IRroid - Mobile dating sim which falls in love with cute companies' stocks

Japanese company QUICK is The Nikkei group and contribute tools and reports of finance and the economy. Well, they are square company. They released new mobile application "IRroid" this week.

Yes! This is Japanese dating sim for men definitely. 30 stocks characters such as NTT, Kirin Holdings, Asahi Glass, Teijin, and Colopl appear for this game. So to speak, they are personification of companies. Players become stockholders, get to know various stocks characters, choose five favorite girls, distribute assets into their portfolio and invest them. Interestingly, the stock prices in this game link stock prices data of the real world. When players continue asset investment to them, players become closer to them, and various stories of every characters are shown. When their stock prices in the reality world rise, players can get bonus  in this game.

This is a good tool conveying fun of the investment to the person who is not interested in investment. This is dating sim, but explains basics of the equity investment clearly. They should develop the "for women" version of this. The woman investors will increase if they do so it.

Monster Strike Nintendo 3DS ver. passed 1 million sale in one day after release

Japan's mixi released Nintendo 3DS version of their popular mobile game Monster Strike on December 17. Though it's price 4,860 yen, it passed 1 million sales on the next day.

Monster Strike Nintendo 3DS ver. is the RPG which shares a view of the world of the short anime series that mixi shows in Youtube. Original monsters only for Nintendo 3DS versions appear for this as well as popular monsters for smartphone versions. Furthermore, it has a story, human characters, and StreetPass Communication function. mixi released this at the best time. Because it is a holiday season now!

Disney TSUM TSUM became Makizushi(Roll Sushi)

Japan Deco Sishi Association(日本デコ寿司協会) published Makizushi(巻き寿司 means Roll Sushi in Japanese) recipe book of mobile game of Disney and LINE "LINE: Disney TSUM TSUM".

via Amazon.co.jp

Deco Sishi is Makizushi with decorativeness, and flowers, animals and characters are chosen as those motifs well. Japan Deco Sishi Association began activity for the spread of decorative Makizushi in December, 2012. They develop recipes and designs to enjoy Makizushi in modern families, bring up instructors, and send information to the foreign countries. Deco Sishi recipes of LINE: Disney TSUM TSUM was developed with Disney's license. 30 kinds of recipes are placed in this book. They hold the workshops with the publication of this.

Tennōji-ku, Osaka utilizes Ingress for security activity

Tennōji (天王寺区), the one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan announced that they utilized Niantic's mobile game Ingress for security activity. They assume Ingress agents vigilantes and have them watch children in a local park.

Agents which want to participate in this activity register accounts with the ward office as security agents. If they notice accidents, they must inform a ward office or the police station of them. The ward office delivers special missions to them every three months, and privileges are presented to the agents which achieved excellent results. The Ingress agents of residence, working, and the attendance at schools in Osaka-shi 16 years or older can participate in this. The ward office offers free mobile batteries and original design bandanas.

Family Crest of Yukimura Sanada(真田 幸村: actual name is Nobushige Sanada 真田 信繁), the Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period is garnished on bandanas. Because this ward has the temple where Yukimura Sanada died.

Armaments of the Japan Self-Defense Forces are personified at last. Of course "cute girls"

I wrote many articles about web browser game Kan Colle which personified battleships of Imperial Japanese Navy to cute girls until now.

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Then how about the armaments of current Japan Self-Defense Forces? After all they cannot escape from personification also. Zoo, the Japanese application developer announced that they released PC/Mobile game Rick-G-Earth(りっく☆じあ～す) that personified armaments of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to cute girls on February 24, 2016.

This is a strategic simulation game. Players collect various armaments, organize them and fight against enemies. However, all armaments are personified to cute girls.

She is the 4th generation main battle tank The Type 10.

She is the attack helicopter AH-64D.

She is the attack helicopter AH-64DAH-1S.

In addition, not only active armaments but also old armaments used before appear.

She is the light anti-tank vehicle Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun.

She is the Light Tank M24.

Furthermore, even camps are personified, too.

She is Camp Ichigaya(市ヶ谷). She is office-style. Because Ichigaya is one of the business areas of Tokyo.

She is Camp Kisarazu(木更津). She wears a flight suit. Because Kisarazu has air field.

If you remember her, you are certainly Otaku. She was nose art of attack helicopters.

All their specifications are the same as real armaments, and players can modify them.

The map is a board game type using Hex. Players arrange units on the map, move and fight against enemies. As for the map, each area of Japan becomes the basis. Tanks are advantageous in city areas and plain areas, but they are disadvantageous in mountainous areas.

This is released in Yahoo!Mobage(for PC) and Rakuten Apps Market(for Android). The release of iOS apps ver. is after those.