Typing of the Date

Lore & Background

Typing of the Date was released for the Dreamcast on September 27, 2001, as a spinoff of the Nintendo 64 game Getter Love!!. Unlike the original, which focused on four-player competition to romance girls, this version removes the party game elements entirely. Instead, players engage in typing challenges and minigames using the Dreamcast keyboard, adapting the romance mechanics to a text-input format. The three romanceable characters are Makoto, Ayumi, and Reika.

Reader's Guide

The game retains three of the seven original romanceable girls—Makoto, Ayumi, and Shizuku—as potential dates. The remaining four girls from the Panda Love Unit, as well as other characters like Alfonso Roberto Martini and Reika Kongouji, appear only in non-datable NPC roles. Typing of the Date is one of three typing-themed spinoffs released between 2001 and 2002; the others were Gettyping Love!! and Gettyping Love!! 2 for cell phones via i-mode. Its significance lies in adapting a competitive dating sim into a single-player typing exercise, reflecting the early-2000s trend of peripheral-based games. The game was released only in Japan and received no known English localization.

Did You Know?

• Typing of the Date was released for Dreamcast on September 27, 2001.
• It removes the party game elements of Getter Love!! in favor of typing challenges and minigames using the Dreamcast keyboard.
• Only three of the original seven romanceable girls—Makoto, Ayumi, and Reika—return as potential dates.