[AliceSoft][TRPG] Rance IX: The Helman Revolution [v2.00 out][2014/04/25]

[sailabc1]

RANCE IX IS NOW RELEASED!!!

This game takes place after the end of Rance Quest Magnum route, where Rance goes to Helman in search of a treasure that will supposedly release Sill from her frozen state which she suffered at the hands of the Demon King Little Princess during the events of Sengoku Rance. He there encounters Patton Misnarge, exiled prince of Helman and Rance's former comrade from Rance VI, who requests Rance to help in his rebellion to take back his country from the clutches of the traitors who banished him. Rance jumps the gun and takes charge of the rebel forces, this time aiming to bang Princess Siera Helman, plus any and all other cute girls that he may come across on his way to conquering Lang Baw, the Helman Capital!

Main Heroines:

Russian Kalette (new)
Kentou Kanami
Masou Shizuka
Tokugawa Sen
Pigu Geliciam (new)
Tillday Shape
Milacle Tou (new)

Other heroines:

Alkanese Rize
Crook Mofus
Siera Helman (new) who is actually disguising herself as Russian Kalette.
Maria Custard
Hanty Kalar
Amitos
Cream Ganoblade
Ruberan Zulle
Marcie Archer (?)
Elena Flower (?)
Anasel Kaspora (?)

AliceSoft have released a benchmarking tool (no gameplay no nothing, just 3D graphics display of several characters rendered by the engine) to let you people test if your machines can handle Rance IX. If your framerate is 22 or more in a given level of detail, you should be okay for that configuration. This benchmarking tool has also been TL'd in English by The Rance Translation Team.

English version of Rance IX benchmarking tool

OFFICIAL SITE [REQUIRES CAPABLE UNBANNED JAPANESE PROXY]

GETCHU PAGE [DO NOT CLICK DIRECTLY OR ELSE YOU'LL GET A "FORBIDDEN" ERROR]

TRIAL VERSION DOWNLOAD:

DMM [RESUME NOT SUPPORTED - FINISH IT IN ONE GO]
Click the 体験版ダウンロード button to the right. If popup blocker is enabled, middle-click instead.



SOFTWARE UPDATE PATCHES:

V1.01 [Sendspace] [LATEST SUPPORTED]

V2.00 [Sendspace] thanks to Pyottl [LATEST UNSUPPORTED]
Adds 4 new maps and makes Amitos & Elena playable characters [NG+ only?].

CAUTION: v2.00 is INCOMPATIBLE with v1.00-1.01 saves. You must start a new game. Only CG/scene/music and clear data for NG+ are retained. If you're in the middle of a playthrough, finish it first and only then install v2.00.


ENGLISH TRANSLATION INFORMATION:

Spoiler

NAW DICE NAWP.

This space is reserved for whenever such development occurs, but honestly, don't expect this to happen for years.

For now, an interface translation has been released on 4chan.

[mega.co.nz link] Compatible with v1.01 only.

H-code for text hooking: [DON'T USE AGTH; USE LATEST ITH INSTEAD]

Furthermore, it seems different codes are working/failing for different people, possibly depending on OS/ITH version... By "failing" I mean causing the game to crash at certain points where "ーー" characters (two successive prolongation marks) are used. Please try them all one by one to see which one works for you. The first one works in my personal experience using ITH 2.3 (2011.07.09) on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, but it doesn't for some.

/HB-C*@56FE3D
/HB-8*@56FE61
/HB-C*@56FE3F

Above only works for dialogue, and not for anything else like options/tutorial/mission objectives/item description/encyclopedia etc.)

GAMEPLAY HELP/FAQ:

Pastebin (by PoingdeFeu) [INCOMPLETE]


Gameplay overview:




OST demo:




One warning to be given to all is that this game contains optional netorare. In certain maps, if a main heroine (Kanami, Senhime etc.) is KO'd in battle, the player is allowed to view post-battle events corresponding to both cases - one where the heroine safely escapes from the captives, and the other where she is tortured, raped and likely mindbroken by the Helman captors, resulting in her bad end. The game, however, can be continued thereafter assuming the "good" escape route. But be mentally prepared for this possibility - it's upto to you to view these bad ends or skip them altogether by choosing "escape", but if you're aiming for 100% clearance, you'll likely need to view them.

[Nyu666]

So I finally beat the True route as well as the 7 heroines. Supposedly now I can get a more True Canon ending, right?

Do I need to start from the beginning (Normal or NG+ ?) or I can just take the original endings "door" in the saved game to get to the new ending?

I just don't want to face the end boss more times than necessary, it's a very annoying fight.

[dreammeen]

So I finally beat the True route as well as the 7 heroines. Supposedly now I can get a more True Canon ending, right?

Do I need to start from the beginning (Normal or NG+ ?) or I can just take the original endings "door" in the saved game to get to the new ending?

I just don't want to face the end boss more times than necessary, it's a very annoying fight.

You can look that ending in your cg section last scene.

[asaness]

@PoingdeFeu:
Concerning Mission 15 (by your reckoning), I just managed to get the monkey orb. I think it's because I killed everybody before they could destroy the single rock-monster (which thus survived). Please confirm and add it to the FAQ if it's correct. Thanks for your work on the FAQ!

not necessarily you killed them before they destroyed it works when i did it one was destroyed by foes and i still got it

[Deathstalker22]

How do bad ends work, I just got the notice saying you can get a bad ending from this mission (the Shizuka one), and it seemed like it said if you beat the mission while the heroine dies you get the bad end, but I didn't get it.

[PoingdeFeu]

not necessarily you killed them before they destroyed it works when i did it one was destroyed by foes and i still got it

So...
Basically there is a monkey orb for Mission 15, but there is no other condition than map completion?
I'll add it right away then, thanks, only confirmation for map 8 (with all the dinos) missing !

[PoingdeFeu]

How do bad ends work, I just got the notice saying you can get a bad ending from this mission (the Shizuka one), and it seemed like it said if you beat the mission while the heroine dies you get the bad end, but I didn't get it.

For the riht mission (check the list on my pastebin), you need to let the girl be killed during the mission.
Then, after completing it, two gears linked to the mission will pop-up : one for the bad ending, another one for the girl "recovery".

I checked them all, so no doubt about it

[TheYellowHorse]

Anyone know how to get past the Stage cockroach doctor?
There's a big snail monster thing but attacks don't work on him and even if i go to the door nothing happens

[chuankai5]

I'm pretty sure you don't mean it, but it seems easily misunderstood so maybe you should change it?
" - Pink Facility gives you a chance, at the very end of a turn, to play again one character (move and attack)
>>>> Upgrading this facility shrink it, and it has a low cost to upgrade."

Does not give you a chance, but rather, it's 100% you can play a character again.
Maybe something like "Pink Facility allows you to choose and play a character again at the very end of a turn."

EDIT :

Spoiler

By the way, that's some messed up family right there... Apparently Russian is not from the king and queen, but rather from the glasses-wearing-book-carrying-asshole and queen.

[PoingdeFeu]

I'm pretty sure you don't mean it, but it seems easily misunderstood so maybe you should change it?
" - Pink Facility gives you a chance, at the very end of a turn, to play again one character (move and attack)
>>>> Upgrading this facility shrink it, and it has a low cost to upgrade."

Does not give you a chance, but rather, it's 100% you can play a character again.
Maybe something like "Pink Facility allows you to choose and play a character again at the very end of a turn."

Well, indeed, as english isn't my native language, I often make misunderstandings ^^
I'll change that right away though, thanks !

[vampirial sin]

I think by "chance" he means: You are given the chance to allow a character to act again.

chance is a the same thing as choice or option in the given sentence. But i will agree that the way it is in the pastebin looks like very broken english.