You know, when I posted a video of Love Plus a while back to show off its quirky dating sim charm I thought that would be the last we saw of the game here on Destructoid. After all, it wasn't coming to the West any time soon and it really seemed more like a Japanator thing anyway. Unbeknown to me the game became insanely popular and is even respected by two of my favorite game developers. Needless to say, Love Plus seems to be somewhat of a DS phenomenon, and I am proud to bring it back into the spotlight here at Dtoid.
However, I am not proud of the reason why I am doing it. A man -- a real man -- has legally married one of the characters in the game. Nene Anegasaki, a character from Love Plus, and an unnamed man were married in a church in Guam. The man brought his DS to the church and they are now legally married. The man has invited press to come to his reception on November 22, but unfortunately Mr. Destructoid's invite got lost in the mail.
The one place where a guy in a giant, metal helmet wouldn't be the oddest person around and we don't get invited... jerks. We'll just have to watch via webcam at 12 p.m. on November 22. If you need a crazy fix right this moment, you can head over to Japanator and see a picture of the church the wedding took place in and the wedding invitations.
Matthew Razak is Destructoid's Associate editor and co-founder of film site
Flixist. He began as community member "cowzilla" and was since sequestered to write brainy features material. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife.
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8:00 PM on 11.21.2009
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Right?
Least he's happy. I got nothing...
And sometimes Japan will do things that make me want to get them all genetically tested to double check that they are in fact human, and not an alien civilization hiding on Earth.
Can I come with?
Even if I weren't cranky right now I couldn't approve this.
@Handy
That fact actually kind of makes me want to buy the game...what the fuck is wrong with me?
*walks away confused*
As a bi I found that hilarious.
Taking all bets!
Yeah. No same sex marriage, but marrying virtual people is A-Okay!
Of course, I'm sure this is all just some ploy to take out a huge life insurance claim for his beloved Nene, and then delete her and claim a fat wad of cash.
*head explodes*
So which DS Cartridge Slot does he have sex with, 1 or 2?
I almost didn't post it because I was afraid people wouldn't get the sarcasm. Glad you did.
The DS finds it painful in the DS game slot, I think.
Don't know if I should cry or laugh. I hope this is a marketing bull by the Japanese company. So does Japanese DS comes with a vacumm adapter or is it the DS XL feature?
That's why you have to count with Slot-2
EPIC FACEPALM
'failpalm'
This is face and palm domestic abuse.
No.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD!? WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR SPECIES!?
lmao@The Young Scot
Don't think they've released the right peripherals to get the most out of this marriage. And imagine the offspring!... Mind you, look at Akira... man and machine have had some strange relationships throughout Japanese animation history.
A stick.
A STICK.
A STICK.