Comment on Call for Feedback on Category Change Proposal

1. Meroko (Guest) Thu 19 Sep 2013 12:41AM UTC

   4) Visual novels aren't always interactive, though. Or more exactly, the terms as it's used in English mixes both interactive and non interactive novels.
   At the same time, those interactive novels called Visual Novels are slightly different from the usual interactive books and other interactive media, so renaming it would be confusing as most people searching for a Visual Novel fandom wouldn't think of looking in an "Interactive Novels" category.

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2. 1. Elf (Elf_Herself) Thu 19 Sep 2013 12:57AM UTC

      

      Hadn't realized "Visual Novel" was a specific, rather than general, label. (What makes the non-interactive ones belong under "games?")

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   2. 1. Meroko (Guest) Thu 19 Sep 2013 01:46AM UTC

         That's something that even fans of Visual Novels (both interactive and non-interactive) can't agree about, but I think part of the reasons is that some non-interactive visual novels have a game console version.
         Between that and how the term is used in English, many people just consider them games or at least something closer to a game than to anything else.

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