Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School

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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School
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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School

1987 dating sim developed by Square and Nintendo R&D1, and published by Nintendo exclusively in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. The game was released on December 1, 1987. It was one of the first dating sim games.[5] It was designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also created the Final Fantasy series, and Yoshio Sakamoto, who co-created Metroid. The music for the game was composed by Nobuo Uematsu[3] and Toshiaki Imai.[4] Pop idol Miho Nakayama contributed her name and likeness and voice-acted tie-in segments that could be accessed by calling toll-free phone numbers revealed during the progress of gameplay.[6]

Gameplay

The game's protagonist enters Tokimeki High School and runs into a girl wearing glasses who looks identical to Miho Nakayama.

dating simulation
rather than an adventure game. The game has two different endings, depending on the choices made during the game, and the prizes receivable via the Disk Fax network differed for each ending.

Development

The intricate decision making required for success made the game's level of realism notable for its time.

Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School was the first bishōjo game featuring a Japanese idol. Miho Nakayama, a popular actress and singer in Japan during the 1980s, is featured on the game's cover and makes a cameo appearance in the game itself.[3] It was created through a collaboration between Nintendo and Square Co., the later of which had just finished Final Fantasy.[7] The game was developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (creator of Final Fantasy), and Yoshio Sakamoto (producer of Metroid).[7] Sakamoto, then in his fifth year at Nintendo, was excited at the prospect of making an adventure game, but came up with an idea of using a real life celebrity instead of creating a new character, to make the game feel like an "event" or a "kind of festival".[2] The game was developed in a two-week period.[8]

It was the third game compatible with the Disk Fax network of the Disk System, and uses a blue floppy disk instead of the regular yellow disk.

high scores or time trials onto the official rankings system, Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School was the only game where players used the network to register that they had completed the game to receive prizes. The game also contained a phone number which players could call to hear hints concerning the gameplay or listen to a personal message voiced by Miho Nakayama herself.[5] This phone service ended shortly after the release of the game, and the messages and hints are displayed in text form in subsequent versions of the game. The Disk Fax service was used for a contest from December 19, 1987, to February 29, 1988, in which 8000 winners received an autographed phonecard (for those who finished the game with the "normal" ending) and 8000 received a special VHS tape (for those who finished with the "best" ending).[5]

Reception

The game topped the bi-weekly Japanese Famitsu sales chart in December 1987.[9]

In reader votes of Japanese Family Computer Magazine, the game received a 17.40 out of 25.[10]

GamesRadar listed the Japanese television commercial as one of the best and strangest Nintendo Entertainment System commercials.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 中山美穂のトキメキハイスクール, Hepburn: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki Hai Sukūru, "Miho Nakayama's Heartbeat High School"

References

  1. ^ 任天堂 (August 26, 2010). "社長が訊く 坂口博信×坂本賀勇 1.23年前の縁" (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Iwata, Satoru (August 26, 2010). "1. A 23-year-old Connection". Nintendo.uk. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ashcraft, Brian (August 26, 2010). "The Idol Game Metroid's Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy's Creator". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Game Credits". Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "NAKAYAMA MIHO NO TOKIMEKI HIGH SCHOOL". Video Game Den. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  6. ^ "中山美穂の トキメキハイスクール(Disk) - 「Fcのゲーム制覇しましょ」まとめ".
  7. ^ a b Ishaan (July 10, 2011). "The Last Story Is Sakaguchi's Third Game That Emphasizes Game Over Story". Siliconera. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  8. ^ "Famicom Disk System: The More You Play It, the More You'll Want to Play! [Disk 2]". Metroid Database. September 21, 2004. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  9. Famicom Tsūshin
    (in Japanese). Vol. 1988, no. 4. 19 February 1988. pp. 12–7.
  10. ^ "5月24日号特別付録 ファミコンディスクカード ゲームボーイ スーパーファミコン オールカタログ". ファミリーコンピュータMagazine. 7 (10). 徳間書店: 47. 1991-05-24.
  11. 1UP.com
    . IGN Entertainment Inc. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  12. GamesRadar
    . Future plc. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

External links

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