Update (Mon 21st Oct, 2019 11:30 BST): That was quick! Japanese Nintendo is reporting that Fengyun has issued an apology to Nihon Falcom regarding the use of its music in Summer Sweetheart. Apparently, Fengyun misinterpreted Falcom’s Free Music Use Declaration, which is intended for non-commercial purposes. The game remains on sale at the time of writing.
Original story (Mon 21st Oct, 2019 11:15 BST): Switch title Summer Sweetheart is a game where you pick up drunk women and then attempt to steal their hearts (sounds like a typical night out in any typical British city if you ask us), but it would appear that the creators of this zany dating sim have been stealing other things, too: namely, tunes from other video games. Tut tut!
As reported by GoNintendo, the game lifts music from Nihon Falcom titles, despite having nothing to do with Nihon Falcom whatsoever.
Check out the evidence below:
Summer Sweetheart also has one of the best descriptions we've ever seen on Nintendo's official site:
Tells that the hero spends a wonderful year with ten girls.
Summer Sweetheart is a game of Lovely Juliet. The main plot is played by real people. Voice actor part is assumed by the famous CV Asami Imai and Naomi Wakabayashi.
In the game, the player, in the first view, encounters with multiple heroines. This is a brand-new love story. The main line has multiple story-choices and endings. In addition, there are some personal stories about other branch-line girls.
We can arrange our schedule in the game, such as inviting the heroine to have a date, encountering other girls on the street, work or study. You can also customize the appearance of a girl, unlock the portrait photos, event videos, and the personal information of the girls. More game contents wait for you to find out.
It will be interesting to see how long the game remains on the eShop once this news reaches Nihon Falcom's ears – or perhaps publisher Fengyun has licenced these tracks legitimately? Let us know your thoughts by posting a comment below.
[source gonintendo.com]
Comments 27
Just in case this game wasn't already weird enough.
I wonder how the gameplay actually is.
Love knows no barriers... not even copyright laws it would seem.
I had the stupidest grin when the game's description included measurements.
A dating sim?
I don't think 90% of NintendoLife's readership would get past the first level.
I normally have no issue with dating sims because they feature entirely fictional characters and feature no real actors.
But this is... uncomfortable. It's like porn, but not actually porn.
But so long as everyone involved was involved of their own free will and consent given... well it's very much not my kind of thing but I guess I have no real issue beyond that.
I am still waiting for the review NintendoLife.
@DinnerAndWine It does say the women are drunk so that does give us a fighting chance at least!
@JorisD I couldn’t help reading that in Trump’s voice.
Treated with the normal Chinese respect for IP laws...
Easily done. There are so many different licences these days that it can be hard to know that something that says "free" might not be "that free".
Also, I've been caught out a few times by people uploading things as Public Domain (free to use however you wish), but which they themselves didn't actually have the right to do so in the first place.
Double, triple check.
Always!
Now I'm really glad I've already bought it.
This game is insanely fun. It's so bad, it's actually good!
English translation was probably made by Google translator, in-game situations and conversations sometimes make absolutely no sense.
Your character needs to get upgraded (like in Sims) on a daily basis.
Women are real actresses (not drawn manga girls) and they are dubbed in their own language! (So, a Japanese girl speaks Japanese by a[nother] voice actress!)
Sometimes (like, when "you" open the door), you can see the shadow of the camera, too!
It's hilarious!
Other than that, the game is as erotic as you expect a dating sim to be. But finally not with seemingly underage cartoon girls!
It's weird, it's unique, it's funny (not always intentionally)!
I love it!
I wish there'd be more games like this on Switch!
Stick to pornhub. Equally as terrible acting but with real life tiddies 😂
If they have to change the music, I hope they do and still keep the game for sale. I hope someone does a physical copy of it, I NEED a physical copy of this game in my collection!
So let me get this straight. An FMV dating sim game that looks like the weirdest mix of Westwood Studios meets porn, in which the actual FMV live actors are dubbed with VAs......decided to rip the "Hi NRG" music from Falcom titles? Or did they pick the haunting piano work and tragic symphonies?
Do I want to know how it's used?
Hm...I'll take ten.
These claw machines / arcade slots are from "My Neighbor Totoro" ?
@DinnerAndWine This made my day, thank you.
@DinnerAndWine These aren't games for people who are good at relationships in real life. They are for perverts.
Nah, man. If you're going to use Ys Origin music in a dating sim, use this one:
https://youtu.be/TlSxN98y7Z4
Summer Sweetheart is outstanding... Haven't put the game down since launch and I'd argue that Nihom Falcom should be happy that the developers used their music as it gives them some free publicity. Too bad Nihon Falcom can't make games this good though.
At least we have more great Ys music on Switch!
...I'll stick to the internet for my free titties thank you. But at least "You know who" isn't here calling this a travesty setting women hundreds of years back.
@Kidfunkadelic83 Her boobs are probably much more real than most boobs on pornhub.
And this game has been available on Steam since August 2018. Oopsie.
These are non-Japanese girls (Taiwanese I guess) with a Japanese voice over.
The dlc midsummer night says unreleased on the English version even though it said it was released this month.
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