Boing! Docomodake DS is basically a story about the NTT DoCoMo mushroom mascot Docomodake and his family. A festival is coming up, and all of the members of the family, save for Papa Docomodake, have ventured into the forest either purposely or accidentally. Now it’s almost time for the festival to start, and Papa Docomodake has to retrieve Mama Docomodake, Grandma Docomodake, Grandpa Docomodake, Grade School Docomodake, Junior High Docomodake and Daughter Docomodake.

This is accomplished by visiting several sections of the forest and simply helping Papa Docomodake get from the start to the goal. There aren’t any bosses and enemies only rarely pop up. What there are, are tricky challenges to navigate, coins to collect and a screen at the end of the level that grades you based on whether you collected every coin and treasure in the level, and how quickly you did it…

Its surprising the success Japanese mascots can find. (No, I’m not talking about Mr. Sparkle.) I’m talking about characters who were originally designed to act as a mascot for a company or product, which suddenly reach new heights of popularity and become a marketable figure on their own.

So it isn’t surprising when these icons suddenly get their own video games. After all, if they’re successful and popular, chances are their creators will want to make as much money off of them as they can. Today, Important Importables is going to look at Dejiko, Domo-kun and Docomodake, three mascots popular enough to merit their own games.

So it isn’t surprising when these icons suddenly get their own video games. After all, if they’re successful and popular, chances are their creators will want to make as much money off of them as they can. Today, Important Importables is going to look at Dejiko, Domo-kun and Docomodake, three mascots popular enough to merit their own games…