Pigg Life gives the 860,000 dollars for stricken area of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Pigg Life, the farming social game of Japanese popular virtual world Ameba Pigg collected donations more than 70 million yen.

Pigg Life carried out the charity program with Ryuuichi Sakamoto from January to April.
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They sold virtual cedar and manure for charity. 173,322 people joined in this charity program, and 300,359 cedars were planted. The collected donation is spent for the construction of the temporary house of the stricken area.

Disney is active in virtual business in Japan

DeNA and Disney agree to bring mobile social games worldwide the end of last month.
via http://dena.jp/intl/press/press-releases/dena-and-disney-agree-to-bring-mobile-social-games-worldwide/

However, that's nothing new. Walt Disney Japan was always aggressive in virtual worlds and a social game. Disney is popular among not only children but also adults in Japan. Therefore the Walt Disney Japan provided a license for a virtual goods. Ameba Pigg is the one of example.

They started a tie-up quest with Disney in farming game Pigg Life. It is the second in this that they carry out Disney quest(First is here).

We can grow the magical farm products and can cook the Mickey Mouse dishes. When we achieve a quest, we got special virtual goods of Disney.

Japanese Disney fans are lucky :)

Go hentai go! Japan has a porn social game platform

There are some of people who say that Japanese social game market is red ocean. However, this is a true start.

The social game platform specialized in porn "moeG" opened yesterday. The Japanese porn social game platform is the 2nd in this(1st is DMM.com mobile). moeG provides R-18 social games for adult.

Furthermore, it implement the avatar system and the general social network service function. The avatar design is Manga-style, but has much sexual virtual goods. Of course, only people 18 years or older can log in here. We can still use this only in a future phone, but become able to use smartphone soon.

I think that the social game platform may be subdivided. This is the beginning.

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The Japanese old woman who endured a storm became the topic in huge BBS 2Channel

An intense storm attacked whole Japan  the day before yesterday and yesterday. And a certain image became the topic in Japanese huge BBS  2channel.

This is a capture image of the news programs. An old woman walks in a storm. Her body is driven by a storm and inclines. This storm had power more than typhoon. Many 2 Channel's users commented for this image with "Awesome! :D".

And a user said, "Give this image the speed". This comment attached fire to many users' creation volition.

Many images were made as well as these, but all these were uploaded on 1 day. Probably she will not know herself having become famous in the Internet.

via http://blog.livedoor.jp/himasoku123/archives/51707843.html

Doraemon became mobile social game in Mobage at last

Doraemon is one of the most famous Japanese characters. He became the mobile social game in Mobage at last.

The name is "Doraemon Hokkorina". this is web browser application game, and language support is only Japanese.

Doraemon Hokkorina is a funny game. We plant the "seed of the gadgets" in the vacant land and harvest various gadgets. It is very surreal! :) The basics of this game is Mobage's popular farming social game "Nouen Hokkorina". It's very popular with women. So, Doraemon Hokkorina is popular among women, too.

We fulfill every wish of various characters with the gadgets which we harvested with Doraemon. When we grant many wishes, Doraemon's  popularity level rises.

Furthermore, there is the element decorating vacant land.

When we push forward a game, Doraemon's younger sister Dorammi appears and takes us to the bonus stage. We can make friends with various animals there.

On the other hand, this has factor of the card battle game, too(It is popular enthusiastically now in Japan.). We compose gadgets and can strengthen it.

And we can fight against an enemy using them. A special event is held just now. We can get special virtual goods when we beat enemies.

I do not yet know whether this game succeeds or fails. However, this got users more than 400,000 from a service start in a few days.