Illusion (Japanese: イリュージョン, Hepburn: Iryūjon) was one of the adult video game brands of Japanese company I-One Co., Ltd. based in Yokohama. It is notable for developing eroge video games with 3D graphics. After launching as a new brand of Heart Electronics Industry in 1992, I-One Co., Ltd. was established in 1996. Interheart Co., Ltd. is an independent manufacturer from Heart Electronics Industry. The brand name is derived from the meaning of "visual entertainment".
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Business history
Initially, the company focused on creating general adult games. Things changed with the release of the first 3D graphics game, Confinement (監禁, Kankin) , and Makai (魔界, Makai) featuring heavy 3D graphics characters and backgrounds on February 14. Following works after INTERACT PLAY VR released on August 24, 2001, the company shifted its main focus to producing real-time 3D graphics games, and later have become well-known for the products.
The products are also known for characters customization and operation following a great hit of a virtual reality game VR Kanojo (VRカノジョ, Buiāru Kanojo) released in February 2017. In July of the same year, a hackathon related to VR Kanojo was held, and the establishment of "ILLUSION VR" (later IVR), a brand that mainly handles VR content, was announced.
There were many sister brands such as Illusion Core, Illusion Pro, Vision, MOTION, Dreams, mixwill soft, TEATIME, and FULLTIME, but currently, only Illusion and IVR are active. TEATIME and FULLTIME are linked as sister brands on the top page of the official website.
Originally, in response to the controversy of RapeLay, the products were not allowed to be sold or used outside Japan, and official support was only given in Japanese and for use in Japan. However, with the release of Honey Select Unlimited in coordination with the online English erotic game storefront FAKKU, Illusion's policy has since changed. Before this policy change, they were often translated and released in English and other languages by fans.
Illusion announced its closure on July 14, 2023. On August 4, 2023, a new company Illgames (stylized in all caps) announced their new game Honey Come. Some players speculate about the relationship between Illusion and Illgames for the similarity of their products. All development and sales of Illusion ceased on August 18, 2023 and the company stated that there will be no successor company.
List of video games
Angel Army (April 1, 1993)
Sex Warrior Mokkoriman (August 27, 1993)
Tile Yugi (November 20, 1993)
Ridgeline of Darkness (March 25, 1994)
Mokkoriman RPG (June 24, 1994)
Kito Island Women's Prison (November 2, 1994)
Soft Skin Bishojo (March 1, 1995)
Red Cobra (March 10, 1995)
Confinement (May 18, 1995)
Orgy Onnai Tsuri - Mokkoriman no Nani de Nushi Tsuri - ☆ (August 11, 1995)
Aegean Drops (December 15, 1995 )
Ura-Mansion Happen (May 24, 1996)
Manguri (June 28, 1996)
Drifting (September 13, 1996)
Ikumoto ☆ (October 25, 1996)
Makai (February 14, 1997
Des Blood (December 26, 1997)
Des Blood 2 (June 11, 1998)
Bikō (May 14, 1999)
DANCINGCATs
BRUTISH MINE (September 2000)
Bikō 2: Reversible Face (January 2001)
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Notable quotes
“It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
— George Carlin, from his "Life is worth Losing" stand-up routine (2005)
“The shedding of easy solutions, of comforting illusions may be painful, but it leaves behind it a feeling of freedom and … the absurd which do not seem in any normal sense of the words, to be noteworthy...”
“Commonly, the word "myth" is now used to mean an illusion or a lie, as when we speak of the rumors and myths of the engines that were supposed to run on water instead of gasoline.”
“We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.”
Requiem Hurts (June 29, 2001)
Requiem Hurts: Chisame's Escape (Expansion, ??)
Interact Play VR (August 21, 2001)
Battle Raper (April 19, 2002)
Des Blood 4: Lost Alone (September 13, 2002)
Sexy Beach (December 2002)
Des Blood VR (June 7, 2003)
Sexy Beach 2 (July 11, 2003)
Chiku Chiku Beach (Expansion, December 9, 2003)
Bikō 3 (January 30, 2004)
A-GA (June 25, 2004)
Jinkō Shōjo ("Artificial Girl", July 23, 2004)
Jinkō Shōjo 2 ("Artificial Girl 2", November 26, 2004)
Battle Raper II (April 22, 2005)
Oppai Slider 2 (November 25, 2005)
RapeLay (April 21, 2006)
Sexy Beach 3 (September 29, 2006)
Sexy Beach 3 Plus (Expansion, December 15, 2006)
SchoolMate (May 25, 2007)
BotuPlay (Extra Disc, RapeLay, July 21, 2007)
Jinkō Shōjo 3 ("Artificial Girl 3", November 30, 2007)
“No matter how frequently you visit the realm of dreams, you will inevitably confront the unvarnished truth. However, our truth is so much bitter that not even the entirety of the world's sugar can sweeten it.”
— Sanu Sharma, Tee Saat Din
“Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.”
— Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie (1944).
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Illusion was one of the adult video game brands of Japanese company I-One Co., Ltd. based in Yokohama. It is notable for developing eroge video games with 3D graphics. After launching as a new brand of Heart Electronics Industry in 1992, I-One Co., Ltd. was established in 1996. Interheart Co., Ltd. is an independent manufacturer from Heart Electronics Industry. The brand name is derived from the meaning of "visual entertainment".
