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==History==
==History==
[[Image:Toro fan.jpg|thumb|left|Toro fan goodie]]
[[Image:Toro fan.jpg|thumb|left|Toro fan goodie]]
Mainichi Issho is part of the [[Doko Demo Issho]] (どこでもいっしょ) game series that resolves around the [[Toro (cartoon character)|Toro cat character]]. Episodes spawned on the [[PlayStation (series)|PlayStation series]] of home and handleheld consoles starting in 1999 with the original [[PlayStation]]. Since then various sequels and sidestories were released including on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] systems and cell phones such as the [[imode]]. Even though the franchise is popular in Japan and known in South-East Asia, no game had a western release yet.
Mainichi Issho is part of the [[:ja:どこでもいっしょ|Doko Demo Issho]] game series that resolves around the [[Toro (cartoon character)|Toro cat character]]. Episodes spawned on the [[PlayStation (series)|PlayStation series]] of home and handleheld consoles starting in 1999 with the original [[PlayStation]]. Since then various sequels and sidestories were released including on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] systems and cell phones such as the [[imode]]. Even though the franchise is popular in Japan and known in South-East Asia, no game had a western release yet.


Mainichi Issho is the 12th game in the series and was made available for free download on the Japanese [[PlayStation Store]] on the PlayStation 3's launch date in November 2006. It is preceded and followed by two cell phone games.
Mainichi Issho is the 12th game in the series and was made available for free download on the Japanese [[PlayStation Store]] on the PlayStation 3's launch date in November 2006. It is preceded and followed by two cell phone games.

Revision as of 11:54, 12 June 2008

Mainichi Issho
File:Mainichi issho cover.png
Developer(s)Sony Computer Entertainment, Bexide, Game Arts
Publisher(s)SCEJ
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
ReleasePlayStation Store:
Japan November 11, 2006
Genre(s)Artificial life, Casual game, Mini-games, Multiplayer, News
Mode(s)Single player (online play), Versus (online play)

Mainichi Issho (まいにちいっしょ, Mainichi Issyo which translates as "Everyday Together") is a November 11 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment online game for the PlayStation 3. It is based on the Toro franchise, a cartoon character which is a mascot for SCEJ. This game is exclusively for the Japanese market, its international title is Everyday Together ! as seen romanized in the Mainichi Issho Store[1].

History

File:Toro fan.jpg
Toro fan goodie

Mainichi Issho is part of the Doko Demo Issho game series that resolves around the Toro cat character. Episodes spawned on the PlayStation series of home and handleheld consoles starting in 1999 with the original PlayStation. Since then various sequels and sidestories were released including on Windows systems and cell phones such as the imode. Even though the franchise is popular in Japan and known in South-East Asia, no game had a western release yet.

Mainichi Issho is the 12th game in the series and was made available for free download on the Japanese PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3's launch date in November 2006. It is preceded and followed by two cell phone games.

Characters

a white cat which is the main character of Mainichi Issho. Birthday: may 6th. Blood type: A. His dream: become a human being oneday.[2]

  • Kuro (クロ):

a black cat («kuro» means «black» in Japanese), Toro's best friend and a rival. He first appeared in the series on the PlayStation 2 episode.

  • Jun Mihara (三原ジュン):

an American-Japanese rose rabbit and a friend of the main character. Birthday: august 28th. Blood type: O. Favourite meal: curry and ramen. Skill: 2nd rank karaoke.[3]

  • R-Suzuki (R・スズキ):

a four-face metallic robot and a friend of Toro. Birthday: september 13th. He has a very strange blood type: TYPE B5W-40.[4]

  • Ricky (リッキー). Full name: unknown [5]:

a green frog and Toro's friend. Birthday: 4th january. Blood type: AB.[6]

  • Pierre Yamamoto (山本ピエール):

a French-Japanese brown dog which is a francophile and a friend of Toro. Birthday: november 14th. Blood type: A.[7]

Game modes

Mainichi Issho includes various features coming from different genres, from news to mini-games to online communication to artificial life which makes it an original crossgenre game. Though SCEJ marketed it as a "casual net" (お気軽ネット) genre game. Among its more noticeable innovations are real time screenshot capture, in-game XMB access (Friend, Internet browser, BGM selection, HDD video upload, etc.) and Remote Play.

When no modes are selected, Mainichi Issho runs in autoplay and becomes a traditional artificial life game. Then Toro interacts with available items or do "ordinary" actions such as dancing, cleaning his apartment, reading, playing, phoning, drinking milk from his fridge, sleeping, or going to the toilet (from where he reads a newspaper). Since the game is performed in real time, these actions can vary with the time of the day or the night. New actions are added as new version updates or items become available.

Main menu modes are listed as following:

ToroStation

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Kuro and Toro dressed in ceremonial costume during the News opening.

The ToroStation (トロ･ステーション) delivers a semi-interactive blog-like daily news in a parody of the NHK Daily News show. News are presented with humor by Toro and Kuro in the manzai duet tradition.

  • Latest News (最近のニュース): daily updated blog-like news regarding general interests from upcoming games to cooking, to special event reports, or interviews. Some news include quizz test or mini-games, a correct answer would unlock exclusive game items (see Mochimono) or won Myaile money. Since August, users are able to rate ToroStation news as on a regular blog.
  • Selected News [Archive] (よりぬきニュース): a selection of recorded news listed by month releases.
  • Explain-otoku information (おトク情報)
  • Recommended Web-pages (紹介したWebページ): list of websites highlighted in some news.

Nyavatar

Nyavatar (ニャバター) is a contraction of "nya", the Japanese cat scream (the equivalent of "meow") and "avatar" intended as the alternate identity used to impersonate someone on the Internet.

A Nyavatar is the user's alter-ego inside the game. Creating a nyavatar is free of charge, but clothes (cosplay) and extra accessories are purchased with real money (yen) through the Mainichi Issho Store.

Mochimono

Mochimono (もちもの) or "personal effects" is the place for items related actions.

  • Presents (おくりもの, okurimono):
  • Rearranging (もようがえ, moyougae): allows to rearrange Toro's apartment furniture and interior decoration.
  • Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure): to select and preview Toro's purchased cosplay suits.
  • Television (テレビ, terebi): this options allows various settings including RSS and BGM selection from the user's own compatible audio files (MP3, WMA, WAV, etc.) stored in the PlayStation 3's HDD.

Okaimono

Okaimono (おかいもの) is the place for shopping game items. Purchased items can be used or send to a friend.

  • Mainichi Store (まいにちいっしょSTORE): the Mainichi Store contains various content for purchase, items include several cosplay suits for Toro. A certain sum of Yen in the wallet and a proper "license" is needed to view and buy the Mainichi Store contents.
  • Myaile Shop (みャイルショップ): a store with free content only. It primarily consists of food for Toro, interior decoration items, and roulette tickets. Prices are based on the Myaile virtual money. Myaile are obtained by Toro in the ToroStation mode.

Game

Besides ToroStation occasional mini-games there are two full mini-games (ゲーム).

  • Mainichi Right Brain Ranking (まいにち右脳ランキング): this IQ test mini-games solo mode is based on Internet ranking.
  • Mainichi Right Brain Battle (まいにち右脳バトル): an online versus battle IQ test with level ranking and stats. Nyavatar feature is available in this mode (see Nyavatar).

Friend

Selecting "Friend" (フレンド) allows online communication with other users, including written messages and chat through the XMB standard feature. It is also possible to send presents, Mainichi Issho items, to be used in a friend's game.

Settei

Settei (せってい) or "creation" is the main settings option.

Remote Play

File:Mainichi issho psp.jpg
Mainichi Issho on PSP through Remote Play.

Mainichi Issho is part of the PlayStation 3 games which are playable on the PlayStation Portable handheld console through Remote Play streaming function. "Game" mode is not compatible with Remote Play though.

Video Camera

Since Mainichi Issho's May update that coincides with the PlayStation 3 firmware 2.35 release, it is now possible to record an in-game video to save it on the console's HDD or to upload it on YouTube[8].

A similar older feature allows in-game screen capture.

Updates

Version updates

Free version updates (バージョンアップ, "version up") adding contents such as new game modes are periodically released through in-game automatic download.

  • Version 1: the original version was released on November 11, 2006.
  • Version 2: December 12, 2006. Adds ToroStation archives and Mainichi Right Brain Ranking mini-game.
  • Version 3: June 2007.
  • Version 4: September 28, 2007.
  • Version 5: October 11, 2007. It adds Nyavatar feature.[9]
  • Version 6: January 2008. Adds option to interact with Nyavatar and Toro in a small yard outside their home.
  • Version X: May 2008. Adds YouTube upload[10].

Notes

  1. ^ Okaimono Ranking
  2. ^ Toro prifile
  3. ^ Jun prifile
  4. ^ Suzuki profile
  5. ^ Characters profile ricky
  6. ^ Ricky profile
  7. ^ Pierre profile
  8. ^ Let The Games Begin
  9. ^ Mainichi Issho history
  10. ^ Screen capture
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