AI YORI AOSHI [LIMITED EDITION]
OFFICIAL TITLE  Ai Yori Aoshi [Limited Edition]
COMMON TITLE  Ai Yori Aoshi [Limited Edition]
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPS-25224
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure / Mini Games.

DEVELOPER  Kid.
PUBLISHER  Kid.
DATE RELEASED  20 March 2003
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPS-25224
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPS-25224
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Ai Yori Aoshi is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years but were once childhood friends. Literally translated, the title means "Bluer Than Indigo".

Ai Yori Aoshi anime was directed by Masami Shimoda and animated by J.C.Staff. The series was made into an anime in 2002, with a 2003 sequel, Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, set two years later. There are 37 episodes total, counting an alternate-continuity Christmas special. The anime was released in North America by Geneon, and the manga was released in English by Tokyopop. Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStation 2, and for Windows 98.

PLOT:
Kaoru Hanabishi appears to be an average university student, but in reality, he's the eldest son of Yuji Hanabishi, the head of the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, and was set to take over the zaibatsu after his father retired. His mother, Kumi Honjo, and his father never married, making life difficult for both him and his mother. Kaoru's father died when he was five years old. Since then, Yuji's grandfather, Gen'ichiro Hanabishi, took Kaoru under his wing and began educating him for the eventual succession. Yet Kaoru never felt at home in the Hanabishi family and left to live alone in self-imposed exile after his mother died. Day by day he felt alone, thinking that he was living life with no reason pushing him on.

KID Corp. published a PlayStation 2 video game based on the series in 2003, and was released in English for Windows PCs by Hirameki International. That game was re-released in 2005 by SUCCESS Corporation with bonus footage and mini-games.

Aiyori Aoshi: The game comes with two different story segments, South Island and Winter Lake.

South Island Edition:
During winter vacation, Tina sees a TV program about the balmy southern islands and says that she wants to go to the ocean. Aoi proposes that they go visit her villa in the southern islands.

They immediately board a cruise ship to make the journey to the island as a group. However, on the way the weather turns nasty and the ship capsizes. Miyabi calls for help, but the radio is broken and proves of no use. They are left wondering if a rescue team will come looking for them.

Winter Lake Edition:
During winter vacation, Tina sees a TV program about the warm southern islands and says that she wants to go to the ocean again. Kaoru points out that they just been to the ocean. With perfect timing, Mayu shows up to invite them to her vacation home for the holidays.

The Limited Edition includes a figure and a charm. The Superlite 2000 version adds additional CGs, mini-games and relocates character speech to bubbles instead of the traditional ADV interface.

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Popular comic "Ai Yori Aoshi" became adventure game Novell type. The "island hen south" to enjoy the vacation while exploring in order to go home on the island of the south with the flow In the storm, go to the play to the villa of the cocoon, enjoy skating on the lake at the bottom of the "winter I record the lake Edition ". Become a Hanabishi Kaoru, we will experience the various events and characters who familiar.

  FEATURES:
  • First & Third person perspectives.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Romance & Anime themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  70 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No / Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.2.1
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 2; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = No; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX r5864 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Agressive CRC = No; Skipdraw Hack = No )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X r5830 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Debug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 ADVENTURE PART CONTROLS:
 Move between actions or answers -  D-Pad
  Cancel action in menus -  X Button
  Select action or answer -  Circle Button
  Options menu -  Square Button
  Fast forward text -  R1 Button
  Show / Hide text -  R2 Button


 FISHING MINI GAME CONTROLS:
 Reel -  Left Analog Stick
  Cast -  Circle Button


 SKATING MINI GAME CONTROLS:
 Move left or right -  Left Analog Stick left or right
  Accelerate -  Right Analog Stick Up


 CROSSING RIVER MINI GAME CONTROLS:
 Move character -  D-Pad
  Jump -  Circle Button + D-Pad


 RACE MINI GAME CONTROLS:
 Jump -  Circle Button

 

RAW CODES:

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 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 500 x 708 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 132 KB
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Dim. - 700 x 949 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 170 KB
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 NTSC-J:
  • Ai Yori Aoshi [SLPS-25225]  - 
     
  • Ai Yori Aoshi [Superlite 2000] [SLPM-66015]  - 
     

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