Designing For | Tokimeki Memorial's Shiori Fujisaki Route -- Designing For Love @DesigningFor | Uploaded February 2019 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the original dating sim, Tokimeki Memorial, and how it uses its mechanics to generate romantic feelings.
Yes really.
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Doki Doki Literature Club, which circumvents these tropes in an intentionally obvious way to get you invested in that ride instead: youtube.com/watch?v=GLqq9OlbkGI
Or our episode on Half-Minute Hero, which delivers its waifu narrative by making the player feel shameful for their own actions: youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYU2TK_b8
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The Tokimeki Memorial series, including Tokimeki Memorial, Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You, Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori, Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Pazurudama, Tokimeki Memorial Pocket Sports Version, Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series, the Tokimeki Memorial OVA series, and all related series, characters, and merchandise are © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Ganbere Goemon 3, Otomedius: Excellent, Bombergirl, and Super Bomberman R are © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Kanon, Air, Clannad, and Little Busters! are © Key/Visual Arts.
Katawa Shoujo is © 4 Leaf Studios: katawa-shoujo.com
Hatoful Boyfriend is © Mediatonic, Hato Moa, The Irregular Corporation, and Devolver Digital.
Dream Daddy is © Game Grumps.
Doki Doki Literature Club! is © Team Salvato: https://ddlc.moe/
Doukyuusei is © ELF Corporation
Tenshitachi no Gogo is © Jast.
Girl's Garden is © Sega Games Co., Ltd.
WarioDate!: games.renpy.org/game/wariodate
Half-Minute Hero is © Marvelous Entertainment, Inc.
Automatic Mario Kumikyoku: smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6757
Game Center CX is © Fuji Television and Gascoin Company.
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Images/Footage Used:
Most of the footage that isn't of me playing blindly in Japanese is either from Game Center CX Season 3, Episode 13 or from this LP: lparchive.org/Tokimeki-Memorial-Series
"SEGA SATURN - TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL TAISEN PUZZLE DAMA": youtube.com/watch?v=nERh6XLfkgY
"Doukyuusei (PC-98-1992) - First dating sim game!": youtube.com/watch?v=0id_T1S3c_w
"Automatic Super Mario World - Kumikyoku [Pixel-perfect @ 60fps": youtube.com/watch?v=zcwmARmdJJY
"Tenshi-tachi no gogo (MSX, rom, 1987 Jast)": youtube.com/watch?v=kvI84j2WVis
"Sega Sg 1000 - Girl's Garden Gameplay (HD)": youtube.com/watch?v=ctssz_GpafI
Most Fanart From This Tag: twitter.com/hashtag/%E8%97%A4%E5%B4%8E%E8%A9%A9%E7%B9%94
"Shiori Fujisaki Bomber - Bombergirl ver": deviantart.com/sailorbomber/art/Shiori-Fujisaki-Bomber-Bombergirl-ver-741959897
Full Body Shot of Shiori: danbooru.donmai.us/posts/687430
#datingsim #japanesegames #bestgirl
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the original dating sim, Tokimeki Memorial, and how it uses its mechanics to generate romantic feelings.
Yes really.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on Doki Doki Literature Club, which circumvents these tropes in an intentionally obvious way to get you invested in that ride instead: youtube.com/watch?v=GLqq9OlbkGI
Or our episode on Half-Minute Hero, which delivers its waifu narrative by making the player feel shameful for their own actions: youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYU2TK_b8
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The Tokimeki Memorial series, including Tokimeki Memorial, Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You, Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori, Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Pazurudama, Tokimeki Memorial Pocket Sports Version, Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series, the Tokimeki Memorial OVA series, and all related series, characters, and merchandise are © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Ganbere Goemon 3, Otomedius: Excellent, Bombergirl, and Super Bomberman R are © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Kanon, Air, Clannad, and Little Busters! are © Key/Visual Arts.
Katawa Shoujo is © 4 Leaf Studios: katawa-shoujo.com
Hatoful Boyfriend is © Mediatonic, Hato Moa, The Irregular Corporation, and Devolver Digital.
Dream Daddy is © Game Grumps.
Doki Doki Literature Club! is © Team Salvato: https://ddlc.moe/
Doukyuusei is © ELF Corporation
Tenshitachi no Gogo is © Jast.
Girl's Garden is © Sega Games Co., Ltd.
WarioDate!: games.renpy.org/game/wariodate
Half-Minute Hero is © Marvelous Entertainment, Inc.
Automatic Mario Kumikyoku: smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6757
Game Center CX is © Fuji Television and Gascoin Company.
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Images/Footage Used:
Most of the footage that isn't of me playing blindly in Japanese is either from Game Center CX Season 3, Episode 13 or from this LP: lparchive.org/Tokimeki-Memorial-Series
"SEGA SATURN - TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL TAISEN PUZZLE DAMA": youtube.com/watch?v=nERh6XLfkgY
"Doukyuusei (PC-98-1992) - First dating sim game!": youtube.com/watch?v=0id_T1S3c_w
"Automatic Super Mario World - Kumikyoku [Pixel-perfect @ 60fps": youtube.com/watch?v=zcwmARmdJJY
"Tenshi-tachi no gogo (MSX, rom, 1987 Jast)": youtube.com/watch?v=kvI84j2WVis
"Sega Sg 1000 - Girl's Garden Gameplay (HD)": youtube.com/watch?v=ctssz_GpafI
Most Fanart From This Tag: twitter.com/hashtag/%E8%97%A4%E5%B4%8E%E8%A9%A9%E7%B9%94
"Shiori Fujisaki Bomber - Bombergirl ver": deviantart.com/sailorbomber/art/Shiori-Fujisaki-Bomber-Bombergirl-ver-741959897
Full Body Shot of Shiori: danbooru.donmai.us/posts/687430
#datingsim #japanesegames #bestgirl
