We’re looking for 30 pre-release monitors for the music-based board game “HITSTER”!
GP Co., Ltd. Press release: August 31, 2025 To Members of the Press We’re looking for 30 pre-release monitors for the music-based board game “HITSTER”! A simple game where you play music on your smartphone and guess the release year Dear customers, August 31, 2025
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ “HITSTER” is a game where you listen to music and guess the release year. !!! We’re looking for monitors!!!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/51468/26/51468-26-5c844df9f82b19b87814ed7a723387de-1280×720.jpg ◆What is HITSTER? “HITSTER” plays music on Spotify via a dedicated app. It includes a total of 308 songs, ranging from Showa-era nostalgia to the latest 2024 hits, making it fun for a wide range of ages. We’ve selected hit songs, focusing on songs you’ll likely have heard before. Even if you’re not familiar with the songs, the game is easy for anyone to play, as you just need to guess the approximate era. For reference, here are some of the songs included. *The list is in no particular order. Tokyo Boogie Woogie Always. Miracle ruby ring Island song Song of love Always dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream I’m in Love with You Again Help! TRUE LOVE Baby Blue Chateau Single bed Monster Season of Love I Can’t Be Just a Dreamy Girl Let’s become a family LET IT BE Robinson Maru Maru Mori Mori! I just can’t stop LA・LA・LA LOVE SONG Fortune cookie in love Goodbye My Love Like the Moon Tonight Invader Invader Yokohama, Yokosuka, and the Port Seesaw Game ～Brave love song～ R.Y.U.S.E.I. Memory of love A sign of love Shake It Off Sinbad without permission Driver’s High Galaxy Express 999 We are! STAY TUNE Astronomical observation Little Love Song Marigold Polyrhythm ◆Product Information Product Name: HITSTER Japanese Edition Price: ¥3,600 (¥3,960 including tax) Release Date: Scheduled for November 2025 *The official release date will be announced around mid-September JAN Code: 4543471004789 Players: 2-10 people Recommended Ages: 16 and up Play Time: 30 minutes or more URL: https://www.gp-inc.jp/boardgame_hitster.html *Pre-orders, monitor applications, and additional information are scheduled for
mid-September 2025. ⇒If you would like to receive information or apply to be a monitor, please contact .
href=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBNpNGr2RDnH8oZGj71txzND6elhnAHihmxQPQ-bGAKHeiqQ/viewform?usp=dialog” style=”text-decoration:underline;color:#428ac9;word-break:break-all;” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow ugc noopener”> ⇒It will also be distributed on X. If you are interested, please visit GP Official X on the right. https://x.com/gpinc_jp ◆The Japanese version of the smash hit music game “HITSTER,” which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, is finally available! When was this song released? Play a music game where you listen to hit songs♪ Just play music using the smartphone app, listen to it, guess the release year, and arrange them in chronological order! From nostalgic Showa-era tunes to the latest releases in 2024, this game features over 300 hit songs from every era in Japan! This is a new type of music game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. *HITSTER uses the free “HITSTER app” and “Spotify” to play music. *HITSTER is a game played by playing music on Spotify through a dedicated app. *The songs played in the game are only 30 seconds long (Spotify (Premium members can listen to the full version.) *The introductory video below is in English. https://img.youtube.com/vi/wc7k2JIE8Ok/sddefault.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7k2JIE8Ok ◆How to play 1. The DJ plays a song Draw a music card and scan the QR code with the app to play the song♪ 2. Arrange the cards in chronological order Guess the year the song was released and arrange it on your own timeline♪ 3. Flip the card face up. Turn the card face up, and if the years written on it are in chronological order, you get the card! Each player repeats steps 1-3 above. The first person to collect 10 cards wins! *Many other ways to play, including cooperative games, are also included.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/51468/26/51468-26-36e0aea9fb0658e9b6d3bee165ad1e09-1632×394.jpg *Photo is of the English version ・About “HITSTER” “HITSTER,” born in the Netherlands in 2022, became the number one best-selling game in the Netherlands in 2023. It quickly spread throughout the world, becoming a massively popular board game in over 30 countries and selling over 3 million copies in total as of 2024! And finally, at the end of 2025 (planned), the official Japanese version will be released by GP. #1 Best-Selling Game in the Netherlands in 2023 & YTD August 2024 (NPD) ・About the app “HITSTER” uses the free “HITSTER app” and “Spotify,” so to play smoothly you’ll need a smartphone or tablet that can read QR codes and has an internet connection. However, if you’re a paid Spotify Premium member, you’ll have access to full choruses, easier music playback, and more ways to play. *The official release of the HITSTER app is scheduled for late September ・About the songs included The 308 songs included were selected based on playback ranking data provided by karaoke bar Pasela, as well as publicly available hit rankings, play counts on Spotify, and interviews with each generation. Please note that the music data is based on songs playable on Spotify, so there may be many hit songs for certain generations that cannot be played or that could not be included due to various reasons such as the system. *Data provided by: Newton Karaoke Pasela Co., Ltd. ◆Premiere Event: Tokyo Toy Show 2025 “HITSTER” will be unveiled for the first time at the Tokyo Toy Show 2025 (August 28-31). We also have other attractive products, such as “Kamen Rider Shogi” and the new “Ubongo,” so please come visit our booth. *Booth number: Tokyo Big Sight, West Hall 3-33 ◆Contents 308 “Music Cards” featuring hit songs 37 “Tokens” that expand the ways you can play *How to play is published online
https://www.gp-inc.jp/boardgame_hitster.html ◆Copyright (C)2025 GP Inc. Japan. ◆Contact information GP Inc. Public Relations: Yonekawa, Wada Website: https://www.gp-inc.jp/ TEL: 03-6273-9245 E-mail: mail@gp-inc.jp