<s>
The	O
series	O
began	O
with	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
1999	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
series	O
hit	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
platform	O
as	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Diamond	O
Dust	O
,	O
Kita	B-Application
e	I-Application
:	O
Diamond	O
Dust	O
+	O
Kiss	O
is	O
Beginning	O
came	O
out	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anime	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
ADV	O
Films	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Diamond	B-Application
Daydreams	I-Application
in	O
three	O
volumes	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
a	O
thinpack	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
,	O
a	O
second-year	O
high	O
school	O
student	O
(	O
17	O
years	O
old	O
)	O
,	O
travels	O
from	O
Tokyo	O
to	O
Sapporo	O
in	O
Hokkaidō	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
basic	O
title	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Kita	B-Application
E	I-Application
(	O
To	O
The	O
North	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
he	O
encounters	O
eight	O
different	O
girls	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
lead	O
character	O
Kotori	B-Application
Haruno	I-Application
,	O
whose	O
family	O
he	O
stays	O
with	O
during	O
his	O
time	O
up	O
north	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
loves	O
to	O
collect	O
postcards	B-Device
,	O
gazes	O
at	O
the	O
stars	O
and	O
studies	O
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
learns	O
later	O
that	O
her	O
family	O
restaurant	O
is	O
in	O
trouble	O
with	O
the	O
local	O
thugs	B-Application
,	O
thus	O
he	O
strives	O
to	O
help	O
her	O
with	O
recipes	O
and	O
advertising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
1999	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
,	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
