After months of not visiting the Peach princess website I came across the Demonbane preorder page:
And I must say that’s a great cover, is simple but manages to draw attention to it; maybe it’s the use of the white background or how well the logos and title integrates.
I found the description interesting too:
The Cthulhu mythos-inspired, giant robot-powered Deus Machina Demonbane is one of the most influential visual novels of the decade, inspiring multiple sequels, novels, and a TV anime. A cult classic that helped put game maker Nitroplus on the forefront of Japan’s entertainment scene, JAST USA is proud to bring this great game to the eyes of the English speaking world for the first time.
But I think it could be made simpler: "Cthulhu? yup, giant robots? yup. beautiful girls? yup. come get it all today geeks! :mrgreen:
Another thing that caught my attention is that this is the first product description page I’ve seen without any ero scene preview, maybe the marketing (approach) will be different?
The one sure thing are my 40 dollars going to Peter Payne once it’s released so I can have that cover next to my dvd collection
Wow. A lot more subtle than I thought. The emphasis is on the art instead of the logos. Nice. I hope JAST and Nitro+ keep this up. It’s a beautiful cover.
It’s a nice cover, but is it any surprise that they’re using the same cover as the Japanese regular edition release? Didn’t exactly require any creativity on JAST’s part…
The safest bet would be on AX, where the deal was first announced, so they can distribute it at Comic Con and Otakon afterwords. Of course that only gives them about three months to finish up, so if they don’t announce Golden Master by early June then an Otakon release will be a lot more likely. I can’t imagine them waiting to release it until after the Con season is over, unless it’s that far from being finished. That’s assuming that it’s actually going to be released this year, though the fact that they are working with the guys who had translated about half of it before hand should increase the likelihood of a release this year.
AX is July 1-4, Comic Con is July 21-25, and Otakon is July 30- August 1st. As of now they’ll be at AX and Comic Con, though they will likely be at Otakon as well (just can’t find an exhibitor listing for it yet).
