LINE begins evolution from the communication application

NHN Japan's communication application for smartphone "LINE" grows rapidly. More than 40 million people uses LINE from 230 countries now. NHN Japan released a Windows phone version on June 12, and it became the first place of free app ranking in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in three days.

One of the popular reasons of LINE is a "stamp function".

LINE users can attach a cute illustration to a message and a chat. NHN Japan made physical goods for the cause by this illustration.

These are sold as capsule Toy from the end of August.

Furthermore, according to TechCrunch Japan, NHN Japan makes LINE a game platform. NHN Japan's CEO Morikawa says  " we wants to cooperate with the third party developer". TechCrunch Japan reports that the details are shown on July 3.

This is Japanese taste "Bejeweled"

PopCap tied up with GREE and released Japanese version Bejeweled. Now, we can play it with a smartphone.

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GREE added the theme of the pirate to Bejeweled and named it "Bejeweled Densetsu(Bejeweled Legend)". Users handle various quests as a pirate while playing puzzles.

There are innumerable such games in Japan. Repetition of a quest, quest, quest, and battle with enemy. The operation of such a game is only clicked(tapped) until now. However, it is replaced by a puzzle in Bejeweled Densetsu. GREE fused by Bejeweled and the social game of the conventional Japanese style.

Furthermore, they added the device that virtual goods were provided. However, it is not Gacha. It is a slot machine. A ticket is necessary to play a slot machine. We may get the ticket by a friend invitation. However, we purchase it for real money when we are necessary.

Zynga Japan released Japanese original social game apps for Smartphone

Says honestly, Zynga's social games are almost unpopular in Japan. Of course it is one of the reasons that mobile spreads in Japan. However, "artwork" is more important. The artwork of social games of Zynga looks cheesy to a Japanese. It is not cute and not cool. Japanese has many choices. There are social games of every theme in Japan and a lot of social games which are more fun than Zynga.
Therefore Zynga Japan develops a social game for Japanese markets originally. They released new game apps for Android recently. The name is "Ayakashi Onmyouroku(あやかし陰陽録)"

This is the card battle social game that featured the Japanese fantasy. Users becomes professional practitioner of the Japanese esoteric cosmology(Onmyoji) and collect cards of various Shikigami and handle a quest. Artwork and the game system are completely Japanese tastes. It is the second that they release a Japanese original social game for  smartphones.
See also:
Zynga's Japanese taste iOS game application

However, I think this is so-so. Card battle social games are full of Japan now. Latest Zynga Japan's card battle social games are good. But there is not the novelty. Now, card battle social games are full of Japan. Everybody collects digital cards :) but the Japanese will get tired of it someday. What will come next to Card battle social games? I think the issue of the next social game of Japan to be this.

I began a new project

Now, I'm in Akita of the my birthplace. Because, my dad died of lung cancer last month. Dad was still 60 years old. Besides, my parents are farming families of the mom and pop operations. My family is in a poor state now.

However, all the current Japanese farmer are poor. Hard labor, low income and High tax. Last year, 5 people committed suicide due to economic distress in our village. And my neighborhood hanged itself and committed suicide this month, too.

It is just the WORST.

Honestly, I want to run away from here. And I want to run away from Japan. However, what will happen to my mom if I escape from here? Mom must manage the farm alone. Any other work? The current Japanese farm village does not have the work. Furthermore, will the workplace employing the 60-year-old woman who can do only agriculture exist? Mom becomes depressed and will commit suicide if I escape from here.

After all, I must be here.

Therefore I thought. What is the root of the problem? It is "Poverty". Poverty causes all problems. What should we do to escape from poverty? We must do something new. In a poverty state, maintenance of the status quo is not helpful.

Therefore, at first, I opened blog of our farm.

http://ameblo.jp/marudaifarm/

I chose Ameba blog. This is blog service of the biggest in Japan, and SEO is great, too. I write post in Japanese and English here.

In addition, I opened the Facebook page of our farm.

https://www.facebook.com/marudaifarm

I send information of various agriculture in Japanese and English in these first of all.

Japanese agriculture is the most far-off occupation for IT and English. Most people cannot buy a smartphone and a tablet let alone a PC for poverty. And nobody has English. However, will the situation change if I try it in it intensively?  I want to make a bet with social media and global.

Japanese popular game apps "Nameko" goes music!

I wrote about Japanese popular game application for smartphone "Nameko Saibai Kit(nameko mushroom cultivation Kit)" in March.
See Also: The game application which is the most popular in Japan is a "nameko mushroom"

They multiply more in Japan. It may be said that they are rivals of Angry Birds in Japan.

[SoftBank/au iPhone 4S/4専用]おさわり探偵 なめこ栽培キット カスタムカバー(みずたま)



おさわり探偵なめこ栽培キット　押し出し消しゴム

なめこ栽培キットコースター(レッド)

キャッピー/イヤホンジャックマスコット(なめこ)


Now, goods of Nameko are sold at every place.

Furthermore, they release a compilation album on July 11.

なめこのCD


In Japan, a music CD of a social game and the social application that made a hit was released several times until now. However, the characteristic of the CD of this Nameko is that participating musicians are really fans of Nameko. Musicians are players of Nameko Saibai Kit. Therefore they made a musical piece with love to Nameko.
We can have music played before buying here.