iOS/Android game launches this winter

Konami began streaming a game introduction video for its Tokimeki Idol iOS and Android game on Wednesday. The video previews the character interactions, outfit selections, and rhythm game aspects of the gameplay.

The game is slated to launch this winter.

In the "idol communication game," the player spends daily life with 15 up-and-coming idols at a music school. The game will be free to play with items available for purchase. There will be a "VR" mode that is compatible with VR headsets for mobile phones.

The cast, from left to right in the image above, is as follows:

Nanami Yamashita as Akane Tachikawa Natsumi Kawaida as Natsumi Kawaguchi Eri Inagawa as Nanana Katagiri Reina Kondo as Nonoka Kusakabe Akane Fujikawa as Izumi Izumi Yurika Takagi as Koyukimura Sanada Minori Suzuki as Minato Tsukishima Natsumi Hioka as Akiha Yuki Yū Wakui as Francesca Tanaka Saori Hizashi as Noriko Hibino Marika Hayase as Haruko Asagiri Yoshino Aoyama as Tsubasa Aoyama Honoka Inoue as Midori Tachikawa Azusa Iwakura as Misaki Himari Aki Kanada as Rare Mita

Tokimeki Idol is a new installment in Konami's classic Tokimeki Memorial romance game series, which began in 1994 and has spawned numerous sequels, spinoffs, and adaptations, including original video anime in 1999 and 2009, as well as a television series in 2006. An anime film adaptation of the Tokimeki Restaurant☆☆☆ spinoff game, which stars a cast of male idols, has been greenlit for 2018.

[Via Siliconera]