
Virtual schoolgirl courting sim Love Plus is either being subjected to the highest form of flattery or the lowest form of plagiarism.
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One of the writers with Kojima Productions has written a politely scathing piece in which he decries the JRPG’s single-minded obsession with having overwrought teenage boys as their protagonists, suggesting that is tied to a wider lack of heroic adult male archetypes in contemporary Japanese culture.
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The latest development in the world of virtual girlfriends incorporates technology allowing the lonely user to interact directly with the girls in augmented reality fashion.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 19, 2010 07:31 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bizarre, Cake, DS, Food, Image Gallery, Konami, Love Plus, Otaku, Ronery


Desperate otaku have been celebrating the 17th of August birthday of Love Plus virtual girfriend Rinko Kobayakawa in typically obsessive fashion, with food and jewellery changing hands (presumably from left to right) in large amounts:
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This aspiring Love Plus cosplayer appears to have become confused as to whether a Rinko cosplay is supposed to involve just the girl, or the DS as well…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jul 25, 2010 11:54 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Akihabara, Arcade Gaming, DS, Konami, Love Plus, Otaku, Ports, Relationships

The location test of Love Plus Arcade reveals some significant graphical upgrades sure to capture the hearts of lonely otaku whilst they wait for a 3DS or PS3 port… The first screens are visible below.
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Konami has again demonstrated its dual mastery of control over otaku heart/purse-strings, this time by offering a complete Love Plus seaside tourism package giving otaku the chance for some imaginary time alone with the girl of their choice.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 25, 2010 13:29 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Copyright, Crime, Dating, DS, Konami, Love Plus, Otaku, Ronery, Technology

Virtual girlfriend par excellence Love Plus+ has been released, and pirates have been dismayed to find their virtual girlfriends dump them if they have the gall to pirate the game.
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A survey of Japanese women asking what they would do if a man they liked became engrossed in Love Plus gave surprisingly tolerant results – 72.6% would like them all the same, they say, whilst 27.4% would dislike losing out to an idealised virtual girlfriend.
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Scarce stocks of the Love Plus+ Ita-DS iLL bundle have resulted in chaos at Akihabara, with police having to be called to disperse enraged otaku.
Online the situation is no better – instantly sold out stocks provoked further fury when it became apparent a large proportion of stocks had found their way into the hands of online auctioneers who proceeded to impose a markup of several hundred percent.
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Not content with mobilising otaku into a nationwide regional stimulus package, Konami is now revealing that it will turn them all into musclebound supermen by way of its “Love Fitness” functionality, included in Love Plus+.
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Konami has unveiled its cunning plan to save the Japanese economy through Love Plus tourism, whilst simultaneously furthering its diabolical otaku enslavement program.
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