Topic: Mameshiba Coming to 3DS in Japan

[NWR_insanolord]

Game featuring popular Japanese character coming out October 27th.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26882

Mameshiba, a popular line of characters that has appeared in various forms of Japanese media, is going to be the main feature of a 3DS game coming out in Japan this October. The game allows the player to converse and interact with the small, bean-shaped characters, and supports StreetPass.

The Mameshiba brand was originally used to create 30-second mini-episodes to fill unsold commercial time for TV programming. Since then, Mameshiba characters (the name comes from Japanese words that translate to bean, "Mame," and the "Shiba" dog breed) have become so popular that they are recognized by 78% of Japanese under the age of 40.

[Ceric]

I guess that beats looking at Station Identification or the Emergency broadcasting tests.

[Flipster]

So this cute puppy is kind of like the Ernest P. Worrell of Japan. Cool.

[Delgo Giysael]

I want to play this game translated into English