Love is in the air in Japan, thanks to a new romantic DS game. It isn’t a dating simulation though, it’s an e-reader program. Harlequin has put together Otona no Renai Shousetsu: Harlequin Selection, in English that’d be Harlequin Selection: Love Stories for Grown-Ups.

As you can guess from the rather obvious title – even if you don’t speak Japanese that whole “Harlequin Selection” part is a giveaway – it’s a DS cartridge filled with Harlequin books. Digital versions of 33 books to be precise. Harlequin picked 25 of its novels, 3 of it’s previously digital-exclusive novels and 5 new stories and packed them all into the application. The game also helps you search for the precise romance you’d like to read, by organizing books by heroine, mood and setting. It also has Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support but, unlike 100 Classic Books does not use the internet to bring DS owners more free Harlequin novels. It just lets owners participate in ranking polls.

Honestly, I’m a little surprised all this fuss is being made about Otona no Renai Shousetsu: Harlequin Selection now. The game originally debuted February 25, 2010…

Nintendo’s early 2010 lineup contains 100 Classic Books, an interesting application that turns your DS into an e-reader with 100 books for only $19.99. It could be a boon for students, or people who just enjoy classic literature, when it debuts on June 14, 2010. Finally!

See, 100 Classic Books has already been released pretty much everywhere. It was released in Japan as DS Bungaku Zenshuu way back on October 18, 2007. Europeans saw it on December 26, 2008 as 100 Classic Book Collection. Even Australia already has the program, it was released there as 100 Classic Book Collection as well on January 22, 2009. Kind of makes you wonder what took Nintendo so long in releasing it in North America!

Nintendo hasn’t announced what books will be included in the collection. The press release mentions books and plays from Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Jules Verne, and Destructoid states that Dracula by Bram Stoker was mentioned at the Nintendo press conference when the program was announced…