Winter Sonata episode 1 (subtitled), part 1 of 6.

At a time when the site’s tumblarity is at an all time low due to a number of factors — JC vacationing in Tokyo, posting frequency slowed to a crawl, and the super-niche crap I’ve filled the site with lately — why am I driving even more readers away with a schmaltzy Korean drama series?

Because someone is crazy enough to make a DS game out of it, of course — that crazy someone being Seoul-based developer Skonec, who also worked on Tornado, Pictoimage, and that silly puzzle/horror import you’ll hear me mention from time to time, Joshikousei Nigeru.

Scheduled to release in Japan this December courtesy of D3P, Winter Sonata DS features images and videos from the show. You can play mini-games, complete photo puzzles, and answer trivia questions based on the drama. If you have a DSi, you can also take photos of yourself and superimpose them over Winter Sonata locations.

The story behind Winter Sonata actually sounds really interesting — I could totally get into this if I wasn’t already overburdened with current work/life/entertainment obligations. I can see why someone was like, “OMG I love this show so much! Let’s make a DS game out of it!” After all, the star of Winter Sonata, Bae Yong Joon, just received his own DS game in which he introduces Japanese gamers to the Korean language. It could work!

See also: Stylus sale at a South Korean shop

tags / bae yong joon / korea / television / imports / winter sonata / skonec / d3 publisher / ec