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Excite Ping-Pong 2
Last night, our friend Noriko came over. After a month and a half on vacation in Japan she's going back to Paris this week.
For dinner we had a lot of home-made gyōza (dumplings), tōmorokoshi (full corn) and chāhan.
Then we played Excite Ping-Pong 2! This is a stand-alone video game (all you need is what's in the box) where two wireless ping-pong rackets are used in front of the TV! And as says its name, this is really an exciting game. We bought it about 2 weeks ago and it has been one of Tomoko's favorite hobbies since. :)
Check out the home page.
Here are my latest Time Slip Glico picks:
Ann Lewis "roppongi shinchū" (1984)
This one is real cheesy 80's and I didn't like it much.
KUWAE Tomoko "watashi no HEART wa STOP MOTION" (1979)
This is a pretty cool pop track with flute, strings and synth. Nice!
(Actually I got 2 copies of this one, and I decided to sell my extra copies for ¥250 on Tokyo Recohan. So if you want it and it's still there, go ahead and order! (Sold 8/13))
Posted on August 13, 2003 at 09:11 | Tweet
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i've heard those glico singles are only being sold in northern japan. any idea why?
Posted by william on August 13, 2003 at 16:22
Yeah I saw on Glico's site that they're going on sale on June 3 in Hokkaidō and Tōhoku, but my guess is that they're now available in other regions, because they just started being sold in Tokyo (which is part of Kantō) in August.
The Web site must not be up-to-date.
I think it's common in Japan to launch new products one region at a time.
Posted by Patrick on August 13, 2003 at 16:33
that Ping Pong game looks so fun Patrick! how much was it?
(i keep telling everyone bout your store),
Wesley
Posted by Wesley on August 14, 2003 at 08:56
It sells for about 6000 yen. Not bad for a console-less game!
I really get curious as to how the rackets' angle and speed are being calculated. It may not be really precise stuff, but when you play it it's realistic enough! :)
Thanks a lot for passing the word about my shop! :)
Posted by Patrick on August 14, 2003 at 10:30