Japanese Pickup Lines

Japanese Pickup Lines for iPhone
     Are you spending the holiday alone?  You still have time to find a special someone to spend the end of the year with!  Don't give up!  Impress her with your vast knowledge of Japanese pickup lines!... What?  You don't know any Japanese pickup lines?... Well, then this is the application for you.
     Keep in mind that this application is full of "Pickup lines"... Pickup lines are terrible things you can say to someone you are attracted to that will almost gaurantee that they will never again want to speak to you.  However, if they are drunk enough, or you are cute enough, or they don't speak Japanese (So they don't know what you're saying), you might just have a chance!
     Many of these lines are useful for both males and females to use.  When you shake the device it will provide you with one pickup line.  The audio will play to show you how the phrase is said.  It will display both the Romanji and the English for the phrase.  The issue is, it does this very quickly.  Far too quickly for someone to truly memorize the phrase (Especially the longer ones).  So you may want to keep shaking and go through these a few times before trying to use them.
     Also, there are no options.  The entire application is controlled by you simply shaking it to get a new random pickup line.  There is no audio option, information option, review option...  These are all things that would have been useful for such an application.
     Below are some samples of pickup lines that this application provides.
 

     Used correctly, some of these phrases may gain you the upper hand.  Used incorrectly, they may gain you a slap to the face.  Try not to lead with "Can I take you home?".

     This is an interesting application.  It provides several funny phrases.  I do like that they have audio to help with the speech aspect, though I would like the option to turn it off or repeat it.  I don't like that there are absolutely no options at all, actually.  And because of that, this wont get a great score at the end of the day.  But the app is clean and to the point.  Easy to use, displays a good variety of phrases.  I think anyone wanting to know how to try picking up a girl (Or guy) in Japanese might find this helpful.  Or, if nothing else, humourous.

Rating: 2.5/5

• Free
• Category: Education
• Released: Sep 24, 2009
• Version: 1.5
• Size: 2.1 MB
• Language: English
• Seller: Adan Vielma
• © 2009 LOLriffic Travel Language Tutors

Rated 12+ for the following:

• Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
• Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity
• Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
• Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References

CreateShake: Kitty Cat

CreateShake: Kitty Cat App for iPhone
     Have you ever wanted to create your own unique kitten?... Me neither... But now you can!  This application allows you to create your own little kitten with it's own unique look.  Not very creative?  That's alright.  Simply shake it around and it will make one for you with random pieces.  Not happy with that look?  Shake it again!
     When you start the application, it launches your gallery.  The first time you load it, you will have an empty gallery of course.  So the screen will look as it does to the right.
     Click the "new" button and get started choosing features for your new kitten creation.
     The entire kitten is customizable.  From the eyes, the nose, the ears, fur, fuzziness, etc... all the way to collars, wings, props and bows.
     I have posted some sample screens below.  Click them to view the larger view of the screen.  The first one I was in the process of creating by choosing the individual bits.  The second and third are from shaking the app to see what it came up with.

     There are over 200 different bits to mix and match.  So it's highly unlikely that someone else will end up making the same kitten as you.

     Once you are happy with the look of your new kitty cat, click the save button at the top of the screen, on the right side.  This will save your creation to your gallery.  You can give your kitten design a name as well.
        Once you are in your gallery you can click on any of your creations to view it larger.  From there, there is a share icon in the bottom left corner.  You can email it, Facebook it, save it to your device, twitter it or Tumblr it.
      Even though this isn't something I'm going to be spending a lot of time using, I do think it's a cute application.  The artwork is cute and I like how you can change the colours of each item.  I think this app would be especially useful for entertaining a small child.  It could also be used to make cat versions of your friends for fun.  The expressions that you can give the cats are very entertaining and make me smile.  I don't really have any suggestions for improving this application.  but of course as always with apps like this, updates with more items is always something that would be nice.
Rating: 4.5/5

• Free
• Category: Entertainment
• Released: Oct 06, 2011
• Version: 1.0
• Size: 11.0 MB
• Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese
• Seller: Seremeres Games
• © 2011 Seremeres Games

Rated 4+

２人王様ゲーム

Pair (2 People) King's Game App for iPhone
     King's Game is a popular drinking game.  The idea is that there are several identical sticks (Chop sticks, generally) and someone holds them out.  One of these sticks is marked, and is the king's stick (Sometimes each stick will have a number, one being the king.  This way the king can announce what a  particular number does, rather than a specific individual).  The king makes a declaration!  For example "I declare person number 3 dances on the table!" or "Everyone must give the king a kiss!".  And so on...  Everyone that round who is not the king, takes a shot or a drink (Preference depending).
     This, however, is a one on one game of Kings.  You can play with the computer or with another person who is with you.  However, I swear the computer cheats because every time I've played the computer, it's been the king.  So, because of this, I can not say what happens against the computer when the player is the king.
     This game has even been used in video games and cartoons from time to time.  A good example would be the Persona 4 game.  Several teenagers who believed they were drinking alcoholic beverages (But were not) played this game while acting very drunk.  Oh the power of the mind...
     Now, this application is entirely in Japanese.  This, as you know will end up in a lower score from me.  As always, I believe that if you release a game to the US market, you should translate it.  But don't fret.  I'll translate the screen captures I have taken for you.
     So, the start screen as we have above and to the right... At the top, the name of the game.  Below are 2 options.
    * MASAE'S SPECIAL RULES (The character)
(Play with Masae)
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     *PLAY WITH TWO PEOPLE
(Game of punishment by force)
     The blue option at the bottom is just to view other apps.  It has nothing to do with the actual game.
     Let's start with Masae...  If you play against her you want to draw the chopstick that has a circle on it.  However, I have never managed to draw that chopstick.  If you get the X, it's a penalty.

     On the left you can see her saying your penalty.  "Shake 100 times" Game penalty.  This means you have to shake your iPhone 100 times.  This is why I was never able to draw the other chop sticks.  You have to shake it 100 times every time you draw the wrong one.  You may think "Um, just close the application?"... But you would be wrong.  This crafty wench will "still" make you shake your phone, even after closing and relaunching the app.  Your arm is going to get tired pretty quickly if you lose too many times...
     On the right it's just saying the game name at the top.  This screen is to show that she has various facial poses.
     Now on to the two player game mode...

          The question mark screen shot is what you'll see at the start of this mode.  It's the same as when you go against Masae, but there's a question block instead of her head.  Each person will place their finger on a chop stick.  The sticks will rise up to show the X and the O.  It will point to the O to let you know that is the king's stick.
     The box in the middle will quickly cycle through various punishments.  The king then taps the stop button (Presented above the original pink box).  It will stop on a punishment.  The other individual will then have to do what the punishment says.  The king is safe.
     This is where it gets tricky... Because it's in Japanese, only people able to read the punishment would be able to use this application at this point.  However, alternatively, you could just have the king declare what the other person's punishment should be, off the top of his (or her) head.  Rather than reading the punishment on the box.
     The punishments written above is...
       "Lucky Game! There is no punishment"
    Some other possible punishments are...
       "Warm you hands in the king's hands for 10 seconds" &
       "Sing a song for the king"
     In case you have no noticed from the screen shots, the advertisements at the bottom of this app are very "mature" content.  Fortunately the screens don't show anything, but if you were to click the banners they would take you to a pornographic page that would open in your phone's browser.  So this application should not be downloaded by minors.  It 'is' a drinking game, after all.
     All in all it's a good application.  A fun game and has a cute character.  I am disappointed in the lack of translation and my lacking the ability to pick the circle chop stick when playing against Masae...  If you download this and get to be the king against her, please let me know what happens.
Rating: 3.5/5

• Free
• Category: Entertainment
• Released: Jun 30, 2012
• Version: 1.0
• Size: 7.3 MB
• Languages: English, Japanese
• Seller: 翔志 中曽根
• © Pair King Game 2012

MoeShake!

Moe Shake! App for iPhone
     This is another one of those applications that requires you to shake your phone.  Not unlike Angry Boy.  I'm not for shaking an expensive technical device, but let's try to stay neutral for this review.
     Unlike Angry Boy which can be used to make a few small shakes with the same or better  efficiency than large furious shakes, this application actually requires a lot of shaking.  After all, it is called Moe "shake".
     As you can see in the screen to the right, you shake the phone as much as you can.  Make sure you have a very firm grip.  Depending on how many shakes the app counts (Not always the most accurate count), you will receive a different level, which is accompanied by a different image of the character.
     The character will tell you when to start and speak to you when the round is complete.  You can try as often as you like to try and get a better score.  What I would love is for this application to add a "gallery mode".  This would have all of the available images locked until you get a score high enough to unlock it.  Then you could view your winning image whenever you like.
     This could be considered a really good form of exercise.  You have to work really hard to try to get those higher scores.  Try switching arms to work out both sides equally.
     If you are really worried about your phone slipping out of your grip you could hold your phone and slip your hand into a sock or something of the sort.  Then if it does slip out of your grip, it wont go flying across the room.
     I have personally not been able to get all of the scores.  The higher ones are so hard.  I got 'so close' to getting the score for 200.  But my arm was exhausted from all of the shaking.  Below you can see some of the images from the first few shake levels. 

     A fair warning, do not allow young people to download this application.  The app itself does not appear (As far as I've seen) to contain mature content but the ads that show at the bottom are for pornographic material.  Clicking the banner will take them to a browser site with unsavory images.
     I like the idea of an application that's cute as well as useful for exercise.  I am still not pleased with the fact that it involves vigorously shaking your phone.  If you are not worried about damaging your phone through shaking, get this.  it's cute, fun to try to get a higher score and helps work up those arm muscles.
Rating: 4/5

• Free
• Category: Entertainment
• Size: 12.6 MB
• Languages: English, Japanese
• Seller: 翔志 中曽根
• © MoeShake!

Angry Boy

Angry Boy App for iPhone
     I actually downloaded this with my teenage son in mind.  It's a sort of "stress relief" application.  It allows you to 'freak out' and break dishes until you feel better.
     The "Help" icon on the start up screen gives you the instructions.  You 'shake' your phone to break the dishes.  At first this sounded like the worst possible idea.  One wrong move and you could accidentally toss your iPhone across the room and watch it shatter against the wall.  And upon playing it seemed like it took an awfully great amount of shaking to break the dishes... That is, until I figured out the easier method (Safer).
     The trick is to 'gently' shake the phone for a brief moment, then stop.  This will break the dishes.  Shake, stop, shake, stop.  Until the meter fills up.  Please do not shake the life out of your phone.  And even when shaking gently, please be sure you have a firm grip on your phone, just to be safe.
     There are 3 levels to play on, depending upon how much frustration you have.  The more "angry" the more dishes it will take to fill your meter.
     Once all of the dishes are smashed, and your happy meter is full you get a famous quote and a time.  You can enter your name and it will log this as one of your "best times".  To access these scores at any time, check the "log" section of the app.
     The concern I have is that someone 'very frustrated' may play this application by actually shaking the phone fiercely, without truly meaning to.  So please play with caution.
     Aside from the possibility of a 'human error' being dangerous, I think it is a simple and entertaining application.  A sound of "breaking" happens upon every dish that cracks due to your shaking.  It is also fun to try to beat your better scores.  Overall, I like the application.  But I am not sure it is something I could see myself using often or for a long time (IE multiple times within the next several weeks or months).  But that could be because I don't get frustrated that often?  It seems like more of an app for younger people (Not younger as in 'children' just as in teens and young adults.  Though children could play this as well, I doubt they'd be as disciplined in not shaking the phone too vigorously).
Rating: 4/5

• Free
• Category: Entertainment
• Size: 11.9 MB
• Language: English
• Seller: David Hanousek
• © Woo&Doo