#tokimeki memorial girl's side 3

[ikemen-bully]

Someone teach her about lesbianism

[nicoleasahina]

EDIT 1 : thank you for the info!! @moquall the GS3 that is ported to switch is actually the NDS ones so there will be some 'missing' PSP features 😭 (please do see moquall's reblog(?) (I hope this is correct as I am new to tumblr) for the features that they won't include on switch!!

good morning from my side and THEY ARE PORTING TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL GIRL'S SIDE FROM 1-3 TO SWITCH ON NEXT YEAR'S VALENTINE'S DAY

On sale on next year's Valentine's day, overall still the same but some UIs are fixed so they match the switch ones? More HQ stills, CGs, and everything 😭🫶

[otaku-tactician]

they need to localise and port tokimeki memorial girl's side 1, 2, 3 AND 4 to worldwide international gamers outside of Asia.

PLEASE!!!!!

they are actually really good games. some of the love interests are really profound and moving characters, some are annoying assholes from hell, some are regular guys and some are really fun and cute.

PLEASE RELEASE IT ABROAD IM BEGGING YOU

[yosjiefo]

hasubam log

[yousei-no-mori]

Taiyo my beloved

[poesiya]

♡ときめきメモリアルガールサイド 3rd Story♡

[lasisgood]

Ah, I have a thing for delinquents. (-///-)

First there was, kaneda,yamagata and kaisuke from akira and now it kouichi from tokimeki 3

I'm playing tokimeki memorial 3 girl's side. And I love kouichi a lot.

I just won him over! And I know that because on the loading screen he's walking by my character

He's just so cool. He was gambling and Las was like ??? Seems fishy.( -_-)

And kouichi was like nah its not fishy huh guys? And the guys he was gambling woth were like n-no not fishy at all!

[bearly-holding-on]

More Tokimeki Memorial textposts

[bmpmp3]

although not to sound too deep into VNs but i am very deeply into VNs and like all VN fans i desperately wish the general English speaking gamedev world would learn the difference between a 'dating sim' and like an ADV game with a romance-route-based structure NOT ONLY because its just tiring and disrespectful for everyone involved to see a million "not ur grandma's dating sim!!!" games that are just kind of boring VNs with some joke gimmick to seem shocking or weird and NOT ONLY because its made a mess of marketing where people play like some switch otome game and get surprised theres not really any dating its just a branching romance story BUT ALSO because now English speaking communities really dont understand what a dating sim can be. they dont understand The Stats. they dont understand The Numbers.

[txtfromcellx]

I scrolled through my old twitter account and found this, iirc I think I tried to draw Ruka as Volo but I ended up giving up lol. Maybe I’ll try to make it again someday

[how-to-be-gay-with-andrew-gray]

Idk man

[ikemen-bully]

I love Karen so much lmao

[sevendays-art]

ive been playing the nds tokimeki memorial girls side games throughout the past year and i loved tmgs3 so much i 100%ed it (i like these games a normal amount)

have a ruka

[hellbabyfromhell]

tokimeki memorial girls side 3

[non-fantasy]

!!!!! tell me!!

OKAY SO

i couldn't sleep until 1:30 am for unimportant reasons but . at 1:30 am, i was suddenly haunted by a question, right. there are these events in tokimeki memorial girls side 3 and 4 called ADV events, where you get to see a short story from the point of view of one of the main love interests. but like. why the hell was it called adv. is it an acronym for something? what does it mean

so at 1:30 in the morning, i went to look up what tokimeki memorial girls side adv means

i do not receive an answer from search engines

instead, somehow, google heard me ask "tokimeki memorial girls side adv meaning" and gave me THIS.

it's insane, right. it's really insane. this is a 27 page essay claiming that tokimeki memorial girls side (2002), beloved romance simulator, is responsible for teaching girls to view themselves in terms of real-life stats, that rejection from anime guys will give gamers self-esteem issues, and how to view yourself through the male gaze to win love.

i look at this 27 page paper and pass out for the next 5 hours, because it is 1:30 am.

BUT. when i wake up. i am READING. i liveblogged it all to my friend in discord dms (HI @nenestansunsthings) and here are. some INCREDIBLE highlights

"the game teaches you that men expect women to change their clothes from time to time"

the author has cited japanese 123 website, livejournal, and tumblr

"japanese players are more receptive to the series' lessons on femininity than overseas players because of the constant affirmations of the japanese cultural setting" the daily affirmations of being in japan

"players are encouraged to save before making choices and reload if they do not satisfy the object of their affections, teaching women to discard their desires and preferences to please men" HAVE YOU NOT PLAYED A VIDEO GAME BEFORE?!

the author can't make up their mind over whether the game has 7 or 9 love interests

they are basing their analysis on the first game specifically but they bring up the second and third game if it supports their point. but information from the second and third games is ignored if it undermines their point

example 1: they complain about rivals mode portraying women as jealous and willing to throw away their friendships for the sake of a man's love, ignoring that game 2 allows you to calmly talk things out with your friend and game 3 entirely does away with girls being rivals entirely, the game 3 girls are always on your side 100%

example 2: they bring up tumblr posts of fans talking about how they'd date the girls to point out how heteronormative the games are. they are talking about the first game. the tumblr posts are talking about a girl from the third game

weird racism

"this game MAY cause players to develop self-worth issues" "this game MIGHT cause players to see themselves in real-life stats" THESE WORDS ARE DOING A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.....

the author is WRONG???? ABOUT THE GAME MECHANICS????

they claim that a guy rejected their invitation for a date because they weren't smart enough but once they were smart enough they launched themselves into a monologue about how this is PROBABLY a guy wanting a girl who is smart enough not to embarrass him but not smart enough to surpass him

THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. IT'S RNG. THERE'S NO MINIMUM STAT REQUIREMENT TO ASK SOMEONE OUT HE JUST FLIPPED A COIN AND SAID NO

out of the four love interests they mention by name in this, THREE OF THEM HAVE THEIR NAME SPELLED WRONG

look at this fucking bibliography

they have cited, in order.

a shitpost

someone's entire blog

and all of tumblr's search results for tokimeki memorial girls side 3.

which is not even the game they're talking about.

[yousei-no-mori]

Precious Morimura lines