Hello from all of us on the Flipnote Hatena team. This is Aaron at Hatena's offices in Kyoto, Japan with another edition of our weekly news blog.
We really enjoyed your Flipnotes about "eating" and it was fun to see how people all around the world think about this topic. We would like to thank all of you who posted Flipnotes about the topic last week, and hope that you enjoy the ones that we chose.
After watching all of your Flipnotes about "eating" we thought it might be good to link this week's topic to last week. If you are not careful and eat too much, it's not good for your health. For this reason we've chosen the topic of "Exercise" this week to remind you all to keep in shape. We hope this topic can inspire some of you to go outside and do some exercise before winter comes.
Videogames and food are great, but you need to remember to take care of your body. If you drop your Nintendo DSi and break it you can replace it, but your body can never be replaced!
Thanks for checking out the news blog from all of us at Hatena in Kyoto, and looking forward to seeing your Flipnotes!
New limited edition themes: Forest Animals Collection
From now until October 15, 2010 (Friday), you'll get one chance to win a prize for every 10 stars you exchange for themes in the Color Star Exchange. If you're lucky you might win the weekly limited edition theme.
This week's limited edition theme features a deer, and is available until October 7, 2010.
For more information about the Forest Animals Collection tap on the "Get Special Themes!" button on the top menu of Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi.
This week's new themes
The Flipnote team has created two new Creator's Room themes that are available in the Color Star Exchange this week. Below are some screenshots and details about the new themes.
Please note that these new themes will not be available until tomorrow, October 2, 2010
★Add some wildlife to your Creator's Room with this stylized image of a leopard. (10 color stars)
★Dress up your Creator's Room with some butterflies and flowers. (20 color stars)
The best of last week's topic: "Eating"
We've selected some of the best Flipnotes posted from around the world that we hope you'll enjoy.
You can see all of the Flipnotes posted about last week's topic at the URL below (be sure to set your content preference to Worldwide to see Flipnotes from all regions):
You can also see the Flipnotes for last week's topic by entering the command 
via "Command Search" on Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi.
Hatena's favorite "Eating" Flipnotes from the Americas region
★ Torakichi (id:Torakichi25) reminds us to be careful when eating in this funny Flipnote.
★ ANDREI (id:mc-donald) created this Flipnote about a hungry character with a really long tongue.
★ K (id:smashingpumpkins) made this shocking Flipnote about a sandwich with an appetite of its own.
★ MonkeyKing (id:Xcix) animated a cute monster with a voracious appetite.
★ Jessica (id:J-POP) made this short Flipnote about a little character with a surprisingly big mouth.
★All sorts of things eat each other in this nicely animated Flipnote by Trevor (id:TheSpud).
Hatena's favorite "Eating" Flipnotes from the Europe & Oceania region
★ Florie (id:vayla) made this Flipnote about what babies eat.
★ Take a trip through the digestive system in this strange and wonderful Flipnote by Dr. Ever (id:DrEver).
★ A trio of characters try to eat some fruit in this cute Flipnote by ☆Megz☆ (id:Megz).
★ Exodyn (id:COHERENCE) created this funny Flipnote about a hungry character who drops his burger.
★ Hiro (id:Koka) made this Flipnote about a cute little hungry character with giant fangs. Yikes!
★ A hungry cat enjoys some roast chicken in this cute Flipnote by Labelle (id:New_Moon).
Hatena's favorite "Eating" Flipnotes from Japan
★ A monster destroys and devours a city in this Flipnote by あやmkaぞくaf® (id:asmf).
★ We liked the subtle humor in this Flipnote about 2 people eating by Keina (id:keina19991121).
★ The character in this Flipnote by Miho (id:miho-1001) eats everything around him.
★ We liked this Flipnote by Tarotanian (id:tatsuro1995420) about a fast eater who ends up with a stomach ache the next morning.
★ A hungry king wants apples in this funny Flipnote by (=へ=).
★ Shimoyama Tene Komachi (id:kentaginko) created this interesting Flipnote about a series of things that eat each other.
This week's topic: "Exercise" (10/1/2010 - 10/8/2010)
Keeping your body in shape is very important if you want to live a happy and healthy life. What kind of exercise do you like? Create Flipnotes about how to keep your body in shape, or anything you can think of related to the topic of exercise.
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. Post the Flipnotes you create to channel 7 from Flipnote Hatena on your Nintendo DSi.
Also, please do not use copyrighted music in your Flipnotes if you want them to be featured here. Check out some of the sites below for Creative Commons licensable and other royalty free music:
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 Frog Sighting
If you are interested in having your frog photo or illustration featured in the "Weekly Frog Sighting" section of the blog please post them on Hatena Haiku and we might feature it here.
Please submit only original photos/illustrations that you have created yourself.
★ This cool photo of a frog lamp was posted by a721pikachu
★ I took this photo of an old, frog pinwheel type thing in Shiga prefecture, which is about 30 minutes from Kyoto.
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