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What's NEKOPARA? Why, it's a cat paradise! Kashou Minaduki, the son of a long line of Japanese confection makers moved out to open his own shop "La Soleil" as a patisserie.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is a anime game
developed by NEKO WORKs
and published by Sekai Project.
Released on December 29th 2014 is available only on Windows
in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 26,924 reviews of which 25,629 were positive and 1,295 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam with a 60% discount.
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Windows
- OS: Vista
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Pentium 4
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280 x 720
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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NekoPara Vol. 1 marks a charming and polished entry into the main story of the series, introducing players to Kashou Minaduki as he opens his new pâtisserie, La Soleil. The narrative centers around his unexpected companions, Chocola and Vanilla — two energetic and devoted catgirls — who insist on helping him run the shop. What unfolds is a sweet and often humorous tale of affection, adjustment, and the growing bond between the characters. Visually stunning with beautifully detailed artwork and fluid Live2D animations, Vol. 1 also benefits from excellent Japanese voice acting and a soothing soundtrack that complements its cozy, romantic atmosphere. Whether you're in it for the heartwarming story or the adorable interactions, NekoPara Vol. 1 offers a feel-good experience that's as relaxing as it is endearing.
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Pretty easy to 100%, the story is very cute but as someone who bought this because i like cute stuff and not for well,,,, gooner reasons, the ''h-scenes'' are kinda of anoying and sometimes i dont fw the mc, but i guess theres also kinda yuri so that makes it peak
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A sweet, lovely classic, with copious amounts of spice! (8/10) (• Played with R18 Patch) Yes, this is 10 years old and I’m late on jumping on the train. But personally I still think it holds up quite well in most regards. If you want to start delving into JPVNs with romcom and SOL elements, and want to see what the fuss is all about, I’d say this is still a fine title to consider! Doubly so if you appreciate catgirls (you should, they’re cute) or maid uniforms! I do feel like everything is pretty surface level in terms of how the relationship develops and how the story progresses, but from a technical perspective, this is a very well-polished game that focuses on having brilliant art and VA at the very least. The start can also feel a bit weird / wishy-washy, especially how cold and distant Kashou seems to the girls at times in the first few chapters, but I guess it’s there for the sake of character development. It also felt somewhat formulaic, in the sense that MC ends up being nice a bit to a girl for a little sweet talk moment, then they go in heat and smell something sweet off MC as a sign. . Happens to Chocola, then soon after happens to Vanilla. Of course, there are other story beats outside of this, but these two being strung together back-to-back made it feel slightly repetitive, on top of the fact that “ come on, anyone could literally say that ”. Of course, them being catgirls is the saving grace that might let me suspend my disbelief a little bit and assume they are clingy and easily attached by nature. And also maybe this obvious disbelief is why devs released Vol 0 AND Vol Extra; to give more substantial reasoning to the romance that unfolds here, since based on the synopsis of those, they felt like Chocola and Vanilla needed to be given more limelight. The game also features Shigure, the somewhat lovestruck little sister/trainer/’other real owner’ of the catgirls. Her scenes are fun, but her existence makes me go “ another one of these, huh ”. Despite my limited knowledge in this sphere I know how notoriously somewhat-common it is to have a sister chara who crushes on MC. And I know some people would rather not deal with that stuff so I thought it’s worth mentioning. It is pretty fine here though, since everything is one-way and MC doesn’t indulge her too much. But looking at the info about the upcoming game “After”, it is somewhat likely that she’ll be a slowburn, final LI. The end scene is pretty heartfelt, although I notice some odd details in how the cop literally doesn’t care that there’s a very sick dude being out late at night and needing help.. They literally said “ alright I’mma head out. ” Literally tunnel-vision and doing the bare minimum, but I guess that’s par for the course for background characters. The epilogue also very rightfully teases the fact that other catgirls are moving in too , so I’m looking forward to slowly trying the rest of the bundle! Information: (•)Playtime Total: 7h10m13s . I don’t cut VA and am generally not rushing. Took me 1h until intro video, 1:28:0 until Bath CG, and 3:14:29 until first H CG. From my timings, the H scene accounts for 2 hours exactly . ( 35m for Chocola, probably also ~35 for Vanilla, and 50m for final scene ) (•)Kinetic Novel. (•)A tinge of Yuri. Yes, they may be “ indulgent, male-gaze-enabling ” kissing art, but it’s technically there nonetheless. Although Chocola & Vanilla treat each other more like dependent twin sisters (as they are), they seem to really love each other. (+) Pros/General Ratings: (+) Writing (7/10). I mean it’s just slice of life so nothing mindblowing, but it was fun to read. There’s some okay worldbuilding too with laws, narration describing the population at large accepting catgirls as companions, etc. . At least it’s a bit more than the bare minimum. (+) Godly tier art (9/10). People are here for the anime CGs, myself included, and it did not disappoint. Of course I’m partially swayed by the fact that lots of what I saw are H Scenes, but even if you’re playing without patch, there’s also some beautiful date CGs here or them very cutely eating cake. There’s also a lot of cut-in images that makes things decently expressive; more than I initially expected. I do wish we got a few more of the girls actually in the kitchen doing work, but it is what it is. (+) Lovely girls (7.7/10). Chocola and Vanilla are very good girls. They’re very earnest, and the sense of distance Vanilla brings to the table actually intrigues me quite a bit. Of course, they’re also cute in their own ways. It does sometimes feel like they’re very simple mass-appeal charas though; but maybe simple truly is the best! (+)Animated Sprites . Some of the pauses in movement can feel a bit awkward and dated, but the fact that it’s mostly animated is nice. (+) Good Voice Acting (8/10). Yep. Not much to be said except nice production value. I don’t know much about who’s-in-what, but at least I noticed Coconut sharing VA with Ditzy Demons’ Miyabi (Tezuka Ryouko) and I really love her voice. Guess that’s why I gotta get in on the sequels . Chocola exudes real lovey-dovey sweetness. The whole cast is solid really. (-) Cons: (-) Still some typos. Yep. Even for something this popular and 10 years old , there’s still a couple of lines with missing words and wrong words. Although it’s rare enough that I feel like it’s better than some other newer titles, but it’s surprising that this is the case, considering the current landscape of other non-JPVN games being updated and fixed for typo issues. Maybe no one cares to report them for JPVNs and I won’t either, but I’ve done my part for some other titles at least. I’d figure this was popular enough that some would surely have already done it over time, but I guess not! (-) Text Display jank. Sometimes text just shows a single word for me and the line stops loading entirely or advancing. Bringing up the backlog in these cases show the full line, but going back to the line shows the incomplete one. Dunno what is causing this on my end but it happens, in both cases of previous line being advanced via auto-play vs manual clicks. I do often re-enable and disable it via the auto play button, and have different text speeds between manual clicks & auto play despite basically doing both depending on whether the current line is voiced or not, so maybe that causes issues, but it’s annoying how unpolished this feature seems to me. I guess it was par for the 2014 time and my expectations are colored by more modern, newer-year releases feeling smoother in this regard. I expected something this beloved to differentiate between Auto mode Text Speed vs Auto Mode Wait Time (how long to advance once the line is fully outputted) too as an aside, but I guess back then no one realizes these two could be different sliders. (-) Deleting save files just causes the game to crash. ??? “Invalid Value / Time & Date” prompt shows up before the game closes on me… my brother.. why is that even relevant. I have no idea. (-) Steam Screenshots during the bath H-CG doesn’t show text even if you want it to. I guess some publishers do some special stuff during these to avoid getting into problem with steam formerly (fine); and hence do some kind of censoring in intent, but in implementation something ended up going wrong. The only thing that gets hidden is the actual textbox/backlog while fully showing the CG in full display. Of course, the actual H scenes will result in pixellated screenshots and that’s pretty standard in my limited experience. But still an oddity how the bath CG differs. Overall, pretty standard and I’d still humbly somewhat recommend it!
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This is a game produced from god himself. This game has led to a multi year addiction and 1000s of dollars spent to please the catgirl god. All of the catgirls are perfect with great writing. This is an instant buy for the whole series. The graphics are also amazing along with the dedicated button to make the catgirls jump, making their "assets" bounce with them. 10 nuts out 10 buy this now and submit your life to them.
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Important entrepreneurship lesson for early startups and aspiring young business owners in general. The game introduces various lessons where you learn decision-making in business as well as managing employees' relation
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NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 3.90€ on Steam.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 received 25,629 positive votes out of a total of 26,924 achieving an impressive rating of 9.31.
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NEKOPARA Vol. 1 was developed by NEKO WORKs and published by Sekai Project.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is not playable on MacOS.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is not playable on Linux.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 is a single-player game.
There are 4 DLCs available for NEKOPARA Vol. 1. Explore additional content available for NEKOPARA Vol. 1 on Steam.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
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45
Developer
NEKO WORKs
Publisher
Sekai Project
Release
29 Dec 2014
Platforms
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