1. What is Tokimeki
2. What is this FaQ for?

Tokimeki is an SLG, a Simulation Love Game. But if you didn’t already know that, what the heck are you even reading this FaQ for?!

Hopefully, this FaQ will help guide you through your game of Tokimeki Memorial.

If you think this is going to be easy, you are soooo wrong. It’s like juggling a bunch of live bombs, never knowing when one will go off on you. Basically, the better you are at wooing the girls, the harder this game will be for you!

Well, since you can only make a call only when it’s a vacation (as seen when the date is in red), you really have to plan out how you want to date your girls. First, date your steady at least once a month. Date all other girls in a rotational cycle, for eg. your steady is Mira. Date Mira, Ayako, Mira, Megumi, Mira, Yuina etc etc.

To make a date, it’s as simple as calling the girl, choosing a date and a spot. Of course, it depends if the girl accepts or not. Usually, girls who are very in love with you will almost never refuse. When the day of the date arrives, you are prompted by the heart-shaped button. Press it and you can go to the date.

Of course, don’t take girls to the same date spot twice in a row, or their opinion of you will lower slightly. Also, if you plan two dates too close together, you’ll be given an option of which date spot you chose on that day, don’t worry, even if you choose the wrong one, you’ll be able to change it later. Just that you’ll be late for the date, and the girl’s opinion of you will drop. ^_^

Basically, the better you treat a girl, the more she will like you and expect you to spend more time with her. This includes accepting her offers to walk home with you, and invitation on dates.

The list as follows:
Nearby Park        Art Museum         Cinema
Central Park       Library            Concert
Shopping street    Indoor arcade      Waterpark
SeaWorld           Bowling alley      Beach
Zoo                Karaoke            Religious festival
Botanical gardens  Amusement Park     Skating
Planeterium        Stadium            Skiing

Note that all the date locations will not show up at once. Some like the waterpark, beach, religious festival, skating and skiing depend on the date and season. Others will show up gradually as you progress in the game and check the magazine a lot.

What are bombs? Basically, bombs are when one of the girls feels that you have been ignoring her too much and decides to start set a bomb on you. A bomb will lower your standing with all the other girls, and may even cause some of the other girls to set bombs on you. Bombs are generally not a good thing, but I’ve found them useful sometimes, when I’ve had too many females thinking too highly of me, a bomb helped to quickly reduce their opinion of me. (Except for the girl I was chasing in that game, who still had the highest opinion for me). It all depends, usually when you’ve been bombed, do NOT reset immediately. Call Yoshio and check your standing with all the other girls. If it doesn’t affect you too badly, let it be.

Also, girls who like you a lot are more likely to bomb you than girls who don’t like you at all! If Yoshio calls you up in the middle of night and there’s a dramatic sound effect, it means someone has set a bomb on you.

After School
Occasionally, you can meet one of the girls when school is over. You can either choose whether to ask them to walk back with you or not. Girls may refuse your offer though. On the other hand, if a girl is interested in you, she may pop up to you and ask you to walk back with her instead.

Birthdays
Yes, the girls in Tokimeki Memorial do have birthdays. And when their birthdays come, you have the choice of choosing whether or not to give them a present. I’m sure you know which to choose eh? Well, what you give to the girl all depends on her character. For Yuina, it’s science-related stuff. For Mira, it’s vanity stuff, like jewellery. Megumi likes animal-related stuff. Etc etc. There is one BEST item, one MEDIUM item and one WORST item, of which you can only choose one to give to them. If it’s not your steady’s birthday, I suggest giving them the MEDIUM item.

Christmas Party
Every year, Rei Ijuin holds a X-mas Party. Your duty is to crash it (well, not really, but you must try and attend it). Now, you need an appearance statistic of 80 the first year, 100 the second year, and 120 the next year. At the party, you’ll meet Rei, and three girls. One of them will always be Shiori, while the other two are random I think. It is also at this party that you’ll get introduced to Megumi if you’re on good enough terms with Shiori. Also, you get to choose from 4 presents (1 from Shiori, 1 from Rei, the other two from the other two girls). I don’t really know whether which present you choose makes a difference. Anyway, after the party, if a girl really really likes you, you’ll have sequence with her where you walk her home.

Dates
Sometimes, during dates, you will be bumped into by a bunch of thugs and you will get into an RPG-esque fight. First you have to fight off the lesser thugs, then when they lose, they MAY call out their boss, who is just called Chief.
There are two options in the fighting menu. Three if you have been in a club for all 3 school years.

1. Normal Attack
2. Defend. –Attacks do less damage, not to mention you gain some life back when you choose this.
3. Special Attack. – Depends on which club you joined for 3 years.

If you defeat the Chief, he will make you the new Chief, and his name will change to that of Ex-Chief.

During School
Sometimes, girls will ask you out during school. If you want to refuse them, pick the first 2^nd option. Here’s how they will ask you out. Eg.

Girl: Are you free this Sunday?
You: 1) Yes, I am.
2) No, I’m very busy.

If you say yes, you still have a chance to reject her (2^nd choice again) but you’ll hurt her feelings more than if you just chose the first 2^nd choice.

Exams!
It’s hard to believe, but there are exams even in Tokimeki Memorial. (Aaaargh!!) How well you do in your exams depends on your statistics. I don’t really know if there’s any purpose to getting good marks for the exams, compared to crappy marks though. Of course, your grades affect which university you can go to after you graduate. So if you wanna go to the same university as, say Shiori, a first class university. You’d better work on those statistics!

Field Trips
On the second year of your schooling, you’ll be forced to go on a field trip. The place you go is up to you, you’ve got 3 choices. I can’t really see what difference it makes which place you choose though. On the third day of the trip, you can choose a girl to go out with. Or if a girl likes you enough, she’ll approach you first. On the fifth day, you will go out with that same girl, and you’ll be attacked. Attackers depends on which place you chose to go to. You’ll have an option of both of you running, or asking the girl to run while you delay the monster. I’m sure you know which to choose ne? If you do choose the right one, the girl’s opinion of you will increase.

New Year
Time for Resolutions...Well, not really. On New Year’s day, you have the option of choosing which girl you want to go with you to the shrine. Don’t know if they can refuse since I’ve never had a female refuse me. Anyway, if a girl is madly in love with you (happiest face) they will drop by to accompany you without you calling them out.

Valentine’s Day.
Yes, Valentine’s Day, the day when people give chocolates to each other. Except in Tokimeki Memorial, there are 2 V-Days. One is on 14^th Feb, where the girls give chocolate to you. Girls can either give you friendship chocolates, or they can give you the other kind. How to tell? Well, other than reading Japanese, I don’t think there’s any other way. You could try and see if they’re blushing when they give it to you. The other V-Day is on 14^th March, where it’s your turn to give the chocolate to the girl you like! Whoever you give it to, will have a better impression of you!