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** J-List and Peach Princess sell the games, JAST and G-Collections translate/port the games. They have to be picky about their selections since neither company could conceivably handle even a fraction of the total number of games out there, having to limit themselves to only a small selection of the most popular titles. Those of us who ''do'' like these games can only cross our fingers that either of those companies has the resources for our favorites and be thankful for the handful we get, sometimes ''years'' after their Japan releases. So far, only a couple of [[Nasuverse|Type-Moon]] or [[Key Visual Arts]] game have seen partial fanlated versions, with no official translations in sight, causing many a tear to be shed.
** J-List and Peach Princess sell the games, JAST and G-Collections translate/port the games. They have to be picky about their selections since neither company could conceivably handle even a fraction of the total number of games out there, having to limit themselves to only a small selection of the most popular titles. Those of us who ''do'' like these games can only cross our fingers that either of those companies has the resources for our favorites and be thankful for the handful we get, sometimes ''years'' after their Japan releases. So far, only a couple of [[Nasuverse|Type-Moon]] or [[Key Visual Arts]] game have seen partial fanlated versions, with no official translations in sight, causing many a tear to be shed.
*** J-List only carries porn it seems. Try this: the next time you see them at a convention, ask them for a title. If they ask you to be more specific, tell them "it's not porn". The answer you will most likely get is "nope, don't have it".
*** J-List only carries porn it seems. Try this: the next time you see them at a convention, ask them for a title. If they ask you to be more specific, tell them "it's not porn". The answer you will most likely get is "nope, don't have it".
** [[Dating Sim]] fans can rejoice with the rise of [http://www.mangagamer.com/allages/ MangaGamer], a company dedicated to doing right by them by releasing not only cheap H-games but also some of the better and more well known titles, ''including [http://www.mangagamer.com/r18/Titles/Details/D223E795-FFA5-44EC-861C-3F738CC53513/shuffle SHUFFLE!], [http://www.mangagamer.com/r18/Titles/Details/B12AEB7E-B6E4-46CF-B5D6-B6B01AA4AC65/da-capo Da Capo]'' and even ''[http://www.mangagamer.com/allages/Titles/Details/DB2324F5-8829-455B-B75B-93C14A560794/higurashi-when-they-cry Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]!'' Still no sign of ''[[Tsukihime]], [[Fate/stay night|Fate]]'' or any Key games yet, but Type-Moon and Key both demand a LOT of money for those licenses and MangaGamer aren't yet big enough to afford properties of that level.
** [[Dating Sim]] fans can rejoice with the rise of [http://www.mangagamer.com/allages/ MangaGamer], a company dedicated to doing right by them by releasing not only cheap H-games but also some of the better and more well known titles, ''including [http://www.mangagamer.com/r18/Titles/Details/D223E795-FFA5-44EC-861C-3F738CC53513/shuffle SHUFFLE!], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130110225107/http://www.mangagamer.com/r18/Titles/Details/B12AEB7E-B6E4-46CF-B5D6-B6B01AA4AC65/da-capo Da Capo]'' and even ''[http://www.mangagamer.com/allages/Titles/Details/DB2324F5-8829-455B-B75B-93C14A560794/higurashi-when-they-cry Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]!'' Still no sign of ''[[Tsukihime]], [[Fate/stay night|Fate]]'' or any Key games yet, but Type-Moon and Key both demand a LOT of money for those licenses and MangaGamer aren't yet big enough to afford properties of that level.
** THE founder of the non-H Dating Sim genre, ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'', is a notorious case of this, Konami having always refused to release the series outside of Japan (except for the Chinese market) on the (not that unreasonable, especially in [[The Nineties]]; less so nowadays) grounds that it's too Japanese culture-based and a [[Widget Series]] : case in point, their attempt in 2007 at an American-based adaptation of sorts, ''Brooktown High'', bombed royally ([[Your Mileage May Vary|Although one's could say]] they missed the point by using ugly 3D models [[Animation Age Ghetto|instead of anime graphics]] and uninspired script and characters; the lack of promotion didn't help either).
** THE founder of the non-H Dating Sim genre, ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'', is a notorious case of this, Konami having always refused to release the series outside of Japan (except for the Chinese market) on the (not that unreasonable, especially in [[The Nineties]]; less so nowadays) grounds that it's too Japanese culture-based and a [[Widget Series]] : case in point, their attempt in 2007 at an American-based adaptation of sorts, ''Brooktown High'', bombed royally ([[Your Mileage May Vary|Although one's could say]] they missed the point by using ugly 3D models [[Animation Age Ghetto|instead of anime graphics]] and uninspired script and characters; the lack of promotion didn't help either).
* Many great Famicom/NES [[Shoot'Em Up|Shoot Em Ups]], including ''[[Recca]]'', ''Crisis Force'', and ''Over Horizon'' failed to make it out of Japan.
* Many great Famicom/NES [[Shoot'Em Up|Shoot Em Ups]], including ''[[Recca]]'', ''Crisis Force'', and ''Over Horizon'' failed to make it out of Japan.
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