Ever since this heckin' pandemic rolled into town, it's been very difficult to get a lot of things done. Sticking out your tongue at people in supermarkets is hard to do with a mask on. Licking objects is frowned upon a little more than usual. And kissing? Kissing is probably the worst thing you can do when there's a deadly disease hanging around.
Thank heavens we have video games like Cupid Parasite, where you can kiss to your heart's content without risking anyone's health and safety! The romantic comedy otome — that means it's a dating game, usually targeted towards women — is out now in North America, with a November 5th release date for Europe.
The game is about Lynette, a matchmaker who's secretly Cupid, who gets embroiled in her very own romance as she tries to set up other people. There are five "hopeless" men to choose from, who are apparently her biggest challenge, because they're all very bad at love.
There's also a Limited Edition, which costs £82.00 / $94.99 and comes with a steel case, an art book, keychains, a soundtrack, and a trading card; a physical "Day One" edition, which costs £54.98 and includes 6 trading cards, stickers, and a poster; and a Standard Edition for $49.99, which is just the physical game plus a trading card.
There will be a patch available "within approximately 4 weeks" to fix dialogue, grammar, and text overflow issues.
Will you be grabbing Cupid Parasite? Let us know in the comments!
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Oh no this doesn’t seem very good.
Having to announce a patch on day one for grammar and text overflow issues in a game that’s literally just text feels… unpromising.
Please tell me that’s an Ouran High School Host Club reference!
Cupid Parasite sounds like a badly translated Cronenberg film
@nessisonett I doubt it could possibly be anything else, but I'm seeking financial compensation for the damage caused to my mind by this headline infecting me with that earworm.
Since the article asks, no I won't grab it. Wish we could get otome games that felt more shoujo than josei. Love shoujo manga
cupid parasite sounds like the name of disturbing horror-romance game.
So normally I don't care about hetero games but I had to jump in here for the "Sakura Kiss" (and thus the Ouran High School Host club reference as well) reference in the subtitle. I'm still bitter that Chieko Kawabe only made one album before her marriage took her out of the business (she's still my favorite Sailor Mercury too). Anyway.
Maybe you're my love!
Edit: what gods do I have to sacrifice to for "I favor/I'm in love with the Villainess" to get a game?
I just want yuri love games that don't feel creepy
Edit: the comment I replied to was deleted so this is in the ether now.
@Tsuchinoko or maiden which is normally the gist that the word means/translates best to. Still technically referring to being a virgin but from a “purity” perspective. Depending on your viewpoint it can describe the ideal exaltation of being a young woman or sexist and equates a female’s worth by her sexual experience and a male’s desire to stake a claim. Either way since that is usually the age range that girls are exposed to media designed to heavily glorify seeking a romantic/sexual partner, it’s a fitting genre title. At least it’s not weird like when westerners use shoujoai to describe yuri works.
That’s why you can have songs like Otome no Policy (a maiden’s policy) on the OST for the original sailor moon anime.
I’m here only because of the Ouran High-school Host Club reference.
@CharlieGirl I don’t think we’ll ever get that…
@CharlieGirl can't say if you would find it creepy or not but if you play on pc I can recomend Kiss for the petals Maidens of Michael
Me actually wanting this game Bc I like the art and pretty colors… haha…
@Ryu_Niiyama thanks. I speak japanese fairly well but im not well versed on this kind of content at all.
@Tsuchinoko No thank you for coming back. Japanese is such an emotionally evocative language but I think one of English’s strengths is that is is such a descriptive one. If you care about nuance and accuracy, English has enough words in it (and borrowed) to convey exactly what you want to say. That being said my Japanese Language skills tend to plateau and regress because I don’t get to use it beyond games and studying (I’m very self conscious despite having a number of native speakers for friends which is self sabotaging) but I adore studying the process itself of translation more than the living language (I prefer translation to interpretation) . Seeing how all these thought that people have no matter the culture line up and are distilled and disseminated. Language is our most powerful tool as a species but we have imo lost respect for that tool (like using a saw as a crowbar) and wield it clumsily.
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