Doko Demo Issyo is a long-running series in Japan, where it has seen commercial success. A major reocurring feature is to teach the pokepi words to memorize. Most games feature some type of networking features to communicate with other players by sharing "business cards" or other data. The first game in the series,
Doko Demo Issyo, was released on 22 July 1999 for the PlayStation. It was possible to put transfer pokepi onto the
PocketStation and interact with them on the device.
Toro One of the game's characters, Toro Inoue, became a mascot for the PlayStation brand.
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine wrote in 2002 that Toro was used heavily as a mascot in Japan, but that the American Sony branch did not want a single mascot to represent the brand. The character was used in a variety of marketing materials in Japan, including billboards and television commercials. Toro also appears as a DLC character in ''
Everybody's Golf 5 and Everybody's Golf 6''. == Games ==