By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Games, in which players have to train “idols” (stars) to rise to fame and fortune, are quite popular in Japan. Nagoya-based Ateam has just release Star Girls on Mobage, a social game that lets players take on the role of a music manager. The goal of the game is to choose a girl with...
Initial D, a popular Japanese anime and manga series, has seen quite a few video games over the years, and now Tokyo-based Butterfly Corp. decided to turn it into a mobile social game (also called Initial D) on Mobage. The game (obviously) takes place in the Initial D universe and lets players...
Mobage is getting another nice-looking social role-playing game: Tokyo-based Chunsoft today announced Ransei Ayakashi Emaki, a social RPG that went live today on Mobage. The game takes place in a fantasy world in which three countries are at war with each other. The player takes on the role of a...
The Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) is probably one of the largest (if not the largest) of its kind worldwide (last year, I was fortunate to participate as a moderator and judge). During the GMIC 2011 (which ended yesterday), DeNA COO Isao Moriyasu gave a speech in which he unveiled a...
Another hit video game series get the social game treatment: SNK Playmore today announced it has released “The King Of Fighters Battle Festa” on Mobage (King Of Fighters is one of the most famous fighting game series of all time). SNK says that in order to make the game social, Mobage...
This is probably one of the biggest wins (content-wise) for DeNA in recent months: Sega is planning to bring one of the biggest brands for role-playing games out there, Phantasy Star, to Mobage. Dubbed Phantasy Star Eternal Hunters, the social game was exclusively developed for Mobage for Japanese...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry