8.25.2014

Nameko cooperated with a supermarket in Japan

Japanese mobile game superstar Nameko cooperates with a large shopping building for youths, convenience store, railroad and fashion brand in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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However, how about in Japan?  Nameko cooperated with a small inexpensive supermarket. You may wonder, but this may be a tie-up appropriate for Nameko. Because many foods including mushrooms are sold there and people come every day.






Photos via Nameko official site Namepara

Summitstore is local supermarket chain unfolding only in the Kanto area of Japan. They held various events with Nameko on August 13 - 17. The fruits and vegetables floor was decorated in banner and pennants of Nameko, quiz rally and art exhibition for children are held, participants of art exhibition were given an original sticker.


Furthermore, Nameko visited some stores and held the Meet & Greet.
We can check a event and the store in this video.

Popular mobile game Rage of Bahamut becomes the anime in Japan

Mobage's popular mobile card battle game Rage of Bahamut(developed by Cygames) becomes anime in Japan in October. The title is "Rage of Bahamut GENESIS".


A complete original story is expressed in the world same as a game in Rage of Bahamut GENESIS. MAPPA, the anime studio is in charge of the production, and the director is Keiichi Satou(TIGER & BUNNY, Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary, Karas).

Anime is broadcasted in TOKYO MX, SUN-TV(Hyogo, Kobe), KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, BS11 from October.

8.24.2014

The Japanese personifies everything, even heavy equipment

Battleships, samurai swords, castles, sushi...I wrote various articles about the personification in the Japanese games(Please search "personifies" in this blog). However, a newer personification game came up. DMM(they publish personification sea fight simulation game Kan Colle) and Marvelous announced the new PC browser game "Ole Tower ~Over Legend Endless Tower~"(俺タワー ~Over Legend Endless Tower~).
*Ole Tower(俺タワー) means My Tower



Ole Tower is tower construction simulation game. Players collect various heavy equipments and tools, and build a own tower with them... but all of them are cute girls. For example...

She is a Crawler crane.

She is a Loader.

She is a Dump truck.

She is a mini-Excavator.

She is a Hammer.

Now, They accept pre-registration and Forklift truck is given as a privilege to players who pre-registered.


8.15.2014

Rovio Japan held a clay sculpture lesson for kids in Tokyo

In Japan, a lot of various homework are imposed on children in summer vacation by a school, In them, there is the homework to make a handmade work. Therefore Rovio Japan held a new event this month.





It's clay sculpture lesson. They held this in App Bank Shibuya of the smartphone goods shop on August 9 and 10. In other words, children can complete one of the homework of the summer vacation by participating in this. This is a good idea to get a viral effect in the school(or kids community). Leevi Lankinen of the sculptor came in Tokyo from the Rovio head office for this event.










Photos via Rovio Japan's Twitter

Participants seemed to enjoy an event. Rovio Japan held an illustration event for children to collaboration with Puzzle and Dragons in last November.

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They continue holding original events from now on in Japan, and hold the music event with KORG on August 31.


The Japanese site of Angry Birds is here.

8.14.2014

Japanese mobile game giant DeNA personified samurai's swords to cute girls

The Japanese personifies everything. DeNA is no exception. Japanese mobile game giant DeNA is no exception.

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"Youtou Arashi to Fubuki -Sword of Twins-"(妖刀 あらしとふぶき -Sword of Twins-: Mysterious Sword Arashi and Fubuki -Sword of Twins-) is a new native app game of DeNA. In ancient Japan where Youkai(妖怪: supernatural creatures in Japanese folklore) threatens the world peace of human beings, Arashi and Fubuki of the brother of a mixed blood of human being and Youkai have an adventure by the help of swords fairies.






At first the player chooses either Arashi(brother) or Fubuki(sister). Both have voices by voice actors.






Well, you may notice. This is a 3-match puzzle RPG such as Puzzle and Dragons. But this has some elements evolving than Puzzle and Dragons. The graphic is a horizontal scrolling action style, own's character moves and talks at every attack and the expression of finisher attacks are showy.





In a process of the adventure, players can get fairies of various swords. All of them are cute girls and real existence swords. This resembles popular sea fight simulation game for PC Kan Colle(艦これ).

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For example, She "Ōshū Aizu-jū Kanetomo(奥州会津住兼友)" was the sword which Yahachirou Ozaki(尾崎弥八郎) of the member of the Shinsengumi(新撰組:  special police force organized by the Bakufu  during Japan's Bakumatsu period in 1864. Wikipedia) used habitually. Real she is...



By the way, I noticed a serious thing. This does not have all social elements and players can play only a single play mode. This is exceptional in DeNA which is the giant of the Japanese mobile social game. I do not know why they did so it. However, reviews of App Store and Google Play are not bad. The social elements may be already unnecessary for Japanese mobile F2P games.