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dub3's pixel tribute to Kotobank in 2009: a Modern-era dictionary
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page

dub3 card · kotobank.jp

Kotobank (2009)

Ask it anything. Politely.

Cost
5 RAM
Power
10
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

No ability.

No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.

It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 10 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2009

A Japanese-language online encyclopedia that searches dictionaries, encyclopedias and databases supplied by publishers.

It brings many publishers' reference works into one search. Voyage Marketing runs it. At launch the name was written in rōmaji, and it was later restyled in katakana.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page.

Put it on your site

Run Kotobank, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Kotobank is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2009, then plays a short scene. Want Kotobank in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.