Mainichi Issho

Mainichi Issho (Japanese: まいにちいっしょ, lit. 'Everyday Together') is a November 11, 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment online game for the PlayStation 3. It is based on the Doko Demo Issyo franchise, starring the video game character Toro who is the mascot for SCEJ. This game was exclusively released in Japan.[1] A PlayStation Portable port, Mainichi Issho Portable, was released on October 15, 2008[2]

Mainichi Issho
Developer(s)Sony Computer Entertainment, Bexide, Game Arts
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Japan)
SeriesDoko Demo Issyo
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable (through Remote Play)
ReleasePlayStation Store:
  • JP: November 11, 2006
Genre(s)Life simulation game, Casual game, Mini-games, Multiplayer, News
Mode(s)Single player (online play), Versus (online play)

Mainichi Issho was discontinued on November 11, 2009 and replaced with Weekly Toro Station.

History

Mainichi Issho is part of the Together Everywhere! (Doko Demo Issho) game series that revolves around Toro Inoue. The first game was released in 1999 on the original PlayStation. Various sequels and sidestories were released including on Windows systems and cell phones, such as the imode. No game has a western release.

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
  • Toro Inoue (井上トロ) — a white cat which is the main character of Mainichi Issho.
  • 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.
  • R-Suzuki (R・スズキ) — a four-face metallic robot and a friend of Toro.
  • Ricky (リッキー) — a green frog and Toro's friend.
  • Pierre Yamamoto (山本ピエール) — a French-Japanese brown dog who is a francophile 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 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:

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

The Toro Station (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, saikin no nyūsu): daily updated blog-like news regarding general interests from upcoming games to cooking, to special event reports, or interviews. 10 and more Myaile (みャイル) points are charged at the end of each issue. Some news include quiz 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 Toro Station news as on a regular blog.
  • Selected News [Archive] (よりぬきニュース, yorinuki nyūsu): a selection of recorded news listed by month releases.
  • Valuable Information (おトク情報, o-toku jōhō)
  • Recommended Web-pages (紹介したＷｅｂページ, shōkaishita webu-pēji): list of websites highlighted in some news.
  • Previous News Ranking (歴代ニュースランキング, rekidai nyūsu rankingu)
  • Game Report (ゲーム特集, gēmu tokushū)
  • Toro's Story (トロのものがたり, Toro no monogatari)
  • Contest News (コンテスト, kontesuto)

Nyavatar

Nyavatar (ニャバター) is a portmanteau of "nya", the Japanese cat scream (the equivalent of "meow") 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.

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 Toro Station mode.

Game

Besides Toro Station occasional mini-games there are three 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).
  • 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, 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 chat through the XMB standard feature. It is also possible to send presents, Mainichi Issho items, to be used in a friend's game.

Notes
  1. "どこでもいっしょ.com | プレイステーション® オフィシャルサイト". Dokodemoissyo.com. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  2. "どこでもいっしょ.com | プレイステーション® オフィシャルサイト". Dokodemoissyo.com. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
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