The folks at GameBrink got their hands on a copy of Kabushiki Baibai Torenakabutore, a stock trader sim, but not the one we mentioned before. And the verdict is? Solid offering from Hideo Kojima (is there any other kind?), but not exactly import friendly unless you read Japanese.What's interesting about this game is that it relies on five years of real data from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, so the trends are realistic. They're not playing when they call this one a sim, are they? Further, all your favorite gaming companies are represented, like Nintendo and Konami. The lessons are real as well; a complete trading newb can apparently pick this up, play the game, and walk away knowing some real information about how the market works. Should a sim be so realistic? Maybe not always, but stock trading is apparently pretty addicting, so here it seems to work well.
Since there are multiple companies busily forging stock trader games, perhaps we'll see a release outside Japan for one of these ... and now we're hoping for this one, since we've gotten a look at it!
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1-04-2007 @ 9:41PM
Bartender Sam said...
Jeez I would love to see this in English and with the NYSE. Things like this is what makes the DS an amazing handheld.
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1-04-2007 @ 11:03PM
ty said...
I 100% completly agree with 1st poster.
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1-04-2007 @ 11:46PM
20XX said...
I like the art. Looks like the same style as the recent Mr. Driller games.
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1-05-2007 @ 3:53PM
Morgon said...
I am reminded of the NES title "Wall Street Kid"... which was a pretty challenging game (mostly because it probably was not as realistic as Stock Trader will be)
Sofel should make games for the Wii. :)
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1-20-2007 @ 4:52AM
PowerTrade1337 said...
For gamers who are interested in stock trading, there is a similar idea online called the simExchange (http://www.thesimexchange.com). However, instead of trading stocks of companies in this simulated stock market, you trade stocks for upcoming video games. The idea is to predict the buzz and success of upcoming games. It's also proving to be a cool way to learn about upcoming video games.
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