List of BL games

Boys' Love (BL) games (also known as yaoi games) usually refers to visual novels or H games oriented around male homosexual couples for the female market. The defining factor is that both the playable character(s) and possible objects of affection are male. As with yaoi manga, the major market is assumed to be female. Games aimed at a homosexual male audience may be referred to as bara. A 2006 breakdown of the Japanese commercial BL market estimated it grosses approximately 12 billion yen annually, with video games generating 160 million yen per month.[1]

Only a very few BL games have been officially translated into English. In 2006, JAST USA announced they would be releasing Enzai as Enzai: Falsely Accused, the first license of a BL game in English translation.[2] Some fan communities have criticized the choice of such a dark and unromantic game as the US market's first exposure to the genre. JAST USA subsequently licensed Zettai Fukujuu Meirei under the title Absolute Obedience,[3] while Hirameki International licensed Animamundi; the later game, although already nonexplicit, was censored for US release to achieve a 'mature' rather than 'adults only' rating, removing some of both the sexual and the violent content.[4] The lack of interest by publishers in licensing further titles has been attributed to widespread piracy of both licensed and unlicensed games.[5]

List of titles

References

  1. ↑ Nagaike, Kazumi (April 2009). "Elegant Caucasians, Amorous Arabs, and Invisible Others: Signs and Images of Foreigners in Japanese BL Manga". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (Australian National University) (20).
  2. ↑ "JAST USA Announces First "Boy's Love" PC Dating-Game". Anime News Network. Jan 16, 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. ↑ "JAST USA Announces Adult PC Game "Absolute Obedience" Ships, Also Price Reduction". ComiPress. October 25, 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  4. ↑ Wiggle. "Anima Mundi: Dark Alchemist Review". Boys on Boys on Film. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  5. ↑ Abraham, Yamilla (August 22, 2008). "Yaoi Computer Games Nil". Yaoi Press. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  6. ↑ Yaoi Games - YaoiOtaku

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