This is English version of Japanese blog media "vsmedia". About Japanese Social Games & Apps, Augmented reality, Virtual Worlds, Avatar, Virtual Goods, Social Media, Fab Culture...etc...
GREE International released new social game apps "Monster Quest". Funzio studio developed this(They were purchased by GREE in this May ). Monster Quest is a Pokemon like game plainly. Users go for adventure, collect various monsters, bring them up, evolve and fight with other monsters. After Pokemon, a lot of resemblance "monster RPG" appeared. The monster RPG of Japan's GREE is "Monpla"
The basics of the monster RPG are "cute(Kawaii)" Because users cannot feel upbringing if monsters are not cute. The most important point of the monster RPG is to "upbringing" not fighting.
However, Funzio designed "Monster Quest" in this way.
Not cute :)
Which do you like designs of monster RPG of US-style or J-style?
Japan's Cyberagent cooperates with Indonesian girls band "Cherrybelle" in virtual world Ameba Pico8It's English version of their Japanese virtual world Ameba Pigg).
Cherrybelle is the idol group who debuted in February, 2011. Idol groups are very popular now in Indonesia. Among them, Cherrybelle is the most popular group.
CyberAgent opened a special area of Cherrybelle in Ameba Pico. Users can buy the virtual goods of figure and clothes of Cherrybelle. In addition, users can watch their promotion video in a special area. As a matter of course, many Indonesians gathered there.
CyberAgent performed a lot of tie-ups like this with many artists and celebrities until now in Ameba Pigg. The know-how seems to be just made use of in Ameba Pico.
This is a site which can solve a bald trouble and can share a bald trouble with other users. When users answer a self-check about the bald, the site performs matching of the users where a bald type resembled( and they can make friends). In addition, users check the information about the bald measures method and product and can talk with a doctor free. Furthermore, they can read the discussion report article of bald men and column.
However, unfortunately this opens on a test only until December 31.
Do you get tired of Japanese style card battle social games? Then, let's play this.
This is race game application for smartphones/tablets of GREE "Wacky Motors".
GREE released some of "2D" J-stlye social games for a global market. However, this is clearly different from them. This is full 3D and design is not J-style.
Users operates one's character and car, and can do a race in various cities of all parts of the world.
The excellent point of this game is an operation method. This uses the gyro-sensor of the gadget. We can curve a car rightward by leaning a gadget to the right. This operation method resembles an arcade game than a console game.
However, there is the element of J-style social game, too. It is "Gacha". We can get the clothes of a character, and the part of a car by Gacha using the virtual currency earned in the race. The decoration using them is very fun! There are various functions to the parts of the car and can improve the performance of the car by putting them together.
Furthermore, we can make other users and races.
We can earn more virtual currencies when we win the race with other users.
I played this and remembered Nintendo's Mario cart.
Probably, it became such a game if the Mario cart was carrying out smart phone correspondence. However, Nintendo does not do smartphone correspondence to date. Probably GREE aims at next of Nintendo.
However, they cannot ignore the mobile. Today, they opened contents platform for smartphones "PlayStation Mobile" in Japan.
PlayStation Mobile is contents platform providing the contents such as various application for Android gadget and PlayStation Vita smartphone. Users can use the contents that they purchased from plural correspondence gadgets. SCEJ released 27 game application as an initial offer. Prices are 50yen - 1000yen(about 0.6USD - 13USD).
Big game company which omits the mobile measure at all now became only Nintendo. What do they do?
