virtual girlfriend

There are many Japanese men who are immersed in the virtual space due to a virtual girlfriend. Some players make their girlfriend or wife angry because of the virtual girlfriend.

Do you know a game called “LovePlus”?
This game was released and has recorded a massive hit in Japan, 2009. This is developed by Konami for NDS (Nintendo DS) software as dating simulation game.
There are 3 girls appearing in this game. The player and those 3 girls are in high school and they spend a day on going school and study, joining a club or having a part time job. The aim of this game is to be a couple with one of them.
This game allows the player to spend the time with the girlfriend in real-time after becoming a couple. For example, if the player has a date with her at 3pm on Saturday, need to turn on the NDS in time for the date. The feature of NDS allows the player to interact with the girl using stylus and have a conversation through a microphone.

In July, 2010, there was a big event for this game in Atami where is famous resort place in Japan. The purpose of this even is to feel a sense of reality. Within the game, the player can go there with the girlfriend in the summer holiday, so that the player travel there and go around for sightseeing with holding NDS in real world. Some of players who participates the event pay the hotel expense for two people!

This game offers the players to feel as if they have the girlfriend and spend the time with her whenever they are. This allows the player to be involved deeply in the game, so that some of players experience the time with girlfriend not only in the virtual sphere but also in real world.