terabient

So, occasionally I buy from Play-Asia. Which means that, every now and then, they send me an email informing me of new products that may be relevant to my interests. Today I was notified of a game called Love Tore: Mint. The title wasn't exactly informative, but Play-Asia thoughtfully supplied a description:

In Mint, the sequel to Sweet, you are faced with a new problem. The school wants you to win the national dance championship. The girls are not used to discipli...

My initial reaction: THIS IS A HENTAI GAME ISN'T IT WHY IS IT BEING RELEASED ON THE 360 AND ALSO WHY DOES PLAY ASIA THINK I AM INTERESTED IN IT :(

however! clicking to the Play-Asia site showed that Love Tore: Mint is just a Kinect exercise/dance game with a story mode. The 'discipline' that set off the hentai alarms is actually 'disciplined practice. Phew! The summary also indicated that this fluffy-looking game was in fact a tragedy, since the girl you want to dance with doesn't want to dance with you oh no!!11!!! and you have to crush your dreams by dancing with, gasp, some other girl you don't like as much at the state championship. Anyway, since I have bought a number of dance games and 360 games, the recommendation made a bit more sense. A dancing/bishojo game hybrid would not be the worst thing I have played by choice.

And then I watched the trailer and things got uncomfortable again. Because Love Tore (actually, the official name is Love*Tra, for, um, 'Love Training') is not particularly concerned with dance routines and catchy music; it's far more interested in letting you focus the camera on inappropriate areas and pretending to slow dance with virtual ladies. And here I was, hoping that it would be like Dance Dance Revolution but with lots more hilariously overwrought melodrama. Alas, the basement creeper demographic wins again. :c

And that's the story of today's email notifications. I know, I know, mine is a life of never-ending excitement.