Dream Club

Dream Club (Dream C Club)
Dream Club game cover
Developer(s)	DReAM X CReATe Tamsoft Sound ams
Publisher(s)	D3 Publisher
Platform(s)	Xbox 360 PlayStation Portable
Release date(s)	Xbox 360[1] JP August 27, 2009 PSP JP October 28, 2010
Genre(s)	Dating sim
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	CERO: C

Dream Club (ドリームクラブ or Dream C Club, Dorīmu Shii Kurabu^?) is a dating sim video game developed and published by D3 Publisher for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Portable. The game is basically a Japanese hostess game where the player gets drunk with the hostess while trying to gain her favor. The game was released on August 27, 2009.^[1]

Gameplay

The goal of the game is to achieve a "happy ending" (not as sordid as it sounds) with a hostess working at the club by repeatedly visiting her there and eventually winning her heart. Visiting the club costs money which is raised by doing part-time jobs which are performed by simply selecting one work option from among two to four, after which the result of your work is immediately displayed and money is collected. Money is spent on club entrance, drinks purchased there for both the player and a selected hostess, and on gifts for hostesses. The majority of the game is spent at the club one-on-one with a hostess of your choice, trying to raise her level of affection for you by answering her questions in a favorable way, giving her desired presents, and scoring high on mini-games which include karaoke performances by the hostesses during which you time button presses along with the music, as commonly done in music games. Your performance over repeated visits determines whether you will achieve a happy ending with a particular hostess, or are left lonesome and unable to return to the club again due to expired membership or triggered a certain event that causes both of you to remain as friends only rather than lovers.

Characters

Protagonist

The protagonist is the main character of Dream C Club. The player controls him.

Amane (亜麻音^?)

Age: 20 Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

A hostess of the club. Amane is a shy and reserved girl. She has dark red hair. In the Normal Ending, she marries her fiance.^[2]

Mio (みお^?)

Age: 21 Voiced by: Eri Kitamura

Mio is an inventor from Kyoto. She has dark green hair and wears glasses. Like the other girls, she is a hostess.

Setsu (雪^?)

Age: 20 Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi

Setsu is a hostess of the club. She is moody and spoiled. She has light brown hair and wears a barrette in her hair.

Reika (玲香^?)

Age: 23 Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu

Reika is a hostess of the club and is also a professional bowler. She has long dark blue hair.

Mian (魅杏^?)

Age: 21 Voiced by: Kei Shindō

Mian is a hostess. She can be fierce and angry at the protagonist if they do something stupid. She has twintails blonde hair.

Rui (るい^?)

Age: 24 Voiced by: Hitomi Harada

Rui is a hostess and a teacher of an all boys school during the day. She has pink hair.

Riho (理保^?)

Age: 20 Voiced by: Yuko Goto

Riho is a hostess at the club. She is also a model who will get a big break as a main character in a film about being a hostess in the industry (and thus working at the club to gain experience). She has light brown hair. She is a recurring character from the D3 Simple Series where she has variety of cameos from being an NPC or as part of a pinup poster

Nao (ナオ^?)

Age: 20 Voiced by: Ai Matayoshi

Nao is a hostess at the club. She is a tomboy and works as an assistant at a dojo. She has dark brown hair.

Airi (アイリ^?)

Age: 0 Voiced by: Asumi Kodama

Airi is an android. She has dark blue hair.

Mari (魔璃^?)

Age: 21 Voiced by: Sawa Ishige

Mari is a hostess at the club and is nicknamed by many patrons as "Bloody Marilyn" due to her mysterious personality. She has light purple hair.

Manga

The October issue of Comic Rush, sold August 26, started publishing the first manga version of Dream C Club, called Dream Club Destiny and drawn by 888. Another manga adaptation, named Dream C Club: Dear Girls started serializing on Famitsu Comic Clear on May 15, 2010.

Prequel

Main article: Dream Club Zero

A prequel to the game titled Dream Club Zero was released on January 27, 2011. The game features three new hostesses, such as Haruka, a rich girl, Nonono, who comes from the future, and Asuka, a professional beach volleyball player.^[3] The game is rated D by CERO, due to featuring more sexual themes than in the third game, such as erotic eating.

Anime

Two music clips produced by Project No. 9 were released on November 10, 2010. The first one used the song "Sweetx2☆Summer" sung by Ami Koshimizu and Kaori Mizuhashi, featuring the heroines Amane and Setsu. The second used "Time Traveler" sung by Asumi Kodama and Sawa Ishige, and featuring the heroines Airi and Mari.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dream Club Info". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/dreamclub/. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
   
2. ^ "Siliconera- Dream C Club's Soul Crushing Ending". http://www.siliconera.com/2009/08/31/dream-c-clubs-soul-crushing-ending/. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
3. ^ Anoop Gantayat (September 3, 2010). "Dream Club Zero: The Couch is Full". andriasang.com. http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/03/dream_club_zero_full_cast/. Retrieved 2010-10-20. 

External links

• Official web site (Japanese)