DS #2177: Duel Love - Koisuru Otome wa Shouri no Joshin (Japan)

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Contributed by xJonny​

 

[Orc]

I SUDDENLY FEEL REFRESHED!
-Twiffles

 

[xJonny]

If you would have asked us years ago whether a Japanese male-cheerleading sim would ever hit North American markets, we would have told you a snowball had a better chance of landing in h***. Elite Beat Agents proved us dead wrong. But from what we saw of Namco Bandai's Duel Love, it's hard to imagine the game ever coming to America. Why? Because the part we saw on the show floor was a male sponge-bathing sim.

Perhaps that's not entirely accurate, given that you aren't bathing men; you're wiping sweat off of their naked torsos. Appalled? Curious? Read on, it gets better, or maybe worse. When we began the playable demo, we were asked to choose between two boys, a redhead and a brunette. From there, the game went to a locker-room scene, where the boy we chose said some things in Japanese. Then the game began.

The fellow's upper body fills both screens, and as droplets of sweat appear on his stomach and arms, you have to quickly remove them with the sponge, which is controlled by the stylus. At first, the guy just looks annoyed. But as you sponge, the sweat comes faster and faster, while the background turns from light blue, to red, to rainbow with sparkles.

Then the game ends. Or at least, a very small portion of it. However, judging by the fact that what we saw was a minigame, we think it's probably safe to bet that Duel Love is a collection of shorts, like WarioWare. Whether it ever comes to the states likely depends on the minigames not shown, but regardless of its future, Duel Love was easily the strangest game that we saw at the Tokyo Game Show.

 

[shakirmoledina]

well then that would make me 1st poster
Hmm seems like an action but dating game... why would anyone want to play this
P.S - Whoever voted 100% has surely been kiddin
By the way what does C mean... i read the meanings somewhere but i can't remember em

 

[jumpman17]

YES! I'm gonna go scrub down some cute men!

Seriously, why. What has the world done to deserve this kind of punishment?

 

[King Zargo]

This game's target audience are girls and queens.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Well, it's definitely weird...to us in the western hemisphere perhaps, but otome games are probably not that uncommon in Japan, and I'm sure some 13-year old girl will have about as much fun with this as a 13-year old pervy boy would with that Doki Doki game that came out some time back.

Hey, everybody's got to rub sometime.

 

[soliunasm]

YES! I'm gonna go scrub down some cute men!

Seriously, why. What has the world done to deserve this kind of punishment?

Had women who adore Yaoi to the point of making a game like this.

 

[hova1]

wow, somebody managed to dump this game without any hacks

 

[armagedalbeebop]

im not homophobic,sir moderator

 

[monaug5]

ermmm this boxart is is is is ..... different....

 

[Joey Ravn]

This game's target audience are girls and queens.

Queens? By definition, they are girls. And I don't think Elizabeth would like to rub men, even being so technophile as she is. Unless, of course, you meant an "r" instead of an "n"... And that'd be bad. Really bad.

PS: Irpacynot owned the thread.

 

[martin88]

What's this game about? Why are there half-naked man on the cover?

 

[Jax]

I... I don't know what to say...

_>

There's too much man moaning in this game!

 

[C3NTY64]

Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku did a review on this. sounds like a load of crap especially for us who don't speak Japanese.

Kotaku

 

[Artheido]

This game is somewhat disturbing

(I liked the older unsure...)

 

[CockroachMan]

video:

 

[Feels Good Man]

This game makes me feel all hot inside.

and lol @ that video. It looks like the guy twisted his giraffe neck.

Eh... I'll try this for the hell of it

*wink*

 

[dakeyras]

The only good thing about this game is that you don't have to meet their parents. It's so boring. Did they ever manage to make a good dating game? They all seem to be full of fail.

 

[Zerrix]

This Game seems to be very brutal xD
btw...There are already 2 new NDS-Releases out,but still not posted here?

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