Our eyes passed over Duel Love's cover design and dismissed the art as typical shoujo fare at first, but a second glance revealed a disturbing detail -- the shirtless figure in the foreground, Yuuki Jin, has no nipples. Sorry, Bandai Namco, but no nips, no sale.
If you're planning on picking this one up next March anyway, don't miss out on the preorder gift, an "entrance guide" DVD. For the uninitiated, Duel Love has you currying your crush's favor by cheering into the mic while your he wrestles one of his classmates, toweling off his sweaty chest using the DS's touchscreen, and nibbling on his earlobe via a rubbery Ear Pak that slides into the GBA slot*. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there'll be any opportunities for any tweaking minigames, given the dearth of male bumps.
Though many have mistaken Duel Love as some sort of homoerotic adventure, this simply isn't the case! Not only do you play as a female student, but the game is marketed towards women and follows a plot/style very much in keeping with the melodramatic manga popular with girls in Japan. Maybe that explains the missing nipples? Perhaps women just don't find our manly nubs very romantic?
*This last part is untrue and ridiculous.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-20-2007 @ 8:27PM
Apollo said...
I clearly see nipples.
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11-20-2007 @ 8:30PM
xevia said...
O.K. that just looks sort of creepy to me!
http://www.filmdonkey.net
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11-20-2007 @ 8:48PM
ELIJAH the ChaosDragon said...
They view male nipples as a sex symbol now, they even erased goku's nipples and any other that appears naked.
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11-20-2007 @ 10:45PM
Goldilocks said...
Haha!! The Ear Pak!
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11-21-2007 @ 1:41AM
JC Fletcher said...
Apollo: Look up at the screen.
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11-21-2007 @ 2:36AM
Garst said...
I thought you we're talking about what looks like the guy in the background having his arm in the foreground. And the fact they're both shirtless. Although I also did notice that it appears they erased the guy's nipples.
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11-21-2007 @ 6:11AM
Frastoglegnia said...
Is that a logo above your pelvis or is CERO looking for special attention?
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11-21-2007 @ 11:52AM
Karga said...
Well the nips are there, if you're looking for them, but they're not drawn so much as photoshopped in shadow.
I still say the object of the game should be to get them to eat something. Body by scrawny. How can I gaze upon their androgenous ladylike features when their bony physiques remind me of anorexia and The Holocaust? It would just fill me with guilt and then I couldn't enjoy the game.
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11-21-2007 @ 4:50PM
Matthew Hilario said...
gay.
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11-21-2007 @ 8:46PM
Ryan P. said...
.....gay!! ;)
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