Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side

Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side is a female-oriented dating sim video game released by Konami for the PlayStation 2 game console on June 20, 2002. It was also rereleased with enhancements for the Nintendo DS as Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side: 1st Love on February 15, 2007. It has two sequels: Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side: 2nd Kiss and Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side: 3rd Story. The original game also received a version for mobile phones in 2010.

Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side is just what its title implies: a dating simulation game similar in style to the main Tokimeki Memorial series, but with a very important difference: the main character is female, and the romantic interests are of the opposite sex.

The game’s main character is a student at the fictional private school, Habataki High School, located in the fictional city of Habataki. The protagonist has returned to Habataki after living away for a time due to her parents’ work, but she lived there as a child. While leading a normal high school life including academics, club activities and part-time work, it is also possible to become friendly with boys who can make a declaration of love on graduation day.

Although the Tokimeki Memorial series was originally male-oriented, this game is directed toward the female market and involves a female protagonist looking for love amongst a cast of male characters. Some modifications in game-play were also made to make the game more appealing to female gamers. The player is able to go shopping on her free days to buy clothes and is able to change her daily attire as well as dressing-up for a date. In addition to the male love-interest characters, there are also female characters who can become the player’s friends, study together, go out for coffee, etc. These characters can also become love rivals. The parameters which are built up through different activities include academic ability, art, popularity, sport, attentiveness and beauty.