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Cry 99 Tears over a glass of wine

Posted May 14th 2008 1:15PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports

In what seems like a very appropriate promotion, Namco Bandai will offer a specially-labeled wine to tie in with 99 no Namida, the game featuring short stories designed to elicit tears. Go ahead and start crying now unless you'll be in Tokyo between June 5 (the game's release date) and June 30, because the 99 no Namida wine will only be available in the Vinoteca wine bar located in the Tokyo Midtown area.

Banamco also announced that soccer star Naohiro Takahara had contributed a story to the game based on his own experiences. Short story writer Yasushi Akimoto also revealed that he had written one of the game's tales. Is this the first original short fiction anthology video game?

Gallery: 99 no Namida

Square Enix to help gamers get sloshed

Posted May 1st 2008 10:30AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News

Wine no Hajimekata DS (Beginner's Wine DS) was released in Japan last November, yet Square Enix hasn't finished promoting the title just yet. Those who purchased the unique wine guide also gained entrance to the "Square Enix Members" club, and are now eligible to enter a raffle in which 100 bottles of (fairly inexpensive) Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon are up for grabs.

It's not the first time that Square Enix has given away wine as a tie-in -- the limited edition version of Wine no Hajimekata DS contained a bottle of Dourthe No. 1 Bourdeaux -- but it's still a nice touch!

[Via Go Nintendo]

Promotional Consideration: DS Style, the Freshmaker

Posted Apr 27th 2008 3:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Video, Promotional Consideration

Promotional Consideration is a weekly feature about the Nintendo DS advertisements you usually flip past, change the channel on, or just tune out.

Square Enix has rolled out no less than seven commercials for its DS Style line of "non-games," one for each of the series' seven casual software titles. They're low-budget productions shot with simple scripts, spartan sets, and a single actress in most of the scenes.

Bring your trivial dilemmas past the post break, where we've posted a medley of the 15-second spots past the post break, as well as early 90s commercials for the minty product referenced in this installment's title.

Continue reading Promotional Consideration: DS Style, the Freshmaker

DS wine guide helps you get started drinking wine immediately

Posted Nov 6th 2007 9:50AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports

... by including wine! Square Enix's Wine no Hajimekata DS (Beginner's Wine DS) will ship in two packages: the standalone game, and what will no doubt prove to be a very popular limited-edition set containing a bottle of Dourthe No. 1 Bourdeaux. The bottle and game come packaged together in a very handsome box, which will no doubt lead to the open-and-drink/keep-LE-package-pristine dilemma.

This is exactly the kind of training game we like to see: it is a handy reference to a subject that not a lot of people know about; gamers, in particular, may not be well-versed in this particular area of the culture. Being non-drinkers ourselves, we can't tell one glass of wine from another, finding them all kind of disgusting. A little education would probably help in that department, a little.

Of course, we imagine the people raging about Manhunt 2, who assume that all games (and "games," we assume) are for children, would begin breaking glass with their screeches if they saw a DS game that included alcohol.

TGS07: New DS game aims at the wine-loving crowd

Posted Sep 19th 2007 4:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Japan is set to receive a title aimed at wine connoisseurs in Beginner's Wine DS. Aimed at teaching the manners and advice on tasting wine, the "game" will demonstrate proper swirling techniques, as well as aid the user in choosing the right bottle of wine for that romantic occasion. Developed by Square Enix, the title comes stocked with 120 different bottles of wine, a glossary, built-in quiz and a "guide to bluffing knowledge about wine."

The title is currently slated for a release of November 15th in Japan.

EA unveils Booze Training

Posted Apr 26th 2007 2:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports

EA is proving that they really are interested in Japanese audiences: not only are they designing MySims with Japanese gamers in mind, but they are making training games. Three of them!

They're all about drinking, too: Bartender DS, about mixing drinks; Sakashou DS, about sake, and Sommelier DS, about wine. The software is designed to help you choose fine beverages and properly store your wines. Sim City DS producer Hiroshi Murakami said that it was his hope that people would spend the 2950 yen on Sommelier DS and then buy good wine instead of going directly to the cheap stuff.

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