Tom

@iiotenki

The Tony Hawk of Tokimeki Memorial

He/him
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A most of the time Japanese>English game translator and writer and all the time dating sim wonk.

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Tom @iiotenki8/10/2023, 11:28 AM

Thinking about the baffling state of affairs that we live in a world where Princess Maker 2, a seminal character raising game to be absolutely certain, finds a way to get re-released every three to five years despite that series always being popular squarely among diehard otaku types, yet the best Konami can muster since the last real retail release of the original million-selling Tokimeki Memorial in 2006 for the PSP is as a pack-in for the PC Engine Mini that didn't even appear in any of the international SKUs. Ostensibly for content reasons specific to that original version, but still.

No bare bones ports or anything, just a handful of Shiori cameos in other Konami games that are about as removed from dating sims as you could possibly be.

My email inbox is genuinely open if you ever change your minds, guys. 🤷

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蒸しルビー @YuushaRuby8/10/2023, 11:48 AM

I wish they’d bring a parodius collection to switch or something

@Jucksalbe8/10/2023, 12:10 PM

Konami seems to be more open to work with their old stuff in recent times, so maybe there's a small chance? An English release seems incredibly unlikely, though.
You'll have to spread the good word a bit more for that to happen.

Tom @iiotenki8/10/2023, 1:26 PM

Yeah, I agree, I don't think a Japanese collection is entirely out of the question. I think the math is a little weird for them, partly because of the number of platforms that would need emulating (at least two to cover the games people definitively like, more if they want to be more thorough) and partly because they've shot themselves in the foot enough times this past decade with Love Plus that I think they maybe underestimate the real value and potential in a Tokimemo collection. Would definitely love to be proven wrong, though!

Certainly if I ever run into any of their folks, they will find out exactly how I feel about (most of) that series and its potential overseas, though, ahaha.

Victor H @vicboss8/10/2023, 8:42 PM

It seems like a certain publisher of games in limited runs has had some success with Konami in the past few years in ways that some others haven’t. I wonder if Parish or someone else there hasn’t already tried to pitch them a Tokimemo revival. I can’t imagine there’s ever been a better time to do it. Baffling is right.