History Trivia / TokimekiMemorial

* CashCowFranchise: Oh boy. This series has so much merchandise, it even has '' several official books referencing the existing merchandise''!!

* NoExportForYou: This game series is one of the most famous victims of this, for obvious reasons.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese version of Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Yukari Koshiki is a shining example of this trope. Indeed, Yukari’s initial name was Shouko Hoshino (星野翔子), but because the PC-Engine’s Kanji system couldn’t display the kanji 翔 (shou), her name was changed to the current “Yukari Koshiki”. Even more memorable is that, in the game’s development’s initial stage, she was planned to be the game’s second heroine at Shiori’s side (and be hostile towards her), but the idea was ultimately scrapped. Her personnality was also radically different: she was planned as a [[{{Delinquents}} Delinquent]] instead of the CloudCuckooLander she is in the final version. Finally, there was a planned game sequence in which, when you phone her to set a date, sometimes the call would be redirected to her OverprotectiveDad’s cellphone: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a brilliant idea]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that was also scrapped in the end]]. Several of those ideas would be used 15 years later in ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 4'', to create Yukari's {{Expy}}, Kai Ryukochi.

* ActorAllusion: In ''Tokimeki Memorial 3'', both Yukiko and Chitose are best friends and in real life the seiyuu that play them, Creator/AkemiKanda and Sayoko Kawaguchi, are also best friends.

* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Hikari Tachibana voices both Shirayuki twins, and as such this occurs in a few scenes where both are present (most notably the GirlWithPsychoWeapon scene described above, as well as the scene where they finally reveal their [[TwinSwitch switcheroo game]] to the protagonist).

* RemadeForTheExport: In 2007, Konami tested the waters in America by creating VideoGame/BrooktownHigh, an American High School version à la [[TheSims Sims]] of ''Tokimeki Memorial''. But what they failed to notice, is that what made the success of ''Tokimeki Memorial'' is its beautiful anime graphics, and its humor and light-hearted atmosphere; no wonder a game with fugly 3D designs, insipid characters and crappy dialogue like VideoGame/BrooktownHigh, already not helped [[WidgetSeries by its concept]] and by virtually non-existent publicity, bombed ''royally''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese version of TheOtherWiki, Yukari Koshiki is a shining example of this trope. Indeed, Yukari’s initial name was Shouko Hoshino (星野翔子), but because the PC-Engine’s Kanji system couldn’t display the kanji 翔 (shou), her name was changed to the current “Yukari Koshiki”. Even more memorable is that, in the game’s development’s initial stage, she was planned to be the game’s second heroine at Shiori’s side (and be hostile towards her), but the idea was ultimately scrapped. Her personnality was also radically different: she was planned as a [[{{Delinquents}} Delinquent]] instead of the CloudCuckooLander she is in the final version. Finally, there was a planned game sequence in which, when you phone her to set a date, sometimes the call would be redirected to her OverprotectiveDad’s cellphone: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a brilliant idea]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that was also scrapped in the end]]. Several of those ideas would be used 15 years later in ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 4'', to create Yukari's {{Expy}}, Kai Ryukochi.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese version of TheOtherWiki, Yukari Koshiki is a shining example of this trope. Indeed, Yukari’s initial name was Shouko Hoshino (星野翔子), but because the PC-Engine’s Kanji system couldn’t display the kanji 翔 (shou), her name was changed to the current “Yukari Koshiki”. Even more memorable is that, in the game’s development’s initial stage, she was planned to be the game’s second heroine at Shiori’s side (and be hostile towards her), but the idea was ultimately scrapped. Her personnality was also radically different: she was planned as a [[{{Delinquents}} Delinquent]] instead of the CloudCuckooLander she is in the final version. Finally, there was a planned game sequence in which, when you phone her to set a date, sometimes the call would be redirected to her OverprotectiveDad’s cellphone: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a brilliant idea]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that was also scrapped in the end]]. Several of those ideas would be used 15 years later in ''TokimekiMemorial 4'', to create Yukari's {{Expy}}, Kai Ryukochi.

** However, fans did extensive work on the first ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side'' game for the NintendoDS during 2010, and [[http://sites.google.com/site/tokimemogs1/home a full, bug-free translation patch]] was released in December 2010. The ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2'' translation was [[http://gokusaishiki.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/tokimeki-memorial-girls-side-2nd-kiss-final-patch finished and released]] in May 2011.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Yuko Asahina's seiyuu, Yoko Teppouzuka, also voiced Maria Renard in the original PC Engine version of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese version of TheOtherWiki, Yukari Koshiki is a shining example of this trope. Indeed, Yukari’s initial name was Shouko Hoshino (星野翔子), but because the PC-Engine’s Kanji system couldn’t display the kanji 翔 (shou), her name was changed to the current “Yukari Koshiki”. Even more memorable is that, in the game’s development’s initial stage, she was planned to be the game’s second heroine at Shiori’s side (and be hostile towards her), but the idea was ultimately scrapped. Her personnality was also radically different: she was planned as a [[{{Delinquents}} Delinquent]] instead of the CloudCuckooLander she is in the final version. Finally, there was a planned game sequence in which, when you phone her to set a date, sometimes the call would be redirected to her OverprotectiveDad’s cellphone: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a brilliant idea]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that was also scrapped in the end]]. Several of those ideas would be used 15 years later in ''TokimekiMemorial 4'', to create Yukari's {{Expy}}, Kai Ryukochi.

* NamesTheSame: Kasumi Asou must not be confused with the PhantomThief of the same name of ''CityHunter''. When their names are written in Japanese, the only difference is their first name, ''City Hunter'' Kasumi's being written in Hiragana, while ''Tokimemo 2'' Kasumi's is written with Kanji.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Yuko Asahina's seiyuu, Yoko Teppouzuka, also voiced Maria Renard in the original PC Engine version of ''CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Back then, Konami organized a character poll on the famous magazine Famitsu, in which the readers would decide which character will become the heroine of the second ''Drama Series'' game, the would-be ''Irodori no Love Song''. Despite the poll results giving a large victory to [[EnsembleDarkhorse Miharu Tatebayashi]], for various reasons the producers decided to go with the poll runner-up, Ayako. They still later recognized Miharu's popularity [[ThrowTheDogABone by making her the co-heroine of the 3rd Drama Series game]], ''Tabidachi no Uta''.

* OneHitWonder: Yumi is the only role her seiyuu Yoshiki Kurin ever voiced.

* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: "[=TokiMemo=]"
* RemadeForTheExport: In 2007, Konami tested the waters in America by creating VideoGame/BrooktownHigh, an American High School version à la [[TheSims Sims]] of ''Tokimeki Memorial''. But what they failed to notice, is that what made the success of ''Tokimeki Memorial'' is its beautiful anime graphics, and its humor and light-hearted atmosphere; no wonder a game with fugly 3D designs, insipid characters and crappy dialogue like VideoGame/BrooktownHigh, already not helped [[WidgetSeries by its concept]] and by virtually non-existent publicity, bombed ''royally''.

* RemadeForTheExport: In 2007, Konami tested the waters in America by creating BrooktownHigh, an American High School version à la [[TheSims Sims]] of ''Tokimeki Memorial''. But what they failed to notice, is that what made the success of ''Tokimeki Memorial'' is its beautiful anime graphics, and its humor and light-hearted atmosphere; no wonder a game with fugly 3D designs, insipid characters and crappy dialogue like BrooktownHigh, already not helped [[WidgetSeries by its concept]] and by virtually non-existent publicity, bombed ''royally''.

* RemadeForTheExport: In 2007, Konami tested the waters in America by creating ''Brooktown High'', an American High School version à la [[TheSims Sims]] of ''Tokimeki Memorial''. But what they failed to notice, is that what made the success of ''Tokimeki Memorial'' is its beautiful anime graphics, and its humor and light-hearted atmosphere; no wonder a game with fugly 3D designs, insipid characters and crappy dialogue like ''Brooktown High'', already not helped [[WidgetSeries by its concept]] and by virtually non-existent publicity, bombed ''royally''.