LovePlus
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Producer(s) | Akari Uchida |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Dating sim |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Media/distribution | Nintendo DS Game Card |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Producer(s) | Akari Uchida |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Dating sim |
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| Media/distribution | Nintendo DS Game Card |
LovePlus (ラブプラス Rabu Purasu) is a dating sim developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. Released on September 3, 2009 only in Japan.
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[edit] Characters
- Protagonist (player)
- A second year High School student just transferred to Towano High School. Soon after he joins the library committee, the tennis club and a part time job at a family restaurant. He's the only character you can name in the game, and you may choose to refer in first person as ore (俺) or boku (僕) (both are the male form of "I," although "Ore" is considered more masculine). In the Loveplus Rinko Days manga his name is Wataru Aikawa.
- Manaka Takane (高嶺 愛花 Takane Manaka)
- Voice – Saori Hayami [1]
- Rinko Kobayakawa (小早川 凛子 Kobayakawa Rinko)
- Voice – Sakura Tange [1]
- The character concept was taken from Haruki Murakami's "Dance, Dance, Dance" character "Yuki" .[2]
- Nene Anegasaki (姉ヶ崎 寧々 Anegasaki Nene)
- Voice – Yuuko Minaguchi [1]
- In an early development setting she was meant to be a college student with light makeup. The latter remained part of her appearance during game release. She also has a mole under her right eye.
[edit] Love Plus +
Love Plus + is the same as the original Love Plus, although with new content, including field trips, fitness modes, sick days, and so on. Almost everything from the original game also makes an appearance in Love Plus +, along with many new ways to interact with the girls. Data can also be transferred from the original game to Love Plus +.
Anti-piracy measures have also been upgraded.
The game was released in Japan on June 24, 2010.
[edit] Manga
In early 2010 Kodansha announced that it would launch Love Plus spinoff manga serials starting in April through early May in five different Kodansha magazines[3]:
- Monthly Shōnen Rival
- Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
- Monthly Young Magazine
- Magazine E-no
- good! Afternoon
Manaka, Rinko and Nene will each have their own storyline[4]
- Loveplus Manaka Days by Mikami Akitsu in Rival
- Loveplus Rinko Days by Kōji Seo in Bessatsu
- Loveplus Nene Days by Takaki Kugatsu in Young
- Loveplus Girls Talk by Daisuke Sakura in Magazine E-no
- Loveplus Kanojo no Kako by Hiroaki Wakamiya in good! Afternoon
[edit] Sequel
A sequel released for the Nintendo 3DS on February 14, 2012 titled New Love Plus.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Game Info – Official Site (Japanese)
- ^ Asking a "Loveplus" staff member: "Why did you make such a cruelty game?" 4Gamer.net, August 20th 2009 (Japanese)
- ^ Wait, what? Love Plus is getting a manga? FIVE mangas?! japanator.com, Feb. 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ 5 Loveplus Virtual Girlfriend Manga Series Detailed Anime News Network, March 3, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ newloveplus – Official Site (Japanese)
- ^ "New Love Plus includes three games". Senpai Gamer. 28 September 2011. http://www.senpaigamer.com/nintendo-3ds/new-love-plus-includes-three-games-09262011-1301. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
[edit] External links
- Loveplus's official site (Japanese)
