Gameplay of "Aka-chan wa Doko Kara Kuru no? Koitsu ~ ban," a preserved Sega i-mode game. It's a Simon Says minigame derived from the Nintendo DS game of the same name, known as "The Rub Rabbits!" overseas. The i-mode game was a free download to promote the DS game.

I preserved the first half of Valkyrie no Densetsu's i-mode port! Released in 2005, this port of the arcade original was split into two apps. The game runs better on original hardware. While I also preserved the second half, its app data was missing because it was never launched.

The Persona 3 - Aigis THE FIRST MISSION translation has a new update: Typos have been fixed GMODE UI has been translated UI textures have been translated but are being fixed Text merging has been fixed! :D

I'm currently visiting Japan for the first time, and I tried 1Seg on my P-01A! This is a digital TV broadcasting service, and these keitai models can still play them back when in range. While we can easily watch TV on our phones nowadays, this must have been novel back in 2005!

Yuuku preserved Evangelion The Fighting Impact Rebuild, a previously-lost Evangelion i-mode game! This is a fighting game with little to no documentation online. The spritework is very nice. Every other preserved Evangelion i-mode game is a slot game, so this is a welcome find!

I visited Game Preservation Society 💾's headquarters in Tokyo and discussed their i-mode game preservation project! We discussed many things, from dumping procedures to cataloguing phone models. It was very productive, and we now have a clearer direction on how to move forward.

I visited the NTT DoCoMo History Square! On top of there being tons of keitai on display, there is a large library of DoCoMo catalogs. Some contain information about keitai games! For instance, one page discusses Virtua Fighter 4's connection to i-mode keitai. Great resources!

Metal Gear Solid Mobile's SoftBank trial version was preserved by Cuebus! This is the second keitai trial version that has been preserved (the other was for EZweb devices). It runs pretty well, too! The full Western release of this game was preserved by KrZ 🇺🇦 last year.

2Souls preserved Dragon Ball Racing (trial version) and Naruto Keitai Ninjutsu Taisen (ﾅﾙﾄｹｰﾀｲ忍術大戦)! Both were released exclusively for i-mode devices. Our copy of Dragon Ball Racing is a trial version, so it only has Goku and one map. Both games have nice spritework!

Well, it happened. I just recovered another lost Tales of Mobile game, Tales of Tactics! I cannot believe I have the honor of saying I've recovered almost every lost Tales of Mobile Keitai game at this point. Check out footage here. youtube.com/watch?v=LnCQYm…

Lost in Blue Mobile: Marina & Riku (LOST in BLUE Mobile まりな＆りく編) was preserved by TimeTravel_0 - basta! Contrary to its name, the game has an original story and characters! Its gameplay is similar to the Survival Kids Game Boy entries. This is such a neat find.

2Soulz preserved Galaga Kai, a previously-lost Galaga game that was exclusively released for keitai in 2011! It has an arrange mode with stages based on other Namco arcade games! You can see Xevious and Dig Dug in my footage. The DoJa 5.1 SDK doesn't run this game very smoothly.

Penta no Tsuri Bōken DX (ペン太の釣冒険DX) was preserved by TimeTravel_0 - Sessione Saga! This is a cute fishing game starring Penta, the protagonist of the Antarctic Adventure series. This is the 2004 i-mode version; the non-DX version was released in 2003 and is still lost.