Key went on to produce an adult spin-off called Kud Wafter in June 2010, which expanded on the scenario of Kudryavka Noumi, one of the heroines from Little Busters!

After the completion of these six routes, the final scenario called Refrain is made available, which serves to bring everything to a definite conclusion and answers questions brought up throughout the normal gameplay.

Each member of the fight has a set of statistics attributed to them (which includes strength, stamina, agility, reflex, concentration, judgment, and luck) along with a life bar to keep track of how many hit points a fighter has left.

These missions are connected with the battle sequences and batting practice in that they serve to give the characters experience, obtain accessories to use during fights, and improve their statistics.

having a rating for all ages, there is an ample amount of CG artwork featuring the female characters in risqué situations, though never to the point to be considered sexual in nature.

The first is Komari Kamikita, a childish girl who takes great interest in fairy-tales, picture books, candy, and clothing with many layers of frills.

Despite having a poor handle on the English language, she was able to skip a year in school due to credits obtained through studying abroad, making her the youngest member of the Little Busters.

The story opens on Sunday May 13, 2007, and the next day at school, Kyousuke decides that the Little Busters are going to play a baseball game, except they do not have enough members to have a complete team.

Kyousuke, who sneaked onto the bus (as a third year he was not allowed to go), managed to block the leak hole on the gas tank to delay the explosion, despite his injuries being far greater than anyone else.

Along with again containing about eighty pages of information pertaining to the visual novel, the magazine also comes bundled with an ergonomic mousepad, a jigsaw puzzle, and a deck of playing cards.

Comic, was sold on July 26, 2008 with Rin and Dorj on the cover, and the magazine came bundled with a hug pillowcase, a notepad, and a B2 size poster.

[25] The limited edition contained an arrange album of some of the music featured in the game, and a 128-page visual guide book titled Natsume Kyousuke Fūrai Ki (棗恭介風来記).

[26] The limited edition came bundled with a remix album of music featured in the game, and a 22-minute length CD containing a special broadcast of the Little Busters!

[35] Prototype released a PlayStation 3 (PS3) version of Converted Edition with the additional content included in the previous consumer ports on March 20, 2013.

[48][49][50][51] Key released five volumes of another series of official short stories, written by the original scenario staff and titled Little Busters!

[62] Two volumes of a short story anthology compilation series written by Shin'ichirō Kodama, Ken'ichi Itoi, and Kachō titled LittBus.

[70][71] Paradigm published a light novel based on Kudryavka, written by Masayuki Ogura and illustrated by Ayumu Shōji, on September 28, 2012.

[72][73] Paradigm also published a light novel under their VA Bunko imprint, written by Mariko Shimizu and illustrated by Zen, on October 30, 2013.

[1] Also included are all the CG scenes from the game, concept illustrations, staff interviews, and a short story "'Our' Morning" (「僕ら」の朝, 'Bokura' no Asa) written by Yūto Tonokawa.

and illustrated by Mogura Anagura, was serialized between the May 2008[92] and April 2010 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Comp Ace and was referred to as the "official Little Busters!

Ecstasy: Saya Tokido School Revolution (リトルバスターズ!エクスタシー 朱鷺戸沙耶 -SCHOOL REVOLUTION-) and illustrated by Zen, was serialized in Dengeki G's Festival!

Ecstasy: Wonderbit Wandering (リトルバスターズ!エクスタシー　ワンダービット ワンダリング) and illustrated by Juri Misaki, was serialized between the May 2010[109][110] and January 2012 issues of Comp Ace.

Band Mission (リトルバスターズ!ばんどみっしょん) and illustrated by Misaki Sakura, was serialized between the August 2011[116] and March 2013 issues of Ichijinsha's Manga 4-koma Palette.

Ecstasy Heartful (リトルバスターズ!エクスタシーはーとふる) and illustrated by Itotin, was serialized between the May 2012 and December 2013 issues of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hime.

[168][169] The anime series was released on nine BD/DVD compilation volumes between December 26, 2012, and August 28, 2013, by Warner Home Video in limited and regular editions.

[170][171] A BD containing an original video animation (OVA) episode was available for mail order to those who bought all nine limited edition BD/DVD volumes.

themes titled OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.2 was released by OTSU—a disc jockey unit composed of a number of different remix artists.

[202] A piano arrange album titled Ripresa, which also features tracks from Little Busters!, Ecstasy and Kud Wafter, was released in April 2013.

Ecstasy ranked second overall,[214] second in scenario,[215] third in gameplay system,[216] twelfth in graphics,[217] fifth in opening theme video,[218] third in vocal theme songs,[219] second in background music,[220] fifth (Saya Tokido) and tenth (Kudryavka Noumi) for individual characters,[221] first (Kazane's role as Saya Tokido) and sixth (Tomoe Tamiyasu's role as Rin Natsume) for individual voices,[222] and second for game title naming.

[258] Set directly after the events of Little Busters!, the story follows Riki and Kudryavka as they start to see more of each other in a romantic relationship at the onset of summer vacation.