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Nintendo’s Wii is getting a lot of credit for bringing video games back to the whole family. Game consoles have often had a couple titles aimed at girls, but they were often cloying and not nearly as good as what you could call the more male-oriented games. In the mid 90’s, Casio tried to re-enter the console market (they made a disastrous bid in the early 80’s) with a console aimed and 100% expressly marketed to girls.

Casio_loopy_3_2 Only 11 games were ever released for the Loopy, and there’s only one controller port - so sisters are doin’ it for themselves. Most titles were “Otome” games - dating simulators - gameplay leads the characters through in-game romances. The most distinctive feature of this console is the built-in sticker printer that lets the player generate screenshot labels with text. There was also a capture accessory that could grab a picture from VHS or DVD and output that as a sticker as well.
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