the localisation treatment on Switch? Let us know!
[source gematsu.com]
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Yeah I'm not too interested in this, not really my thing.
Bring Catherine: Fully Body edition to Switch instead! I'd be happy with it if it was just an HD version of the vita port.
Eww....
Disgusting !!
Why don't Hunky six pack males like Free Iwatobi instead ?
What do you actually do to these girls in the game?
Oh no not 13 year olds again. Come on Japan. 🤦♂️
@Anti-Matter It's time to stop.
Currently one of my top 3 most anticipated games of 2018. Double Peace on PS4 was a ton of fun: irreverent, bursting with color, and packed with tons of collectibles, different endings, missions, etc. This is confirmed to have gyro support, so it'll be a blast to play in both docked and handheld mode!
If it's like the original I'm not interested in this (on-rails shooters are really not my thing), but I'm listening if they ever decide to make the Panic Button Mode into a full game.
Day 1 buy. Still waiting on some Senran Kagura (main series) or Neptunia ports.
You shoot them. With pheromones. From a phallus shaped gun.
Not even joking.
Are you sorry you asked now?
@Anti-Matter Honestly, as a gay guy I would love to see something like that come out along with something like this. I don't want to be starting anything but I honestly get really tired of seeing all of this pervy fan service waifu stuff for straight guys coming out of Japan, it's like every single game needs to do that and it leaves nothing for people who aren't attracted to girls.
Looking forward to it! Big fan of the series.
Still hoping they eventually localize/remaster the first game released on the PS3 that never made it westward. Although it was pretty import-friendly!
@JayJ In truth tho, I wouldn't even play this because I'm attracted to girls. I'd play it cuz it's really silly looking and over the top. Sometimes you just want to play something ridiculous.
Also, have you played Hatoful Boyfriend?
@Platinumhobo You mean that game about pigeons or something? Nah, I am not into dating sims the least to be honest, I just think it would be nice to give the other half of the world something to enjoy along with this.
To be honest, watching some people play that on youtube as a joke, it's honestly pretty disturbing looking at this game. It is literally your objective to feel up unwilling girls, it's very rapey for a video game.
I ain't supporting Inti Creates until they finally give us European folks the physical 3DS Gunvolt striker pack that we deserve. Their laziness in that regard should not be rewarded.
@JayJ
You know what ?
No wonder why birth rate in Japan are Very Low not just due to lack of interest about marriage, but also Lack of interest with Real girls.
The developers keep exploit Underage Fictional Girls to be Naughty, attract Male Pervert to buy their games. The Pervert are Males that choose Virtual Waifus than Real people as their Lover. I believe you have ever heard about Disorder Behavior like Loving Manequin as Real people, Marrying with Virtual Waifus, Hikikomori ( Anti-Social, No Leaving House Syndrome), etc. Those are example of Disorder Behavior in Japan.
@Darlinfan So now every straight person must be some perverted predator who wants to chase school girls around and feel up unwilling women? I hope you aren't seriously trying to apply this kind of thing to what most straight people are into. You said it yourself, this is very niche, and as far as niche's go the gay community tends to be a pretty big niche. I don't see how it could be any worse.
I can't believe all the negative comments about the game. It is a fantasy and it's supposed to be comedic and not take it self seriously, like the anime series Keijo. It may be a niche game but looking at the following it has (it's not strictly limited to perverts you know, like senran kagura it has diversity in its fanbase) this is going to be a significant release. If you don't like the game and don't want to support it then don't, but don't you come down all high and mighty and exerting your bias on everyone else. Just like the Hank Jr. song says "why can't everybody else leave everybody else alone, you do your thing and we'll do our thing too!"
@Anti-Matter If you would want it with hot guys, you are a hypocrite for calling it disgusting. Not every game needs to appeal to you to not be "wrong" or "disgusting".
Lets say someone made a game like this, with the guys from Free. And someone diahed out the same comments you posted here, how would you feel about that?
To be fair, the only BL book I have read is Heart of Thomas, but don't like all Japanese pervs are guys. You also have fujoshi, women who obsess over gay dudes.
@JayJ You may not like dating sims, but otome games still are very popular... Its not like all games are made for straight guys ya know.
Gal gun Its not my type of game but its funny how people says bad things about this game as if was a crime, as if would make you a pervert or someone who does what the game shows in real life, but is ok steal cars and kill on GTA and nobody here says that you are a criminal because you play GTA, or you are a assassin just for playing AC, so stop this bullpoopy, nobody is a pervet just for playing gal gun, senran kagura or whatever as nobody who plays GTA is a Thief, or murderer.
Gal Gun is fantasy.
GTA is fantasy.
AC is fantasy
Neither are real, so no crime, no rape, no homicides. Just fiction. So stop that.
@NEStalgia
A little bit~
@Anti-Matter And yet, you're complaining that it offers girls instead of "hunky guys". How is it that if it panders to horny straight males it's pervy, disgusting and apparently an incipient social disorder, but if it would only pander to horny gay males intead it would be totally hunky-dory?
Would be a nice surprise if they ported the first game over to Switch even if it were a Digital Only release.
@JasmineDragon To be fair Anti-Matters idea would appeal to straight women as well, which makes one wonder why there isn't more of it. Especially in Japan, I think that would go over quite well...
@Pod Lesson for the future, when you see obviously underage busty anime girls in school girl costumes. Never, ever, ask what you do with them.... You're not going to want to know the answer, and it's always even worse than you imagined.
@NEStalgia
Um....
About Hunky male....
Well...
There are some Muscular men on some Anime that i have ever found.
Not so many, but they are pretty Damn Hot !
Let's say : Apachai Hopachai, Gray Fullbuster, Goro Arashiyama from Ika Musume, Swimmer guys from Free Iwatobi, Brock (Pokemon Sun / Moon), Abe Tamotsu from Dokkiri Doctor, Ryu Hoshi and Sagat from Street Fighter V2 Serial Anime (The boxing scene between Ryu and Sagat inside prison, Gosh... Ryu was looked sooo Hot in Six pack), Kai Suwabara from Yakitate Japan, etc...
Oopsie... i think those are my "Husbando"
I'd love to see people's reactions when they see a 40 year old guy play this in public. Think it would be priceless.
@Moanatunui I think they would probally keep their opinions for themself. People tend to be louder online
I'm stil years away from 40 so it might not count in your opinion, but I never had problems playing the Vita game in public.
@JayJ @Anti-Matter
The games made for people that are attracted to men are usually made with straight women in mind and the market has decided that those women are only interested in dating sims, visual novels, and idol games. As someone who's attracted to both sexes, I've been able just to accept it as: "well if I want my T&A in games I can go for brawlers and shooters and if I want D&A, I can settle down with a relaxing VN" but no denying there's a lack of variety for one audience. After all, there's visual novels, dating sims, and idol games available for that T&A audience too if action shooters, rpgs, fighters, and horror isn't their thing but if you're into hot guys but not into otome or idol games then you're pretty sol.
Lol this game.
Edit: lol this comment section.
@Anti-Matter
So you object to overly sexualised, objectified female characters, and instead want them replaced with overly sexualised, objectified male characters. Can you not see the hypocrisy in this?
@JJ286 I know man. I'm drinking my tea and reading, had to double check if I'm on a Nintendo fan site
@tobibra Hehe, yeah I don't think the reactions would be vocal either. But non-verbal reactions can speak volumes too.
I’m goin to import this for sure.
Pervy Sage approves!
Yeah no... If I wanted waifu's I'd play Xenoblade...which I am.
@Moanatunui Personaly I don't really care what other thinks of my games. Its not like play with full volume and no headphones.
@1UP_MARIO yeah I'm with popcorn and everthing, is so damn hilarious.
@tobibra You clearly have the right set of mind. Keep doing what you love.
As others have mentioned, it’s one of those comment sections where you reach the bottom and cry to yourself “oh no why is it over yet?”.
Also, I believe articles about this kind of games attract a good percentage of their views just because people know the comments are gonna get wild lol
I for one couldn’t care less about this game and yet, here I am 😂
im getting this for sure.
@Galactus_33 its coming to the west.
@JayJ There are actually a number of erotic Japanese games centered around homosexual male characters, but most of them are on PC.
I remember one in particular that cracked me up because it had a slider that let you customize the amount of body hair on the guys!
@Ralizah
"There are actually a number of erotic Japanese games centered around homosexual male characters, but most of them are on PC. "
Yeah, exactly.
I admit there are some Damn Hot six pack guys from those Erotic games.
"Japanese anime culture is so perverted! Ewww!"
Watches Netflix Original or anything on HBO - actual sex scene in almost every other episode. Sometimes more than one.
Cultural differences. I have watched anime regularly since I was 5 years old. A huge range of genres. Anime has lots of fan service no doubt, and games like this are definite fetish fuel... but rarely do characters even do more than kiss. But in western TV there are sex scenes that leave nothing to the imagination. No visible nipples or genitals, but everything else, butts included, fully on display.
@Heavyarms55
Japanese Animes has Soooo... many Partial Nude scenes.
Even Kids Animes such as Yokai Watch, Pokemon, Tenkai Knights, Buddy Fight, etc are also feature Shirtless Boys , moreover .... Naked boys !
@Anti-Matter Yup. They totally do. From my perspective there is nothing wrong with that. It's widely understood that they are fictional characters and here in Japan that is totally acceptable for scenes like that. Much much much less so with real actors and actresses. Because it's understood that those are real people you are gawking at.
Personally speaking it all boils down to making sure you teach yourself and your kids the difference between reality and fantasy/fiction. So long as that is understood, then there should be no problems.
But I know there are plenty of double standard moralists out there who think anime is too perverted but completely okay with the sexualized actors and actresses all over western media.
@samuelvictor That is just Amazon for you. I bought some female clothes as a gift almost a year ago and it is still recommending bras and lingerie to me regularly. lol
@samuelvictor Much like anime/otaku culture is a subculture, idol culture is also subculture. However idol culture is much less common much more niche than anime culture. At least here in the Kansai region.
@samuelvictor I don't want to mislead you. It's not some small obscure thing. But it is pretty far from mainstream, with the exception of the absolute biggest and most popular idols/groups. From what I know about it, it's also a horrible life for the idols themselves, working half to death, and constantly followed by the media.
@JayJ if it is rapey to do that to unwilling girls in the game, wouldn't it be just as rapey as well if it was guys too?
@Lthoise Well they don't have to make it rapey, but then again I guess like that would be equality.
@Darlinfan So how is a small group of Japanese perverts so much more significant than the gay community?
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