| Welcome to Pia Carrot!! | |
| Genre: | Eroge, visual novel |
| Developer: | Cocktail Soft (home computers) KID (Saturn) Stack |
| Publisher: | Cocktail Soft (home computers) KID (Saturn) NEC Interchannel |
| Platforms: | PC-9800 (MS-DOS), PC-FX, Windows, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable |
| First Release Version: | Welcome to Pia Carrot!! |
| First Release Date: | July 26, 1996 |
| Latest Release Version: | PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~ |
| Latest Release Date: | October 23, 2014 |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot!! | |
| Ja Kanji: | Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! |
| Ja Romaji: | Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! |
| Type: | ova |
| Director: | Katsuma Kanazawa |
| Producer: | Osamu Koshinaka Saburo Omiya |
| Music: | LUNA |
| Studio: | Triple X |
| First: | October 24, 1997 |
| Last: | April 24, 1998 |
| Episodes: | 3 |
| Type: | ova |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 | |
| Director: | Kan Fukumoto |
| Music: | ARIES |
| Studio: | Triple X |
| First: | October 23, 1998 |
| Last: | April 23, 1999 |
| Episodes: | 3 |
| Type: | ova |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX | |
| Director: | Yōsei Morino |
| Producer: | Osamu Koshinaka Tarou Miyabe Masanobu Sumitomo |
| Music: | Kazuya Matsushita |
| Studio: | Garyū Studio |
| First: | December 18, 1999 |
| Last: | October 25, 2000 |
| Runtime: | 29–31 minutes |
| Episodes: | 6 |
| Type: | film |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka's Love Story- | |
| Director: | Yuuji Mutou |
| Producer: | Masahiko Minami Yoshikazu Watanabe Satsuki Watanabe |
| Music: | Tomohiro Ookubo |
| Studio: | IMOVE |
| Released: | October 19, 2002 |
| Runtime: | 48 minutes |
is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games.
The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain are called "1st", "2nd", etc. A maid café named "Pia Carrot" also opened in real life as a cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Japan.
| Title | Platform | Publisher(s) | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS-DOS | Cocktail Soft | July 26, 1996 | ||
| Windows | Cocktail Soft | October 18, 1996 | ||
| PC-FX | Cocktail Soft | May 23, 1997 | ||
| Sega Saturn | KID | March 12, 1998 | ||
| Windows 95 | Cocktail Soft | October 31, 1997 | ||
| Sega Saturn | NEC Interchannel | October 8, 1998 | ||
| Windows Me/2000 | F&C FC02 | October 26, 2001 | ||
| Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | February 6, 2003 | ||
| Game Boy Color | NEC Interchannel | December 2, 2000 | ||
| Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | June 21, 2001 | ||
| Windows 95/98/Me/2000 | F&C FC02 | November 30, 2001 | ||
| Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | March 27, 2003 | ||
| PlayStation 2 | NEC Interchannel | March 27, 2003 | ||
| Game Boy Advance | NEC Interchannel | April 23, 2004 | ||
| Welcome to Pia Carrot! | G.O. ~Grand Open~ | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP | F&C FC02 | February 3, 2006 |
| Pia Carrot G.O. TOYBOX ~Summer Fair~ | ? | ? | 2006 | |
| MahJong in Pia Carrot~ | ? | ? | 2007 | |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot! | G.P. | ? | ? | 2008 |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot! | 4 | PC | F&C | 2009 |
| Pia Carrot 4 FD | ? | ? | 2010 | |
| PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~ | ? | ? | 2014 |
The first game in the series is called Welcome to Pia Carrot!! and was initially released in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1. The game was later released for the PC-FX in 1997, and for the Sega Saturn in 1998 by KID.
There is also a hentai OVA with 3 episodes based on this title.
Yusuke Kinoshita
(Welcome to the Pia Carrot!!!), Masami Kikuchi (Welcome to the Pia Carrot 2)
Yusuke Kinoshita is the protagonist of the Welcome to Pia Carrot. In Welcome to the Pia Carrot 2, he is 2nd's chief, and 3rd's temporary chief in 2.2Satomi Morihara
Shouko Inaba
Shouko Inaba is the childhood friend of Yusuke.Reika Kokubo
Yukiko Kawai
Shiho Kannaduki
1st's manager in this titleYukari Tachibana
Saori Imai
Kiyomi Kitagawa
Yusuke's cousinRumi Kinoshita
Yusuke's younger sisterYasuo Kinoshita
Yusuke's father and owner of the Pia Carrot restaurant chainKaori Tachibana
Yukari's motherSaeko Imai
Saori's stepmotherAiri Kashikura
Additional character on Saturn version
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 is the first true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set four years later than the first game. The original version (released in 1997) was for Windows 95 and was later released for Sega Saturn (1998 by NEC Interchannel), Windows 2000 (2001 by F&C FC02; this version also runs on Windows 95, 98, 98SE and Me) and the Dreamcast (2003 by NEC Interchannel). The Dreamcast release is the same as the first disc of the previously released "Pia Carrot 2.5". It is well known for its theme song "Go! Go! Waitress".
Two OVAs based on this title were released, the first being an adult title with 3 episodes, and the second ("Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX") was an all-age series with 6 episodes. "Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX" was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.[2]
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2 is a branch of "Pia Carrot 2" and is set 4 months after that game. It was released for the Game Boy Color by NEC Interchannel in 2000. Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5 is a combination set of "Pia Carrot 2" and "Pia Carrot 2.2" for the Dreamcast. This pack title contains 2 GD-ROMs.
Kouji Maeda
(Welcome to the Pia Carrot 2), Akira Ishida (Welcome to the Pia Carrot 3)
Protagonist of "Pia Carrot 2" and "Pia Carrot 2.2"Azusa Hinomori
Mina Hinomori
Azusa's younger sisterTsukasa Enomoto
Completely transferred to 2nd in 2.2Ryoko Futaba
2nd's manager. Substitute chief because Yuusuke has gone to 3rd in 2.2Aoi Minase
Ryoko's friend. 3rd's chief waitress in 2.2Sanae Enishi
Mikiko Shinohara
Harue Yamana
Jun Kagurazaka
Kaoru Yamana
Harue's daughterShinji Yano
Kouji's friend and Ryoko's cousinTomomi Aizawa
Additional character on the "consumer version" in 2 (Saturn and Dreamcast)Yuki Kamizuka
Additional character on the "consumer version" in 2Noriko Shima
Additional character on the "consumer version" in 2
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 is the second true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set one year later than "Pia Carrot 2", and was released for the PC by F&C FC02 in 2001. Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions were released by NEC Interchannel in 2003.
In 2002, the anime movie "Welcome to Pia Carrot -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-" ("Welcome to Pia Carrot - Sayaka's Love Story") was released, being the first movie based on an eroge.
Welcome to Pia Carrot 3.3 is a branch of "Pia Carrot 3" that is set one year after "Pia Carrot 3". It was released for the Game Boy Advance by NEC Interchannel in 2004.
Welcome to Pia Carrot 4 is the third true sequel to "Pia Carrot", and was released for the PC by Cocktail Soft in 2009. An Xbox 360 port was released on February 24, 2011[3] and a PlayStation Portable version was released in 2012.
In a 2007 survey of Dengeki G's Magazine readers, Welcome to Pia Carrot G.O. ranked 38th in a list of "the most interesting bishōjo games"; a five-way tie with , Tsukihime, Tokimeki Memorial 2, and Happiness! [4]