Originally released on July 31, 2025 in Japan,Getter Love: Cho Renai Party Game(mystifyingly subtitledPanda Love Uniton the title screen) has finally been localized for fans.
Getter Love: Panda Love Unitis a party game by Hudson that pre-datesMario Partyby a scarce couple of weeks. But whileMario Partyhas you destroying the palm of your hand while frustrating your friends in mini-games,Getter Lovehas you trying to seduce women (sometimes with mini-games). It’s the perfect game to bring home and play with family during the holidays.
It’s a party game mixed with a dating sim, and the dating sim part is takenvery seriously. The genre had exploded a few years earlier with 1994’sTokimeki Memorial, and it was quickly adopted into other genres, such astriviaandpuzzle games.Getter Lovehas you navigating a town map. You compete in mini-games to get items that either help you on dates or sabotage the other players. I really cannot stress how much dating sim is in this party game.
According toNintendo 64 Anthologyby Math Manent “With such minimalistic production and ordinary manga characters,Getter Love!!is quite a unique concept, so very Japanese, it never stood a chance of appealing to the western public” [sic]. They rated it 1 star out of a possible 5. To be fair, they also gaveWWF War Zonea 4-star review, and I think that game’s suck is visible from orbit. I just bring that up to illustrate that I don’t necessarily agree with the scoring in this book. It’s otherwise a fine reference.
However, I haven’t personally playedGetter Love: Panda Love Unit, mainly because I’m an Anglophone with no confidence in my Japanese reading comprehension. So, I definitely appreciate fans stepping in to localize it. The N64 is rarely an easy console to create translations for, and this one has been in development since 2019. If you remove all the baseball, horse racing, and mahjong games, there weren’t a tonne of Japan-exclusive N64 titles. Every effort to localize its library is greatly appreciated.
The fan translation forGetter Love: Panda Love Unitis available now, and you canfind it over here. The translation was handled by Wid, who also notes that July 03, 2025 was the 25th anniversary of the game.
