"Luva-sama to Issho" fan game; the timeline of Arcadia?

[indigozeal.livejournal.com]

Knights later, but two other Ange-related things now:

- Fan artist han-nama has made a Luva-centric fangame (Luva-sama to Issho/Together with Luva-sama) that I can't quite get to run on my comp - and to which I can't directly link, as LJ has apparently upgraded the "no linking"/moderation thing to screening all posts that contain a link, not just all responses to posts. *Sigh.* So, do this: click the "angelique: fanart" tag at the left, and you'll eventually run into a link to han-nama's place. Click on the blue-beige Luva banner when you get there (below the ice-blue Lumi banner). On the new page, scroll down on the right and click where it says "20.6MB" at the bottom of the page to download the game. If anyone can get it running, please post - we have to figure this out by the time Snow Lovers, her Lumiale game, is released!

ETA: As animekittysama noted, my problem is probably unique to my stupid computer; others have reported the game working fine. So: free fan game by a beloved fan artist!

- OK, you might remember that there's been a bit of debate regarding when Neo Angelique takes place in respect to the original series - the past, or the future? Well, I've finally cracked the PSP copy of Neo Ange I've had for so long in order to get it played before Maren, and I've found some strongly implicative information. Early in the game, you'll meet two Knights of the Silver Tree with whom you'll camp for the night while on an extended mission. Around the campfire, one of the knights'll start telling you legends of the Queen:

"Long, long ago, a Queen from a faraway land descended to this world when it was new.
She nurtured this world and developed it into a paradise known as Arcadia.
The queen then blessed this world and returned to her own."

Nothing open-and-shut, of course, but it seems strongly implicative that the Queen spoken of is Collet.

Comments

[spiritwolf126.livejournal.com]

I kinda always figured it was in the future - after all, in the anime don't they find the flying ship from Étoile at the bottom of the ocean? Or at least a similar one to it.

[indigozeal.livejournal.com]

Did they go to Arcadia in Étoile? I honestly don't know. The ship completely escaped my mind, but there's been a longstanding debate over Neo's setting, even in the Japanese fan communities. Odd that fairly persuasive evidence would be found so early in the game itself; perhaps there's more to the debate of which I'm unaware.

[spiritwolf126.livejournal.com]

If the timeline from the games is all relevant and the Arcadia from the games is the same Arcadia as Neo-Ange, then they actually got to Arcadia before Étoile. They had to develope Arcadia in Trois to get to Elda, did they not? If they are speaking of Collet, then it would make the most sense that they're talking about her freeing Elda in Trois, though I doubt they knew the true reason behind her developing Arcadia.

[indigozeal.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know where Trois falls in respect to Étoile; I'm just wondering how Ange Sacraquix's ship would've gotten to Arcadia, and why it would've been left there. The ships could very well be proven to be one and the same from a visual inspection, but I haven't done that yet, I'm afraid.

[animekittysama.livejournal.com]

I didn't have any trouble getting the game to run here. Just unzipped it and clicked on the .exe file to get it started. I'm running Windows 7 with the Japanese Language Interface Pack if that helps at all. For older systems, you can check the Japanese Game Installation Guide (http://blgames.ukepile.com/install/installation.php) at the BL Games Headquarters for tips.

[indigozeal.livejournal.com]

Hm, it's most probably (and unsurprisingly) my stupid computer, then; I can get up to the first screen, but the program won't accept my clicks after that. I'll check that page and do some futzing around with Vista and see if that helps.

I can't seem to find the game

[(Anonymous)]

I can't seem to find where the fan game is and I've been searching for it on the LJ but can't seem to find the link to the site. Is there anyway you could possibly e-mail it to me? Thanks and my e-mail address is amathyst1987@yahoo.com. Sorry for bothering you and thanks again.

Re: I can't seem to find the game

[indigozeal.livejournal.com]

Argh, the site won't let me hotlink, and my mailserver is gonna have a problem with a 20-meg message. Hmm. OK, go to:

http://hannama.sakura.ne.jp/top.html

Then click on:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/indigozeal/pic/0000hkwk/)

Then from there, scroll all the way down and click on:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/indigozeal/pic/0000grdw/)

That should work; let me know if it doesn't, and we'll figure out something.