The Princess Waltz – a dance of whirling blades held to find the princess worthy of becoming queen of Seven Central in the fantasy world of Eldelant. Hopeful candidates travel from all the kingdoms of Eldelant to take part in the waltz, but only one princess will reign supreme. You are Fukamori Arata, and you know nothing of princesses or waltzes. In fact, your daily life in modern Japan couldn’t be any more ordinary – you live with your mother and sister, are woken daily by your childhood friend to go to school, and live a generally full but normal life surrounded by a gang of rowdy classmates. When rumors start circulating about a transfer student to your class, you don’t pay much attention – princes from foreign lands don’t study abroad here in this day and age, do they?

 
Princess Waltz is a mahou shoujo oriented eroge published by Pulltop in 2006. The title is scheduled for official English translation and Western market release by Peach Princess in 2008. This review applies primarily to the original Japanese edition, although for the sake of clarity and in anticipation of the English version, utilizes non-conflicting press release information from Peach Princess when possible.

 

 
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It’s one thing to suddenly discover you’re a vampire; it’s entirely something different to learn you’re the sole heir to the royal bloodline of all vampires. Long ignorant of his heritage and innate supernatural abilities, Ogishima Jun is stunned at the revelation of his true nature, only to be taken further aback by a conditional set of terms that he cannot easily refuse without dire consequences. When it becomes apparent that enigmatic organizations and the powerful persona that lead them, seek to utilize the young man’s ignorance and innocence for their own menacing schemes, Jun is forced into a situation that leaves him few choices except submitting to the supernatural calling in his blood. Yet whether or not he loses himself to the overpowering darkness, is something that rests solely in his own hands.

 
Draculius (ドラクリウス) is a vampire thriller eroge published by meromero cute in 2007. The title has been converted into a non-hentai version for Playstation 2 by Interchannel Game in 2008, substituting the loss of adult content with the new addition of two heroines, greater interaction with the original cast, and subsequently an expanded story scenario. This review applies only to the original adult PC release.

 

 
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Two hundred years ago an unspeakable evil roamed the Japanese forests of Kurehito, slaughtering women and unleashing catastrophic havoc beyond the boundaries of human imagination. Finding no possible means to effectively destroy this primordial horror, the surviving victims began to appease the entity as a deity, creating an inadvertent opportunity which made it possible to imprison the monster within the confines of a consecrated site. Freed from this terrible nightmare, the people rebuilt their community and lives, prospering through the decades into modern times as a vibrant (though somewhat rural) Japanese town. So too has the forgotten malevolence continued to evolve and change, unbarring its jail and forging unlikely alliances, all the while seeking to sate a grisly hunger that has endured for two centuries.

 
Gore Screaming Show (ゴア・スクリーミング・ショウ) is a violent horror and mystery eroge published by Black Cyc in 2006. The title has a non-canonical crossover with Yami no Koe, which was made available through limited edition preorders.

 

 
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