History VideoGame / MitsumeteKnight

** TakeshiAono as Meehilbis of the Ghosts,

* EndingTheme: The game has 3 of them: "Asu o Yume Mite", the Sophia-specific Ending song; "Koi o Suru To", the Anne-specific Ending song; and "Mitsumete", the regular Ending song used for all the other characters. "Koi o Suru To" is sung by Creator/MarikoKouda, Anne's voice actor; the other two are sung by HirokoKonishi, the voice actor of Sophia.

** YukaImai as Priscilla Dolphan and Rinanore of the Ice and Fire,

* AnimeThemeSong / EndingTheme: The game has both of them, both sung by HirokoKonishi, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune the voice actor of main heroine Sophia]].

** JunkoIwao as Lesley Lopicana,

** ShihoNiiyama as Gene Petromolla and Corkilneipha the Swift Thunder,

** YukoMinaguchi as Sarah Pixis,

* ShoutOut: One of the Printstation (the in-game Purikura system) pictures displays [[http://www1.odn.ne.jp/arapon/printstation/index.html several characters from Konami franchises]], such as [[TokimekiMemorial Shiori Fujisaki and Saki Nijino]], [[VideoGame/{{Twinbee}} Twinbee and Madoka]], [[GanbareGoemon Goemon and Ebisumaru]], [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper and a Moai]], [[VideoGame/{{Parodius}} Takosuke and Koitsu]], and [[{{Castlevania}} Alucard]] to cite a few.

** KikukoInoue as Claire Majoram,

** MichikoNeya as Linda Zakroid,

** HoukoKuwashima as Laury Callwell,

** NobutoshiCanna as Necselaria of the Gale,

* EndingTheme: The game has 3 of them: "Asu o Yume Mite", the Sophia-specific Ending song; "Koi o Suru To", the Anne-specific Ending song; and "Mitsumete", the regular Ending song used for all the other characters. "Koi o Suru To" is sung by MarikoKouda, Anne's voice actor; the other two are sung by HirokoKonishi, the voice actor of Sophia.

** MarikoKouda as Anne,

** HideoIshikawa as Johan Elites.

** YukoMizutani as Sue Grafton,

* ConspicuousGloves: Raizze Haimer, one of the winnable girls, wears a pair of red gloves at all times (to the point one of the other characters, the young Laury Callwell, affectionately calls Raizze "Tebukuro no Onee-chan", i.e. "Gloved-Big Sis"). There's a reason behind this: [[spoiler: She's one of the eight enemy generals of the game acting as The Mole, so she has to wear them in order to hide the bedsores and scars her hands have due to constant sword-training. The red color of the gloves is also a Foreshadowing, as the symbolic color of those generals is red]].

''Mitsumete Knight'' (みつめてナイト, Mitsumete Naito, lit. « Admire Knight », « Gazing Knight ») is a 1997 DatingSim on [[{{Playstation}} Playstation 1]], made in cooperation by {{Konami}}, and Red Company (of ''SakuraTaisen'' fame). SpiritualSuccessor of Konami's smash hit ''[[TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial : Forever with you]]'', it uses the same game engine and most of its successful mechanics, but with several twists.

* AllThereInTheManual: The game does a fine job at giving out a lot of information about the rich universe the story takes place, but just like games like ''[[FireEmblem Fire Emblem 4]]'', you'll miss out a lot of information if you're not listening the Drama [=CDs=], and / or are not reading [[WordOfGod the author's notes]] published in several Dengeki Playstation Magazine issues. Fortunately, at least the author's notes are compiled [[http://zattalib.yu-nagi.com/game/MitsumeteKnight/MKMain.html in this in-depth Japanese Mitsumete Knight fansite]].

* CrapsackWorld: And how !

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: During the game, the neighbouring citizens will eventually ask you to defeat a rampaging bear terrorizing the area.

* CreepyBasement: [[spoiler: The last floors of the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon look like the unholy child of ''{{Aliens}}'' 's Cocoon Hive and ''SilentHill'' 's Alternate Hospital, among other horrors. It's an extreme contrast to the town where the dungeon lies, [[{{Arcadia}} a paradisiac land]] populated by [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]]]].

* TheReveal: ('''HEAVY SPOILERS''') [[spoiler: TheHero and Captain of Orcadia's Royal Guards, Christopher [=MacLeod=], is actually revealed upon a second playthrough, as [[TheMole one of the O2 terrorist organisation's Big Four, acting as a mole]] waiting for the right time to strike and destroy Orcadia from within. He does this because he's thirsting for {{revenge}}, being [[FallenPrincess the Prince of the fallen Kingdom Parmet]], destroyed by Orcadia's schemes, and having seen [[DeadLittleSister his cute and beloved little sister Melinda]] slowly and horribly tortured to death by Orcadia]].

* [[spoiler: YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters]]: The true nature of the terrorist organisation O2 (short for "The Opposition to Orcadia"), [[NewGamePlus revealed upon a second playthrough]].

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In war battles, your units are the blue ones, and the enemies' are the red ones. And in one-on-one duels, the Eight Generals also wear jet-red armor, while you wear blue-ish armor.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Many, MANY [[WideEyedIdealist people]] are fooled by the bright graphics, the emphasis on the romance, and the advertising to think this is just another happy-go-lucky dating sim where EverybodyLives, the only opposition will be from the local CompleteMonster bully or bully equivalent, and all that starts well ends well. [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids The poor fools.]]

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The kind King of Dolphan is [[PuppetKing not the real ruler of the Kingdom]] : the effective power is in the hands of Anabel Pixis, [[CompleteMonster the evil]] [[SmugSnake lead]] of the powerful noble family Pixis, and the man leading the "Old Families's Two Wings" council, a council composed of the Pixis and Elites noble families which are deciding of Dolphan's policies, even though the king participates to sessions held by the council and technically (stress "technically") has a word in the decisions.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Mitsumete Knight'' has a total of 38 individual characters having a sprite and appearing in person in the game. Add to this number a few characters who are only mentioned by name but are still crucial to the plot such as [[SmugSnake Anabel]] [[CompleteMonster Pixis]], and 3 minor Drama CD-only characters. And we're not mentioning the ''Mitsumete Knight R''-exclusive characters here.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast / RedBaron: All eight Generals of Valpha-Valaharian have {{Badass}} and intimidating nicknames. Special mention goes to Wolfgario "The Ravager", leader of the Generals, and Zeelbis "The Bloody", [[MeaningfulName one hell of a]] CompleteMonster.

* XanatosGambit: The Battle of Parsir is this for [[TheStrategist Meehilbis]], turning it to his favor no matter the outcome. If he won the fight, it would have been beneficial for Valpha-Valaharian. But if he lost (as it ultimately becomes the case), this still is beneficial for Valpha-Valaharian, since Dolphan's army was severely crippled with his plan (the fact [[PyrrhicVictory that Dolphan "win" was disastrous for them]] is acknowledged InUniverse).

''Mitsumete Knight'' (みつめてナイト, Mitsumete Naito, lit. « Admire Knight », « Gazing Knight ») is a 1997 DatingSim on [[{{Playstation}} Playstation 1]], made in cooperation by {{Konami}}, and Red Company (of ''SakuraTaisen'' fame). SpiritualSuccessor of Konami's smash hit ''[[TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial : Forever with you]]'', it uses the same game engine and most of its successful mechanics, but with several twists.

* CreepyBasement: [[spoiler: The last floors of the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon are HighOctaneNightmareFuel incarnate, looking like the unholy child of ''{{Aliens}}'' 's Cocoon Hive and ''SilentHill'' 's Alternate Hospital, among other horrors. It's an extreme contrast to the town where the dungeon lies, [[{{Arcadia}} a paradisiac land]] populated by [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]]]].

''Mitsumete Knight'' (みつめてナイト, Mitsumete Naito, lit. « Admire Knight », « Gazing Knight ») is a 1997 DatingSim on [[{{Playstation}} Playstation 1]], made in cooperation by {{Konami}}, and Red Company (of ''SakuraTaisen'' fame). SpiritualSuccessor of Konami's smash hit ''[[TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial : Forever with you]]'', it uses the same game engine and most of its successful mechanics, but with several twists.

And fifth and probably the most important aspect of the game, since war is a major part of the storyline, ''Mistumete Knight'' has a radically different mood compared to the TastesLikeDiabetes setting of ''TokimekiMemorial''. Indeed, this setting is a CrapsaccharineWorld, with Dolphan Kingdom ruled by xenophobic [[AristocratsAreEvil evil nobles]] who abide by the ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney and WeHaveReserves mottos; war is depicted as gloomy and [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife a waste of human lives]], '''and AnyoneCanDie'''. Yes, such an usual thing for a DatingSim, and this is one of the game's biggest strengths: [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential depending on the player's choices]], down to the type of blood you choose at the beginning of the game, several girls and main characters can die.

* {{Bookends}}: This game uses this narrative method, especially if [[spoiler: you get a Bad Ending where you fail to get both the Holy Knight title and a girl]]. See the entry for a detailed explanation.

* HintSystem / PlayerNudge : If you fail to score a girl, after the Bad End's credits, a Hint Screen will show up, giving you slightly veiled hints on elements you could have missed in your playthrough that caused your failure.

* HundredPercentCompletion: This game ''loves'' this trope. Aside from the usual DatingSim CG gallery (named the "Mitsumete Gallery" in this game), there's a Title Gallery which lists all the Titles you got during the game to complete, two mini-games to unlock, and you'll have to accomplish several quests to unlock all the secret items of the Secret Shop. A lot of playthroughs in prospect indeed.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Mitsumete Knight'' has a total of 38 individual characters having a sprite and appearing in person in the game. Add to this number a few characters who are only mentioned by name but are still crucial to the plot such as [[SmugSnake Anabel]] [[CompleteMonster Pixis]], and 3 minor Drama CD-only characters. And we're not mentioning the ''Mitsumete Knight R''-exclusive characters here.

* ParallelPornTitles: There is a {{Eroge}} called ''Yumemite Knight''.

* StillbornFranchise: ''Mitsumete Knight'' was planned as a ''Tokimeki Memorial''-like CashCowFranchise, and it shows: co-created by the two companies responsible of the two lead DatingSim franchises of the time, a spectacular voice cast, deep storyline, solid gameplay, a line of goods, favourable critics, lots of built hype ''one year before'' the game's actual release in March 1998... Only to meet average-ish good sales, not the expected killer profit (partially due to the public's vaning interest in {{DatingSim}}s which started around that time). Realizing this, and with ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' around the corner, Konami canned the franchise one year later in 1999.

* ReplayValue: While ''Mitsumete Knight'' loved this trope, ''Mitsumete Knight R'' turns this UpToEleven, milking this trope for all its worth, thanks to its NewGamePlus system : depending on if your playthrough number is an odd or an even one (i.e., if your playthrough is your 1st/3rd/5th/etc, or a 2nd/4th/6th/etc one), the epilogue and the endings will be different and [[HundredPercentCompletion you'll only get some]] [[VirtualPaperDoll of the clothes]]. What's more, depending on if you get a specific item at the very beginning of the game, the epilogue will further radically change ! And that's not entering into the fact there's a paired ending for each of the 5 girls, and that specific events will appear during the game only if you have the two required girls needed for them with you, or if you managed to gain high RelationshipValues with a specific girl in a former playthrough.
* ShoutOut: One of the Printstation (the in-game Purikura system) pictures displays [[http://www1.odn.ne.jp/arapon/printstation/index.html several characters from Konami franchises]], such as [[TokimekiMemorial Shiori Fujisaki and Saki Nijino]], [[VideoGame/{{Twinbee}} Twinbee and Madoka]], [[GanbareGoemon Goemon and Ebisumaru]], [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper and a Moai]], [[{{Parodius}} Takosuke and Koitsu]], and [[{{Castlevania}} Alucard]] to cite a few.

** [[spoiler: FantasticRomance]]: [[spoiler: Christopher [=MacLeod=], a human, and Fairy Queen Pako]]

* TrueLovesKiss: Unlike in ''Mitsumete Knight'', the protagonist of ''Mitsumete Knight R'', Captain [=MacLeod=], can get to kiss the girl [[RelationshipValues closest to him]] in his [[FiveManBand Five Girl Band]] in several instances.

* XanatosGambit: The Battle of Parsir is this for Meehilbis. If he won the fight, it would have been beneficial for Valpha-Valaharian. But if he lost (as it ultimately becomes the case), this still is beneficial for Valpha-Valaharian since Dolphan's army was severely crippled with his plan ( The fact that that Dolphan "win" was disastrous for them is acknowledged In-Universe.) . As such, this responds to the Xanatos Gambit condition of "all the plausible outcomes benefit the mastermind in some way".

* PyrrhicVictory: The Battle of Parsir, where you fight Meehilbis of the Ghosts ; Dolphan wins the battle, but at the cost of one third of its army, due to [[XanatosGambit a trap masterfully executed]] by [[TheStrategist Meehilbis]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''MitsumeteKnight'' has a total of 38 individual characters having a sprite and appearing in person in the game. Add to this number a few characters who are only mentioned by name but are still crucial to the plot such as [[SmugSnake Anabel]] [[CompleteMonster Pixis]], and 3 minor Drama CD-only characters. And we're not mentioning the ''Mitsumete Knight R''-exclusive characters here.