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Now this I like. ^_^

Way back in 2009 I did a post about a DS game called Hachi Koi.  At the time it was being developed by EA Japan and it was to be a dating game where you get to “touch” the girls as you apply sun tan lotion or apply bandages.  EA really marketed the chubby girl (who is absolutely adorable!) named Kurumi, but sadly… Kurumi never made it to DS’s.  But she will be on her way to your iPhone/iTouch!

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Where do games go when they die? No… I’m not talking about that NES copy of Wrecking Crew you’ve forgotten about, stashed away in the back of your closet. No, I’m talking about what happens to a game that gets canceled.

What got me thinking about this is a post I read on a Japanese dating sim for the DS. It was called Hachi Koi and was being developed by EA Japan. It featured seven characters to choose from (including a really cute, full figured character), and would allowed you to touch the girls in such ways like rubbing sun tan lotion on their back, tend to scrapes then might get and possibly a sort of sequence where you might cut one of the girls free from bondage. This in addition to asking and answering the right questions to try and win some of their affection.

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