Dream Club
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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.
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.
The protagonist
is the main character of Dream C Club. The player controls him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Age: 0
Voiced by: Asumi Kodama
Airi is an android. She has dark blue hair.
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.
, 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.
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.
Dating sim
Dating sims are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. They are also sometimes put under the category of neoromance. The most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic...
video game developed and published by D3 Publisher
D3 Publisher
D3Publisher is a Japanese video game publisher founded on February 5, 1992. Current CEO and president is Yuji Ito, and It is known for its Simple series of low-priced console games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2,...
for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
. 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.
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 karaokeKaraoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
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
ProtagonistThe protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
is the main character of Dream C Club. The player controls him.
Age: 20
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu
Ami Koshimizu
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Production Baobab management. She was born in the city of Kokubunji in Tokyo Prefecture. She is an award winning voice actress.-Career:*She graduated from Aomori Yamada High School...
A hostess
Hostess
Hostess is a brand of Hostess Brands in the United States, known for its line of snack foods, such as Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, Suzy Q's, Sno Balls, Zingers, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, and Doughnuts....
of the club. Amane is a shy and reserved girl. She has dark red hair. In the Normal Ending, she marries her fiance.
Age: 21
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura
Eri Kitamura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who was born on August 16, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan. She is primarily known for her role in Blood+ as Saya Otonashi and singing the third ending for the anime series Konjiki No Gash Bell . She is also known to be an amateur manga artist in Japan in her spare time...
Mio is an inventor from Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
. She has dark green hair and wears glasses. Like the other girls, she is a hostess.
Age: 20
Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi
Kaori Mizuhashi
is a Japanese voice actress who is employed by Arts Vision. Her debut was in 1998 with the game First Kiss Story.-TV anime:*Ai Yori Aoshi *Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ *Angelic Layer...
Setsu is a hostess of the club. She is moody and spoiled. She has light brown hair and wears a barrette in her hair.
Age: 23
Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu
Risa Hayamizu
, also known as Lisa Hayamizu, is a Japanese voice actress. She works for Arts Vision.-Voice roles:*Akane Maniax as Female student *Basilisk as Kagerou*Burst Angel as Takane*Chocotto Sister as Older brother...
Reika is a hostess of the club and is also a professional bowler. She has long dark blue hair.
Age: 21
Voiced by: Kei Shindō
Kei Shindo
is a female Japanese voice actress from Chiba, Japan.-Anime cast in:*Glass Mask as Ruri Egawa *Ikkitousen as Ryuubi Gentoku *Jigoku Shōjo as Aya's follower *Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori as Emi Motegi...
Mian is a hostess. She can be fierce and angry at the protagonist if they do something stupid. She has twintails blonde hair.
Age: 24
Voiced by: Hitomi Harada
Hitomi Harada
is a female Japanese voice actress and singer from Yamaguchi, Japan. She works for Production Baobab.- Anime :* Amagami SS as Manaka Hiba, Mika Makihara* Baka to Test to Shōkanjū as Mizuki Himeji...
Rui is a hostess and a teacher of an all boys school during the day. She has pink hair.
Age: 20
Voiced by: Yuko Goto
Yuko Goto
is a Japanese voice actress who works for Production Baobab. In direct contrast to her cute-and-vulnerable moé typecasting, Yūko in real life is a devotee of biker culture who dresses and acts as such when not working, right down to her motorcycle...
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
Simple series
The Simple series are a number of series of budget-priced console games, published by Japanese company D3 Publisher and developed by a variety of companies, covering many systems...
where she has variety of cameos from being an NPC or as part of a pinup poster
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.
Age: 0
Voiced by: Asumi Kodama
Airi is an android. She has dark blue hair.
Age: 21
Voiced by: Sawa Ishige
Sawa Ishige
is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Shizuoka, Japan.-Notable voice roles:*Benika Jūzawa in Kure-nai*Poppu Harukaze in Ojamajo Doremi *Izumi Orimoto in Digimon Frontier*Takako Takakura in Magic User's Club...
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 RushComic Rush
is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine, published by Jive. The first issue was published on January 26, 2004; the magazine is sold monthly on the twenty-sixth.-List of serialized titles:*Busin 0: Wizardry Alternative NEO*Casshern Sins*Clannad...
, sold August 26, started publishing the first manga version of Dream C Club, called Dream Club Destiny and drawn by 888
888
Year 888 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* January 13 – With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently...
. Another manga adaptation, named Dream C Club: Dear Girls started serializing on Famitsu Comic Clear on May 15, 2010.
Prequel
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. 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 KoshimizuAmi Koshimizu
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Production Baobab management. She was born in the city of Kokubunji in Tokyo Prefecture. She is an award winning voice actress.-Career:*She graduated from Aomori Yamada High School...
and Kaori Mizuhashi
Kaori Mizuhashi
is a Japanese voice actress who is employed by Arts Vision. Her debut was in 1998 with the game First Kiss Story.-TV anime:*Ai Yori Aoshi *Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ *Angelic Layer...
, featuring the heroines Amane and Setsu. The second used "Time Traveler" sung by Asumi Kodama and Sawa Ishige
Sawa Ishige
is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Shizuoka, Japan.-Notable voice roles:*Benika Jūzawa in Kure-nai*Poppu Harukaze in Ojamajo Doremi *Izumi Orimoto in Digimon Frontier*Takako Takakura in Magic User's Club...
, and featuring the heroines Airi and Mari.