As I discovered over a half a year ago Ignition Entertainment picked up the rights to Docomodake DS from AQ Interactive, but we’re not going to see it in stores until March 10, 2009. Docomodake DS is a puzzle game where you control NTT DoCoMo’s mascot character on a quest to save his relatives. [...]

I still can’t believe Docomodake DS is getting localized. It’s really happening and Europe gets it in English this fall. Ignition Entertainment has a cultural barrier to cross since the famous Japanese mobile phone mascot isn’t well known outside Japan. Their plan is to introduce the family of mushrooms via a promotional webpage.
 
I think Ignition [...]

When I saw Poronron! Docomodake I wrote it off as a game that AQ Interactive would never bring to North America. NTT DoCoMo’s mascot doesn’t have the same amount of love in the West. Actually, the iconic mobile phone mushroom is unknown here. Surprisingly, AQ Interactive always thought of releasing Poronron! Docomodake internationally. Speaking with [...]

I’m shocked to see Docomodake on the ESRB list as a Nintendo DS game and this has to be a localized version of Pororon! Docomodake DS. Ignition Entertainment, the company who brought Mercury Meltdown to the marketplace, is supposedly publishing the game with NTT DoCoMo’s mascot in North America.Now, I’m really curious to see how [...]

If I learned one thing from Super Mario Brothers it’s jumping solves most of life's problems. If I chose a second lesson it would be never under estimate the power of mushrooms. Docomodake is a mushroom. Perhaps, he is the most recognizable mushroom in Japan. As NTT DoCoMo’s mascot, Docomodake is dangling from cell phones [...]