Koei Tecmo Games [J] has released “Samurai Cats,” an English version of the warring states social simulation game “Nyobunyaga No Yabou” (Nobunaga’s [meow] Ambition), for the global version of Mobage. An Android version release will lead the way in the North American market of USA and Canada. “Nyobunyaga No Yabou” is a social warring states… Continue reading North American Version of Social Game “Nyobunyaga No Yabou” Released As “Samurai Cats”
Month: November 2012
CyberAgent Releases Photo SNS
CyberAgent [J] has released a smartphone based photo SNS Tomodachi Nenkan [J] (Friend Yearbook), for posting photos of friends’ faces and socializing. “Tomodachi Nenkan” is an SNS for posting and sharing photos taken with friends. You take face photos of yourself and friends, apply filters and stamps to make a post, and it’s possible to… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases Photo SNS
“Hello Kitty World” Game App To Be Released In 48 Countries And Regions
Nifty, Inc. [J] has announced that they will expand and develop “Hello Kitty World,” an iOS game app offered in Taiwan in Japan in collaboration with Sanrio Wave Inc. [J], for 48 more countries and regions. “Hello Kitty World” is a theme park management game where various Sanrio characters appear, starting with their signature character… Continue reading “Hello Kitty World” Game App To Be Released In 48 Countries And Regions
Zynga Japan Retires 3 Social Game Titles
Zynga Japan K. K. [J] has announced that they will terminate service of the three of their social game titles “Mojitomo☆”, “Machitsuku!”, and “Montopia” by December 21st. This is because of the major layoffs [J] at the head American office of the social game developer Zynga. “Mojitomo☆” and “Montopia” are social game apps offered for… Continue reading Zynga Japan Retires 3 Social Game Titles
KDDI And Gijutsu Hyouronsha Hold AR Development Contest
Gijutsu Hyouronsha Inc. [J] and KDDI Inc. [J] are hosting the Dai Nikai Sacchi Ningen Contest [J] (Second Time Sense Human Contest), a contest for AR (Augmented Reality) applications developed using KDDI’s AR application development environment “SATCH SDK”. “Dai Nikai Sacchi Ningen Contest” is an app contest targeted for engineers and creators. The first screening… Continue reading KDDI And Gijutsu Hyouronsha Hold AR Development Contest
Social Gamers’ Social Media Use in Japan
Not a long time ago we conducted a large scale study by surveying 1000 online panel members about their social media usage habits. Although I personally have some doubts about online panels, as the members are paid professional survey takers and may not be normal people (bargain hunters, tech savvy people, early adopters, etc), the… Continue reading Social Gamers’ Social Media Use in Japan
Sony Features Dancing Headphone Girls From All Japan’s 47-Prefecture
Sony Headphone’s official new promotion in Japan is movies on its YouTube channel. Not sounds new? But 47 girls from each prefecture dancing with the headphone at tourist places and/or with local products. The Headphone Joshi(girls) 47 meets Extra Bass. Recap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekWGvjx9JEo Tokyo girl / Tokyo Sky Tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjR2JL_XgYc Wakayama girls / Wakayama Catsle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akg1BWW4VuU… Continue reading Sony Features Dancing Headphone Girls From All Japan’s 47-Prefecture
Yahoo! Japan And DeNA Strengthen Its Business Alliances “As Well”
As I wrote yesterday on Yahoo! Japan-Gree’s business tie-up announcement. The new Yahooo! Japan board seems to be really good on diplomacy, timing two social game giants Gree and (DeNA’s) Mobage. Today, DeNA announced a business collaboration expansion with Yahoo! Japan, which is similar with the Gree’s one on November 8th. TOKYO – November 9,… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan And DeNA Strengthen Its Business Alliances “As Well”
Location Service Colopl To Get IPO On TSE Mothers In December
Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers section today announced [J] that Colopl, an Tokyo-based IT company who runs the same name Internet location service Colopl, is approved to be listed planned on December 13th, 2012. The Japanese location service, though its number of user 2.5 million was passed by US Foursquare by number of users recent years,… Continue reading Location Service Colopl To Get IPO On TSE Mothers In December
Nose Tissue Hello Kitty Stamps Free For Download On LINE Smartphone App.
SS Pharmaceudicals Inc. [J] has begun to offer “nose tissue” Hello Kitty stamps as promotion for the allergy nasal inflammation medicine “Alejion 10,” via the free phone call and mail smartphone application “LINE” [J] offered by NHN Japan Inc.. [J] Hello Kitty is being used as the mascot character for “Alejion 10,” and this time… Continue reading Nose Tissue Hello Kitty Stamps Free For Download On LINE Smartphone App.