History VisualNovel / JakeHunter

The latest games released consist of ''Jake Hunter: Ghost of the Hunter'' is scheduled for a 2018 release outside of Japan after it was released in Japan in 2017 and ''Prism of Eyes'' was released in Japan on August 9, 2018.

The story stars Jake Hunter, a heavy-smoking hard-boiled big city detective who runs his agency in the big city of Shinjuku, Tokyo ([[CulturalTranslation Aspicio, USA]] in the translated version.) Recurring supporting characters include his DeadpanSnarker secretary Yulia Marks, jovial mustachioed police inspector Scott Kingsley, LabRat Samantha Martin, NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters Vincent Drago and Don Vitore, and Ryo Hsu, a badass Chinese foreign police agent.

The latest games released consist of ''Jake Hunter: Ghost of the Hunter'' is scheduled for a 2018 release outside of Japan after it was released in Japan in 2017 and ''Jake Hunter: Prism of Eyes'' was released in Japan on August 9, 2018.

Originally debuting in 1987 Famicom computer, various iterations of the series have sold over 2,220,000 copies in total, making it one of the longest standing and best-selling Japanese AdventureGame series.

The series had little to no American presence until 2008, when a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. One year later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

The series had little to no American presence until 2007, when a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. One year later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

The series had little to no American presence until 2007, when a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. Two years later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

* AffectionateParody: The minisodes.
* AssholeVictim
* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible

* CharacterTics: Jake is a big smoker. And a heavy drinker. Yulia comments on his ability to apparently survive on nothing but cigarettes and scotch.
** These are actually shown when utilizing the series' hint system. Jake smokes, Yulia fingers her hair, Ken adjusts his glasses, etc.

* CulturalTranslation

* DeadpanSnarker: Yulia
* ExtremeDoormat: Ken, Ken, ''Ken''.
* FairplayWhodunnit
* FilmNoir

* FriendOnTheForce: Kingsley.
* HintSystem: Jake can gain insight into what he's currently supposed to be doing by stopping for a smoke. In [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything certain places]], he remembers he's not allowed to smoke (but you still get the hint), and other characters have their own hint-gathering tics.

* InteractiveFiction
* LabRat: Samantha Martin

* NoTellMotel
* ThePerryMasonMethod

* SmokingIsCool
* SolveTheSoupCans
* TheSummation

* VisualNovel

The series had little to no American presence until 2007, when a NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. Two years later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

The story stars Jake Hunter, a heavy-smoking hard-boiled big city detective who runs his agency in the big city of Shinjuku, Tokyo ([[CulturalTranslation Aspicio, USA]] in the translated version.) Recurring supporting characters include his DeadpanSnarker secretary Yulia Marks, jovial mustachioed police inspector Scott Kingsley, LabRat Samantha Martin, NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters Vincent Drago and Don Vitore, and Ryo Hsu, a BadAss Chinese foreign police agent.

* BadAss: Ryo Hsu

* CharacterTics: Jake is a big smoker. And a heavy drinker. Yulia comments on his ability to apparently survive on nothing but cigarrettes and scotch.

* NoExportForYou: When your franchise is over 20 years old before it gets a single English release... Yeah.

* RemadeForTheExport: The DS releases.

The series had little to no American presence until 2007, when a NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. Two years later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Some cases allow you to play as Yulia or other characters for brief periods of time.

* ThePerryMasonMethod

* SoupCans

* RetroUniverse: InvokedTrope. The game takes place fairly closely to the present day, with cell phones and PCs being fairly ubiquitous, but Jake and the other characters look and behave like they're straight out of an old crime novel, with Jake in the revamped translation even using dead phrases like "dollface" and "You're a (real) peach".

A Japanese noir mystery VisualNovel series originally developed by Data East with character designs by Katsuya Terada.

The series had little to no American presence until 2007, when a NintendoDS remake of the first three installments featuring the character was translated in America as ''Jake Hunter Detective Chronicles''. To put it kindly, it was a BlindIdiotTranslation and it came off as a DarkerAndEdgier rip-off of the ''AceAttorney'' series and a poor one at that, and the chances of it ever catching on in the US seemed poor. Two years later, the three cases were re-released as ''Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past'' with much better {{Woolseyism}}-type translations, three additional cases, six SuperDeformed mini-sodes, and a ton of unlockable extras. If you would be at all interested in the games, the 2009 release is the one to get. You'll thank us later.

* CharacterTics: Jake is a big smoker. And a heavy drinker. Yulia comments on his ability to apparently survive on nothing but cigarrettes and scotch.

* FriendOnTheForce: Kingsley, who is also a CommissionerGordon, by virtue of his magnificent mustache.