D3 Publisher Simplifies mobile gaming
by Jonti Davies 
{ Jan 22nd 2007 at 7:00AM }
D3 Publisher has already conquered the budget-friendly game market in Japan with its Simple 1500 PSone games, Simple 2000 PS2 games, and the Simple DS series. (The numbers there represent the retail price, in Japanese yen, of titles in those series.) There's no news of Simple 3000 PS3 games yet, sadly, but D3 Publisher has today announced its imminent move towards domination of the cheapo mobile game market in Japan with the introduction of its Simple 500 series. The new wave of ¥500 downloads, which are compatible with all i-mode phones in Japan, includes concentrated versions of Love Upper (a female boxing game, originally on the PS2, that floors the Rumble Roses), One-chan Bara (a game of bikini girl-with-guns versus aliens, which has recently appeared on the Xbox 360), and Earth Defence Force (pictured; a b-game version of Sin & Punishment, and another recent 360 release in Japan). It's about time D3 Publisher America released some of D3 Japan's best games in the West, we think, instead of blurting out Naruto games and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rico @ Jan 22nd 2007 8:04AM
500 yen is about $4.12, or £2.09.
White Rose Duelist @ Jan 22nd 2007 8:18AM
Break 'Em All, which is the US version of one of the Simple DS games, is a pretty enjoyable title. Not too complex, but if you like Arkanoid, you'll get your $20 out of it easily. I'd like to see more of these titles make it over.
BPM? @ Jan 22nd 2007 12:59PM
Wait, I thought The Oneechanbara was about a sword-weilding girl who fights zombies, not a gun-weilding girl who fights aliens?
Bizarrohulk @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:44PM
These are the guys who make "Zombie V/S Ambulance"