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A place to discuss Visual Novels (VNs). WIP.

A backup community in the event Reddit goes downhill even further. Join and post on this outpost if you’d like to contribute!

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Make sure your topic is related to visual novels in some way.
Don't post one-liner posts with no image, troll attempts, or karma-farming attempts.
If you post a screenshot from a VN, you are required to post a name of the visual novel in the title. (e.g. [VN title] Post title)
NSFW rule: Mark your post as NSFW if it contains explicit sex or gratuitous nudity. When in doubt, NSFW it for the browsing safety of your fellow users.

Looking for VNs more tailored to women or with actual, fleshed out male characters? Check out the Otome Games community here!

Looking for a community to discuss VN development with other devs, or connect with them and find a crew? Check out this community here!

Need less pictures and more words? Check out the Light Novel community here!

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Do you consider Ace Attorney, AI: Somnium Files and Danganronpa to be visual novels? (ani.social)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If not: what would be the best genre to describe them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Haven't played AI: Somnium Files yet, but for the others, definitely. As a general rule of thumb, I'd say: If people who are averse to reading wouldn't play it, it's a visual novel 😄 I am kinda aware that there has been past discourse on AA's and Dangan's classification due to the presence of gameplay like mini-games and point & click stuff etc. But 90% of the time, you are still reading stuff, it's the main thing you do.