The entire Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side series will be available on the Nintendo Switch. Konami revealed that it will release the Switch versions of 1st Love, 2nd Season, and 3rd Story in Japan on February 14, 2024.
The new Switch releases will be mostly based on the latest versions for each title. The inaugural Girl’s Side game, originally released on the PS2 in 2002, received Nintendo DS ports with the 1st Love subtitle in 2007 and the Plus edition with full voiceovers in 2009. Konami also released 2nd Kiss first for PS2 in 2006 but later ported it to the DS with a different subtitle—2nd Season—in 2008.
The third game will be implemented in a different way. Konami launched 3rd Story first for Nintendo DS in 2010, and it then released the enhanced Premium 3rd Story in 2012. The company will mostly base the Switch version on the DS release, as it will lack features from the PSP version like Live2D and Approach Mode. However, it will still include Tatsuya Hasumi, the character who made his debut in the PSP game.
The announcement video for the Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side Switch releases premiered on Konami’s YouTube channel on the 2023 Christmas Day. It is also available to watch right below:
Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side 4th Heart is the subseries’ latest entry as of 2023. It was also the first to appear on the Switch when Konami released it in October 2021. With all three earlier entries now slated to come to the platform, the Nintendo Switch will host another complete set of game series.
Even though Girl’s Side has been receiving a larger spotlight in recent years, Konami is also making preparations for the 30th anniversary of the original Tokimeki Memorial series—intended for the male audience to interact with female characters—in 2024. The company set up a new account on Twitter (now X) dedicated to the original franchise in May 2023. It is also working with Good Smile Company to release a Nendoroid of Shiori Fujisaki from the first game.
The Nintendo Switch versions of the first three Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side entries—1st Love, 2nd Season, and 3rd Story—will be released in Japan on February 14, 2024.
Published: Dec 25, 2023 02:00 pm