ONE-UP has begun service of “Minna De Bokujou Monogatari”[J] (Farm Tale For All), a PC online game, in 5 countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia.

“Minna De Bokujou Monogatari” is a browser simulation based on the consumer title “Bokujou Monogatari,” released in 1996 and subsequently converted into a series.  While interchanging with other players, you manage your own farm in this “pioneer” agriculture game, and it’s now being offered as a Nico Nico App and as a Yahoo! Mobage social game.  This time the overseas version of “Minna De Bokujou Monogatari” is being developed in a business partnership through Run Up Games Distribution Ltd., and the Chinese language version will be supported on Facebook.

Bokujou Monogatari Official Illustration of all 27 Complete Works from Super Famicom “Bokujou Monogatari” to the 3DS “Hajimari No Daichi”

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Colopl [J] has launched new game “Inyou No Michi – Taishou Gensou Roku” (Road of Yin and Yang – Taishou Illusions Log) offered by Nijibox [J] for the location based service “Colopl.”

“Inyou No Michi – Taishou Gensou Roku” is a game where the user becomes a sorcerer and collects beautiful divination cards.  You aim to be a strong sorcerer while collecting beautiful divinations through “Duties,” “Gacha,” Secret Treasure,” and such.  It has “pilgrimage” functions which allow you to get “Loke pt” (Location points) which use colopl’s characteristic location registration and respond to distance traveled.  When you collect “Loke pt,” you can turn the pilgrimage gacha (capsule machine).  Also they are planning to soon add the function of being able to get original local divinations from each region, using location registration.  This  allows you to get rare divinations when you go to each region and log in, and when you attain mastery of all regions’ divinations, you can also get precious limited divinations.

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mixi [J] has announced that from August 2012 they will launch “O Todoke Bin” (Notification Mail) as a new service of mixi Birthday [J].  Frenxxo [J] will carry out development and management.

With “Notification Mail,” it will become possible to purchase goods from a list starting with over 50 articles of interior miscellaneous goods and accessories , and you can give presents together with messages to “My Miku” mixi friends on their birthdays.  When giving a present, the sender doesn’t need to enter the other person’s address.  The receiver handles procedures for their address, and the mixi birthday executive office handles the delivery.  To commemorate the launch of “Notification Mail” on mixi, they will be making a “0 yen sponsor gift.”  With the “0 yen sponsor gift,” you can send your friends free of charge a total of 4,050 items of these 4 products: “Honeybee March Gift” (soap gift) and “Space Girl” (for bath use) by Lush Japan, “JANJAN Yakisoba Sauce” by Ace Cook, and “SOYJOY” by Otsuka Seiyaku.

“mixi Birthday” started service from digital gifts in February 2012, and already it has surpassed a total of 9.5 million celebrations.  Also, they have decided to make the “10 million times achievement campaign” which will give the 10 millionth sender and receiver each a 100,000 yen H.I.S. travel voucher.

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Omoshiro Houjin Kayac has released “Tap Ninja,” an iOS dashing action game app.  Download is free.

“Tap Ninja” is an action game where you control a ninja running through the night streets as you tap the screen.  While defeating enemies and avoiding obstacles, you aim for high score by acquiring coins and by your distance run.  Things that stand in the way of the ninja’s path include enemy ninjas and animals, flames and boulders; tap the screen to kill enemies while jumping over obstacles, pick up fallen coins, and aim for the distance.  Score up by completing missions, and compete with friends on the leader board.

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[Update 2012-07-13] There was a misspell. Kayak is an US web service. Kayac is the one in Japan and released Tap Ninja.

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Green romp [J] has released Koeshi [J], a service that offers voices for speech in social games and electronic books, or contents which require voices.

“Koeshi” is a service which answers the needs for “voices” in new contents and uses free young voice actors and budding voice actors who have completed lessons at voice acting school.  Already there are more than 15 voice actor staff members, and since recording equipment is prepared at each of their homes, recording and post production will proceed not by assembling studios but from home based on the directions of the director, making it possible to deliver the goods for short term payment yet low cost.  Furthermore, “Koeshi” is accepting orders from ordinary people.

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