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...
Ameba Pigg sells the Cosplay virtual goods of characters of Lupin the 3rd. Users can let one's avatar do Cosplay using these. However, Cosplay is very difficult in both the reality world and the virtual world.
This is my avatar wearing the wig of male character "Goemon" of the character of Lupin the 3rd.
And this is my avatar wearing the wig of female character #Fujiko". Please compare these with a top official image. These are so unnatural.
In Cosplay, the most important point is "harmony". Wig, clothes and face, all must harmonize. However, there are few Cosplayers which are completely made in this. There are the Cosplayer where a face and a wig do not harmonize in the reality world, too.
Of course Ameba Pigg users can change the face of one's avatar. Furthermore, they can wear make-up. However, those functions are charged in Ameba Pigg. I think that this reflects real strictness. A high expense is necessary for plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery in the reality world, and we must buy the cosmetics. It is not easy to become cool Cosplayer in both the reality world and the virtual world....
I cannot change a face because I am poor. So I always deceive it by laughing and singing. There is not it so funnily if we cannot see eyes.
And I to turn to back if possible.
By the way, Cosplay and the role playing are very fun! It is right a way of enjoying in the virtual world. We can make friends with unknown users immediately when we do Cosplay.
I remembered early Second Life and became nostalgic. Former Second Life had a lot of such community. How's the now?
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.
