A hopelessly besotted Japanese gamer, known by his online tag of Sal9000, has just tied the knot with his girlfriend Nene Anegasaki. Her best friend gave a moving speech at the wedding, and the event was streamed live on Nico Nico Douga, a Japanese video site of which Sal9000 is a member. He then took her on a romantic honeymoon to Guam.

Lovely, romantic stuff - but all is not as it seems!

You see, the odd thing about our lovestruck couple is that the bride isn't actually a real person at all - she's part of Japanese "romance simulator" Love Plus, a game for Nintendo's DS handheld console. The game allows players to choose a virtual girlfriend, wine and dine her, keep her company, play games with her, and, er, maybe other things (I don't speak Japanese, but the pictures on the official website are quite suggestive).

I'm not sure if this is a publicity stunt or what, and it all seems a bit strange to me, but he looks happy enough. How long before she finds him flirting with the new DSi or - worse yet - a PSP?