Warning to gamers: [Japanese-reading] Love Hina fans only

User Rating: 4.1 | Love Hina Advance: Shukufuku no Kane wa Harukana GBA
(PLEASE EXCUSE MY LOW NUMBER SCORE, AS I BASED IT ON A GENERAL GAMERS PERSPECTIVE, NOT A LOVE HINA FANS PERSPECTIVE) Well, not much to really review in this game, considering it took me about 30 minutes to beat the game and see one of the endings... But luckily, there are multiple endings with each one of the girls at the end, so there is SOME replay value. Most of the game (about 95% of it), you read captions to know whats going on, then sooner or later, you get a multiple choice question on what to do. You choose the one you think is the most logical action to do. Your choice either effects later events, or causes you a gameover. Its trial and error. If you read a guide, this game shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes to beat. A later segment in the game requires you to control Keitaro around a "nutshell" version of Hinata-sou, but its way too short, and basically has no point. You walk around and find a girl, and then you go back to reading text and answering multiple choice questions. The best part of the game is the sound. The majority of the game features upbeat music that is pretty catchy. But the music is ruined by the poor video clip audio and audio cut from the Love Hina episodes. Yep, the game features video clips taken from the Love Hina anime, though blurry. But it will sure satisfy a Love Hina fan. The plot of the game is taken from a few episodes of the anime, and basically has nothing to do with the manga. The story makes no sense to a casual gamer picking up this game. In order to understand whats going on, you have to know at least some knowledge of the Love Hina universe in order to keep up. All in all, the story is pretty weak. The game includes many hidden extras, such as a karaoke song from Koalla Suu. It also contains a video gallery to view the endings you've unlocked. This game is recommended only for fans of Love Hina. Casual gamers, stay away from this, it will be NO fun. As a die hard Love Hina fan, I'm going to say that this is purely a novelty item for Love Hina fans, and nothing more.

Rating for Love Hina fans: 7.5/10

Rating for gamers, see rating number.