There used to be a bug where if a player presses some keys too quickly near the beginning of the cutscenes, it will freeze while the music is still playing.However, players can simply retry and the cutscene will be skipped. It is still possible to receive a Game Over during the death cutscene, the sounds of Senpai dying still play and the white screen transition will occur over the Game Over screen. This was partially fixed in version 0.2.8. The cutscene in Thorns, while also affected, will still play the sounds created from Senpai dying due to it being sound effects.This was fixed in version 0.2.8 where causing a Game Over will make it so that retrying will skip the cutscene upon return. However, the Game Over music will not play afterwards and the game will crash, leaving players forced to restart the game to play it again. There used to be a glitch in Week 6 where if the player presses the R key on their keyboard (a key that causes an instant Game Over) any time during cutscenes in Story Mode, the cutscene and its music will freeze while the sounds of Boyfriend's skeleton cracking and the mic dropping plays.Much of Week 6, such as its gameplay with the new art style, track names and sprites were leaked ahead of its intended release.Alter the "Ready? Set!? Go!" command before the song, instead now saying, "Ready? Set!? Date!" The voice lines for the command are now done in a lower quality/more pixelated style and sound more like that of a woman's voice.Alter the appearance of the antagonist for every track.Alter the appearance of the location for every track.Introduce cutscenes for each track before the battle.Alter the color scheme of the arrow notes (right arrow changed from red to orange).Alter the appearance of the UI, such as the arrows and bar icons.Use an entirely different art style, being pixel art.The first teaser for Week 6 was shown in a tweet by the official Newgrounds Twitter account. Week 6 was created to celebrate Pixel Day, a Newgrounds' Holiday that started in 2016.The pixel art for Week 6 was done by Moawling/Moawko and is credited on the week's title.Boyfriend's skeleton retains the pixelated appearance, the sound effects are lower quality and the game over music is redone in the style of chiptune. The Game Over screen, music and related sound effects are changed to better fit the week's style as well. This style change also alters many other visual elements such as the text, arrows (as well as one of their colors) and the character icons.
The screen becomes wavy, causing everything in the background to appear slightly distorted.īoyfriend and Girlfriend both have different appearances to fit the week's pixel art style.
The once pristine school and pathway now also seem broken, with shattered windows and chipped or missing tiles.
In the third track, the location undergoes a nightmarish shift as the sky and school grounds become enveloped in darkness, the cherry blossom trees appear dead and petalless and the spectating girls are now gone. They are also bouncing slower than before. In the second track, the location undergoes a slight tonal shift as the girls in the background now appear blank-eyed and with a shocked expression on their faces. Several girls with heart eyes in blue Japanese school uniforms watch the rap battle closely in the background in enamored poses. Petals from the cherry blossom trees constantly float down. Week 6 takes place at "The School." This location is set at daytime on a large stone path leading towards a high school with a large clock and its own water tower. The true location of this battle is inside of an old pixel-styled dating sim video game that Girlfriend used to play. Later, Boyfriend also faces off against Spirit, a tortured soul left to an existence of suffering by Daddy Dearest. Boyfriend faces off against Senpai, the dreamy dating sim protagonist.