It seems like female players have really taken to him! He is a lazy ninja with narcoleptic tendencies, but he does what he has to do when the time comes. One example of a unique character from our most recent title is Yoshiie Ukita from Shinobi Koi Utsutsu (pictured above). After that, we tend to decide on the individual’s character based on the gap between his looks and his personality, and how the title’s story will develop. Appearance-wise, the character must be gorgeous, and that’s an absolute when considering the foundation of the design.

Are there new kinds of characters you think would work in an otome game?Ĭharacter design is the most important aspect of otome games, so we take a great deal of time in carefully designing characters for each Otomate title. Our goal is to create otome titles with a wide variety of backdrops that is, if female users are interested in exploring world settings that may not be considered “traditional.”Ĭan you tell us how you design otome characters? It feels like games typically have a “cool” character, a shy socially aloof character, tsundere character, a close friend, and a prince type character. That aside, Amnesia has gained a lot of fan support despite it being set in modern day, and its popularity led us to making it a series.

We do add some original elements in our interpretations, so they aren’t the exact same stories you would read in history books. Norihisa Kochiwa, Idea Factory Game Development Manager: Historical and vampire-themed settings seem to be the most popular amongst Otomate fans. Otomate makes lots of otome games, what settings have you found to be the most popular? Modern day, Sengoku, Fantasy, etc.

Siliconera had a chance to speak with Norihisa Kochiwa who oversees all of development at Idea Factory including the Otomate label. Their line up ranges from the Hakuoki series to Sweet Fuse to Yunohana Spring, an upcoming otome game set in Japanese hot springs. This is just one of the dozens of otome games Idea Factory International makes each year. Amnesia: Memories, an otome game set in modern day Japan was localized for PC and PlayStation Vita this week.

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