mobcast inc. Offers Photo Aquarium, a Game Application for the iPhone/iPod Touch with Decorative Flair

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--mobcast inc., headquartered in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward, Koki Yabu, CEO, and a producer of content for next-generation media, including cell phones, has entered the iPhone application market with its release of Photo Aquarium, a game application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, on 31 March 2009.

Photo Aquarium, which is also available from the major US cell phone company, Verizon Wireless, is a popular cell phone game that simulates the care and feeding of tropical fish, using the users’ photos taken with their cell phones as food. mobcast inc.’s 31 March release of Photo Aquarium for the iPhone includes a wide range of additional features.

Photo Aquarium is a game application, where the users raise tropical fish, using the iPhone’s camera functionality.

Whenever the users run the game’s Feed the Fish command, the game activates the camera and then uses whatever photograph the users take as feed for tropical fish, all seamlessly and within the context of the game.

The fish within the game have color preferences, and they express those preferences as they eat the photos players intend as food. By giving the fish a wider range of colors to eat, the users can generate fish in a wider range of colors. A total of 128 different kinds of tropical fish can be generated within the game.

To enable gameplay on the iPod Touch as well, the fish will happily eat any images stored on the iPod Touch, too. As the beautiful tropical fish swim against a background of the users’ favorite photos, the iPhone becomes a decorative accessory for the interior of the users’ home or office.

Official Game Title:		Photo Aquarium
Release Date:		31 March 2009
Price:		99 cents/115JPY
Available Location:		App Store
Number of Players:		1
Platforms:		iPhone/iPod Touch
Copyright:		© 2009, mobcast inc.
Download URL:		http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=309565865&mt=8

Corporate Overview

mobcast inc. (http://mobcast.jp/)

mobcast inc. was established in March of 2004 to develop content that fully realizes the potential of next-generation media, including cell phones and broadband devices. Led by a president who had already taken a cell phone sales company to the top of its market and a team of producers with an industry track record across the world in both film and gaming, mobcast inc. offers original, rich content that fully capitalizes on the potential of next-generation media.

Name:		mobcast inc.
Headquarters:		3-24-5 Kami-Meguro, Meguro Ward, Tokyo
Founding Date:		26 March 2004
Representative:		Koki Yabu
Capitalization:		356.87 million JPY

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