Winter Memories – Ultimate Guide (All Routes, Secrets, Extra Stories and Tips)

Become the ultimate menko player.

Definitive Guide

Сrеdit gоеs to めあうせ!

Basic Knowledge and Some Tips to Get You Started

You must absolutely get the Skill “Power of Time” before anything else. It cuts nearly every action’s time cost by half.

Other Skills to prioritize are

• Infinite Film (No more Camera battery loss)
• Treasure Hunter (Needed for certain routes)
• Lockpicking (Needed for Kagami)
• Nightwalker (Needed for Kanae, and gives you more time for moneymaking activities)
• At least one of the Service Skills and Perversion Skills (For certain conditions requiring EXP in their respective Sex Bar)
• Social Skills One & Two (For easier Affection and Mood, and less time spent talking)

Time of Day

• Morning – 08:00 – 12:00
• Afternoon – 12:00 – 16:00
• Dusk – 16:00 – 19:00
• Evening – 19:00 – 00:00
• Late Night – 00:00 – 03:00
• Dawn – 03:00 – 08:00 (Unplayable Time)

Additional note: When an event gets triggered automatically in the (Time of Day) that generally means it will trigger when the time hits XX:00, i.e. the next hour. Otherwise, it has to trigger precisely when the Time of Day changes to the start of the next one.

Some Other Tips You Should Know

Daily Fortune

Generally, the first thing you should do in the Morning is to go to the Shrine and draw a fortune at the Omikuji. Utilize Save/Load to get the best possible fortune. It costs ￥100 so get your first paycheck by washing the dishes.

Drawing – Effects

• Best Luck – Blessed Boy buff (+8 to mood when talking and +8 affection for gifts)
  • Bonus ￥500
• Good Luck – Favored Boy buff (+5 to mood when talking and +5 affection for gifts)
• Luck – Lucky Boy buff (+3 to mood when talking and +3 affection for gifts)
• Bad Luck – -30 Stamina
• Terrible Luck – -50 Stamina

Minigame Perfect Scores

Every Minigame that gives you money always has bonus money after you finish without a single mistake. And the bonus is always going to be higher than your own base payunless you’ve got a good gaming chair. So either Save before every Minigame, or don’t play too hastily. A low but perfect score pays over double what a high but imperfect score does.

Making Money

The Part-Time Waiter Minigame is the best paying Minigame. With a Perfect and High Score, You could generally earn around ￥6000 to ￥9000 per shift. Note that the Minigame says 60 minutes, but it actually just skips to the next Time of Day. I suggest playing it just before your current Time of Day ends. As taking it at 11:55 will just jump you to 12:00 instead of taking 60 minutes.

The next best paying Minigame only happens on 01/01. No it’s not the stalls at the shrine; It’s actually fishing. When you reach 01/01, you get to earn the “King of Games” Achievement”*, allowing you to skip Minigames entirely. This means you can fish instantly at the Levee, and sell it to the “Fisherman Man” NPC there too, who only appears on 01/01 and beyond. Remember to stock up on bait and use your idle time fishing.

Note: Play all 10 Minigames (12/31 you play the two stalls. 01/01 you play Calligraphy in the Tatami Room).

Menko & Levelling Up

The Menko Minigame is by far the easiest method to gaining EXP, unlocking new Skills, and actually become a pro Menkoer. Every new opponent you beat gives you 20 EXP and 15 Memories, plus an item. Remember to actually level up before you battle another NPC.

Yui (CV: Kotone Aruha 琴音有波)

Events and tasks

First Event

• Affection 20
• Talk in the afternoon
• Automatically triggers in the Afternoon

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Do Math Drills Minigame (Yui’s Room) in the afternoon
• Automatically triggers in the Afternoon

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Lewdness 30
• When above are fulfilled, do Math Drills Minigame (Yui’s Room) in the Afternoon

Fourth Event

• Only triggers on 01/01 and beyond

• Affection 80
• Do Calligraphy Minigame (Tatami Room) in the Afternoon

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• Perversion 50
• Go to bed with Yui

Rio (CV: Hinata Yuka 陽向葵ゅか)

Events and tasks

First Event

• Affection 20
• Take 5 photos
• Automatically triggers in Dusk/Evening time

Filler Event A

• Take a photo of the Offerings Box at Shrine
• Take a photo of Candy Store
• When above are fulfilled, proceed to the next day

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Automatically triggers next Afternoon

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Talk to Rio
• Go to bed with Rio

Fourth Event

• Take 25 photos
• Affection 80
• Automatically triggers in the Afternoon
• The next day, have 150 Stamina
• Talk to Rio in the Morning/Afternoon

Fifth Event

• Take 30 photos
• Affection 100
• Automatically triggers in the afternoon

Note: Most of photos can be taken retroactively.

Miyuki (CV: Yuzuki Tsubame 柚木つばめ)

Events and tasks

First Event

• Affection 20
• Do the Dishes Minigame (Kitchen)
• Automatically triggers in the Morning

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Have Carrot, Onion, and Potato in inventory (Bought from the store at Main Road)
• Automatically triggers in the Evening

Third Event A

• Affection 60
• Talk to Miyuki
• Clean 5 dirty rooms (Have Clean Skill and use it on 5 rooms in the house)
  • Tatami Room
  • Dressing Room
  • Kitchen
  • Couple Room
  • Second Floor
• Automatically triggers in the Afternoon

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• Automatically triggers in the Evening

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• Uncle not home (Get his Mood to 100 and he’ll be out the next day)
• Triggers automatically the next Morning

Akari (CV: Honda Miki 本多未季)

Events and tasks

Introductory Event

• Defeat Akari, Shiori, and Kouta in Menko

First Event

• Affection 20
• Be LVL 5
• Talk to Akari

Filler Event A

• Defeat Akari, Shiori, and Kouta in Menko

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Talk to Akari before Dusk
• Talk to Akari again at Dusk

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Defeat Akari in Menko

Filler Event B

• Defeat the 3 Menko Hunters
  • In front of the Apartments (Morning/Afternoon only)
  • At the Shrine (Dusk only)
  • At the Levee (Evening only)
• Talk to Akari Introduces Hikari
• The next day, talk to Akari at Dusk by the park restrooms
• In the Evening, go to the Mountain Trail and rescue Hikari
• The next Morning/Afternoon, go to the Park and rescue Akari and Hikari. Also this is a scripted Menko Battle
• New Character: Mentai-kun inside the Mountain Trail Cave

Fourth Event

• New Character: Hikari on the Main Road
• Talk to Akari in the Secret Base
• Talk to Akari at Dusk

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• Talk to Akari

Kagami (CV: Ooyama Chiroru 大山チロル)

Requirements

Catch her while she is on a jog either at Main Road or Candy Shop.

Events and tasks

First Event

• New Area: Kagami’s Home (Apartment 203)
• Affection 20
• Do training at the Pull-Up Machine

Second Event

• Have Lockpicking Skill
• Affection 40
• Knock on her door at Dusk/Evening
• The next day, do training at the Pull-Up Machine

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Gift a toy (Shrine hint) Fish at the River Beach.
• When above are fulfilled, knock on her door at Dusk/Evening

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• The next day, in Kagami’s room, check the package on her table

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• Own an eye mask (Shrine Hint)Raid the women’s dressers
• The next morning, knock on Kagami’s door
• The toy counts as a gift, so you may not be able to if you’ve reached gift limit.

Mizuki (CV: Yuzuki Akari 柚木朱莉)

Requirements

Unlocked on 12/27 at Main Road, on the bridge

Events and tasks

First Event

• Find a way to help her (Shrine hint)
  • Talk to a man at the shrine in the Evening
• The next Morning, talk to Mizuki
• Affection 20
• Talk to Mizuki

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Touting help (Shrine hint)
  • Girl in the Candy Store (Morning/Afternoon)
  • Woman on Mountain Trail (Dusk)
  • Man by the Park restrooms (Evening)
• The next Morning, talk to Mizuki
• New Area: Mizuki’s Home (Apartment 101)

Third Event

• Affection 60
• The next Morning/Afternoon. talk to Mizuki at the Main Road Bridge
• At Dusk/Evening, knock on Mizuki’s door
• In the Afternoon, talk to Mizuki

Fourth Event

• Talk to Mizuki
• Have three disguise items in inventory (Shrine Hint)
  • Mask (Lottery at Main Road)
  • Hat (Park Morning/Afternoon)
  • Sunglasses (Raid Rio’s Closet)
• Talk to Mizuki

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• The next day, talk to Mizuki in the Morning/Afternoon (Timeskips to Dusk)

Suzuka (CV: Sawano Popura 沢野ぽぷら)

Requirements

Unlocked on 12/26 at the River Beach Camp

Events and tasks

First Event

• New Area: Suzuka’s Tent
• Affection 20
• Gift a 1-star dish

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Gift a 2-stars dish

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Gift a 3-stars dish

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• Gift a 4-stars dish
• Talk to Suzuka at Dusk
• Talk to Suzuka again to unlock the Hot Spring behind the camp

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• Talk to Suzuka in the Evening (Yes, it’s actually Evening)

Shizuku (CV: Suzuka Minase 涼花みなせ)

Events and tasks

Introductory Event

• Mood 50
• Take a photo of Shizuku

First Event

• Affection 20
• The next day, check Dwitter (Rio’s Laptop) without anyone present
• Jerk off

Second Event

• Affection 40
• Mood 50
• The next day, check Dwitter (Rio’s Laptop) without anyone present
• Jerk off
• Talk to Shizuku before Dusk
• Talk to Shizuku at Dusk

Third Event

• Affection 60
• Mood 50
• The next day, check Dwitter
  • New Area: Shizuku’s Home (Back of Candy Store)
• In the Evening, knock on Shizuku’s door

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• Mood 50
• The next day, check Dwitter
• Optional: Talk to Shizuku
• Go to the Park restrooms and pee
• Check Dwitter
• Optional: Talk to Shizuku
• At Dusk, talk to Shizuku at the Park restrooms

Fifth Event

• Have the Nightwalker Skill
• Affection 100
• Mood 50
• The next day, check Dwitter
  • New Area: Love Hotel on Main Road (between the Grocery and Restaurant)
• Enter Love Hotel
• Route is complete, but check Dwitter the next day
• New Character: Kanae in front of the Condo (Needs Hikari completed as well)

Kanae (CV: Nogami Natsuki 野上菜月)

Requirements

Complete the routes of Shizuku and Hikari. You will spot her in front of the condo in the Morning.

Important tip: Kanae is inaccessible on Saturday/Sunday due to the bastard husband, until you complete her route

Events and tasks

First Event

• The next day after you interact with her for the first time, talk to her at the Levee

• Affection 20
• Mood 50
• When above are fulfilled, talk to Kanae
  • New Area: Kanae’s Home (Condo at Main Road)

Second Event

• Affection 40
• The next day, talk to Kanae

Third Event

• Affection 60
• The next day, talk to Kanae at the Levee
• At Midnight, go to the Love Hotel
• Take a photo
• Then next Morning, ring Kanae’s doorbell (Condo Entrance)

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• In the Evening, talk to Kanae
• The next Morning, talk to Kanae
• The next Morning again, check Dwitter without anyone present
• Jerk off
• Talk to Kanae

Fifth Event

• 100 Affection
• The next day after achieving 100 Affection, check Dwitter
• At Midnight, ring Kanae’s doorbell (Condo Entrance)

Hikari (CV: Akiyama Haruru 秋山はるる)

Requirements

Unlockable the day after the completion of Akari’s Filler Event B

Events and tasks

First Event

• New Area: Akari & Hikari’s Home (Condo at Main Road)
• Enter Hikari’s home by going through the Condo
• Enter conversation with Hikari, talk about Hobbies three times
• The next morning, talk to Hikari

Second Event

• Affection 40
• In the Afternoon, talk to Hikari
• The next day, ring Akari’s doorbell (Condo Entrance)

Third Event

• Affection 60
• In the Afternoon, talk to Hikari

Fourth Event

• Affection 80
• In the Afternoon, talk to Hikari

Fifth Event

• Affection 100
• In the Afternoon, have sex with Hikari
• Automatically triggers the next Morning
• New Character: Kanae in front of the Condo (Needs Shizuku completed as well)

New Year Scenes

On the Morning of 01/01, you are given four three choices on whose scene you want to view. However, they have prerequisites.

• Yui – Completed the Third Event
• Rio – Have the Skill “Footjob”
• Miyuki – Have been discovered by Miyuki that you leaked your trousers

To do this, you have to overfill your Lust, get a scene for it, and talk to Miyuki after she discovers your sin. You must have splooged your pantaloons by 12/30 at the latest, because you talk to Miyuki the next day.

• Masakazu – This is Uncle. Technically he is a choice.

Extra Stories

• Chara X Chara events which only happen after all routes are complete.
• When you complete all the routes, you gain the 4P Skill, which you will need to call upon certain pairings.

Events are as follows

Yui X Mizuki

1. The next Morning after 3P with them, talk to Yui
2. Talk to Yui again to go to Mizuki’s home

Rio X Shizuku

1. The next Afternoon after 3P with them, go to the EMPTY Living Room to pick up the phone (Either use Save/Load or skip to the next hour)
2. Kick Uncle out (Mood 100 for absent father the next day)
3. The next Morning/Afternoon, talk to Rio to call Shizuku over

Miyuki X Kanae

1. The next Morning after 3P with them, go to the Levee
2. PRAY TO GOD that you find Miyuki in the Living Room AND using the phone
3. Miyuki X Kanae is a pain to achieve, so if you get their story, you are omega lucky

Akari X Hikari

1. The next Morning after 3P with them, talk to Akari
2. In the Morning/Afternoon, have Hikari at 100 Lewdness, then have sex with Hikari

Kagami X Suzuka

1. The next Morning after 3P with them, go to the the Apartments and check the Bulletin Board
2. The next day, talk to Suzuka
3. In the Evening, talk to Suzuka to go ghost-hunting

Yui X Rio X Miyuki

• Technically not a story, but you get some extra dialogue when you do 4P with them

Secrets

Shrine Offering Box

Donations and their effects

• Every ￥1,000 – Get a Hint to one of the 11 Achievements
• ￥5,000 – Obtain Skill “Lady Luck’s Favor”
  • This Skill gives you the Blessed Boy Buff from the Omikuji every day. You still need to unlock it in the Diary though.
• ￥10,000 – Obtain the Time Travel Skill
  • Warps you to World 01-01. Unlock this Skill at the end of 01/10. You only get this once per run, there is no repeating the donation reward.
• ￥20,000 – Places a Big Red Button in the Living Room (Only shows up in Recollection Mode)
• 5 Items – New Coax Skill: Kiss
• Sparkling Box – Every Heroine Affection +8

Refrigerators

Open up fridges to obtain an item. Not just the family fridge. You can raid the other heroine’s fridges as well.

Wild Greens Man

Is Was Menko Man from Summer Memories. He also lives in Apartment 202, and sells to you at Dusk over there.

Secret Shop

Apartment 102 and is only available at Late Night. The store also has all the prizes you would have missed out on in the Shrine Stalls after they’re gone.

Candy Store Gacha

After collecting all the heroine’s panties, you thief, also beat Uncle and Mentai-kun to obtain their panties undergarments. Next, go to the Candy Store and use the Gacha Machines. Be prepared to spend ￥20,000.