NAKAYAMA MIHO NO TOKIMEKI HIGH SCHOOL
( Idle Hot-Line Nakayama Miho )
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アイドルホットライン
中山美穂のトキメキハイスクール
©1987 Nintendo
Release: 1987-12-01 (¥3500)
DiskCard FSC-THSE
Digital Comic
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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School was probably one of the
first simulation, or more precisely, dating simulation title to hit
the video game market. The player takes control of a young high school
boy whose goal is to go out with his dream girl. And
the game has an interesting twist : the player would try to go out
with the girl that every Japanese teenager would like to date back in
the 80's : Nakayama Miho. This name is of course totally unknown
in the west, but she was a very popular Japanese pop idol in the 80's
(Aidoru in Japanese ). The game starts at the end of a class
and the player bumps into a cute girl wearing glasses called Mizuho.
She accidentally drops a personal item and the hero naturally decides to pick
it up and gives it back to her. But here he is stunned by her resemblance
with Nakayama Miho, his dream girl. Then later on, the boy meets his
brother who shows him a picture of the real Miho it took earlier on.
But, oh surprise, what does he see there ? the same personal item is also on the photograph !
She has to be the real Miho ! A good knowledge of the Japanese
language is necessary to enjoy the game in full, choice are varied and
deeply influence the game. Real phone numbers were included with the game
and gave the player the opportunity to receive advice but also to hear
Nakayama Miho's real voice !
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Nakayama Miho was a Japanese Pop idol in the 80s. She is
one of the few idols who managed to build a second career as an
actress. She made her debuts when she was 15 in the
movie Be-bop High School (Based on the manga/anime) in 1985 (picture on the left).
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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School was one of the
game released by Nintendo on a blue disk. Like the other
titles of the series, it was part of a contest and meant to be
loaded onto a Disk Fax machine. The game's documentation
mentions that the contest started on December 19th 1987 and
ended on February 29th 1988. The players who entered the
contest and were lucky enough to be picked up won an
autographed phonecard or a special VHS tape.
(Nintendo picked up 16000 winners - 8000 phonecards and
8000 videotapes). See
Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race or the game's
flyer in the Omake section on this page for more information.
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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School is really a collector
item. The Japanese language barrier is high and wrong choices are
fatal in many occasions - especially as you also have to match
your answers with the correct facial expression! The idea of including real phone numbers in
the game is just excellent ! This certainly explains the game's front cover.
As expected, the phone numbers do not work anymore, so there's no
point trying today !
All in all, this game doesn't really mean much anymore but
it is a great piece of Japanese video game history!
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