Do-Do-Dorirando! Doriland Jingle Generator

Gree’s social card game Tanken Doriland is selling a lot, and as always, massive TV commercial being aired assisted to call more and more players to there. About a year, when Eastern Japan Earthquake diminished most of commercials from TV, substituted public commercial buzzed with its weird jingle. This time, too much Doriland commercial seems… Continue reading Do-Do-Dorirando! Doriland Jingle Generator

GREE’s Popular Game CM Ring Tones Reach 1 Million Downloads

Dwango Mobile and GREE have announced that since the initial release of ring tones for all patterns (12 patterns, 15 songs) of the social game “Tanken Dorirando” (Exploration Dori-Land) on the specialized ring tone site dwango.jp, the total number of downloads has eclipsed 1 million. “Dori-Land” is card social game where you advance by exploring… Continue reading GREE’s Popular Game CM Ring Tones Reach 1 Million Downloads

GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game

Shares in Japan’s top social gaming company GREE (current market cap: US$6.5 billion) dipped 6.15% today, following reports of users exploiting a glitch in the platform’s top social game. The title in question is “Tanken doliland”, a social card battle game mixed with RPG elements. As we reported yesterday, a bug in the game makes… Continue reading GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game

Gree’s Tanken Doriland Bug Let Users Copy Rare-Cards, Sell At Auction Over $300

Early Sunday morning on 2-channel social-network forum, there are people reporting a cheat using bug on a social game Tanken Doriland, run on Japan’s large social game platform Gree. If believe it, Tanken Doriland’s player can copy any virtual card by using two accounts on two cellphones, by sending the original to the other phone,… Continue reading Gree’s Tanken Doriland Bug Let Users Copy Rare-Cards, Sell At Auction Over $300

DeNA Sues Back To Gree And Its CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka

DeNA, who runs Mobage, announced today [J] that it instituted legal action to demand Gree and its CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka an apology and compensation for the loss caused by Gree’s press release and Tanaka’s comments, which stated that DeNA did illegal business activities. As we reported in December, DeNA expressed [J] the possibility of counter… Continue reading DeNA Sues Back To Gree And Its CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka

Sorayume Offers New Social Game For Gree, Super-Bride Battle

Sorayume [J] has released the new social game for GREE “Chou Yome Taisen” (Super-Bride Battle). “Super-Bride Battle” is a card battle type social game with many characters appearing from several popular game and anime works.  Going beyond the framework of their works, you use the various character and item cards to advance.  The character cards… Continue reading Sorayume Offers New Social Game For Gree, Super-Bride Battle

Koei Tecmo And GREE Bring Romance Of The Three Kingdoms To Chinese Tencent Platform

Koei Tecmo Games [J] and GREE [J] have released “Ichiokunin No Sangokushi” (100 Million People’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms), the Chinese version of Koei Tecmo’s social game “Hyaku Mannin No Sangokushi” (1 Million People’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms), for the Chinese Tencent’s feature phone / smartphone open platform “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for… Continue reading Koei Tecmo And GREE Bring Romance Of The Three Kingdoms To Chinese Tencent Platform

5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011

2011 is over – reason enough to take a look at some of the key trends that shaped Japan’s web, mobile, and gaming industries last year. I could think, in no particular order, of five major developments that made a significant impact last year: March 11 Triple Disaster The triple disaster that hit Japan on… Continue reading 5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011

Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market

Taito [J] has released the Android social game “特工大戦” (SPY WARS), for the smartphone “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community” through business partnership with GREE [J] and the Chinese internet portal Tencent. “特工大戦” is the first segment of a social game in China for the “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community.”  It’s a Chinese language… Continue reading Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market