In 2006, Famitsu's listings for the Top 20 selling love games included seven otome games. In 2002, Konami released its very successful Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side, which brought many new fans to the still-new genre. The game has a very similar dynamic to its predecessor Angelique, with the protagonist Ashanty, a young woman who will have to choose between being the new sacred protector of a kingdom, or falling in love and living happily with one of her knights who will help her during the game. Angelique is credited with 'set up the specifics and conventions of women's games: a focus on romance, easy controls and utilizing other multimedia.' After Angelique came in 1997 the second otome game, Albaria no Otome which was created by Gimmick House and Magical Craft for PC-FX and later for PlayStation. In 2021, the series continues with Angelique Luminarise, in which the protagonist is a 25-year-old office worker. The game was originally targeted to pre-teen and younger teenage girls, but became unexpectedly popular with older teenagers and women in their 20s. The first otome game is generally acknowledged to be Angelique, released in 1994 by Koei in Japan for the Super Famicom, and created by an all-woman team. 6 Notable otome game developers and publishers.