Sega to make DS owners beautiful

by Chris Greenhough { Aug 5th 2008 at 7:30PM }

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You with the face: listen up. As beings of supreme beauty, we're often asked how we maintain our flawless complexions and glossy, healthy hair. The truth is this: we have no idea. It could be our steady diet of Cheetos, pizza and cereal, combined with the sixteen hours a day we spend in front of our PC monitors, but it's probably all just natural.

For those of you not blessed with such a becoming appearance, all is not lost. Sega has teamed up with Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido to develop Project Beauty -- full translated name Shiseido Beauty Solution Supervised Exploration Center Project Beauty -- a non-game dedicated to the kind of over-the-counter tips and advice you'd expect to receive in any cosmetics department store.

Project Beauty's most tantalizing hook, however, is that it will ship with the sleek camera add-on that came with Otona no DS Kao Training (Adults' DS Face Training) when it launches in Japan this November 27th. There's also a cheaper version sans camera, for all those people who bought Face Training and have had to wait for months for more software that supports the add-on.

Gallery: Project Beauty

[Via GAME Watch]

Tags: camera, cosmetics, non-game, project-beauty, sega, shiseido, training

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hamster @ Aug 5th 2008 8:24PM

And they wonder why the PSP is making a comeback in Japan....

Seanross @ Aug 5th 2008 8:32PM

PSP is only rising in sales over in Japan because of Monster Hunter supposedly. We'll see how that holds out in a few months

Hamster @ Aug 5th 2008 9:08PM

True, but I have a theory that all the casual non-game training shovelware that has flooded the DS also has something to do with it. I could be wrong of course, but I think it's interesting.

Mr.ESC @ Aug 5th 2008 9:16PM

When a new MH game is released lol.

I haven't bought anything for my PSP of DS lately,I'm still wating for SOnic,Chrono Trigger and hopefully a remake of FFVI.

chibi_wings @ Aug 5th 2008 10:08PM

I hate how people whine about the amount of casual games on the DS (and Wii). It's not like your forced to buy them, and there are plenty of games for everyone. Seriously it is starting to annoy me.

LocalToast @ Aug 5th 2008 10:08PM

Finally, more DS camera support!

Now I can experiment with makeup without looking like a total gaywad.

Jimiisama @ Aug 6th 2008 5:36PM

nice

James @ Aug 5th 2008 10:44PM

Not to add fuel to the DS vs PSP debate but some of the PSPs most advertised products over here are just like this one. Every day I see them pushing the clothes co-ordinator and stuff like it.
Still, if the DS had a GPS add-on like the PSP does I'd pick it up in a second. Some things aren't meant for games, doesn't mean they're worthless.

erico316 @ Aug 5th 2008 11:39PM

the psp is doing better not because of just monster hunter because of its like up in japan.dont downgrade something because one system is getting alot of shovelware on it.that the road Nintendo took with both ds and wii.this is the beginning of the portable war and we wont see an end anytime soon.remember psp got 3 more ff ,a pararsite eve,a great kingdom heart and the just release Phantasy Star Portable.

Zealot @ Aug 6th 2008 12:41AM

This so-called "portable war" exists only in the minds of game company CEOs and insecure fanboys. You accomplish nothing by coming here just to trot out an arbitrarily cobbled-together list of good PSP games when we have not questioned the existence of such games on the system. The above complaints regarding DS shovelware aren't connected to the way in which DS vs. PSP comparisons were invoked in this topic--available peripherals were being compared, not games.

Jacksons @ Aug 6th 2008 1:21AM

I hate the fanboy PSP/DS wars. I feel like a hippie because I happen to like both. World peace and free love, man!

Jhongerkong @ Aug 5th 2008 11:47PM

OH GAWD IM HIDEOUS, DONT LOOK AT MY SHAME

Char6296 @ Aug 6th 2008 4:55AM

I think that woman went a bit cross eyed when they took that. I hope I don't go cross eyed, I look bad enough. XD

Almadi @ Aug 6th 2008 5:49AM

Come on SEGA, cut the crap!
Not asking for new IPs. At least port over great Saturn masterpieces like Astal or Clockwork Knight, possible on the DS.

Toxic @ Aug 6th 2008 2:38PM

Something original. :)

geekgrrl @ Aug 6th 2008 5:50PM

i'd be interested in this game. makeup is expensive, yo. may as well check how i'm going to look before i drop $20 on lipstick.

JK @ Aug 7th 2008 10:34AM

I think the Japanese really get what the DS is all about -- having a variety of both games and non-games, thus making the DS a very versatile and unique. Yeah, you can play music and video on PSP, but there's so many devices out there that can play media better. Only on the DS can you find crazy stuff like Project Beauty. Granted, I'm not a girl, nor do I have a fascination with makeup, but the very fact that the DS is home to such interesting... applications is so cool. I can pretty much predict that Project Beauty will never hit the US, but honestly, if I was tied to a chair and had to play this game or *any* Imagine or Petz title, oh yeah, I'd be using my stylus to apply rouge in a hearbeat, haha. I think that while "casual gaming" is booming here, the US is just not ready to buy applications for a video game system, so very few "non-games" get localized -- unless it's done like Brain Age, which is a learning program (kinda) that pretends it's a game. Ah, DS, you perfectly blend a library of great games for both hardcore and "casual" gamers, as well as have things like Project Beauty to appeal to even non-gamers (Wii, you should take notes). Best system evar.