I can’t believe it. Today has been crazy with the news. First they bring Bubsy back and now they’re bringing Moe Chronicle to the west for Steam. I’ve been playing the game for about two years now on PS Vita, thanks to importing an English version from sites like Play-Asia. But now, there’s an official English release for North America, which makes one wonder if the other sequels like Moero Crystal and Seven Pirates will eventually make an English PC release as well. The game first came out in Japan in May 2014 exclusively for PS Vita, but Idea Factory International has announced it’s PC debut release. The PC version will has 1080p resolution and multiple subtitle options for English, Chinese and Japanese. Here’s the overview of the game via Idea Factory:

Story

Io is a simple young man with only one problem – he can’t talk to women! Any attempts at conversation are destroyed by his perverted mind, except when he talks to Lilia, his best friend and a Monster Girl.

However, that becomes the least of his problems when he’s tasked with going to the dangerous region of Monstopia. There, Monster Girls have begun rampaging, causing wanton pain and destruction. Have the Monster Girls simply gone mad, or is there an even greater evil afoot…?

Key Features

• Moe Monsters Moe Problems! Recruit 70 Monster Girls, each with unique skills and traits, to fight for you! You’ll have to wear them out in battle first though!
• Can I Kick It? Build your relationship with each Monster Girl through special events, giftgiving, and even home improvement to increase their powers and abilities!
• Trait Flexin’ – Strategize your 5-person party by keeping their Moe Traits in mind – when combined together, you can increase your party’s attack, recover after battle, and more!
• Nothin’ Wrong with a Little Bumping Scratch! Purify your Monster Girls and return them to their senses with “Bumping Scratch”! Find their points of weakness on their body and touch, rub, poke, or pick until they’re purified!

Based on my experience playing the game for a long time now, it’s basically Etrian Odyssey with layers of Pokemon, in that you can catch monster girls and add them to your party in different combinations. It’s pretty damn fun, so I recommend you try it out when it’s out. As always, I am a little upset that they are not bringing it to PS Vita, despite the fact that there is already an English release out there for the console. It is pretty common now to not have PS Vita versions for North American releases of games like these, even if they do exist elsewhere, which makes me really sad. Oh well, at least we can play it somewhere. And now, some screenshots: