Juro Watari, most known as the face & shepherd of the Virtual On series, has resigned from Sega🇯🇵 in the thread, he emphasises that there's nothing scandalous about his sudden departure, and for those wondering what this means for VO, he's sad to say he doesn't have answers
this sucks, he was a well-respected guy within the community and it was very clear that he put a ton of effort into keeping VO alive even when others would have let it die... finding success with the series beyond arcades was an extremely tough nut that he never quite cracked
I really do think just releasing the last couple releases internationally could have done enough to keep the series alive, but I'm sure there was all sorts of politics that kept that from happening, and every other attempt to break VO internationally was a huge flop
one thing the tepid reception to Toara Majutsu no Virtual On showed is that a ton of ppl's affection for VO is inextricably tied to the twin stick

in today's climate of collector-centric boutique publishers, I really feel the twin stick could've made huge waves overseas
Toaru* gotta hit that daily typo quota

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