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NEWS: Key Head: Maeda Working on Possible Angel Beats! Game

More specifically, they'll look at his progress (on the scripts) in half a year to figure out whether to continue. One of the tweets (from a person I assume was in attendance at the lecture) said that Maeda has started working on the past histories of everyone and that there will be a route where spoiler[Iwasawa doesn't disappear].

unless they want to do another Little Busters! spinoff.

But we're likely talking about three years from now if at all, I wonder what they'll do to keep people interested in the meantime.

Just being realistic.

Not to mention, Rewrite should be ready by then, so they'll need another game to work on... unless they want to do another Little Busters! spinoff.

Meh, it wasn't a very good anime. It'll probably turn out to be a pretty mediocre game as well. Just being realistic.

Megiddo wrote:

Not to mention, Rewrite should be ready by then, so they'll need another game to work on... unless they want to do another Little Busters! spinoff.

What do you mean, "another" spin-off? All they've released from LB so far is the original version, an expanded version, a PSP port, and a fandisc, the only actual spin-off. Clannad also had a fandisc (Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~), so it's nothing that special. Rewrite will probably get a fandisc as well.

Meanwhile, I await news of an animated adaptation of Planeterian. Key's current venture is something to which I have paid little attention.

VDZ wrote:

Megiddo wrote: Not to mention, Rewrite should be ready by then, so they'll need another game to work on... unless they want to do another Little Busters! spinoff. What do you mean, "another" spin-off? All they've released from LB so far is the original version, an expanded version, a PSP port, and a fandisc, the only actual spin-off. Clannad also had a fandisc (Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~), so it's nothing that special. Rewrite will probably get a fandisc as well.

I don't think you know what a "fandisc" is. A "fandisc" is simply a side story that is released alongside the main game. Or sometimes they're extras passed out at Comiket or if you purchase the game at a certain store.

美少女ゲームにおけるファンディスクは他業界より特別な意味を持っており、元作品の補助・外伝として発売されるゲームの総称として用いられる。元々は元作品をベースとしたミニゲームやデスクトップ壁紙集などの小規模な作品をこう呼称していたが、現在では解釈が拡大され、元作品と同規模の売上が見込めるようなスピンオフタイトルもファンディスクと称されるようになっている。ファンディスクは元製品に比べて値段が安いことが一般的である。

In terms of bishoujo games, the term "fan disc" has a special meaning -- it is used to refer to games sold that either supplement the original work or provide side stories. Originally, these were something small like minigames and desktop wallpapers, etc. based on the original work, but currently, the term has started to encompass spinoff titles which seem to reach the same level of sales as the original work. Generally, fandiscs are cheaper compared to the original works.

Jun Maeda led the planning for Clannad and wrote well over half of it. The game became a major success, getting tons of sales, lots of spin-offs (manga and anime, for example), and high ratings (with a 9.11 average on vndb, it keeps switching between first and second highest rated VN in the database with Ever17, and it has the very high average of 90/87 on erogamescape). Jun Maeda is a great writer, so I very much doubt this will be mediocre.