Love Plus
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
As some of you may already be aware, Konami released a new DS dating sim game this fall known as “Love Plus.” Konami is, of course, famous in this market for their Tokimeki Memorial series. The difference with this game, however, is that it continues after the player has successfully wooed the girl. (This is likely the source of the use of “plus” in the title.) From what I understand, the bulk of the game is interacting with the girl with her being the player’s girlfriend.
The website “boingboing” recently posted an article entitled, “Advisor: My husband has a virtual girlfriend,” in which a Japanese couple living in San Francisco was interviewed about the game and if/how it has affected their relationship.
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Wow… large facepalm here. Apparently one of the “girls” in the new iDOLM@STER DearlyStars game is a trap. She’s actually a cross-dressing boy. That particular one would be the “girl” with short, brown hair, named 秋月涼 (Ryo Akizuki in western name order). Video proof in the form of a Youtube video 
So, apparently there’s a new iDOLM@STER game coming out that completely flew under my radar. A game for the DS called THE iDOLM@STER DearlyStars. It features three new girls (official name romanizations given for them in western order), 日高愛 (Ai Hidaka), 水谷絵理 (Eri Mizutani), and 秋月涼 (Ryo Akizuki). It will be released on September 17th, 2009 for 6,279 Yen, and is 