Hello from all of us at Hatena in Kyoto. This is Aaron with another issue of our weekly news blog -- thanks for taking the time to check it out.
We hope that you enjoyed our April Fool's Joke this year, Foolipnote Hatena -- we had a great time seeing all of your Foolipnotes! If you missed the April Fool's Joke please have a look at our official press release about it at the URL below:
Foolipnote Hatena Press Release
In other news, the Flipnote Hatena Easter Contest ends today, so if you haven't yet posted your Flipnotes for the contest please hurry up! We will no longer accept Flipnotes for the Easter Contest after 12 am midnight PDT tonight (Friday, April 2, 2010).
We will announce the winners for the Easter Contest on the evening of Easter Sunday on April 4, 2010 and post the results here on our blog.
For more information about the Flipnote Hatena Easter Contest please access the URL below:
Flipnote Hatena Easter Contest Thanks from all of us on the Flipnote Hatena team, and we're looking forward to seeing your Flipnotes!
This week's featured Flipnotes
In this week's edition of the Flipnote Hatena news blog, we're going to show you some of our favorite Flipnotes based on last week's topic "Magic", and introduce our new topic for this week which is "Running".
If you post Flipnotes about the weekly topic, we might feature yours here on the Flipnote Hatena Weekly News blog next week and give you some rare color stars -- post your Flipnotes and join in the fun!
Lastly, scroll to the bottom of this blog entry to see Weekly Frog Sightings where we feature original frog photos and illustrations from users like you. Post your original frog photos to Hatena Haiku (post to the keyword "Frog Sightings") and we might feature it here next week.
Read the Flipnote Hatena News blog in your language
Here is a list of the URL's that you can use to read the different language versions of this news blog:
- English:
- French:
- German:
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- Japanese:
- Spanish:
Also, thanks to the help and support of MdM (id:MdMbunny) you can also read a translation of this blog in Italian, and id:Alex_BCN82 is now translating our blog into Spanish. Please be sure to check out the other language versions of the blog, since there are some differences between each version. It might be a good way to learn a foreign language too!
Also, please let us know any feedback you might have about our blog by posting your comments in the box at the bottom of this blog entry.
The best of last week's topic: "Magic"
We've selected some of the best "Magic" Flipnotes posted this past week from each of the 3 regions which we hope you'll enjoy.
You can see all of the Flipnotes posted by users for last week's topic at the URL below (be sure to set your content preference to Worldwide to see Flipnotes from all regions):
Weekly Topic: Magic You can also see the Flipnotes for last week's topic posted from your own region by entering the command
"Magic" Flipnotes from the Europe & Oceania region:
★ Flipnote by FionaGlee (id:fifitrix)
★ Flipnote by Blacksmith (id:Blacksmith)
★ Flipnote by Bethaaniee (id:Bethaniee)
★ Flipnote by ☆K.D☆ (id:kdmd-05)
★ Flipnote by EmilyBob (id:Emilyrules2)
★ Flipnote by ★mpa★ (id:markos-1996)
"Magic" Flipnotes from the Americas region
★ Flipnote by Max D. (id:RANDOM-MAN)
★ Flipnote by ★SWIM★ (id:randomness-world)
★ Flipnote by spark (id:mrman73)
★ Flipnote by PickyEater (id:AnotherPickyEater)
★ Flipnote by 〒U¢K£® (id:TheRaz0rEdge)
★ Flipnote by Limelight (id:Limelight)
"Magic" Flipnotes from Japan
★ Flipnote by Yoshiki (id:yoshiki44)
★ Flipnote by Bobiko (id:bobi-wan)
★ Flipnote by Misa
★ Flipnote by Koppi (id:ohfxgjb)
★ Flipnote by RQ (id:myouta)
★ Flipnote by Comment Ga…(id:pup1256931) based on an original Flipnote by Yuwananba710 (id:sk9love18)
This week's topic: "Running"
For this week's topic we'd like you to post Flipnotes about the topic "Running". Now that the weather is get warmer in many parts of the world it's a good time to go outside and get some exercise. Everyday, people are busy running everyday to go to school or work or go running for exercise. Also, people run away when they are scared or excited about something. Post your Flipnotes about "Running" to channel 8 from Flipnote Hatena on your Nintendo DSi.
We're looking forward to seeing your Flipnotes, and will feature some of the best ones next week here in the Flipnote Hatena Weekly News blog.
You can see all of the Flipnotes currently posted about this week's topic at the URL below (be sure to set your content preference to Worldwide to see Flipnotes from all regions):
Weekly Topic: Running
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Follow us at: http://twitter.com/flipnotehatena
Weekly Frog Sighting
If you are interested in having your frog photo featured in the "Weekly Frog Sighting" section of the blog you can post it on Hatena Haiku (post to the keyword "Frog Sightings") and we'll choose the best ones and feature them here.
Please submit only original photos/illustrations that you have created yourself.
Here's a frog picture drawn by id:YourPantsAreAsHiAsGasPrices Some ceramic frogs for sale at the Toji Flea Market in Kyoto, Japan
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