[Hibiki Works][2015-04-24] PRETTY×CATION 2

[Nacht]

February append is out

http://suezou.dyndns.org/hibiki-works.html

 

[kzel]

Thanks Nacht, I suspected they would time this month's release with Valentine's Day, and there it is.
Ecchi scenes for both Honami and Azusa this month.

More links (maidservant is fastest for me) :
http://www.hibiki-site.com/pretty-cation2/APPEND-LIFE/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY_9pDE.zip
http://www.akabeesoft3.com/up/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY_9pDE.zip

http://mirror0.fuzzy2.com/2016/02/hibiki-site/14982042312/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip
http://mirror2.fuzzy2.com/2016/02/hibiki-site/14982042312/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip

http://mirror0.maidservant.org/file...655c5ac0277aca9bf/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip

 

[Devil_Drone]

February append is out

http://suezou.dyndns.org/hibiki-works.html

Thanks Nacht, I suspected they would time this month's release with Valentine's Day, and there it is.
Ecchi scenes for both Honami and Azusa this month.

More links (maidservant is fastest for me) :
http://www.hibiki-site.com/pretty-cation2/APPEND-LIFE/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY_9pDE.zip
http://www.akabeesoft3.com/up/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY_9pDE.zip

http://mirror0.fuzzy2.com/2016/02/hibiki-site/14982042312/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip
http://mirror2.fuzzy2.com/2016/02/hibiki-site/14982042312/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip

http://mirror0.maidservant.org/file...655c5ac0277aca9bf/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_FEBUARY.zip

Thank you for the Link!

 

[MFrost]

What is the BugBug Special?

Excited for next month, saving best for last release they are

 

[kzel]

The BugBug special is an additional append episode, only for Suzuka, that got released with a special issue of the BugBug eroge magazine.

If you're interested, you can torrent it over there : https://www.tokyotosho.info/details.php?id=908170
Just use the magnet link as nyaa has been having some issues lately.

I'm also looking forward to the upcoming last appends (should be two left), if the previous games are any indication we should see some kind of commitment.

 

[Nacht]

March append is out on hibiki-site
Still not available on holyseal or suezou

 

[kzel]

March append is out on hibiki-site
Still not available on holyseal or suezou

Thanks for the notice. Ecchi scenes for both Suzuka and Chitose this month.
Here are some links, fuzzy2 worked without needing to go through a Japanese proxy for me.

http://www.hibiki-site.com/pretty-cation2/APPEND-LIFE/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_MARCH_kNRd0.zip
http://www.akabeesoft3.com/up/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_MARCH_kNRd0.zip

http://mirror0.fuzzy2.com/2016/03/hibiki-site/14343396593/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_MARCH.zip
http://mirror2.fuzzy2.com/2016/03/hibiki-site/14343396593/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_MARCH.zip

 

[MFrost]

Don't suppose Suzuka's birthday append is out yet, is it?

 

[Nacht]

Don't suppose Suzuka's birthday append is out yet, is it?

Yes, it's already out from last week.

 

[MFrost]

I meant it more like is it available anywhere yet?
I'd buy it myself if I could too.

 

[kzel]

As far as I know, Suzuka's birthday isn't available for download anywhere yet, alas. Azusa's birthday append took about a month before it got uploaded so I wouldn't lose hope just yet.

 

[kzel]

April's append has just been released. Ecchi scenes for everyone for what should be the last append of the game, since Hibiki-Works will most likely shift to making appends for the upcoming Purely X Cation. Sadly, still no news of Suzuka's birthday special fandisk.

Download links:

http://www.hibiki-site.com/pretty-cation2/APPEND-LIFE/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_APRIL_NU6WK.zip
http://www.akabeesoft3.com/up/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_APRIL_NU6WK.zip

http://suezou.dyndns.org/dl2016/hibiki-works/pretty_cation2-p/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_APRIL.zip

http://mirror0.fuzzy2.com/2016/04/hibiki-site/27782609355/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_APRIL.zip
http://mirror2.fuzzy2.com/2016/04/hibiki-site/27782609355/PC2_APPEND-LIFE_APRIL.zip

 

[MFrost]

Half good news, half bad news as I just get my laptop back and have to reinstall everything, including this.
Would there be any way for a US user to buy & use Suzuka's birthday append?

 

[kzel]

Half good news, half bad news as I just get my laptop back and have to reinstall everything, including this.
Would there be any way for a US user to buy & use Suzuka's birthday append?

If you're looking for Pretty X Cation 2 appends, you can download them all from http://suezou.dyndns.org/hibiki-works.html, it might be more convenient that searching for each of them separately. For the Birthday Append you'll still need to download the torrents.

As far as buying Suzuka's birthday append, that's someone that *should* be doable. The appends from the other birthday cds didn't need any kind of region check or crack, it's just a couple files to copy in the game's directory, that's one less thing to worry about.

I looked into the matter when Azusa's append seemed like it wouldn't come out, and it turned out to be kinda complicated since it's not available for download directly, it's included as an extra in an audio CD. You could probably buy the disk from any Japanese shop like Getchu or Amazon.co.jp with an international credit card. However, since these products are reserved for Japanese sales only you'd need to make use of a mail transfer service like Tenso. As far as pricing goes it's not cheap, about $20 for the disk and the same for shipping from Japan to the US. In the end Azusa's append was uploaded so I ended up not doing it, but if you really want it that should work provided customs are not too annoying about the whole "Japan Sales only".

If the append is all that interests you and you don't really care about the CD itself, you can instead try to contact Checkmate or Girlcelly on this site, and give them money to buy the disk and upload its content. I imagine it's probably safer and cheaper since it appears some games are donated to them by users occasionally, but I've not done it either.

 

[AzureMyst]

Hello I know it’s kinda late for posting this but I need help. I’ve recently found this game when I was cleaning out my room still in the shrink wrap so I decided to install it and play.

I kinda envy you guys that you are able to complete the game, I'm self-studying the language and still I can't get through a text field without flipping through five 'learning Japanese' books and a Jap to English dictionary.....

Anyway here’s the issue, during the character creation menu, I’ve chose a name from the ‘Lovely Call’ list and typed it in the field, however the heroines did not say the name I’ve input and they just gave a 'mute' sound. I’ve tried different names from the list but to no avail.

Does the thing only work if I have an actual Japanese keyboard since I’ve been using the Microsoft IME language bar thingy to type the words.

Ohh and what are these 'Append' things that you guys are discussing?

-Desmond

 

[kzel]

I kinda envy you guys that you are able to complete the game, I'm self-studying the language and still I can't get through a text field without flipping through five 'learning Japanese' books and a Jap to English dictionary.....

Try using a text hooker, it makes looking up Kanji and words much easier. No idea which one works best with Pretty x Cation 2 since I haven't used one in a long time. Given the game's relatively brief and to-the-point writing style, once you know the basic ideas it shouldn't be too hard to understand even without help. If your Japanese isn't too good playing on easy is probably best as it underlines in red the important locations and items to get to unlock special scenes.

Anyway here’s the issue, during the character creation menu, I’ve chose a name from the ‘Lovely Call’ list and typed it in the field, however the heroines did not say the name I’ve input and they just gave a 'mute' sound. I’ve tried different names from the list but to no avail.

It's been a while since I played the game from the beginning, but if I remember right the first few weeks the heroines will only call the main character by his default name (Ogawa Nagare), or nothing if you decide to change it in the text field at the beginning of the game. Only after he and one heroine get together will she change the way she calls him to the one you specified in the "Lovely Call" menu, usually a couple days in the relationship.

Ohh and what are these 'Append' things that you guys are discussing?

Think of them as extra short episodes released monthly as free DLC. They briefly depict life between the MC and each heroine during the year following the events of the game.

 

[AzureMyst]

Try using a text hooker, it makes looking up Kanji and words much easier. No idea which one works best with Pretty x Cation 2 since I haven't used one in a long time. Given the game's relatively brief and to-the-point writing style, once you know the basic ideas it shouldn't be too hard to understand even without help. If your Japanese isn't too good playing on easy is probably best as it underlines in red the important locations and items to get to unlock special scenes.

I'm sorry but might I ask what is a text hooker? Any recommendations?

It's been a while since I played the game from the beginning, but if I remember right the first few weeks the heroines will only call the main character by his default name (Ogawa Nagare), or nothing if you decide to change it in the text field at the beginning of the game. Only after he and one heroine get together will she change the way she calls him to the one you specified in the "Lovely Call" menu, usually a couple days in the relationship.

I see... Thanks for answering my question, I don't really know why they can't use the call system for the entire game though. Hahaha

Think of them as extra short episodes released monthly as free DLC. They briefly depict life between the MC and each heroine during the year following the events of the game.

Thank you for answering this too, I'll get the DLCs once I finish the game. ^.^

-Desmond

 

[kzel]

I'm sorry but might I ask what is a text hooker? Any recommendations?

In short, a text hooker catches the text from a program so that it can then be parsed separately. This allows neat things like mousing-over Kanji to automatically look up pronunciation, English translation and more... As for any recommendations, I'm going to quote myself from a different thread :

I used ITH combined with Translation Aggregator, following the guide you can find on this very forum right here. The main issue with this program is that you need a text hook, some sort of code for the program to catch the text properly from the VN and then send it to be automatically translated. With newer games finding this code can be problematic, but with something as "old" as Grisaia you shouldn't have any problem finding one. Once the thing is set up though it's really useful, you can have the Japanese text parsed and have furigana automatically added, mouse over Kanji to automatically look up translations or simply machine translate the whole sentence.

Other than that, I'm hearing good things about Visual Novel Reader, but I haven't tried it so I can't judge on how easy it is to set up and use. You can find a tutorial on this forum as well right here.

 

[MFrost]

So still mo Suzuka append? Alright then, I'll take the plunge!

 

[kzel]

You will try buying it? You're more of fan of this game than I am :) Even if you don't end up sharing it I'd like to hear about the whole process, I'm curious about ordering stuff like that from Japan.

 

[MFrost]

Is there anywhere that has the latest update for this available? I think ver.1.0.4? holyseal doesn't have anything. Had to reinstall this on my computer :)

Also, I just like Suzuka lol.
If I was around for when Lovely x Cation2 came out and Wakato? and Hime's appends were slow to come out, I would've been all over the thread to see when it'll be out

 

[kzel]

Mine is version 1.05. The various patches should be included in the latest append, you can find them and download them all at suezou.

 

[Nacht]

You will try buying it? You're more of fan of this game than I am :) Even if you don't end up sharing it I'd like to hear about the whole process, I'm curious about ordering stuff like that from Japan.

You can buy it from various website, I bought Suzuka Append from CDJapan
As long as you have CC, you can buy it.

As For Eroge, you can buy it from Amiami and choose age restricted product category
but remember, If your country law didn't allow adult stuff then don't buy it since it have risk to be confiscated at custom.

 

[kzel]

Thanks to MFrost we now have Suzuka's birthday append as well, that should be the full collection.
You can get the torrent for it there.

 

[MFrost]

quite welcome for it