Maya, 25 years old and a short-haired brunette, works as a waitress at a coffee shop. Single, she lives alone in her apartment, or at least, she used to live alone in her apartment before an adorable, English-eating creature came to stay with her -- that's English words, not English people. Maya named her new roommate Marsh, taking inspiration from its marshmallow color and fluffy consistency.Eigo wo Taberu Fushigi na Ikimono Marsh (Mysterious English-Eating Animal Marsh) plays like a cross between a virtual pet simulator and an educational game meant to strengthen English language skills. Using a series of menus to string words together, you can help Maya find out how Marsh is feeling, ask if Marsh wants to help clean the room, or enjoy other interactions with the mallowy critter.
Should you decide to import the title when it arrives in Japan this September 27th, you won't have to worry much about any language barriers, as Maya insists on communicating with Marsh in English. We're in love with the artwork we've seen so far for the game, so much so that we're willing to overlook that almost everything seems to have been ported from Microvision's cell phone game. Check past the post break for a three-minute trailer. Doesn't your heart just melt when you see Marsh playing with the toy airplane?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-24-2007 @ 6:42PM
Macha88 said...
now just make it for english speakers to learn japanese and they can print even more money again.
so kawaii
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7-24-2007 @ 6:51PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Instant kids anime smash.
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7-24-2007 @ 8:25PM
AirPocket said...
This game totally pwns.
MAN, I WISH I COULD IMPORT.
Btw, wtf was Marsh doing to that black and white doggy or panda doll thing...
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7-24-2007 @ 10:31PM
idioteraser said...
Marsh was hugging the stuff animal. There are plenty of import sites. Play-asia, NCSX.
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7-24-2007 @ 10:46PM
Burning Adrenaline said...
I second the comment from Macha88. I'd love to see an English version which helped people learn Japanese, but I doubt there's as much interest in that over here.
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7-25-2007 @ 4:54AM
Cpt-Cholo said...
what the hell does it do to that teddy in 00:57??!?
Looks tooo cute, wish I could learn my japanese with that game...
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7-25-2007 @ 4:20PM
chongox said...
I'm very happy finally don't need to wait to improve my engrish!
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8-15-2007 @ 2:28AM
Anvilfactory said...
Oh my god, that's adorable! I want that game~
I think a "Japanese" version would be hard to make though since you'd need to know hiragana, katakana, and some kanji to read things. XD; But having relationals and the like would be pretty cool in constructing sentences. Come to think of it, I wonder if Japanese have trouble understanding the game. ;; Hmm... Would be kind of nice if they had a dual-audio feature, making it like a "subtitled" game.
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10-03-2007 @ 6:28PM
Maya said...
Wow this is weird!! Not talking about the game, but about the coincidence! My name is Maya and my boyfriend's surname is Marsh!!! So it's almost as if this is about us two :D And! Next year we are getting married, so in fact Maya Marsh will be my name!!! How weird is that?? :)
Game looks cool though :)
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