Mainichi Issho
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Mainichi Issho 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. A PlayStation Portable
port called Mainichi Issho Portable was released on October 15, 2008 and a sequel to the very first Dokodemo Issho game (Which was released on the PS1) titled Toro to Morimori was released on the PlayStation 3 on July 23, 2009.
Mainichi Issho was eventually discontinued on November 11, 2009 and replaced with Weekly Toro Station
.
Mainichi Issho is part of the Doko Demo Issho game series that revolves 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.
— 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.
— an American-Japanese rose rabbit and a friend of the main character.
— a four-face metallic robot and a friend of Toro.
— a green frog and Toro's friend.
— a French-Japanese brown dog who is a francophile
and a friend of Toro.
" (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:
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.
") and "avatar
" intended as the alternate identity used to personify 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.
A game center
, where you can buy 'medals' to play on the arcade machines there. You can either buy 10 for 100 yen, or 60 for 500 yen. Each game costs 1 medal to play.
through the XMB standard feature. It is also possible to send presents, Mainichi Issho items, to be used in a friend's game.
streaming function. "Game" mode is not compatible with Remote Play though.
.
A similar older feature allows in-game screen capture (24 pieces for one game session in two resolution
s: 640x360 and 480x272 pixel
s).
Game Station added. You can buy so called 'medals' here from a big machine to play on the featured Arcade machines, which contains different cosplay games to play. Normally, the price is 2 medals for one try.
10 medals (100 Yen)
60 medals (500 Yen)
There is also Gashapon machines there (Capsule toys) with several items inside, like signs, figurines and cat statues. LAter, a Disgaea 2 portable capsule toy machine were added. 5 Medals for one, and they contains several "Panels".
Nyavatar Fashion show were also added in this update. You can use your Nyavatar to join a fashion contest, and be seen by other players visiting there. You can control your own moves too. A new contest also started.
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...
online game for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. It is based on the Toro
Toro (cartoon character)
, real name , also known as the Sony Cat, is a fictional character created by Sony Computer Entertainment.Toro's family name originated from a debugger called Toro 'Inoue'.-Character design:...
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. A PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
port called Mainichi Issho Portable was released on October 15, 2008 and a sequel to the very first Dokodemo Issho game (Which was released on the PS1) titled Toro to Morimori was released on the PlayStation 3 on July 23, 2009.
Mainichi Issho was eventually discontinued on November 11, 2009 and replaced with Weekly Toro Station
Weekly Toro Station
Weekly Toro Station is a Bexide and Sony Computer Entertainment game developed for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. It is the sequel to Mainichi Issho and was released on November 11, 2009 through the Japanese PlayStation Store.-Toro Station:Weekly Toro Station is actually a replacement...
.
History
Toro (cartoon character)
, real name , also known as the Sony Cat, is a fictional character created by Sony Computer Entertainment.Toro's family name originated from a debugger called Toro 'Inoue'.-Character design:...
. Episodes spawned on the PlayStation series of home and handleheld consoles starting in 1999 with the original PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
. Since then various sequels and sidestories were released including on Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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
PlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
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.— 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
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
episode.
— an American-Japanese rose rabbit and a friend of the main character.
— a four-face metallic robot and a friend of Toro.
— a green frog and Toro's friend.
— a French-Japanese brown dog who is a francophile
Francophile
Is a person with a positive predisposition or interest toward the government, culture, history, or people of France. This could include France itself and its history, the French language, French cuisine, literature, etc...
and a friend of Toro.
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 netCasual game
A casual game is a video game targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games can have any type of gameplay, and fit in any genre. They are typically distinguished by their simple rules and lack of commitment required in contrast to more complex hardcore games...
" (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
Remote Play
Remote Play is a feature on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable which allows a PlayStation Portable user to interact with their PlayStation 3's Xross Media Bar...
.
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
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
-like daily news in a parody of the NHK Daily News
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
show. News are presented with humor by Toro and Kuro in the manzai
Manzai
is a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture, which usually involves two performers —a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed...
duet tradition.
- daily updated blogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
-like news regarding general interests from upcoming games to cooking, to special event reports, or interviews. 10 and more points are charged at the end of each issue. Some news include quizz test or mini-games, a correct answer would unlock exclusive game items (see Mochimono) or give some bonus Myaile points. Since August 2007, users are able to rate ToroStation news as on a regular blog. - a selection of recorded news listed by month releases.
- list of websites highlighted in some news.
Nyavatar
Nyavatar (ニャバター) is a portmanteau of "nya", the Japanese cat scream (the equivalent of "meowMeow
Meow is an imitative word for a sound made in cat communication. It may also refer to:- Music :* Miou Miou, a Czech pop band* Miaow , an English band* Miaow , a 1994 album by The Beautiful South...
") and "avatar
Avatar (computing)
In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character. It may take either a three-dimensional form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a two-dimensional form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities. It can also refer to a text...
" intended as the alternate identity used to personify 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
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
) 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 RSSRSS-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
and BGMBGMBGM can mean:*Greater Binghamton Airport serving Binghamton, New York *Background music*an abbreviation for the former Bell Globemedia, now Bell Media*BGM , Japanese band YMO's album*Bonnier Gazell Music...
selection from the user's own compatible audio files (MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, WMAWindows Media AudioWindows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...
, WAVWAVWaveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...
, 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 rouletteRouletteRoulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....
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 three full mini-games (ゲーム).- Mainichi Right BrainLateralization of brain functionA longitudinal fissure separates the human brain into two distinct cerebral hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum. The sides resemble each other and each hemisphere's structure is generally mirrored by the other side. Yet despite the strong anatomical similarities, the functions of each...
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).
- Mainichi Picture guessing battle: First, you'll get a Japanese letter. Then you'll have to pick one of the pictures, with that thing that starts with the letter you got. You are also given 3 hints, which you can use if you don't know which to choose.
- Mainichi Game Station (Nekone Club):
A game center
Game Center
Game Center is an online multiplayer social gaming network released by Apple. It allows users to invite friends to play a game, start a multiplayer game through matchmaking, track their achievements, and compare their high scores on a leader board.-History:...
, where you can buy 'medals' to play on the arcade machines there. You can either buy 10 for 100 yen, or 60 for 500 yen. Each game costs 1 medal to play.
Friend
Selecting "Friend" (フレンド) allows online communication with other users, including written messages and chatOnline chat
Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, that offers an instantaneous transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver, hence the delay for visual access to the sent message shall not hamper the flow of communications in any of the directions...
through the XMB standard feature. It is also possible to send presents, Mainichi Issho items, to be used in a friend's game.
PSP Version
Later in 2008, a PSP version was released on the PlayStation Store. It's just like the PS3 version, The only exception is that you can download a free costume mini-game.Remote Play
Mainichi Issho is part of the PlayStation 3 games which are playable on the PlayStation Portable handheld console through Remote PlayRemote Play
Remote Play is a feature on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable which allows a PlayStation Portable user to interact with their PlayStation 3's Xross Media Bar...
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 YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
A similar older feature allows in-game screen capture (24 pieces for one game session in two resolution
Image resolution
Image resolution is an umbrella term that describes the detail an image holds. The term applies to raster digital images, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution means more image detail....
s: 640x360 and 480x272 pixel
Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled....
s).
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.
- Version 6: January 2008. Adds option to interact with Nyavatar and Toro in a small yard outside their home.
- Version X: May 2008. Adds YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
upload. - Version X: September 18, 2008. Adds Trophies support.
- Version X: 14 November 2008. Sleeping mode added. Toro sleeps at the nights.
- Version 7
Game Station added. You can buy so called 'medals' here from a big machine to play on the featured Arcade machines, which contains different cosplay games to play. Normally, the price is 2 medals for one try.
10 medals (100 Yen)
60 medals (500 Yen)
There is also Gashapon machines there (Capsule toys) with several items inside, like signs, figurines and cat statues. LAter, a Disgaea 2 portable capsule toy machine were added. 5 Medals for one, and they contains several "Panels".
Nyavatar Fashion show were also added in this update. You can use your Nyavatar to join a fashion contest, and be seen by other players visiting there. You can control your own moves too. A new contest also started.