This is a tutorial on how to emulate and play on your own PC/Android the following Diabolik Lovers titles:
Diabolik Lovers Haunted Dark Bridal - Limited V Edition
Diabolik Lovers More Blood - Limited V Edition
Diabolik Lovers Vandead Carnival
Diabolik Lovers Dark Fate
Diabolik Lovers Lunatic Parade
Diabolik Lovers Lost Eden
(all six games have an english patch availble. i finally found em all !! thanks to @rachelaishi and @reijisteacup who shared them with me)
Before we start, the first thing you'll need is something to emulate these games on. This tutorial uses Vita3k, so I reccomend you use that lol.
You can download it here: https://vita3k.org
For those who want to play on their PC, keep reading. But for thoes who want to play on their android, scroll further down :)
PC
Unzip the vita3k folder you just downloaded (If you don't have a program to do this, I reccommend WinRAR. [just download it, no need to buy it] But I'm sure any will do)
Open the Vita3k.exe file to install it
Follow the installation instructions
When prompted to install firmware and font files please do so, don't skip by pressing next. You can find them here: firmware and font.
Select the install button for each, and then select said files from your downloads (or wherever you downloaded to files to) when prompted.
Click next when you have installed both. On the next page, click next again after selecting settings and preferences.
Now close Vita3k down and reopen it again.
You are ready to install some Dialover games XD
(if you run into any issues just DM me via either tumblr or discord)
NoPayStation has the PKG for all the above games.
Select the game you wish to download (click the name, it should open a pop-up window)
Then download the PKG file
Keep this pop-up window open, you'll need it for later.
Once done, in Vita3k, click file > install .pkg. Then select the game you just downloaded.
It will ask to verfiy the PKG, so you can select either work.bin OR zRIF. (work.bin involves downloaded another file from NoPayStation. While zRIF is just a code you can copy and paste)
If you chose work.bin: download the work.bin file from the game's pop-up in NoPayStation. then select it when prompted in Vita3k.
If you chose zRIF: copy the zRIF key from the popup window from before. (make sure you select the whole thing, it's quite long). Paste the key where prompted to in Vita3k.
The game should now install (if it hovers around 60-70% for a while don't stress)
Now, unless you can read Japanese, or are trying to learn to read Japanese, it's time to move onto the next step and get the English patches installed for all the games :)
Here are the english patch links for each game:
HDB english patch link
MB english patch link
VC english patch link
DF english patch link
LP english patch link
LE english patch link
Inside Vita3k, right-click on the game you just installed, press Open folder > Application > data.
Now, opening the folder you just downloaded (if its a zip, i reccomend you unzip before copying anything over) copy all the cpk files in the data folder, and paste them into data folder of the game you just opened through Vita3k in step 1. You will be replacing a combination of either the GAME.cpk, STORY.cpk or SYSTEM.cpk files depending on the game. I don't know why they're different, just depends on who and how they were patched I suppose. But this will replace most of the in-game text with english (most importantly the story haha)
You can repeat this step for each game, if you doing them all at once. But if you are itching to play the game right this second, please move onto the next step.
Close Vita3k again, then reopen it.
You are now ready to play Diabolik Lovers >:)
Andriod
Credit to the lovely @mp3minded for this tutorial. I don't have an andriod phone so I didn't consider it, but it's a great idea haha.
Vita3k should have downloaded as an apk.
You should now navigate to wherever the apk file was downloaded using a file manager app on your android. Click on it and install it. (if you don't have one, I have used ZArchiver personally, so you can try that).
Now download firmware and font files. You can find them here: firmware: http://dus01.psv.update.playstation.net/update/psv/image/2022_0209/rel_f2c7b12fe85496ec88a0391b514d6e3b/PSVUPDAT.PUP font: http://dus01.psp2.update.playstation.net/update/psp2/image/2022_0209/sd_59dcf059d3328fb67be7e51f8aa33418/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=us
When asked whether or not to create a new emulator path in Vita3k, make one just to be safe.
You are ready to install some Dialover games XD
NoPayStation has the PKG for all the above games.
But, if you prefer, here are the direct links to each of the games;
HAUNTED DARK BRIDAL: https://nopaystation.com/get/PSV/PCSG00272/IFDIABOLIKLOVERS/1/pkg?version=1.01
MORE BLOOD: https://nopaystation.com/get/PSV/PCSG00476/DIABOLIKLOVERSMB/1/pkg?version=1
LOST EDEN: https://nopaystation.com/get/PSV/PCSG00910/DIABOLIKLOVERSLE/1/pkg?version=1.01
Select the game you wish to download (click the name, it should open a pop-up window)
Then download the PKG file
Now keep this pop-up window open, as you'll need it to copy the zRIF key.
Once done, in Vita3k, click file > install .pkg. Then select the game you just downloaded.
It will ask to verfiy the PKG, so you can now go back and copy the zRIF key from the popup window from before. (make sure you select the whole thing, it's quite long). Paste the key where prompted to in Vita3k.
The game should now install (if it hovers around 60-70% for a while don't stress)
Now, if you're installing either HDB or MB, keep reading, otherwise, you should be good to play the game :)
Here are the english patch links for each game:
HDB english patch link
MB english patch link
VC english patch link
DF english patch link
LP english patch link
LE english patch link
This is the most complex step, so take it slow if you need to. First, find the new folder you made for your Vita3k Emulation, and follow this exact pathway for each game.
HDB; ux0 > app > PCSG00272 > data.
MB; ux0 > app > PCSG00476 > data.
VC; ux0 > app > PCSG00472 > data.
DF; ux0 > app > PCSG00530 > data.
LP; ux0 > app > PCSG00826 > data.
LE; ux0 > app > PCSG00910 > data.
Now replace the GAME.cpk file with the one you just downloaded. (it has the english translation in it).
Close Vita3k again, then reopen it and/or clear Vita3k’s cache before you start up the game. Set up your button config in Vita3k too.
You are now ready to play Diabolik Lovers
Gatekeepers of the english fan-translation patch be damned. If Daisuke Iwasaki won't release an offical english version of Diabolik Lovers (and a Chinese one instead apparently 😭) then I'm emulating his damn game. I've bought a bunch of offical merch anyway, not like I haven't supported the company lol.
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