NewlyWed game coming for PSP? (wha?)
From 23rd this month, AQ Interactive has come up with a little
adventure game that’s definitely out of the ordinary, for the PSP. It’s
no saving damsels in distress, no saving the world either. So, what’s
it about? You’re the newly wed. Nothing special, you say? Must be the
cultural differences veiling the obvious (to us Japs) then. As a newly
wed spouse, you are expected to do this that and the other, but with
approval from your respective families. Yuk. Sometimes, the situation
with the spouse’s family gets a bit too tense… so what should you do as
the obedient housewife/husband, eh? Then there’s the problem of getting
used to living with your spouse for the first time… trust me, in Japan,
even when betrothed etc., couples are expected to live away from each
other, and under their respective parents’ roof. (For the full
interview… in Japanese, of course:
interview with the makers.)
Apparently,
the game concept came from one of the creators’ blogs, which became
quite popular for its frankness… and yeah, it’s amusing. Then it became
a book… and now a game title 実録鬼嫁日記 (jitsuroku oniyome nikki -
roughly translates to An Ogre-wife Diary). Looks good. It’ll be
interesting to see how well it does as a game though, seeing this’ll be
the first game to have origins in a blog.
Oh, and if anyone’s interested at what Bill Gates and Peter Moore had to say about Nintendo, check out this article. How very revealing…
Source: WasteMe