TOKYO - (Business Wire) Field System (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hiroshi Suzuki) has updated its original game,
“newtonica,” developed for Apple
’s iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, through App Store (priced at US$4.99 or JPY600, including tax).
In addition, a free application, “newtonica player,” designed to play the minimal techno tracks composed for “newtonica” by Kenji Eno, is now available as well.
“newtonica” is an original game developed especially for the iPhone and iPod touch by two game creators who already have a string of hits to their names, Kenichi Nishi (planning and game direction) and Kenji Eno (sound design and music production).
Immediately after its release, “newtonica” went to number one on the Japanese ranking charts. To expand its worldwide popularity, Field System has released both, an updated version and a free application.
The new version of “newtonica” displays the user’s world-wide rankings at game's end. Users who have already purchased “newtonica” can download the updated version for free.
“newtonica player” is truly fun to play. Users can enjoy the tracks from “newtonica” with tapping the sphere to play music and add percussion, the interactive use of touch pad making it a brand new kind of music player.
All tracks were specifically re-mastered for this application.
In addition, the tracks from “newtonica” will soon be available for purchase at the iTunes Store.
System Requirement: iPod Touch/ iPhone with iPhone OS 2.0 or later
Official “newtonica” Website: http://www.newtonica.net
An Overview of “newtonica player”
Rotating the central core will play sounds and tapping the logo will add percussion.
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Game Creator Profiles
Kenichi Nishi
Born in Tokyo in 1967, he founded his own company, LOVEDELIC, Ltd., after a stint at Square.
After the release of “moon” for the Sony Playstation platform, began joint development of “L.O.L.” for the SEGA Dreamcast platform with the composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Went on to found SKIP, Ltd., working as game director for Nintendo GAMECUBE titles, “Giftopia” and “Chibi-Robo!,” as well as “Archime-DS” for the Nintendo DS. Established Route24, Ltd., in 2006, to begin working as a freelance game artist.
Kenji Eno
Born in Tokyo in 1970, he established Warp in 1994. “D,” which was released in 1995, sold more than a million copies worldwide. In 1997, his game, “Real Sound: The Wind’s Regret,” based solely on sound and without any screen visuals, was released amid a great amount of fan buzz. He currently serves as the chair of From Yellow To Orange.
Field System produces original content for cell phone systems within Japan and operates official websites to distribute content for Japan’s three major cell phone service providers. It has focused its work on developing a great amount of graphical interface content for distribution, and has taken advantage of its expertise in producing mobile content to actively offer products for the iPhone and iPod touch platforms via App Store.
http://www.fieldsystem.co.jp/
For more information on the iPhone and iPod touch, please see the Apple Japan website at http://www.apple.com/jp/
Field System
Yoshiyuki Isobe/Hitoshi Mitarai,
Tel: +81-3-3499-3939 (Japanese correspondence)
info@newtonica.net (English & Japanese correspondence)
Fax: +81-3-3499-3838 (English & Japanese correspondence)
