Welcome to Pia Carrot


Welcome to Pia Carrot!! is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft. 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.

List of titles

;Game titles
TitlePlatformPublisherRelease date
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!MS-DOSCocktail SoftJuly 26, 1996
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!WindowsCocktail SoftOctober 18, 1996
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!PC-FXCocktail SoftMay 23, 1997
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!Sega SaturnKIDMarch 12, 1998
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2Windows 95Cocktail SoftOctober 31, 1997
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2Sega SaturnNEC InterchannelOctober 8, 1998
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2Windows Me/2000F&C FC02October 26, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2DreamcastNEC InterchannelFebruary 6, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2Game Boy ColorNEC InterchannelDecember 2, 2000
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5DreamcastNEC InterchannelJune 21, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3Windows 95/98/Me/2000F&C FC02November 30, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3DreamcastNEC InterchannelMarch 27, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3PlayStation 2NEC InterchannelMarch 27, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3.3Game Boy AdvanceNEC InterchannelApril 23, 2004
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.O. ~Grand Open~??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!! 4PCF&C2009
Pia Carrot 4 FD??2010
PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~??2014

;Animation titles
  1. Welcome to Pia Carrot!!
  2. Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2
  3. Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX
  4. Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-

    Welcome to Pia Carrot

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 an adult OVA with 3 episodes based on this title.

Characters

Yusuke Kinoshita
Satomi Morihara
Shouko Inaba
Reika Kokubo
Yukiko Kawai
Shiho Kannaduki
Yukari Tachibana
Saori Imai
Kiyomi Kitagawa
Rumi Kinoshita
Yasuo Kinoshita
Kaori Tachibana
Saeko Imai
Airi Kashikura

Staff (Game)

Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 is the first true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set four years later than the first game. The original version was for Windows 95 and was later released for Sega Saturn, Windows 2000 and the Dreamcast. 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 was an all-age series with 6 episodes. "Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX" was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
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.

Characters

Kouji Maeda
Azusa Hinomori
Mina Hinomori
Tsukasa Enomoto
Ryoko Futaba
Aoi Minase
Sanae Enishi
Mikiko Shinohara
Harue Yamana
Jun Kagurazaka
Kaoru Yamana
Shinji Yano
Tomomi Aizawa
Yuki Kamizuka
Noriko Shima

Staff

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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-" ' 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.

Characters

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Akihiko Kannazuki
Sayaka Takai
Tomomi Aizawa
Akemi Hasegawa
Natsuki Iwakura
Miharu Fuyuki
Nana Kimishima
Takako Kinoshita
Orie Amano
Noboru Kinoshita
Seiji Motoki
Haruhiko Fuyuki
Shiho Kannazuki
Satomi Kinoshita
Yuki Kamizuka
Noriko Shima
Kouji Maeda
Azusa Hinomori
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Mina Hinomori
Tsukasa Enomoto
Chizuru Kinoshita
Shiori Kisaragi

Staff

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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 and a PlayStation Portable version was released in 2012.

Characters

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!

Games

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