Unknown to many of us, this game kind of slipped by. It looks like it was released end of July on DMM and now has been released in retail stores in Japan - that is why we are getting CG Rips right now.

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But before you click ... oh you are already gone, are you? Well, to the people still reading this, there is more to this than just "some game". Many of you remember Saimin Yuugi/Enbu as being the amazing game which got hypnosis right. Well, the homepage to the company (staffing) can be found here:

crossover-game.jp/staffing/index.html

Recently, the same guys made another game, Saimin Inchou. Because Sayori was busy with doing art for other projects, they formed a new label (include). Their homepage can be found here:

crossover-game.jp/include/saiminiincho/index2.html?20160826

So now comes along Houfuku Saimin. The Art is done by Yukirin, which is known for other Saimin games like the soushinjutsu series for example. To be honest, the art looks stunning. The only gripe I have with it, that there are no blank/expressionless eyes in the event cg and he could have added more trance stuff instead of just seeing the outcome - BUT the character CG DOES HAVE IT! Expressionless eyes, trance, everything! The company is called "extent" and their page is found here:

crossover-game.jp/extern/hofukusaimin/index2.html?20160729

So, do you guys notice anything? It's all the same domain so I am pretty sure it is the same team yet again. I had a look at the Background art and it is indeed the same school, town and surrounding areas again - though they did add a couple of new ones on top of them.

I haven't played the game yet, but I will for sure and keep you updated. Hofuku Saimin basically means "Revenge Hypnosis" and I am a big fan of that, ESPECIALLY after spotting these 2 pictures:

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exhentai.org/s/76fae153f8/991149-384

Judging from the facial expression, I am pretty sure these are mental age regression outcomes. We haven't had mental age regression in an eroge since Maggot Bait (which was rather guro for my taste) and Saimin Jutsu 3 (which was not done very well).

As for script writers, they got 3 this time. You may remember HARE, who worked on Saimin Inchou (but not as scenario writer) which was sadly underwhelming. Then we got ざくそん, who worked on the Soushinjutsu series as well as the hokago saimin series but more importantly, GONIN (if you haven't played it, do so, it is one of my favourite saimin eroge). Lastly we got すくわっと, who also worked on Hokago Saimin and a couple of non-saimin related Eroge. These guys, as well as the other scenario writers for saimin yuugi and enbu, have worked together in the past it seems. There are several games where more than one of these guys name comes up and most of them had some really good scenes.

There is one minor thing though. I already stumbled upon a "walkthrough" of the game and it seems to be rather limited in the amount of choices you can do. That being said, Saimin Yuugi had a very limited path as well, which didn't make it any less amazing.

It looks like we may finally have a fitting successor to Saimin Yuugi, at least looking at the art, the people involved. The price is actually pretty decent with 4800 yen. I always compare length and price and for this price you can expect a decently long game, though it will probably be shorter than saimin yuugi/enbu/inchou. But that is not exactly relevant, if we get good scenarios, and looking at the pictures, this might just be the case ...

So here you go. That is as much as I could find out in about 2 hours. If you know more, please add to this thread. :)

I wouldn't get my hopes up too much about this game, and there's a number of reasons for it.

Octopus (おくとぱす), who was the scenario writer for Saimin Yuugi/Enbu, was not involved in this game. While the CG looks quite good, the combination of the staff involved in this game, the general impression the game website gives you, and the fact that it mostly slipped under the radar of most game rippers, reminds me more of 淫術催眠館 ～恋の色情占い～ (studiocharen.r.ribbon.to/uranai/), which similarly didn't see the light of day until months after it was released.

In either case, I don't think we will truly get a successor to Saimin Yuugi/Enbu until Sayori is available again as the artist, not necessarily because her art was the defining characteristic of the game, but because hiring a premier CG artist really implies the large amount of effort and resources a company will devote to the project.

What I loved about Saimin Yuugi/Enbu, aside from Sayori's artwork and the overall high production values, was that it had a lot more focus on the inductions, which is surprisingly rare for a MC eroge.
Most of them usually used the same old "zap! you're hypnotized", so it was refreshing to see a game take it's time and focus on the protagonist taking the heroines deeper and deeper under hypnosis before actually making them have sex with him.

I'd also like to point out that aside from directing several MC games, Zaxon/ざくそん is also the webmaster for E=mC^2, which is more or less the Japanese equivalent to the EMCSA.
zaxon.80code.com/tmp/index.html

I like this company and appreciate the art. I'll do my best to learn from them and try and make some games like theirs in the future. Saimin Yuugi was too hot to ignore as inspirational material! And Houfuku Saimin seems to have a LOT of anal, which is one of my favorite things for girls to be hypnotized to do!

It's good stuff, thanks HME.

Anyone have and can share #define Saimin Jikken game ? I search this for a long time but have no luck. I love game have content focus on inductions.