The latest must-have non-game if you’re a Japanese DS owner is Minna de Jibun no Setsumeisho: B-Kata, A-Kata, AB-Kata, O-Kata. Instead of training your brain or body, or teaching you how to cook, this latest life-enhancer apparently offers help in solving identity crises by analysing your personality through your blood type.

Based on million-selling Japanese self-help book Jibun no Setsumeisho: B-Kata, this software works on the belief that a person’s blood type affects their behaviour and thought processes. Upon inputting your blood type, you’ll be asked a series of probing questions, which in turn will theoretically give you a better inkling about the underlying forces which drive you.

There are around 800 questions featured on the cartridge, covering all major blood types. Additional writings and pictures will apparently “make your journey to self-discovery as enjoyable as possible.”

Chances of a western release are somewhere between “none” and “are you kidding?”, so it looks as if us westerners are likely to remain maladjusted for the forseeable future, while our Japanese cousins walk around with a new sense of purpose.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 1st, 2009 at 3:44 pm by Chris Schilling
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