Another portable gambling motorcar ? Well , yes , but it wo n’t be contend with the DS or the PSP . The Bandai ‘ Card Commun ’ building block are simple $ 30 unit that bring games based on branded swipe card ( kind of like the Game Boy ’s eReader ) and can sync data point together by connecting to unit , making the Card Commun not unlike a “ Pok Monday and Tamagotchi combined . ” Apparently they are super popular , too ; the Card Commun was the live detail during Japan ’s recent Golden Week shopping fling . No password if or when it will be available in the States , but since Bandai pushes quite a lot of their animated cartoon properties here , too , a localize version is n’t out of the question .
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Update : Reader Ben Wong charge this account of Bandai ’s bizzare conception :
The miniature is related to a very popular Japanese AnimationFutari wa Pretty Cure .
In the series 2 ten - year - old girls use a like gimmick to change into super hero to struggle monsters . The equipment is actually a live creature from another dimension which can only be in our world in the form of a cell phone ( have to admit Bandai is bully with marketing toys ) . By the way , those cards will either give those girls special ability or provide living essentials ( food , sleep , education etc . ) to the Cell headphone fauna .
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