Pretty Girls (video game series)
| Pretty Girls | |
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 Cover art for the game Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire | |
| Developer(s) | Zoo Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Zoo Corporation Eastasiasoft (consoles) |
| Platform(s) | Android, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 |
| First release | Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle January 2015 |
| Latest release | Pretty Girls Pop Match July 2024 |
Pretty Girls (Japanese: プリティガールズ) is a series of puzzle video games created and developed by Zoo Corporation. They are mostly based on various different tabletop games and feature heavy fanservice.
Games
[edit]The first game, Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle, was released worldwide on the Steam platform for PCs on January 22, 2015. It is an authentic 4-player mahjong game against AI and there are a total of 23 "kawaii" characters to choose from, all fully voiced.[1][2] On June 23, 2015, a second installment called Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle: School Girls Edition was released. It is the same game but with changed characters who all wear school uniforms.[3] Zoo also released a Bundle Pack combining both of these into one release.[4]
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire, released on August 25, 2015, is the first explicit game in the series. This game is based on the real-life board game of mahjong solitaire, and involves the character girls stripping as the player succeeds in the game.[5] Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em is set on a tropical resort and features a total of 16 girls. The game uses the rules of Texas hold'em.[6] Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire was released in 2016. The layout of the mountain of tiles is double that of the previous game. There are seven characters with one unlocked after completing.[7] This was the first Pretty Girls game ported to consoles, in 2021, following a partnership between Zoo and Hong Kong-based publisher Eastasiasoft, and many more have been ported over and released on consoles since 2021.[8][9]
Pretty Girls Panic! is a Qix-like game where the player draws a line across the screen to unveil a picture of a girl in the background. In 2021, an improved version subtitled PLUS was released. The game's name is an ode to the 1990s Gals Panic games.[10] Pretty Girls Panic! has also been released on the Play Store for Android, published by Sticky Rice Games.[11]
Pretty Girls Game Collection
[edit]The Pretty Girls Game Collection series are compilation releases each containing four Pretty Girls titles in one package, physically released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and distributed by Eastasiasoft and Funbox Media. The Switch versions contain nudity that is otherwise censored on the PlayStation 4 and the digital release versions.[12] The first collection includes: Pretty Girls Panic, Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire, Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire and Pretty Girls Klondike Solitaire.[13]
Pretty Girls Game Collection II, the second volume, contains Pretty Girls Panic! PLUS, Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire - Blue, Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire - Green and Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition.[14] Pretty Girls Game Collection III contains Pretty Girls Breakers!, Pretty Girls Rivers, Pretty Girls Speed and Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em.[15] Pretty Girls Game Collection IV contains Pretty Girls 2048 Strike, Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS, Pretty Girls Escape and Pretty Girls Tile Match.[16]
A number of other compilations have been released on Steam, including the Best Selection Bundle[17] and the Variety Bundle.[18]
List of game releases
[edit]Compilation releases are excluded from this table.
| Title | Type | PC release | Console release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | PS4 | PS5 | |||
| Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle | Mahjong | January 22, 2015 | — | ||
| Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle: School Girls Edition | Mahjong | June 23, 2015 | — | ||
| Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire | Mahjong solitaire | August 25, 2015 | October 7, 2021a | — | |
| Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em | Poker | October 21, 2015 | September 16, 2021c | ||
| Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire | Mahjong solitaire | October 14, 2016 | April 8, 2021 | September 24, 2021a | |
| Pretty Girls Panic! | Qix clone | December 19, 2016 | August 26, 2021a | ||
| Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire: Blue | Mahjong solitaire | October 9, 2020 | December 2, 2021b | ||
| Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire: Green | Mahjong solitaire | October 28, 2020 | December 2, 2021b | ||
| Pretty Girls Klondike Solitaire | Klondike solitaire | November 24, 2020 | June 17, 2021a | ||
| Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition | Poker | January 21, 2021 | May 6, 2021 | July 28, 2021b | |
| Pretty Girls Panic! PLUS | Qix clone | March 10, 2021 | November 4, 2021b | ||
| Pretty Girls Breakout! / Pretty Girls Breakers! | Block kuzushi | September 28, 2021 | March 3, 2022c | ||
| Pretty Girls Rivers | December 3, 2021 | April 3, 2022c | |||
| Pretty Girls Speed | Speed | February 24, 2022 | June 2, 2022c | ||
| Pretty Girls Four Kings Solitaire | March 18, 2022 | August 18, 2022 | |||
| Pretty Girls Escape | June 3, 2022 | October 13, 2022d | |||
| Pretty Girls Breakout! PLUS / Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS | Block kuzushi | June 29, 2022 | —d | ||
| Pretty Girls Tile Match | Tile-matching | September 30, 2022 | April 6, 2023d | ||
| Pretty Girls 2048 Strike | Sliding 2048 | December 1, 2022 | May 11, 2023d | ||
| Pretty Girls Klondike Solitaire: PLUS | Klondike solitaire | August 18, 2023 | February 15, 2024 | — | |
| Pretty Girls Escape PLUS | November 24, 2023[19] | April 18, 2024[20] | |||
| Pretty Girls Pop Match | July 19, 2024[21] | — | |||
^a Included in Game Collection (volume 1)
^b Included in Game Collection II
^c Included in Game Collection III
^d Included in Game Collection IV
Reception
[edit]Famitsu in its review for Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire on PlayStation 4 gave a combined score of 26/40.[22] Digitally Downloaded gave the game on Nintendo Switch a score of 4 out of 5, writing: "while the Switch has plenty of Mahjong Solitare titles already, none of the others have the pin-up aesthetic going for them".[23] German magazine MANiAC gave a score of 66%, giving praise to "subtly charming surroundings."[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "ズ―がSteamに進出開始！ 第1弾として美少女麻雀ゲーム『Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle』を1月22日よりリリース". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Steam初の本格美少女麻雀ゲーム『Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle』が発売決定". Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト (in Japanese). 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "制服美少女だけを集めた本格麻雀ゲーム『Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle: School Girls Edition』がSteamで6月23日配信開始！". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : Bundle Pack – ZOO GAMES" (in Japanese). 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Inc, Aetas. "美少女パズルゲーム「Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire」がSteamで本日発売。1週間限定で20％オフセールを実施". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Inc, Aetas. "ズー，美少女ポーカーゲーム「Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em」を2015年10月22日にSteamでリリース". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire – ZOO GAMES" (in Japanese). 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Inc, Aetas. "「Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire」のPS4/Nintendo Switch版が4月8日に配信決定". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ www.eastasiasoft.com, Admin. "Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire - Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire comes to consoles". eastasiasoft. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ ddnetadmin (2021-09-01). "Review: Pretty Girls Panic! (Nintendo Switch) – Digitally Downloaded". Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Pretty Girls Panic! - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Davison, Pete (2022-08-26). "The Pretty Girls are getting physical (and nude) again with another new Funbox compilation - Rice Digital". ricedigital.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Life, Nintendo (2022-05-30). "'Pretty Girls Game Collection' Brings Four "Lewd Puzzlers" To Switch This Summer". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ www.eastasiasoft.com, Admin. "Pretty Girls Panic! PLUS - Four more lewd puzzlers get physical for the first time in Pretty Girls Game Collection II". eastasiasoft. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ www.eastasiasoft.com, Admin. "Pretty Girls Breakers! - Four more lewd puzzlers get physical for the first time in Pretty Girls Game Collection III". eastasiasoft. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ www.eastasiasoft.com, Admin. "Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS - Funbox Media Ltd announce the upcoming physical release of Pretty Girls Game Collection IV for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4". eastasiasoft. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Pretty Girls Breakout! - Pretty Girls Best Selection Bundle Out now! - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Steam :: Pretty Girls Breakout! :: Pretty Girls Variety Bundle Out now!". store.steampowered.com. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Pretty Girls Escape PLUS – ZOO GAMES" (in Japanese). 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ www.eastasiasoft.com, Admin. "eastasiasoft - Pretty Girls Escape PLUS | PS4, PS5, Switch". eastasiasoft. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Pretty Girls Pop Match – ZOO GAMES" (in Japanese). 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire (PS4)のレビュー・評価・感想 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ ddnetadmin (2021-04-08). "Review: Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire (Nintendo Switch) – Digitally Downloaded". Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Steppberger, Ulrich (2021-05-19). "Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire – im Test (Switch) | MANIAC.de". www.maniac.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-30.