Tokimeki Memorial | |
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Genres | Dating sim |
Developers | Konami |
First release |
Tokimeki Memorial 1994 |
Latest release |
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side Batterīu~ijetto 2014 |
Tokimeki Memorial: Only Love | |
ときめきメモリアル Only Love | |
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Manga | |
Written by | IZUMI, Makoto, KONAMI, Konami Digital Entertainment, SETA Kaito |
Published by | Media Works |
Original run | 2007 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Tokimeki Memorial 4: Stand by Me | |
ときめきメモリアル4 | |
Manga | |
Written by | Pairan |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Published | 2010 |
Volumes | 3 |
Tokimeki Memorial (ときめきメモリアル Tokimeki Memoriaru?, lit. "Heartbeat Memorial") is a popular dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of 6 main games in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo.
The gameplay in Tokimeki Memorial focuses on scheduling, dating and stat-building. The player must organize his or her time between asking out members of the opposite sex and developing his or her abilities at school and sport (with the long-term goal of becoming more seductive, not out of any intrinsic value). Dates are frequent but very brief, with usually only one multiple-choice question to determine whether your partner's love meter will increase or decrease. One playthrough lasts for a fixed period of three years of high school (on the order of 5–10 hours of play), at the end of which the character with the highest love meter confesses their love.
Those manga based on the series were released:
In 1999, a two-episode anime OVA based on the first game was produced by Studio Pierrot.
In 2006, Tokimeki Memorial Online was adapted into a 25-episode anime TV series, Tokimeki Memorial Only Love, produced by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Anime International Company (AIC) and based on Tokimeki Memorial Online, which premiered across Japan on October 2, 2006.