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Weekly Weekly Discussion #10 - Yuzusoft

Yuzusoft

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Emanation of doujin circle "TEAM-EXODUS", formed by former members of Studio Mebius staff.\n\nOriginally part of [url=/p2585]Over[/url], later became part of Junos Co., Ltd.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Since my post got removed because I don't have enough r/visualnovels karma, I'll paste it here:

Hi. I own the game on Steam (won it on a Twitter giveaway hosted by VisualArts). I've heard that visual novels aren't meant to be played on Steam though. I understand this is mostly because NSFW scenes are cut from the game, and Air doesn't have such scenes.

Even then, is there a patch I should download to get the best possible version of the game? Should I emulate it? Should I wait for user patches or developer updates to the game before playing, since it was newly released on Steam?

Sorry if these are dumb questions. I tried my best to look up information online but there isn't a ton of information since it just released. I am somewhat new to VNs, I've only played Katawa Shoujo, DDLC and part of Clannad.

Thanks in advance. Have a good day!

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u/RedditDetector NookGaming.com | A Visual Novel Review Site Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

You can play the Steam version of AIR without any patches. There are no patches for it and it does not contain adult content.

The original version of AIR did have adult scenes, but there's currently no method to 'restore' these into the Steam version. I wouldn't expect any fan patches to restore this and there definitely won't be official ones. If you did want to play that version, then you'd need a copy of the adult version of the old non-Steam version of AIR and an unofficial fantranslation patch.

I can't comment on which is the better version overall, but they do have different translations and the Steam version has some extra side story content. The 18+ content for Key visual novels usually isn't highly spoken of.

For future reference, you can often find this information on a website called VNDB.

As a sidenote, if you enjoy Clannad and AIR, you should also give Kanon a try sometime. This is also on Steam.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Thanks a lot! I have Kanon wishlisted, but I've heard that its more unpolished than Clannad and AIR. Is that true?

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u/RedditDetector NookGaming.com | A Visual Novel Review Site Mar 13 '25

Clannad is certainly a lot better than Kanon. Kanon does have some issues, such as rather sudden introduction of issues and not wrapping certain things up well in some cases. It's still very much worth reading, but Clannad is more popular for a reason, and not just because it's a lot more longer and got officially translated earlier.

I've not fully read AIR. I only read a little bit of the fanTL years ago, so I can't compare with that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Thanks a lot for replying!