The Japanese like public baths (onsen) and they also like technology and otaku culture. Imagine mixing the three in the same way some hot springs allow mixed gender bathing!
Just released for Android phones, the Moe-yu app takes two concepts (moe and bathing) and lets users enjoy sensual bathing with special bishojo character Momori. Naturally Momori also talks to you (voiced by Asumi Kana) so you can, well, think you are having a conversation with a real girlfriend.
You can change backgrounds, and use the camera and augmented reality technology so that it even seems that the girl ...
The makers of popular Japanese SNS Ameba Pigg decided recently to change the hit game's policy so that even the under fifteen could join.
However, this set off a storm of protest from current users, with some 30,000 comments being left on the staff blog post.
Well, anyone concerned about the new mood at Ameba Pigg might rather want to consider how it might spice things up, especially when you hear about the Ameba community fan site, Pigg H, which is basically a porn version!
In addition to making your avatars having twosomes and threesomes with others, the site includes "erotic ...
Wondering when the sexy game ladies on our TV screens would stop being pictures and start responding to our physical advances? Thanks to Love Press++ (obviously named in parody of Love Plus) the next level in sexy gaming, is near!
After being unveiled at last weekend's Tokyo Game Show, the new hands on game has many people excited about what the possibilities of this kind of game will bring. The game, which was developed at Kanagawa Technical College, comes with the motto "Massaging my True Love" and will use the Wii balance board to allow you to kneed and caress one of three models ...
This cute girl can be yours to hold and touch on your iPhone or iPad for just 230 yen (about $2.70)!
The Oniichan app has three characters voiced by Himeko Sakuragawa, Arisu and Miruku Shirayuki respectively.
You have to find the "points" on the screen that open up different kinds of "Oniichan" siutations and responses. Each girl has 100 of these situations. Once you find 80 of them you can start playing with the next character.
It may not quite be as good as Love Plus but I'm still gonna download this ...
What can I say? Boys always love girls, especially the virtual kind. Especially the virtual kind you can touch on large screens.
First Konami brought out Love Plus on the touchscreen iPhone. Then came the vacation tour. Now here's the arcade game.
It's only a trial version but we can already see how the Akihabara boys will adore this! Each female character has her own machine. And the girls are dressed in skimpy swimsuits or, even better, wearing eye masks. They can't see where you touch!
Sadly this was just a two-day trial last weekend in Akihabara but I'm sure it's just ...
Remember when Tadashi blogged about Love Plus coming out on the iPhone and all the touch-screen fun it gives you?
Well, now you can go one step further!
We heard from Kotaku that Konami is now hoping to merge the digital and physical worlds even more, by offering summer holidays to Atami in Shizuoka. Atami is "of course" where the game is set! Even the hotel where you stay is the same as the game!
Otaku vacationeers get on the "love" bus in Tokyo and then go down to Atami to spend time with their SIM girlfriends. If you have the iPhone app you can then go around and see places ...
Any self-respecting otaku or anime-lover will have heard of Konami's Love Plus.
It's a virtual dating sim game for the DS. Players can choose one of three girls (Aika Takamine, Rinko Kobayakawa and Nene Anegasaki) and pursue a full relationship with them. You can speak to them through the DS's microphone and even the touch-pad allows for some interaction.
It is even possible to sit down and communicate with other nearby DS players using the game through the wireless connection function.
Well, now there's a iPhone and iPod app version.
This is even better than the DS version ...
As also seen on Asiajin, we have heard about the "Kanojo Camera" (彼女カメラ). Now, any visitor to the Kanojo Toys online store will be familiar with the word "kanojo" (彼女) and will probably know it means "girlfriend".
This is an iPhone app that lets you take pictures with not just one -- but five virtual girls! We know how Japanese people like to do things in groups and we definitely like this mentality! This being a virtual world you can customize these girls. Change their costumes, faces, hairstyles, sizes... There are 75 images for you to choose from!
And here's ...
