Konami’s cult-classic dating sim, Tokimeki Memorial, has been revived as Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you Emotional, released on May 8, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch. The new remaster included a very bizarre yet divisive bug that has been fixed with the recent Patch 1.2.0. The bug in question turns you into a teenage homewrecker by allowing you to get a romantic confession from none other than your best friend’s girlfriend.
Tokimeki Memorial is considered a classic dating sim for a reason, and it’s especially known for its complexity. In the span of three years of high school, you have to balance your academic life, your free time, and also make time to see several potential crushes to get them to confess to you at the end of the game. The possibilities and the roster of girls to date spans even further from there, and if you’re able to meet certain conditions, you can also have your in-game best buddy Yoshio start dating one of the girls (though he’ll never take any of the girls you’re aiming for).
However, playing the remastered version of the game, many gamers encountered a glitch in which, at the end of the game, Megumi Mikihara, who was supposed to be dating Yoshio in that run, ends up confessing her love to you under the school’s Tree of Legend. The bug went viral in Japan under the name “Megumi Mikihara two-timing ending,” and some people even commented how they don’t even consider it a bug because “it’s something that happens in real life as well.” Others felt sorry for Yoshio, who, being your best friend and guide throughout the game, obviously does not deserve to get the “NTR ending.”
Luckily for some (and to great disappointment of others), Konami fixed this bug with the new patch and hopefully, this way Yoshio can get his own happy ending. Though, with so many different possibilities and numerous parameters determining how the game ends, it wouldn’t be surprising if another similarly bizarre ending appeared out of nowhere.
On a related note, Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you Emotional was released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tokimeki Memorial series, and it’s a Switch-exclusive remaster of the original. While the story and the characters are exactly the same as in the original, some new features are added to the game. Furthermore, the game offers both the old-school pixelated graphics and the remastered version, so you get to choose whether you prefer the timeless original or the clean, updated graphics.
Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you Emotional is out now for the Nintendo Switch.
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