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	Well, regardless of the reason, as long as you're somewhat curious about the game, you're at the right place.		Well, regardless of the reason, as long as you're somewhat curious about the game, you're at the right place.
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		+	This page is pretty much the same as the [[About]] page, so if you've already read that one, you can just move on to the next page.

	== Reasons to Play ==		== Reasons to Play ==

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 The Girlfriend Kari Wiki is dedicated to the popular Japanese mobile game, [http://girlfriend-kari.jp/ Girlfriend Beta], also known as Girlfriend Kari (ガールフレンド(仮)) created by [http://www.ameba.jp/ Ameba]. This game is largely a luck-based collection-based card games, where the cards depict art of various anime girls known to give off a somewhat "cute" and "attractive" presence. It's primarily a game for collectors, utilizing various systems like [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gachapons]] and luck-based encounter systems.
-In short, this is a card game with cute girls. If you've played any other card game out there including ones from the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idolm-ster-shiny-festa-harmonic/id581870543?mt=8 Idolm@ster] series, [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=klb.android.lovelive Love Live School Idol Project], or others, the objective will be pretty similar to all those others. You collect cards, and use those cards to get more cards!
+In short, this is a card game with cute girls, and it's all about collecting the cutest cards that you can get. Of course, it's not as simple as it sounds. We'll get to that shortly.
 Every card in the game depicts a "cute" girl drawn in an anime-esque style with a certain outfit in a certain pose. There are over 50 girls (probably more around 100 different girls) in the game, each with their own unique personality and interests! This means that there's bound to be a couple of girls that everybody likes, since they do cover a wide range of personalities, interests, and archetypes. Every girl has multiple different cards, which means one girl might have roughly 30+ different cards! For a hardcore player, this is a lot to collect. Thus, in essence, this is a game for collectors, as the main objective is to collect the cards you want the most! New cards are also released at a very rapid rate through events and special promotions, meaning that the game can get addicting very fast, especially when you're trying to collect all the cards of a girl you like. The attractiveness of the cards will keep you coming back to play for a chance of getting a better card! The art design of most cards is done by [http://qp.banbi.net/ QP:flapper], a relatively famous anime artist who has done art and character designs for various Manga and Anime as well (ex: [http://www.sora-no-method.jp/ Sora no Method]). His style of art fits the game very well, and keeps players coming back to see more cards; meaning more art of their favorite girls! Thus, a great number of people play it for the visuals.

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 Every card in the game depicts a "cute" girl drawn in an anime-esque style with a certain outfit in a certain pose. There are over 50 girls (probably more around 100 different girls) in the game, each with their own unique personality and interests! This means that there's bound to be a couple of girls that everybody likes, since they do cover a wide range of personalities, interests, and archetypes. Every girl has multiple different cards, which means one girl might have roughly 30+ different cards! For a hardcore player, this is a lot to collect. Thus, in essence, this is a game for collectors, as the main objective is to collect the cards you want the most! New cards are also released at a very rapid rate through events and special promotions, meaning that the game can get addicting very fast, especially when you're trying to collect all the cards of a girl you like. The attractiveness of the cards will keep you coming back to play for a chance of getting a better card! The art design of most cards is done by [http://qp.banbi.net/ QP:flapper], a relatively famous anime artist who has done art and character designs for various Manga and Anime as well (ex: [http://www.sora-no-method.jp/ Sora no Method]). His style of art fits the game very well, and keeps players coming back to see more cards; meaning more art of their favorite girls! Thus, a great number of people play it for the visuals.
-[[File:new example cards.png|alt=Example cards|centre|thumb|1000x1000px|Just 10 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
+[[File:new example cards2.jpg|alt=Example cards|centre|thumb|600x600px|Just 12 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
 Aside from the anime-esque art, most girls also come with voice acting! All of the voice actresses that voice the various girls in this game are all pretty famous. For example, Rie Kugimiya, Tamura Yukari, Ryoko Shintani, Kaori Fukuhara, Satomi Sato, and more are all in the game! This is appealing to those who are fans of these various voice actresses - many of which are popular and have even a cult following in Japan. The voice acting in the game is done relatively professionally as a whole. Almost every new card contains more voice acting, so there's an almost endless stream of new voices and sounds coming to the game at a rapid pace!

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 Every card in the game depicts a "cute" girl drawn in an anime-esque style with a certain outfit in a certain pose. There are over 50 girls (probably more around 100 different girls) in the game, each with their own unique personality and interests! This means that there's bound to be a couple of girls that everybody likes, since they do cover a wide range of personalities, interests, and archetypes. Every girl has multiple different cards, which means one girl might have roughly 30+ different cards! For a hardcore player, this is a lot to collect. Thus, in essence, this is a game for collectors, as the main objective is to collect the cards you want the most! New cards are also released at a very rapid rate through events and special promotions, meaning that the game can get addicting very fast, especially when you're trying to collect all the cards of a girl you like. The attractiveness of the cards will keep you coming back to play for a chance of getting a better card! The art design of most cards is done by [http://qp.banbi.net/ QP:flapper], a relatively famous anime artist who has done art and character designs for various Manga and Anime as well (ex: [http://www.sora-no-method.jp/ Sora no Method]). His style of art fits the game very well, and keeps players coming back to see more cards; meaning more art of their favorite girls! Thus, a great number of people play it for the visuals.
-[[File:new example cards.png|alt=Example cards|centre|thumb|1000x1000px|Just 12 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
+[[File:new example cards.png|alt=Example cards|centre|thumb|1000x1000px|Just 10 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
 Aside from the anime-esque art, most girls also come with voice acting! All of the voice actresses that voice the various girls in this game are all pretty famous. For example, Rie Kugimiya, Tamura Yukari, Ryoko Shintani, Kaori Fukuhara, Satomi Sato, and more are all in the game! This is appealing to those who are fans of these various voice actresses - many of which are popular and have even a cult following in Japan. The voice acting in the game is done relatively professionally as a whole. Almost every new card contains more voice acting, so there's an almost endless stream of new voices and sounds coming to the game at a rapid pace!

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 Now, let's get more logistical as to why this game became popular, and why Ameba is raking in the profits. Every card that you obtain in the game can be grouped into a rarity level. The rarer the card, the more attractive its art generally is, and the more voice acting the card has. Since rarer cards are more appealing to most people, players will often come back to the game for the chance that they will one day obtain that extremely rare card of their favorite girl. Now, cards can be collected in various ways. You can get the normal, common, default cards by playing through the story (area or class, whatever you wanna call it). But since everyone can do that the cards are pretty bad (stat-wise and art-wise). Thus, you have to get the good cards somehow else - that comes from doing a [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gasha roll]], attendance checks, pure luck, battling other players, and events. These all have a chance to provide rare cards. However, the chance of obtaining the rarest cards in the game can be abysmally low - the chance is lower than 1%! However, because of this lingering chance, players keep coming back and playing for the chance that the luck and the random number generator will work out in their favor.
- [[File:RarityComparison.jpg|alt=A comparison of the art for cards of differing rarity.|centre|thumb|500x500px|A comparison of the the art for cards of differing rarity. The card on the left is High-Rare, while the card on the right is Super-Super-Rare. The two cards both show the same girl.]]
+[[File:New rarity example cards.png|A comparison of the art for cards of differing rarity.|centre|thumb|1000x1000px]]
 In order to maximize the chance of getting more rare cards, you need to build a strong deck of girls - this is so you can do better in events, to have a higher chance of obtaining rare event cards. What does this mean, you ask? Well, every card is good for something other than just being cute! Each card you obtain has stats, which include attack, defense, and cost. The rarer the card, the better its stats. Thus, having a deck with lots of rare girls allows you to perform better when fighting various enemies or other players. This leads to a positive correlation with performance in events. Since events generally test how powerful your current deck of girls is, having a deck with better stats will allow you to perform better in events, leading to you having a better chance at obtaining the rare event cards. Also, events are generally where most players obtain new cards without having to pay money, which means that there's a lot of fierce competition to obtain the limited-edition cards (where only a specific number of the card are given out!). There are also other ways to gain cards, such as rolling at the rare gachapon. Ameba often gives out free rolls at the rare gachapon, or will give you special tickets that might guarantee a high-rarity card!

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 Every card in the game depicts a "cute" girl drawn in an anime-esque style with a certain outfit in a certain pose. There are over 50 girls (probably more around 100 different girls) in the game, each with their own unique personality and interests! This means that there's bound to be a couple of girls that everybody likes, since they do cover a wide range of personalities, interests, and archetypes. Every girl has multiple different cards, which means one girl might have roughly 30+ different cards! For a hardcore player, this is a lot to collect. Thus, in essence, this is a game for collectors, as the main objective is to collect the cards you want the most! New cards are also released at a very rapid rate through events and special promotions, meaning that the game can get addicting very fast, especially when you're trying to collect all the cards of a girl you like. The attractiveness of the cards will keep you coming back to play for a chance of getting a better card! The art design of most cards is done by [http://qp.banbi.net/ QP:flapper], a relatively famous anime artist who has done art and character designs for various Manga and Anime as well (ex: [http://www.sora-no-method.jp/ Sora no Method]). His style of art fits the game very well, and keeps players coming back to see more cards; meaning more art of their favorite girls! Thus, a great number of people play it for the visuals.
-[[File:Samplegirlscards.jpg|alt=Example art of the cards|centre|thumb|1200x1200px|Just 12 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
+[[File:Samplegirlscards.jpg|alt=Example art of the cards|centre|thumb|1000x1000px|Just 12 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
 Aside from the anime-esque art, most girls also come with voice acting! All of the voice actresses that voice the various girls in this game are all pretty famous. For example, Rie Kugimiya, Tamura Yukari, Ryoko Shintani, Kaori Fukuhara, Satomi Sato, and more are all in the game! This is appealing to those who are fans of these various voice actresses - many of which are popular and have even a cult following in Japan. The voice acting in the game is done relatively professionally as a whole. Almost every new card contains more voice acting, so there's an almost endless stream of new voices and sounds coming to the game at a rapid pace!
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 Each girl also has her own backstory, her own personality, and information on how she does at school and what clubs she's a part of! Every girl has a pretty unique personality and interests, so there's generally at least one girl that most people will like. The game, anime, manga, and other official material all help to develop each girls' backstory and personality. Most people will find themselves attracted to at least one girl if not multiple, and may claim them to be their "waifu." Thus, one of a player's main goals may be to collect all the cards of their favorite girls. By doing so, the player will slowly learn more about the girl!
-Now, let's get more logistical as to why this game became popular, and why Ameba is raking in the profits. Every card that you obtain in the game can be grouped into a rarity level. The rarer the card, the more attractive its art generally is, and the more voice acting the card has. Since rarer cards are more appealing to most people, players will often come back to the game for the chance that they will one day obtain that extremely rare card of their favorite girl. Now, cards can be collected in various ways. You can get the normal, common, default cards by playing through the story (area or class, whatever you wanna call it). But since everyone can do that the cards are pretty bad (stat-wise and art-wise). Thus, you have to get the good cards somehow else - that comes from doing a [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gasha roll]], attendance checks, pure luck, battling other players, and events. These all have a chance to provide rare cards. However, the chance of obtaining the rarest cards in the game can be abysmally low - the chance is lower than 1%! However, because of this lingering chance, players keep coming back and playing for the chance that the luck and the random number generator will work out in their favor (tl;dr hoping that the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RandomNumberGod RNG gods] will bless them).
+Now, let's get more logistical as to why this game became popular, and why Ameba is raking in the profits. Every card that you obtain in the game can be grouped into a rarity level. The rarer the card, the more attractive its art generally is, and the more voice acting the card has. Since rarer cards are more appealing to most people, players will often come back to the game for the chance that they will one day obtain that extremely rare card of their favorite girl. Now, cards can be collected in various ways. You can get the normal, common, default cards by playing through the story (area or class, whatever you wanna call it). But since everyone can do that the cards are pretty bad (stat-wise and art-wise). Thus, you have to get the good cards somehow else - that comes from doing a [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gasha roll]], attendance checks, pure luck, battling other players, and events. These all have a chance to provide rare cards. However, the chance of obtaining the rarest cards in the game can be abysmally low - the chance is lower than 1%! However, because of this lingering chance, players keep coming back and playing for the chance that the luck and the random number generator will work out in their favor.
-  [[File:RarityComparison.jpg|alt=A comparison of the art for cards of differing rarity.|centre|thumb|800x800px|A comparison of the the art for cards of differing rarity. The card on the left is High-Rare, while the card on the right is Super-Super-Rare. The two cards both show the same girl.]]
+  [[File:RarityComparison.jpg|alt=A comparison of the art for cards of differing rarity.|centre|thumb|500x500px|A comparison of the the art for cards of differing rarity. The card on the left is High-Rare, while the card on the right is Super-Super-Rare. The two cards both show the same girl.]]
 In order to maximize the chance of getting more rare cards, you need to build a strong deck of girls - this is so you can do better in events, to have a higher chance of obtaining rare event cards. What does this mean, you ask? Well, every card is good for something other than just being cute! Each card you obtain has stats, which include attack, defense, and cost. The rarer the card, the better its stats. Thus, having a deck with lots of rare girls allows you to perform better when fighting various enemies or other players. This leads to a positive correlation with performance in events. Since events generally test how powerful your current deck of girls is, having a deck with better stats will allow you to perform better in events, leading to you having a better chance at obtaining the rare event cards. Also, events are generally where most players obtain new cards without having to pay money, which means that there's a lot of fierce competition to obtain the limited-edition cards (where only a specific number of the card are given out!). There are also other ways to gain cards, such as rolling at the rare gachapon. Ameba often gives out free rolls at the rare gachapon, or will give you special tickets that might guarantee a high-rarity card!
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 [[File:AnimeJapanBooth.jpg|alt=Girlfriend Kari's booth at Anime Japan|thumb|600x600px|Girlfriend Kari's booth at Anime Japan. It's huge.|centre]]
 With over 7 million registered users, the game is extremely popular in Japan but relatively unknown outside of its home country. The main reason is because the game is only in Japanese and is unavailable in any other language. Japan also frequently airs advertisements for this show, because Ameba has enough money to keep producing advertisements for the series! Some of them are pretty hilarious, and most are interesting.
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   [[File:Keychainsfamima.jpg|alt=Key chains of Girlfriend Kari Characters|centre|thumb|500x500px|Keychains for sale from Family Mart's website.]]
-In short, Ameba's idea of creating such a game is genius. The pure concept itself is it's addicting. It's a giant combination of cutely attractive anime style visuals with professional voice acting, with tons of girls - each with their own, unique personalities and interests. You're bound to be attracted to several of them, leading you to play the game to obtain the cards. But the chance of obtaining the cards (drop rate) is so low that you'll keep on playing - while Ameba produces dozens of new cards per month. It leads to an endless, infinite cycle - that only leaves you addicted and coming back for more.
+In short, Ameba's idea of creating such a game is genius. The pure concept itself is it's addicting. It's a giant combination of cutely attractive anime style visuals with professional voice acting, with tons of girls - each with their own, unique personalities and interests. You're bound to be attracted to several of them, leading you to play the game to obtain the cards. The chance of obtaining the cards (drop rate) is so low that you'll keep on playing - while Ameba produces dozens of new cards per month. It leads to an endless, infinite cycle - that only leaves you addicted and coming back for more.
 So how do you start? By installing the game, of course!

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 Every card in the game depicts a "cute" girl drawn in an anime-esque style with a certain outfit in a certain pose. There are over 50 girls (probably more around 100 different girls) in the game, each with their own unique personality and interests! This means that there's bound to be a couple of girls that everybody likes, since they do cover a wide range of personalities, interests, and archetypes. Every girl has multiple different cards, which means one girl might have roughly 30+ different cards! For a hardcore player, this is a lot to collect. Thus, in essence, this is a game for collectors, as the main objective is to collect the cards you want the most! New cards are also released at a very rapid rate through events and special promotions, meaning that the game can get addicting very fast, especially when you're trying to collect all the cards of a girl you like. The attractiveness of the cards will keep you coming back to play for a chance of getting a better card! The art design of most cards is done by [http://qp.banbi.net/ QP:flapper], an relatively famous anime artist who has done art and character designs for various Manga and Anime as well (ex: [http://www.sora-no-method.jp/ Sora no Method]). His style of art fits the game very well, and keeps players coming back to see more cards, meaning art, of their favorite girls! Thus, a great number of people play it for the visuals.
 [[File:Samplegirlscards.jpg|alt=Example art of the cards|centre|thumb|1200x1200px|Just 12 of the many girls in the game! This is the typical style of art you'll see in the game.]]
-Aside from the anime-esque art, most girls also come with voice acting! All of the voice actresses that voice the various girls in this game are all pretty famous. For example, Rie Kugimiya, Tamura Yukari, Ryoko Shintani, Kaori Fukuhara, Satomi Sato, and more are all in the game! This is appealing to those who are fans of these various voice actresses - many of which are popular and have even a cult following in Japan. The voice acting in the game is done relatively professionally as a whole, which each card providing more lines that the girl says!
+Aside from the anime-esque art, most girls also come with voice acting! All of the voice actresses that voice the various girls in this game are all pretty famous. For example, Rie Kugimiya, Tamura Yukari, Ryoko Shintani, Kaori Fukuhara, Satomi Sato, and more are all in the game! This is appealing to those who are fans of these various voice actresses - many of which are popular and have even a cult following in Japan. The voice acting in the game is done relatively professionally as a whole. Almost every new card contains more voice acting, so there's an almost endless stream of new voices and sounds coming to the game at a rapid pace!
 [[File:VoiceActressesCards.jpg|alt=A look at the massive amount of voice actresses for the game|centre|thumb|553x553px|Some of the voice actresses that voice characters in Girlfriend Kari! They're holding up art of the character they voice!]]
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 So how do you start? By installing the game, of course!
-Next up:[[Installation]]!
+Next up: [[Installation]]!
 [[Category:Walkthrough|Introduction]]