How popular is visual novels in your country?

I'm actually curious, do your friends play visual novels?
I tried letting my classmate play Starry Sky in Spring but she got bored of it but she likes playing farmville though....

It makes me sad that they'd prefer repetitive games than those with plot, characters and routes... but yea...h I know people got different tastes in games.

Not much. I only have like less than ten friends who are playing / have tried visual novels. The language barrier is one of the issues. And I hate it that some people instantly associate visual novels with eroge... There's actually quite a number of people who think all visual novels are eroge...

A-and I kind of think that to a lot of people, visual novels come off as boring because there's pretty much nothing to do but read and make choices... >< Even I fall asleep while playing sometimes xD

Unfortunately very unpopular.Most people don't even know what a visual novel is :silent:.

Sigh..... in my country...no one knows what is an Otome Games all about... my sis do ask me...are you watching anime or playing game? *face slap*...LOL...

Very-very-very unpopular. People don't even know about anime and manga, not to mention visual novels. XD

Most of the response here makes me realize how small the community is...that's kinda sad :'D

There have been a recent boom in anime fans here recently, but sadly visual novels are pretty much a completely unknown form of entertainment here. And yeah my bro believes all VNs are eroge too (he's not opposed to playing the Eroges with good stories though). I only got my 2 best friends into playing otome games, so I feel lucky that at least I have someone to fangirl with.

vocaotome wrote:I only got my 2 best friends into playing otome games, so I feel lucky that at least I have someone to fangirl with.

Lucky you - mine aren't into this type of games(they're too lazy to read ).On the other hand they do tolerate me when I talk about them,so I can't really complain .I swear,forums like this are a sanctuary.

Let's be honest here, if we're not in Japan then visual novels aren't very popular. @_@

Not popular at all, like completely unknown. They don't even know what it is. Student in japanese may know .

Not known at all really. However, I did do some videos on a otome game and got some comments about the game so I know at least some people play them.

Ame wrote:Let's be honest here, if we're not in Japan then visual novels aren't very popular. @_@

This was my first thought. If you're not in Japan or Korea, you'll likely be stuck explaining what a visual novel is.

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They Do not know they exists -.-

It's just irritating, no one knows what a visual novel is and you have to explain again and again -.-

... you know... Hakuoki and others you play in psp aren't even in my country ;A; I do have friends who know about it and want to play but no. you can't even find it ;A;

Even though anime and manga are quite well-known in my country, visual novels aren't as popular. Two of my friends at least know what a visual novel is, but they have no interest in playing. I saw some girls in my school playing this game called MyCandyLove, a dating sim that could be called a visual novel. I also saw Hakuouki in one of the game store in my neighborhood, so I think visual novels are still on their way to being well-known in my country! (≧∇≦)

Me:Do you play visual novels?
Friend:Whats dat??
Me::silent:

My friends are aware of them because I mention it in passing at times. Only one of my friends ever picked an otome game up and played it though. Most of them just accept that this is something I like, and leave it at that.

There are people I've met online who live in the same state or near the same state that also like otome games. I've never just met someone out in public, or even at an anime convention that likes otome games though. It's a rare site.

Not very popular...I only know one other person who has played a visual novel. But anime and manga seems to be quite popular, since I nearly always see someone reading manga or watching anime in libraries.

Not even 1% of my school even knows what an otome game is. D:

I don't live in Europe or Asia, so unfortunately not D :

To be fair- this is just my opinion though- ~in Spring~ is the weakest title of the bunch. However, it is a logical choice, given the chronological order of the games.

Anyway, here in Australia- at least- where I'm from, I haven't met anybody else who plays visual novels full stop. I know that some have dabbled in the "shock" ones for the lulz, but nothing lasting. You won't find any of them in stores in my region (maybe in Melbourne or Sydney), so my only course of action is to buy online. Maybe translated titles, but definitely not Japanese-only ones.

I'm thinking nobody has bothered to tell Australia that not all visual novels are about sex, rape and/or tentacles. Or maybe Japan doesn't see a lucrative market here because our population is low plus there is practically NO demand.

i think im the only one out here who knows what a bishie is :shock: