This may or may not turn into an ongoing thing, but I know a lot of bloggers out there have themed posts, so I’m going to try my hand with a series called “Japan Envy” to compile all the things that make me wish I was living in Japan. Otherwise this would just be a “hey look at this cute orange juice bottle” post (which it basically is, but I can get away with it now that I say I’m going to do it as a regular series).
Monster Hunter Diary G, aka Monhon Nikki Poka Poka Airuu Mori G, is an adorable Animal Crossing-esque Monster Hunter spin-off game featuring chibi versions of the game’s mascot, Felyne (known as Airuu in Japanese). Now, I’ve never played a Monster Hunter game, nor have I played the original Monster Hunter Diary, but I am super-duper excited about Monster Hunter Diary G‘s August release. Seeing this gets me even more excited:
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That, my friends, is Felyne orange juice. Feast your eyes on that adorable packaging! What I wouldn’t give to be in Japan right now so I could drink cold orange juice out of a Felyne-adorned can. Now, I don’t know anything about this brand Bireley’s, but from the looks of things it appears to be regular old orange juice to me.
So, in all honesty, I could care less whether Monster Hunter Diary G is a quality game or not. I mean, I’m sure I’ll get much enjoyment out of it so long as it’s not horribly misguided. But regardless of gameplay, if it inspires adorable orange juice bottles and does crossovers with My Melody, well then by golly, it deserves my attention!
Ha! First, I love the idea/name for this column/theme — “Japan Envy.” You can be sure I’ll be keeping an eye out for more of these, as I’m constantly wishing I were in Japan.
Second, I love that you’ve become so obsessed with this game 🙂 I can’t wait until you get your hands on it and then share impressions with the rest of us!
I love Japan’s game goods. When I was over there, Final Fantasy XIII was still a reasonably new game, and picking up the special edition of the soundtrack was awesome… let alone the cans of drinks with all the characters on them.
I also am the proud owner of a Rikku mobile phone charm 😛
… I really need to go back to Japan.
@Bryan– Glad you like the idea! I think it has a good ring to it 🙂 I’m always seeing things that make me jealous of Japan, so it definitely fits.
I’m definitely going to pick it up, but I might not get it right on release day. I’m actually shaking in my boots thinking about all the games I’m scheduled to review for VGW starting in August… I have like 3-4 in 2 months, and they’re all impossibly time-consuming RPGs D: Regardless, I’d like to grab Monhun Diary G to break things up a bit. I love how they incorporate so many different things into the game, I was just reading that they even have a Japanese baseball team’s uniform as an unlockable costume.
@GamesAndBiz– Ah, that’s awesome! Sounds like you were in Japan more recently than I. When I was last there, Dissidia was about to come out, and there were a ton of Dissida-themed potions for sale at my local convenience store… I went a little crazy purchasing all the cans that had my favorite characters on them!
Another thing I love is when they do promotions where they have various mini figures and things attached to drink bottles under the cap… I bought so many of those! My Coca-Cola Seymore figurines are the prize of my collection 🙂
A Japan trip is definitely in order!!