世界就是如此瞬息萬變，似乎在一個禮拜以前，整個社交網絡還都在和李澤言談戀愛。
然而一個禮拜後，微博、朋友圈的話題已經從「養男人」變成「養青蛙」。
「有的人表面光鮮，背地裡可能連一隻蛙都沒有......」這個網絡上流傳的段子中提到的蛙，就是人氣手遊《旅行青蛙》中的主角——一隻時不時就背包出去旅行的小青蛙。
Developed by Japanese company Hit-Point, Tabikaeru was included as a free download in the Apple store on Dec 6 and became an internet hit after being introduced to China in early January. The game is available for iOS and Android systems, but the Apple store only offers a Japanese version while Android has Chinese and Japanese.《旅行青蛙》由日本遊戲公司Hit-Point開發，12月6日在蘋果商店上架，免費開放下載，1月初進入中國後在網絡上迅速躥紅。這款遊戲適用於iOS和安卓系統，但蘋果商店僅可下載日文版，而安卓商店則有中文版和日文版。
Tabikaeru is mostly a game about waiting on animals. You play house-sitter and friend to a little frog that likes to go on trips around Japan. You』ll pack his backpack with a bento box lunch, a lucky charm, and some travel gear, then send him off. While he’s gone, you can harvest clovers in his garden (which you can trade for more travel gear and food) and greet guests that come to visit. The items you send with him determine where he goes, what pictures he sends back for your album, and what souvenirs he brings with him. There’s a gallery of collectible souvenirs to fill, as well as food presents you can offer to guests who show up at the house.《旅行青蛙》是一個等待「蛙」歸的遊戲。小青蛙喜歡週遊日本，而你的角色就是他的管家兼朋友。你會在他的背包裡裝上便當盒、幸運符和一些旅行裝備，然後送蛙遠行。當他出門時，你可以收割花園裡的幸運草（你可以用幸運草交換更多旅行裝備和食物），並招呼來家裡做客的客人。你為小青蛙打包的行李決定了他會去哪裡、給你傳回什麼照片、帶什麼土特產回來。陳列室存放著旅行紀念品，以及你可以用來款待客人的食物。
Travel Frog will be gone for a long, long time for a mobile game, though. Sometimes, he』ll be gone for six or seven hours at a time, so just be patient. He』ll always come back. If for some reason you think he left without food in his backpack, then you』ll need to lure him back by placing food on his desk.對於一款手機遊戲來說，小青蛙消失的時間很長，有時他一出去就是六七個小時，所以你要保持耐心。他總是會回來的。如果出於某些原因，你發現他的背包裡沒有食物了，那麼你需要把食物放在桌上，吸引他回家。
這樣一款簡單粗暴的放置類手遊到底火爆到什麼程度？
自從有了《旅行青蛙》，朋友圈就多了一群等「蛙兒子」回家的老母親。
看到這些，是不是突然想起來小時候背的那些詩：「慈母手中線，遊子身上衣……」
有網友還為小青蛙製作了一套專屬的「佛系」表情包。
Many people have praised the game for its slow pace, saying it taps the trend among younger generations in China to search out "Zenlike" activities.很多人都為遊戲的慢節奏叫好，稱這順應了國內年輕人追求「佛系」人生的趨勢。
"Everything is unexpected in life, just like the game. Whenever I launch the game, I don't know whether the frog is at home, reading, eating or writing letters," Yuan Linghuan, a postgraduate student at Tongji University in Shanghai, said.「生活和遊戲一樣，一切都是未知的。當我打開遊戲時，我不知道我的『蛙兒子』是否在家，是在讀書、吃飯還是寫信，」上海同濟大學研究生袁玲歡（音譯）說道。
The 25-year-old said the design of the game is cute, while it requires no skills in fighting, which is good for female players.25歲的袁玲歡稱，這款遊戲的設計很可愛，又不需要對戰技巧，這對女玩家很友好。
"It's not a game that you will get obsessed with, as there is no ranking list among players," Yuan added. "All you have to do is to open the app to see if your frog is at home or on its journey, and it's not necessary to spend a lot of money buying gear to equip the frog for his travels, which differs from other role-playing games."袁玲歡還稱：「這個遊戲不會讓你沉迷其中，因為沒有玩家排名，你所要做的就是打開程序，看看你的『蛙兒子』在家還是在旅行，也不需要花很多錢為他買旅行裝備，這點和那些角色扮演類遊戲不同。」
"I feel like I'm the mother of the frog in the game. It's really interesting for a single girl like me, and raising the frog is a way of relieving stress," she said.「我覺得我就是青蛙的媽媽，對於我這樣的單身女孩來說，這真的很有趣，養蛙是緩解壓力的一種方式。」
看到這裡，你的「養蛙」心是不是也蠢蠢欲動？擔心看不懂日文？沒關係，我們已經準備了一份貼心的攻略：
1) Though it is a waiting game as Neko Atsume, what you do is the preps for his trips/packing, with food, travel gears and good luck charms.這是款需要耐心等待的遊戲，你要做的就是給你家蛙準備好旅行的食物、裝備以及護身符。
2) The currency is clovers which grow in his yard.遊戲中的貨幣是三葉草，長在你們家院子裡。
3) He travels to many famous vacation sites in Japan and sends cute pics from there or somewhere on the road in between.小蛙會去日本很多著名景點旅行，還會發可愛的照片給你，有景點照，也有路上拍的。
4) He brings back some local specialties, including food items and non-food items, as souvenirs and you try to complete them. However, there is no souvenirs if you get him only cheap food, besides the first trip.他旅行回來還會帶紀念品或土特產哦。不過除了第一次旅行，如果你只給他買便宜的食物和裝備的話，他們就不會帶東西回家。
5) There are visitors like a snail, a bee and a turtle at his door. Each time they visit, there is a flyer in the mail box, and you get a lottery ticket if you view it by tapping on it. Make sure you have an internet connection before you tap, and it will ask you if you like to view the advertisement or not. Then you tap "はい" which is yes.你家門口隔三差五會有小蝸牛、小蜜蜂、小烏龜到訪。它們每次來的時候，你的信箱就會有提示。點擊查看你就能收到彩票。打開信箱前一定確保連好了網絡，系統會問你是否查看，點擊是的（"はい" ）。
6) Tap on a visitor, the food souvenirs box opens, which you get from the frog, then you choose the food to treat the visitor with. In return, the visitor sends lots of regular clovers or one four leaf clover later.家裡有客人來訪的時候，你需要把小蛙帶回來的好吃的拿出來，招待客人~ 作為回報，客人會給你大把三葉草或者是一個四葉草。（就是賞金嘛，留著給蛙買裝備吧）
7) Time to time, the frog gets the new titles as a traveler, like a care-free wanderer. You can see them by tapping on him, but they are in Japanese. It seems that those titles have some effects on the development of the game.時不時的，小蛙也會獲得各種旅行頭銜，比如「無憂無慮的漫遊者」之類的。點擊小蛙就能看到（雖然是日語），但不同的頭銜貌似對遊戲進程也有影響哦。
8) Eventually you start seeing his traveling buddies, a red crab, a mouse & a butterfly, in his photos. They are absolutely adorable!再往後玩你會看到蛙蛙旅途中的夥伴，小螃蟹、小老鼠、小蝴蝶……真的超可愛！
9) You get lottery tickets from visitors and the frog, usually when he returns. With five of them, you can play it. Go to the shopping page, then tap on the icon on the top right corner to go to the lottery page. Tap まわす to play only if you have five or more tickets. If you get a white ball, that means you lost.小蛙回家的時候或者有訪客來訪時，你還能得到小彩票，集齊五張還可以抽獎哦。在購物頁面點擊右上角圖標，再點擊「まわす」就可以玩了。白球就是啥也沒中。
10) You can see the list of goods you can win by tapping 景品一覧. With a yellow ball, you have choice of train tickets with four different directions. With a red ball, you have choice of Konpeito-candies with four different flavors. With a green ball, you have choice of Tamago-boro snacks with five different flavors. With a blue ball, you have choice of good luck charms with five different colors, which are from Shinto shrines, and I assume they are much more powerful than Four leaf clovers. All these can influence his choice of the destinations.點擊「景品一覧」就可以買到很多東西。黃色的球是四個不同目的地的車票。紅球是四種不同口味的糖果。綠球是五種不同口味的零食。藍球是五種不同顏色的護身符，都是來自神社的祈福。我覺得比四葉草更強大哦。所有的這些選擇都會影響小蛙以後的旅行經歷喲。
今天，你的「蛙兒子」回家了嗎？
來源：China Daily, Sixthtone, Gamezebo, 21世紀英文報微信編譯：董靜審校：丹妮