[April 1] Cute! Japanese virtual world Ameba Pigg became Ameba "Pig"

Japanese virtual world Ameba Pigg holds cute April Fool's Day event. And they become Ameba "Pig" today.

When we log in to Ameba Pigg, the face of our avatar transforms itself into a pig.

Furthermore, the service logos are changed in Ameba Pig from Ameba Pigg, too.

The face of the pig has color variations, and they change whenever we move the area. The face of the wild boar is very rare in them. I want to transform myself into it, but am not yet it.

[April 1] Japan's KDDI releases Bed type smartphone "zzzPhoneBed"

Japanese mobile company KDDI released the bed type smartphone for indoor users "zzzPhoneBed USO1C40".

Product Designer Nemool Smith says, "I use the smartphone only on a bed. Then a bed should become the smartphone".
The most attractive point of zzzPhoneBed is that we can sleep with 2D character. This is a function necessary for many Japanese!

Furthermore, we can experience powerful alarm, and scroll a screen by running. So, we can live a healthy life regularly by zzzPhoneBed.

KDDI releases 5 kinds of sheets of zzzPhoneBed. As for those material, material is polyester, nylon, pile, cotton.

The English explanation is this.

LINE's mobile virtual world LINE Play starts the tie-up with the companies

Mobile virtual world of Japanese messaging apps LINE "LINE Play" starts the tie-up with the companies and brands. At first Coca-Cola Japan, Lawson, Taisho Pharmaceutical and Panasonic participate in this.

They show their own rooms and offer brand virtual goods for LINE users. At first it is necessary to make friends with their official character. Then users become able to play Gacha in their rooms, and got interior items and fashion items at random.

Of course NHN Japan make efforts in the tie-up with companies like LINE stamp(sticker) in LINE Play. They begin the support for companies at once.

KONAMI brings a social game into the game arcade

"Dragon Collection" is one of the popular social games of KONAMI having 7.5M users. They bring it into the game arcade. They released an arcade game "Doragon Collection: Ambition of the green pepper group（ドラゴンコレクション シシトウ団の野望）".

This is a card battle game to be able to play at a game arcade. Because this is an arcade game machine, players can get the real card which own name was listed in. Players can use them for a next play, collect them and can play as a trading card game.

"Doragon Collection: Ambition of the green pepper group" is a card battle game like social game Doragon Collection. However, it has a lot of monsters which there are not in Doragon Collection.

QR cord cards are listed in cards. When players scan this by mobile, they can get these monsters in Doragon Collection. In other words these two games link through cards. KONAMI assumes the play by parent and child in this. Children play "Doragon Collection: Ambition of the green pepper group" at a game arcade, and parents play "Doragon Collection" in mobile. Such Japanese families may appear from now on.

DeNA released a social music player "Groovy"

DeNA aims at the chance except the social game. This is music. They released a social music player for smartphones "Groovy".

Groovy connects users by a music interest graph. Users can listen to music free for 45 seconds. A paid play ticket is necessary to listen full version of music, However, users can get it as a privilege by inviting friends to Groovy. As an interesting function as the music player, Groovy has a function of display lyrics. 39 Japanese labels participate in Groovy, and the number of the sold music exceeds 1 million now. This is very rare in the Japanese music industry. Because the right of the Japanese music industry is complicated, and the labels dislike Internet! :D

Groovy is only Android version now. However, of course DeNA is going to release the iOS version.