Review: Summer Sweetheart (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S. 

I first visited Japan around 11 years ago, and one of the things I remember most vividly from the trip was going along to an art exhibition for interactive and electronic art. I remember because it was being held in one of Tokyo's most prestigious galleries and the idea of something that new being given the same artistic weighting as classical paintings and exhibitions is... less than common here in Australia. Given the theme of the exhibition, there was naturally a section that was dedicated to video games, and that was where I first saw - and played - the original Love Plus on the Nintendo DS. Based on the reputation it had in the west I was curious as to why it was there, but as it turned out, it was very much a game that belongs in an art gallery. Love Plus is a gorgeous, artful example of how person-to-person interactivity can be explored in a meaningful way within a video game.

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