user21: Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think?

user126: There was a recent discussion on Chat regarding a question about Melty Blood, pertaining relevancy of such games.
In essence it's a family of games which are in various proportions a mix of fighting game genre and Visual Novel - in the "story mode" the VN progresses along a plotline and from time to time duels occur. Now the proportion of fighting to plot varies wildly between those, and the asker wanted to know the order in which to play to follow the storyline of Tsukihime.
The consensus on Chat was that questions about that kind of games are relevant only if they ask about (or depend strictly on) the plot aspects of the game. Questions that pertain to the game mechanics, multiplayer, and other elements that are not directly relevant to the VN part are better asked on Arquade.
(in particular, the question about order is on-topic)

user4: I think light novels, and other paraphernelia tangential to the "main" anime/manga fandom should be on topic here. 
That said, I also believe the site need not be renamed to enumerate these items' inclusion. Most anime fans I know accept that these things are part of otaku culture.

21: <p>Many anime are derived from visual/light novels, so it only feels natural to also discuss them here. What do you think?</p>
 126: <p>There was a recent discussion on <a href="http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7287140#7287140">Chat</a> regarding a question about <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/507/which-melty-blood-games-are-relevant-plotwise">Melty Blood</a>, pertaining relevancy of such games.</p>

<p>In essence it's a family of games which are in various proportions a mix of fighting game genre and Visual Novel - in the "story mode" the VN progresses along a plotline and from time to time duels occur. Now the proportion of fighting to plot varies wildly between those, and the asker wanted to know the order in which to play to follow the storyline of Tsukihime.</p>

<p>The consensus on Chat was that questions about that kind of games are relevant only if they ask about (or depend strictly on) the plot aspects of the game. Questions that pertain to the game mechanics, multiplayer, and other elements that are not directly relevant to the VN part are better asked on Arquade.</p>

<p>(in particular, the question about order is on-topic)</p>
 4: <p>I think light novels, and other paraphernelia tangential to the "main" anime/manga fandom should be on topic here. </p>

<p>That said, I also believe the site need <strong><em>not</em></strong> be renamed to enumerate these items' inclusion. Most anime fans I know accept that these things are part of <em>otaku</em> culture.</p>
