Frog's journey goes viral for Shanghai's young people

[photo: from dfic.cn]

Japanese mobile game "Tabi Kaeru," or "Traveling Frog" in English, has gone viral among Shanghai youth, particularly among female players.

In the game players need to prepare a frog for a journey. Players harvest clover as currency to buy props and make a backpack for the frog before he goes on the journey. The frog will send postcards and bring back souvenirs.

In Japanese, "kaeru" means "frog" as noun, it also means "homecoming" as a verb.

It had become the most downloaded free app in the simulation game section of the Apple store by Tuesday.

The game provides little interaction room for players. According to Li Jiahe, who is obsessed with the game after playing it for two weeks, "Except for preparing lunchbox and harvesting clovers, all you can do is wait for it to come home." 

[The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI] 

(News Source: Shine.cn)