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Sprung - The Dating Game is a Dating Sim game for the Nintendo DS released in 2004 by Ubisoft. The player is given the choice of playing as either the male protagonist Brett or the female protagonist Becky, as they both go on missions to date and fall in love at the Snow Bird Mountain Ski Resort. Of course, not much skiing actually goes on, and the game is split into separate 'scenes' where the player is given the objective of completing a certain goal to progress (for example, getting Becky out of her bad Blind Date). The game is considered to fail as a dating sim, as there is little choice of Love Interests at it's conclusion (only one romantic prospect for Becky, three for Brett), and its lack of narrative flexibility left many people getting bored of reliving the same dialogue over again just to reach a certain outcome. It is often found in bargain bins due it being relatively unknown.

Unsurprisingly, Sprung contains many Dating Tropes and Love Tropes, as well as many a Shout-Out, paying tribute to Lord of the Rings, Right Said Fred and Dawson's Creek, among others.