Lonely otaku dating the virtual maidens of Love Plus can finally rest easy with the knowledge that their girlfriend will no longer be all over any man (or woman) who comes along – the 3DS incarnation of the series has announced “Boyfriend Lock” functionality, allowing the girls to recognise their boyfriend and tell anyone else to keep their hands to themselves.
The “Kareshi Lock” functionality is meant to allow a more intimate virtual relationship with the DS, with the girls brushing off any strangers with a “And who might you be?” rather than offering all comers a slatternly display of affection as in the previous games.
Whether Nene and company can tell the difference between their suitor’s face and a simple photograph remains to be seen…
A host of other features are also promised, although the issue of how the game will play with the revised screen layout of the 3DS (it may not be possible to play the game in landscape orientation) has not been mentioned.
In other news, Love Plus has proven such a success that Konami has elevated the developers into their own studio: “Love Plus Productions,” specialising in titles focused on “school, romance and communication,” certainly a lot classier sounding than “schoolgirl dating sims.”
The arcade version is also shaping up to be a particularly promising way of parting lonely men from their cash:
And for those who want their spending controlled by the girls, there is to be a VISA card:
Nene is now even taking time out from stealing men from their wives to advertise sweets:
Here’s an implication that we may want to consider.
Surely as we grow older we change in many ways whether through circumstance or the simple effects of time. Your face today will not necessarily be your face tomorrow and certainly not your face in the coming years.
So eventually there will come the moment when the Loveplus girlfriend, who has stayed the very same throughout all that time, won’t even recognize you anymore. A moment where despite all your previous devotion she won’t even know who you are. When even the simple act of trying to connect is met with brusque rejection.
She will forget you while she stays perfect and unchanging like a porcelain doll; mocking the effect that time has had on you, mocking your mortality. I can think of no colder response to years of devotion and sacrifice than “who are you?”
Lol. At least the 3D women that these otakus so despise will at least still remember your name.
*cough* Most of the time anyway……
Very fitting statement 10:37 almost lovely but the chances of it still being relevant by the time your face changes enough to matter are slim. It of course being the game which won’t last quite that long. Alas though there are always those people who hold onto relics of the past like they are new.
I am actually very surprised how far love plus has gotten I didn’t expect it to keep its momentum for this long. Though I should likely not have doubted it dating sims are wicked awesome fun not quite as fun as the spontaneous actions of a human partner sometimes but they are oddly fulfilling. Then again dating sims lose their buzz after a couple of plays where as a human has quite a lot of re-playability though like anything eventually they can get boring if they don’t mix anything up they become quite like a game you have already beat but still want to play desperately because you haven’t unlocked everything.
It is of my personal opinion that RL = Games they are both fun but you know I have never gotten a dopamine rush from a game only real life. And that that my friends is worth every moment of effort.
😉 Did not mean to rant have fun ya’ll
“She will forget you while she stays perfect and unchanging like a porcelain doll”
Or not unlike an ageless vampire.
Hehe, I like Halls. :3
I’m quite curious if this is going to work properly. What if the owner injures himself in his face, will it still work? I don’t know, wouldn’t a password be a better idea? Maybe not that cute but probably more efficient.
otakus + loveplus + onahole = epic fail
Otaku don’t need Halls. They need balls.
^nice one
it rhymes 😀
and you need a cock up your ass, fail troll
^youre just jealous your not as witty as he is
Several of the defense of lonely ‘tards here make me laugh. “Women are out to rip us of our cash. 2D is better!” Well, idiots, hundreds of millions of people all around the world have proven that that’s not the case. Most of them have grown old together and money never came between them.
Stop trying to defend your pathetic inability to deal with relationships. If you’re called out on it, be a man and man up to it instead of blaming women.
Christ, you’re all pathetic.