Tokimeki Memorial occurs as popular ren'ai game series by Konami. It consists of Foursome independent games, Tokimeki Memorial ~ forever by having wise shoppers ~, Tokimeki Memorial Two, '''Tokimeki Memorial Three ~ Yakusoku there are no Ano Basho delaware ~ ' (At a Place i personally Promised), & '''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side''''', additionally to the heavy total of spinoffs. A games come notable in the ren'ai game genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their non-Japanese fans is the contraction TokiMemo.

Tokimeki Memorial, by owning its hard revolve about dates, is the independent lesson of the dating sim subgenre of ren'ai games. Its comparatively high degree of exposure in the West is probably a cause how come the term "dating sim" became the label for a lot ren'ai games.

A gameplay inside Tokimeki Memorial focuses in programing, dating and stat-building. A streaming video player must organize his instance between request out members of a paired sex & getting his abilities at school & sport (by having the long-semipermanent goal of becoming supplementary seductive, non away from any intrinsical value). Dates come frequent however super brief, by owning normally exclusively 1 multiple-guide wonder to determine whether your computers partner's love meter may increase or even decrease. 1 playthrough lives for the fixed period of Threesome years of high school (on a order of Five-10 hours of play), at a prevent of which a character using the greatest love meter confesses their love. None of the games in the series contain erotic elements.

Tokimeki Memorial One was foremost freed for the PC Engine in 1994. It became unexpectedly successful, due to its serious graphics & voice acting, & was ported to the SNES and PlayStation in 1995 & later by owning improved graphic and healthy on the Sega Saturn inside 1996. A foremost game in the series is particularly notable for its "bomb" feature, in which neglected, infrequently-dated girls would one of these days get angry & gossip to their friends, severely reducing love meters through a board. Midmost game, whenever a total of known girls was high, these "bombs" became a primary concern of the streaming video player, forcing careful planning & strategies such as round-robin dating. Although a feature was however present around the late games, it was substantially reduced in importance.

Tokimeki Memorial Two was freed for the PlayStation in 1999. It come in Phoebe Videos, featuring unmatched graphics & voice acting & the innovative "EVS" voice generation body in which a girls may pronounce a streaming video player's title. It as well became the large hit inside Japan. Its gameplay followed the equivalent templet when a 1st, however by using lesser emphasis in bombs & a greater emphasis in solving unique challenges specific to both girl. Following, the different strategy experienced to become devised for each playthrough.

Tokimeki Memorial Three, freed around 2001 for the PlayStation 2, further pushed a technical indicator restricts for ren'ai games, being the first game to have fully 3-D animated cel-shaded girls. Yet, numerous fans were disappointed per appearance of the girls, which although easily-animated did non look when polished when 2nd art, also when per simplified gameplay body. A game did non sell too when required.

''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side'', freed within 2002 for the PlayStation 2, is often mistaken by American gamers to become a 1st good attempt by a major industry streaming video player to expand the market for ren'ai games to female players, though more games & potentially entire series existed yearn advance, including Arubarea no Otome, McKenzie & Co, and most noteably KOEI's Angelique (which Konami was most likely attempting to compete with). It reversed the traditional formula, featuring a cast of bishounen. It besides got many "girl-oriented" features prefer finding fashion accessories & decorating your computers room.

There are no punt in the series has ever been translated or even officially freed in the West, though it potty easy exist as purchased from either import game places.

Spinoffs & Merchandise
Tokimeki Memorial spinoffs & ware include:

Numerous related computer game, including deuce-ace puzzle games known as Tokimeki Puzzle Dama, Tokimeki Tokae Dama and Tokimeki Memorial 2 Puzzle Dama and the Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series, the series of Terzetto linear ren'ai games for each one focusing in one girl from either Tokimeki Memorial One. There exists besides a Tokimeki Memorial Deuce Substories Series which over again occurs as series of Terniin games (from either each one game center Terzetto of the girls from Tokimemo Two except for the go game which focuses on Quatern of the girls). A games come extremely regarded for the mini-games inside every game. There is a Tokimeki Memorial Private Collection game where that we pick one of a girls from either Tokimemo One to become your computers partner & she would ask you questions according to Tokimeki 1 (a questions would revolve around a girl - ie: what's her birthday, telephone number, favourite things etc). If you guide Ten questions aright your family is entity to return a beach by having her & understand her within her outfit. Additionally there exists a Tokimeki no Houkago game which is a quiz game in which that you pick one of a more characters from either Tokimeki One when the partner & try to win it. It should exist as noted that unlike a Personal Collection game this game contains questions in general realistic topics (& non a actual Tokimeki series) of the instance (sport, manga, books etc). Eventually there is a game devoted to Shiori Fujisaki (who is the independent heroine from either Tokimemo One). It should become noted that a word game is utilized in the free feel of the word when really there exists non very much gameplay required. A actual game consists of an image gallery, Two alive music streaming videos & Single mini game in which busy people play rock, scissors & paper by owning Shiori. A game is known as Tokimeki Memorial Selection - Fujisaki Shiori. A series of tercet romanticist drama/adventure games (essentially interactional graphic novels) were likewise freed for the Sega Saturn, each One focusing in the specific girl from either Tokimeki 1. A 1st wwhen Nijiiro there is no Seisyun & featured Saki Nijino, world health organizatiin cheers busy people on as your family spend a game trying to produce it on the school association football team's independent line higher. A 2nd gage, Irodori there are no Love-song, focussed in Ayako Katagiri by owning a streaming video player trying to play across mini games involving guitar sims & song writing. the third & final dramthe game was Tabidachi there is no Uta & featured a double charge by using each Shiori Fujisaki & Miharu Tatebayashi sharing a similar story that branches bump off into different directions based in which girl wise shoppers purchase to pursue. A brief anime OVA based on the foremost game. A payable placed of poker cards. A cards were sold inside "packs" prefer a "boosters" for the collectible card game, but were the lot regular poker cards by having nontextual matter of a various characters in the two, & there are no specific cards beyond the games that may be played using a normal poker deck. "Life-sized", posable & dressable dolls of a virtually all popular girls from either the game. Although non "anatomically correct", it were typically subject to gibelike comparison to sex dolls.