Weekly Toro Station
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Weekly Toro Station is a Bexide and Sony Computer Entertainment
game developed for the PlayStation 3
and PlayStation Portable
. It is the sequel to Mainichi Issho
and was released on November 11, 2009 through the Japanese PlayStation Store
.
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culture news.
license. The Game Center's collectible capsule toy
s are still available and can be purchased with medals (10 medals cost 100 yen, 60 medals are 500 yen). There are all kind of mini games: solo games, two-player games, online multiplayer games, some of them are even motion sensor controlled.
" and "nya", the latter being the Japanese equivalent to "meow
", the cat's scream. Platinya Membership consists in a 800 yen 30-day subscription that allows the gamer to get access to exclusive contents such as Toro Station back numbers.
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...
game developed for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
. It is the sequel to Mainichi Issho
Mainichi Issho
Mainichi Issho is a November 11, 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment online game for the PlayStation 3. It is based on the Toro franchise, a cartoon character which is a mascot for SCEJ. This game is exclusively for the Japanese market...
and was released on November 11, 2009 through the Japanese PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
.
Toro Station
Weekly Toro Station is actually a replacement for Mainichi Issho. Free digital distribution of Mainichi Issho lasted from November 11, 2006 to November 11, 2009. Mainichi Issho 's core feature was the daily news service called Toro Station (トロ・ステーション). This costly service was discontinued and replaced with a, lighter, weekly service that focuses more on video games and mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
/anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
culture news.
Game Center (ゲームセンター)
All ten mini games from Mainichi Issho are now gathered and available for free in the Game Center (ゲームセンター, Gēmu Sentā). That includes the once pay per play games that required a service subscription such as the cosplayCosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
license. The Game Center's collectible capsule toy
Bulk vending
Bulk vending is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties selected at random and dispensed generally through non-electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from full line vending — i.e., the snack and soda vending...
s are still available and can be purchased with medals (10 medals cost 100 yen, 60 medals are 500 yen). There are all kind of mini games: solo games, two-player games, online multiplayer games, some of them are even motion sensor controlled.
- Mainichi Right Brain Ranking (まいにち右脳ランキング)
- Mainichi Right Brain Battle (まいにち右脳バトル)
- Mainichi Picture Shiritori (まいにちピクチャーしりとり)
- Angel Shooting (天使シューティング)
- Koi no Mi no Bori (コイの三のぼり)
- Nobi Nobi Snake (のび のび スネーク)
- Toro Racer (トロレーサー)
- Bowling (ボウリング)
- Speed (スピード)
- Tennis (テニス)
Platinya Membership (プラチニャ会員)
"Platinya" is a pun at "platinumPlatinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
" and "nya", the latter being the Japanese equivalent to "meow
Meow
Meow is an imitative word for a sound made in cat communication. It may also refer to:- Music :* Miou Miou, a Czech pop band* Miaow , an English band* Miaow , a 1994 album by The Beautiful South...
", the cat's scream. Platinya Membership consists in a 800 yen 30-day subscription that allows the gamer to get access to exclusive contents such as Toro Station back numbers.