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Hachi Koi cancelled, Kurumi’s heart broken

Disaster! This week’s issue of Famitsu reports that Hachi Koi, the Nintendo DS dating sim from Electronic Arts Japan of all people, will not release next year or ever. Could this be a victim of EA’s decision to focus less on new IP, emphasizing established franchises instead? Probably not! My guess is this just wasn’t a very good game.

The game’s primary gimmick, “touch events” that allowed you to grope female students (e.g. suntan lotion rubbing minigames) already feels antiquated, thanks to three Doki Doki Majo games and their male equivalent Duel Love.

Hachi Koi’s other gimmick is more interesting — one of the game’s love interests, Kasugaoka Kurumi, is a full-figured girl, a rarity in most dating sims. In fact, developer Game Jouhou seemingly designed interactions with her to appeal to feeder fetishists, and at least one piece of official artwork hinted at a sequence bondage fans would appreciate:

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tags / hachi koi / kurumi / electronic arts / game jouhou / imports / famitsu / ec

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Hachi Koi's sorta NSFW Tetris web game →

The team behind Hachi Koi certainly is playing up the dating sim’s only distinguishing feature — its rubenesque love interest Kasugaoka Kurumi. After months of keeping quiet about the game (it was originally slated to release in Spring 2009), Neuron Age has put up an online Tetris-style web game featuring Kurumi.

The twist with the online distraction is that instead of colored blocks, you’re managing chocolate bars. It’s kind of an offensive way too handle her figure, but that’s not the reason why I marked this link “sorta NSFW”.

See, when you clear a line, a brief audio bite plays of what’s supposed to be Kurumi eating the chocolate, but it almost sounds like… something else. And that shiver of pleasure you hear while her mouth’s full implies that’s what the people who put this game together had in mind.

And when you clear four lines at once to get a tetris, you’re rewarded with even more suggestive sounds as Kurumi tries to push as much candy into her mouth, nearly choking on the sweets. Yeah, it’s pretty vulgar.

See also: Hachi Koi trailer (no gameplay)

tags / ec / electronic arts / hachi koi / imports / kurumi / tetris / neuron age

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