Reversi Sister (AppStore) Release

Tokyo, Japan DigiDock have released “Reversi Sister,” a new board game application for iPhone and iPod touch Complete revamp of the staple board game of Reversi for global Japanimation lovers.

Summary:

iPhone and iPod touch application developer DigiDock Corp. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroshi Yata) released “Reversi Sister,” a new board game application for iPhone and iPod touch incorporating elements of Japan’s animation culture and new gaming features through iTunes Store on December 4, 2008.

Name: Reversi Sister
Supported devices: iPhone and iPod touch
Price: $2.99
Download: iTunes – App Store – Games – Board – Reversi Sister
Product URL: http://digidock.co.jp/iphoneapplication/reversisister/world
AppStoreURL: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296197758&mt=8

What is Reversi?

Reversi is a two player (in single-player games between the player and a CPU) game where players alternately place stones, one at a time, on a grid. The stones have opposing black and white faces, with one of the colors being allotted to each player.  A valid move must be in a straight line between the new stone and another stone of the same color already on the board, thereby capturing at least one of the opponent’s stones in between. Captured stones are flipped to show the other color.  If a player cannot find a place to put their stone in making a valid move, as they take alternate turns, the other player gets to make additional moves until they can.  The game ends when either the entire grid is filled in or both players can no longer make valid moves. The player with the most stones on the board wins.

What is Reversi Sister?

“Reversi Sister” has been released as the remake for iPhone (and iPod touch) of a board game popular on the Internet, what could even be termed a classic favorite, combining a taste of animation. Although Reversi itself already has widespread popularity, “Reversi Sister” is designed to address a global niche market, which differs from that of conventional users of Reversi, through use of animation characters and new gaming features.

Most of the board and card game applications currently available through the iTunes Store have simple graphics that are merely faithful reproductions of their physical origin. And with gaming features few applications have adopted unique additional features for iPhone versions. The recently released “Reversi Sister” is a modern piece of entertainment in which the familiar rules of Reversi are combined with “Moe” voice patterns and animation-taste graphics as well as adding the additional feature of a “special move”, which helps beginners to win. While the gauge to the left of Riko (the girl character) is full players can make the special move by pushing the button above the gauge when it is glowing. The special move flips the opponent’s stones to show the player’s color, regardless of Reversi’s original rules. (There are some variations in terms of the number and position of the opponent’s stones to be flipped.) The player can experience the exhilaration of suddenly changing the color of a large number of their opponent’s stones in a single move using the special move, maybe even resulting in all of them. In addition, Riko responds to various situations in the course of a game with comments, usually after the player or the CPU have placed stones. For example she yells out “Yosshaaa” (Yes!) in joy if the player has made a good move but panics with “Awawawa …” (Oh, no.) if the CPU does. How responsive Riko is can be selected from three levels on the settings screen. Moreover, as the player’s score with “Reversi Sister” depends on the number of the opponent’s stones they have flipped, players can enjoy repeat plays with the aim of getting better scores, in addition to enjoying the exhilaration of winning by an overwhelming margin.

Future updates DigiDock will add more animated characters and special move variations in future updates of “Reversi Sister.”

About DigiDock Corp. DigiDock Corp. was established in June 2008 with the slogan of “More and More Fun” by Hiroshi Yata, a programmer, and Kazushi Kojima, who has engaged in the planning and production of consumer game devices and the planning, operation and production of mobile-use web content. The Company intends to engage exclusively in the development of applications for iPhone and iPod touch, which are categorized as ANIME-DD (animation-oriented products), which incorporate animation culture, and NET-DD (network-oriented products), which aims to connect iPhone and iPod touch users across the world over a network.