Konami is serious about Love Plus
Konami announced Love Plus a while ago for the DS for a 2009 summer release and it appears they’re taking this game quite seriously!
The first half of the game will be about getting along with the 3 characters in the game and the second half will be after one of the girls confesses her love to you, and the love simulation that uses the RTC (real time clock) in the DS will start and there will be no actual ending for the game
It’ll be using the RTC so there would be some special events happening if you start the game at night!
Over 5000 scripts, 150 event CGs, 25000 voices, the amount of content is completely over what is normal for a DS game
You can have contact with the girl using the touch pad too. Touching her on the forehead, cheeks, shoulders, arms, or petting on the head, or going even further…!?
Players are free to set how they want the girl to address them by. Everything from “anata” or “goshujinsama” to personal names like “akihiro” or “keisuke” are possible and will be fully voiced.
Studying for tests in the game will be done in a quiz format and if you get everything right you can get a reward from the girl
When the girl knows what a player likes and dislikes, she will try to change her personality and feelings. Her style, actions, and way she speaks will slowly change too
You can communicate with the girl using mail or through the phone, and if she’s happy at the time she might reply instantly or if she’s really busy at the time she might not reply at all, simulating how she has her own life and emotions to handle too
When the girl becomes the player’s girlfriend, she’ll start addressing the player with voice. This isn’t done using the EVS system from Tokimemo 2 but instead they recorded voices for a lot of names and nicknames, starting from all the most popular names that have been registered in Japan down to the names that have been popular recently, players will definitely be able to find their own name in it
It also supports the in-built DS microphone and will have voice recognition, allowing the player to actually talk to the girl. As an example you can ask her what she likes and she would reply.
If there are upcoming exams there are events where the player can study with the girl and if good results are achieved there would be a reward. The reward is really good apparently and they put effort into it. The study sessions for the test is also pretty tough in exchange, two of their staff who originally wanted to become teachers have put in some serious questions
The events using the touch pad aren’t simple stuff like flipping her skirt or something, but something that would make the player start sweating from embarrassment. There will also be scenes which will be thrilling in more ways than one.
They have picked seiyuu who are able to act naturally. Tange Sakura, Hayami Saori, and Minaguchi Yuuko.
There are countless communication patterns to the girls. There are already dozens of patterns just for greetings. It’s pretty close to impossible to be able to see every single event in the game. It’s probably not enough even if the player plays the game for a year. And if we’re talking about seeing every event for all 3 girls that’s probably impossible. For example the girl would say something when you start the game, and this would change every day.
The volume and quality in this game would definitely not disgrace the name of Konami which made a big movement when they made Tokimeki Memorial. They want to present a new way of playing these games again, with the same spirit of opening new horizons like in tokimemo.
Via: 【KONAMI】ﾗﾌﾞﾌﾟﾗｽ1日目
Dengeki DS&Wii: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Official site
Famitsu article
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May 1st, 2009 at 3:00 am
Real girls have just become obsolete.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:44 am
If there is no ending to the game then the first half never ends either.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:32 am
I think someone got their dates wrong…
It’s MAY 1st, not APRIL 1st.
This game is so over the top, I won’t believe it till I see it.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:43 am
i agree with shiny. although i dont have a gf myself, but i think getting urself a gf is much more benefitial than these dating game…
May 1st, 2009 at 5:47 am
Wait, Tange Sakura? She still voice acts?
May 1st, 2009 at 7:11 am
Will it use the DSi camera to sense facial contortions and thrusting movements?
May 1st, 2009 at 7:31 am
Definitely be able to find your name… Do they include girls names?
May 1st, 2009 at 7:35 am
tokimemo 2 without the retarded shit?
i might have just found a reason to buy a ds.
May 1st, 2009 at 8:01 am
holy shit this is awesome
May 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
SAKURA TANGE?!
May 1st, 2009 at 9:23 am
Would it be considered cheating if you play it while dating a 3D girl?
May 1st, 2009 at 9:31 am
Okay I understand what you meant but why DS ?
May 1st, 2009 at 10:50 am
so wait, when the motherfuck does this come out?
i need to sell off my massive saturn and dc collection, whats left of my ps2 collection, and
all 3 of my xbox 360s (2 jp and 1 us) and games (after i finish kugyu, er x-blades)
cuz this will be the last game i ever play
May 1st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Hmmm, seems a little too good to be true. (For the DS that is) Can it really handle all of this stuff? Wouldn’t this be better suited for PSP, or even a console?
May 1st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Yes. It needs to be released on 360 or PS3. But without Live Vision or Eye Toy, how will it be able to detect facial contortions and thrusting hip movements?
May 1st, 2009 at 7:38 pm
>Wouldn’t this be better suited for … even a console?
>Yes. It needs to be released on 360
then you would have to wait to get off work to play.
ive actually been waiting for konami to break the industry off some fresh new innovative shit for a long time now.
three-dimensional women have been hormonal walking wastes of human flesh for quite a while. progress is being made on erasing their necessity; they cant be obsolete just yet because is the DS going to do your dishes? do your laundry? change your clutch?
when i can have my cyberdoll rena in the flesh play super turbo with me after work and work on the underside of my car for me without a jack, that will be the day women will be fucking obsoleted from this fucking earth.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
>when i can have my cyberdoll rena
You’ll be long dead before anything like that becomes good and cheap enough for regular people to use.
Weirdo.
In other news, holy crap, I was already looking forward to this game when it was just announced, but now to see all these new details… It’ll be so awesome if they can really pull it off.
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 am
I will buy ten copies of it if they even manage to meet half of their goals!!! Hell yes, Galge genre will be reborn with the force of a thousand suns!!!!
This will be my personal Summer of Love!!!
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am
Reminds me of their motto on their webpage for English visitors:
“The Creation of Valuable Time: Konami - Aiming to meet Society’s NEETs”
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 am
Hmmm… maybe the 360 and PS3 was a bad idea after all. But they could release it on Wii! It should be easy to design a special attachment for the Wiimote…
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 am
…dildo-con?
May 3rd, 2009 at 4:39 am
Of course not. Girls won’t buy this game, you know. Unless… oh!
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
> Real girls have just become obsolete.
Finally, some equality. Now man aren’t the only unessential thing.
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Lonely game is lonely.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Best news ever.
2019 - Konami release HMX-1.
*fingers crossed*
May 4th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Best thing is, you can switch it off!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:23 am
And if you really screwed up… there’s a reset data option!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:58 am
>Best thing is, you can switch it off!!!
Haha, wrong! Best thing is of course, you can switch it ON!!!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
best part, you’re still a basement dwelling faggot
May 6th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Well wouldn’t talking to a real girl be even better than a DS game, They big game in life is to find the right girl. If this game helps build the confidence in it more power to the person who buys it. Because real girls (over 18 ) play much better at the dating game.
May 7th, 2009 at 1:41 am
>real girls (over 18 )
I stopped reading and returned to being a basement dwelling faggot.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Question is if this is gonna be in english
May 7th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Acquiring basic Japanese reading skills has never been more attractive.
No translation, sorry. Sounds like the resulting game will have more text than all games of the Tokimeki Memorial main series combined.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Please no ‘translation’. Remember how they turned Osu Tatakae Ouendan into Elite Beat Agents for the Western Market?? I wouldn’t want them to touch my lovely Japanese girls.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Please translation, I have no learning skills what-so-ever.
May 8th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Is the Nintendo DS resistant to moisture and fluids? Suddenly I wanted to know.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:35 am
>Because real girls (over 18 ) play much better at the dating game.
REAL GIRLS ARE A MONEY PIT.
this, however, is a one time charge.
May 8th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
>Please translation
There have been a few NDS fan-translation projects recently, even of bigger proportions like the Tales of Innocence one. So buy it in Japanese as soon as it comes out, preordering at play-asia is even better. If enough people from overseas buy it and play it and love it, some of the more skilled ones are bound to get together eventually and try it if only they love it enough. So maybe there will be an English fan-translation a few years later. Who knows?
But remember, when Tokimeki Memorial came out it was a similiar revolution and a lot of gaijin went totally crazy over it, too. Many groups attempted to translate it, but now it’s 2008 and all of them have given up along the way. And Love Plus sounds like it’s going to have at least three times as much text!
But then again, a Pia Carrot translation was recently finished and released. This can be a ray of hope for many people, but still you can’t ignore the fact that it needed 10 years to take the jump from JAP to ENG. If the world really ends in 2012 as the Maya calculated, there won’t be any time to play it even if they should end up translating it. Learning ‘Basic Japanese reading skills’ is sure the faster way to finally get your fix of real love before you die as an emotional virgin…
May 8th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
news flash: the world is not ending in 2012
but you will still die before your dick enters a vagina
May 9th, 2009 at 8:41 am
>but you will still die before your dick enters a vagina
When the hell did this become 4chan?
Also, what about artificial ones?
May 9th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
> Also, what about artificial ones?
Dicks or vaginas? Do “reinforced” dicks count?
May 9th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
>Dicks or vaginas?
You make it sound like letting one’s “artificial dick” entering a “real vagina” was any easier than letting one’s “real dick” do the same…
May 10th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
the bottom line is your dick will never get wet
your artificial ones and tentacles, maybe, but your dick? not a fucking chance.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Even if that ‘comment’ made any sense, in what way would it relate to this love simulation game? It’s not an eroge, so there can be a wider array of motivations to play it. I can’t see where the whole onahole and tentacle stuff comes from. Is it because 4chan is still down from that attack that happened recently?
May 15th, 2009 at 7:57 am
hey hey… girls read this forum too!
the majority of the fans are probably basement dwelling faggot virgins like the lot of you - but girls like me are keen to see what warped social experimentation basement dwelling faggot virgin programers have come up with!
In any case, it’s definitely worth the price for a laugh :-D
May 17th, 2009 at 8:22 am
>but girls like me
3d pig, no one cares for your opinion
June 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
well.. it’s just a game.. i would play this game for FUN (ofcourse, it’s a game) but i wouldnt take it too seriously and bring it to real life situations..
June 24th, 2009 at 1:10 am
It might be a good training program for people who considered getting themself a real girl.
July 25th, 2009 at 12:02 am
lol, i’m a girl, but this sounds fun xD
haha, i wanna buy it!
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:46 am
Epic game is epic. Me and my girlfriend got a couple copies. Perfect for our anti social days. :D
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
…is it too much to ask for a new game from Konami that actually has a DAMN SHOT OF MAKING IT OUTSIDE OF JAPAN!?
FAILURE
September 4th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
^.^~ this sounds really ameazing, i ll buy one *´o*, i want a (for girls) release with bishounens!
September 7th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Lastly, Konami didn’t make this game to be a fcking game, but it was made to motivate ass guys like us to be mature virgins like me, though they really disappoint me by NOT even making this game understandable to others. Hell! everyone knows english is an international language, then why release it to people who doesn’t even understand BASIC japanese! Not unless japanese wants their language to be as great as English.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I can’t wait for Love Plus to come to North America. Real girls ARE going to buy the game, at least I will. It sounds like fun, I’ll play it until they make a bishounen one, though I doubt it will be as interesting, guys are so boring on dates. We’re always the ones who have to be interesting, and pretty, and flirty, etc.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I already have the Japanese version, actually, I think the girls are so cute and their emotions are all you truly need.
BTW, I’m a girl.
And who the hell cares about the penis/vagina thing? WAY too off-topic.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
yes but the real question is, will they make a guy version of it? cause i dont hink its fair to only have the girl version.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
im also a girl that is looking forward to the western release. us girls are just as eager to buy this game but not quite for the reasons you guys are….
November 18th, 2009 at 9:10 am
WHOEVER IS THINKING ABOUT BUYING THIS GAME IS SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP. IF YOU’RE A DUDE, STOP JACKING OFF TO PORN AND FUCKING AROUND WITH THOSE INFLATABLE DOLLS AND GET YOUR FAT ASS UP AND GET A REAL GIRL. IF YOU’RE A GIRL, YOU’RE ARE STRAIGHT AND ARE ONLY BUYING THIS GAME TO SEE WHY FUCKED UP GUYS BY IT AND TO SEE WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 am
if this game comes out in the US, or the english patch is finished, my loneliness waves will stop being radiated(Thanks to Nene’s kisses.) Reason being, I’ve had loneliness waves coming off of me for awhile, and I’ve made my decision. I’m going to wait for the english patch, or a US release. If i completed the first 3 skinship stages and went onto the final stage, the big one’s coming. That is, a deep and hard kiss from Nene. I might even propose marriage. If she says yes, I’ll be in heaven.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 am
if this game comes out in the US, or the english patch is finished, my loneliness waves will stop being radiated(Thanks to Nene’s kisses.) Reason being, I’ve had loneliness waves coming off of me for awhile, and I’ve made my decision. I’m going to wait for the english patch, or a US release. If i completed the first 3 skinship stages and went onto the final stage, the big one’s coming. That is, a deep and hard kiss from Nene. I might even propose marriage. If she says yes, I’ll be in kissing heaven
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Do they say “Please undress for me and start jerk$$ off..”? f played at night? There is better game called Virtual Sex from Playground.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
*facepalm*
November 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Man…the problem is that most dating games aren’t shipped off to the U.S. is because the games probably wouldn’t sell well. A lot of people still prefer the shooting and killing games. I hope that make a one for girls though, I’ll get that no matter what.
November 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Man…the problem is that most dating games aren’t shipped off to the U.S. because the games probably wouldn’t sell well. A lot of people still prefer the shooting and killing games. I hope that they make a one for girls though, I’ll get that one no matter what.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Dammmn.
This is stupid.
It’s a VIDEOGAME.
How could anyone even THINK this compares to the real thing?
The only reason to play this game is if you can’t get a girl irl, not because you “hate women” or because they’ve “become obsolete”.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
There’s already a translation patch in progress, just google “love plus ds translation”. It would be nice if Konami could just release a US version though. Companies like Nintendo have been capitalizing on US audiences’ desire for creative and original gaming experiences, and if Konami could market this as such, they might just have a surprise international hit.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Im a girl to and I for one would look forward to an american release (itd never make it to england) so I could import it. I really love the look of this game and the sheer amount of work Konami have put into it astounds and amazes me. But Im only interested in a translation if the voices are left in Japanese or there is at least the choice between Japnese and English. No offense, but american accents on these girls will ruin the ENTIRE thing.
November 25th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Woah! i ended up in this site after reading a news about a real guy who MARRIED(that’s right, with an official wedding) one of the characters in the game. He even said that he was ‘devoted’ to her.
This game shows the future… the future of never-ending games with millions of ppl addicted….. O wait, we already have WoW.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:16 am
You only want this game because in “real life” you just sit playing games ALL day, therefore you don’t get out and meet real girls. Maybe if you got out once in a while you’d meet a nice gal!
November 28th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Demand for the English release of Tokimeki Memorial and Tokimeki Memorial ’s Girl Side
This game seems really awesome! I can’t read or speak Japanese so it would be great if it was in English. If it’s properly marketed, I bet it’ll be a huge hit in the U.S.A. and other English-speaking countries. It’s been more than 7 years and there’s still no release of the English verison… If you sign this, we’ll be closer to our goal! Just take 2 minutes to sign this petition!!! Goal: 10,000 Sigs
Best of Wishes! xD
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/tokimekimemorial
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Hey, im a girl and i would not mind buying it :D i cant wait *am hoping for* an english translation
December 8th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
now if they can make a toy thatll feel like sex to come with it then itll save so many headaches lol
real girls are a pain this game needs to be made in englishh
December 20th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Doesn’t replace a pair of big fat tits!
December 21st, 2009 at 2:39 am
Sad people are sad. If you’re buying this game for fun, it’s okay, but if they seriously think it will replace real life girls… I don’t know what to say.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I have seen people from japan married one of the character from this video game .So is this game very great or what?
January 4th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
is there a version but for girls??
January 19th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Considering how well Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side stuff has sold in Japan? Konami will definitely make one for girls if they have much sense. They’ve been making more girl-versions of their major titles recently. *crosses fingers*
January 26th, 2010 at 9:17 am
And where is available in Europe?
January 26th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Sry, When it is available in Europe?
February 10th, 2010 at 6:02 am
i have returned…nene-chan…you have done so much for me…now konami…what will it take for you to release this game here and make my lovely nene and my lovely manaka understandable…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:10 am
nene-chan’s voice is in jap…but some companies have broken the 4th wall and released jap-only games in english…banpresto with their super robot taisen original generation series…but if konami breaks the fourth wall and releases love plus here in the US…nene-chan will help me defeat levi tolar…i have a petition it’s in the link…hope to see ur signatures…because this is going to konami digital entertainment http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/loveplus/
February 10th, 2010 at 6:18 am
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/loveplus/
it takes an ipetitions account to sign it and if we get 10,000 signatures…we’ll be closer to our goal of a US release of loveplus…with the proper marketing…like those valentine’s day cards with the augmented reality… that’ll be good…holding it up to my webcam on my laptop and finding out if nene-chan wants me as her valentine… once i get word that we’ve reached our goal… we send it off to konami digital entertainment…. and wait for an announcement…
February 15th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Hey, to the people here that keep telling everyone to go out and get a real girlfriend:
Dating sims are fun! I like them for the same reason I read books or manga or watch movies or play other games. You guys are the ones that need a life. Who wastes their time scouring the internet to yell at the people on a page for liking what the topic of the page is?!
And to the Jack-asses who obviously haven’t spoken to an actual woman since their mother:
You need to find some way of asexual reproduction or factory-style a la Vandread before women will be obsolete. Plus, not all of us are hormonal gold-diggers. I, like most of my friends, am not - really, dude, I prefer splitting checks 50/50 or staying in playing games. Last time I checked didn’t have a penis. *pulls down pants* Nope.
That all said - I really need to learn Japanese… I wanna play the pretty, nearly A.I. dating sim! Ooo and if there’s a version with boys someday, I’d definitely get both!
March 10th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Or ou can try real virtual dating at http://www.weopia.com/
March 19th, 2010 at 8:40 am
I played this game since I really want to brush up on my Japanese. But hey you can’t blame the boys if they think the girls here are cute, which is realllllly true. (i’m a girl btw.) Well, it’s a good past time though. And I’m just amazed with how this game is programmed. Just great. The thing that i don’t get is that a man even married a girl from this game? I mean what’s happening with our world now? @_@