Koikatsu Sunshine will be released on 27th of august.

[Jehuty]

Official page:

http://www.illusion.jp/preview/koikatsu_sunshine/index.php

Free character editor demo is available.

Cards from Koikatsu are supported.

Sideloader mods from KK (additional clothes, accesories, hair, etc) will work in this game too (confirmed by ManlyMarco)

[Ravenest]

From what I´ve heard it won´t be hard to port the mods from Koi to Koi sunshine, so it probablly wont be long until we have a HF patch for sunshine on par with Koi

[Zalzany]

Originally posted by Chomp Dude:

We probably won't see an english release for a while, much less a Steam release.

Still have hesitant optimism for this. I'm thinking HF patch and mods have made base Koikatsu Party mildly better than whatever Sunshine will bring to the table, though I'm willing and hoping to be surprised.

Already got MTL out for it on day one of its release. Uncensor is already out, people are waiting for it to be more stable to slap on the VR mod, and other bits still though. In like a month it will have a passable english moded version, probally won't be on steam for at least a year though...

[Jehuty]

Well it's already passably autotranslated and playable.

Plus like 95% sideloader mods (hair, clothes, etc) for KK work there too without any changes (including female uncensors, though not BP ones yet).

[Jehuty]

News flash: proper male uncensors were added (you need to download them via kkmanager for now though).

So it's properly playable now.

[lucky_charm888]

Would cards made with Sunshine be backwards compatible with KK?

[Jehuty]

Currently not, but ManlyMarco mentioned it will be possible in future.

[FLUXIA (⌯˃̶᷄ ﹏ ˂̶᷄)]

As someone who was looking to get Koikatsu (mainly for VN creation in Ren'Py), what do those who have tried both games recommend?

Is it better to wait a bit and get Sunshine once mod creators have ported over, since I assume mods will now be primarily created for use with Sunshine without thought for cross-compatibility...

Or is it easier to just get KK on Steam with the hope that mods are still made for it (or Sunshine mods are compatible), since it already has a very developed modding scene?

Again I'm not interested in the gameplay really, only models and animations. Thanks!

[Jehuty]

Sunshine don't have Studio yet (but 95% of mods with clothes / hairs / etc. work there without any change already).

Maybe Studio in Sunshine will have some new functionality or gui (or not), but the date of release for Studio is still unknown.

So if you are in a rush it's easier to get KK now.

[FLUXIA (⌯˃̶᷄ ﹏ ˂̶᷄)]

Originally posted by Jehuty:

Sunshine don't have Studio yet (but 95% of mods with clothes / hairs / etc. work there without any change already).

Maybe Studio in Sunshine will have some new functionality or gui (or not), but the date of release for Studio is still unknown.

So if you are in a rush it's easier to get KK now.

Thanks a lot!

So are the models and animations pretty much the same then, no graphical updates? It's hard to get an idea of what's new on the JP website

[Jehuty]

Skin textures are sligtly improved in Sunshine. Also they've added new shadows and (possibly) slightly increased polygon count on girls.

Also new system for the fluid your character shoots with was added.

There are a lot of new animations, and they are very fluid and detailed as well.

All environments are much more detailed and better textured compared to KK.

[cyberstarman]

Originally posted by Easy_Gamer82:

Will it be released on Steam?

Considering we got an official English release for Koikatsu's DLC this year, Illusion obviously knows there's an audience in the west.

I'm pretty sure we will eventually get an English version of Koikatsu Sunshine, though we likely have to wait a year or two.

[samuel14841]

how do i get sunshine ?????????? any help would be appreciated.

[Jehuty]

I would recommend waiting for steam release.

Or try googling.

[NeuroticSlav]

I dont think we will see it on steam, since they didnt even release previous game honey select 2 here.

[Jehuty]

I think we will, as they've released 2 dlc (combined into one) for Koikatsu here.