Yo-kai Watch

Started by Alfieri November 11th, 2015 8:18 AM
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Alfieri

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I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread about the video game yet.

Anyway, it's been released in North America a little bit ago. Anyone interested in the game or series at all? I wonder if Pokemon fans are bias against it for being another monster collecting game. I loved Digimon as a kid but it kinda lost its magic with me. I think I may try out Yo-kai Watch because some of the creatures look pretty cool. Like that fox yo-kai who looks like Kyubimon lol.

Oh and yo-kai is why.

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Yep, bought it two days ago. Started the show a year ago since I didn't think we would get the game, and I watched about 2 dozen episodes. Part of the reason for this was because I wanted a glimpse at how the game worked and its appeal. Neither question was really answered by this, but I did get some gems out of it:
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Aaaanyway, we got it, and I got it. I like it, too. The battle system is intuitive and has a lot to it, the world is surprisingly fun to traverse and interact with, and the game never forgets that it's about youkai. One thing that I notice about a good number of monster-collecting games (Pokemon included) is that the monsters rarely function based on the information given about them. They have an identity, but it rarely links to the narrative or the game and can often just be flavor text that does little except hint at what moves they might learn or the like. In Youkai Watch, though, every youkai functions like the youkai they are. In battle, their abilities are almost solely related to what that youkai is renowned for. In the world (ie quests and the like), youkai use these same abilities to both help others and reek havok. I really like this because it makes them feel three-dimensional, especially since pretty much every youkai has a personality.

And I really like the attention to detail, too. When I played the demo, the first thing I noticed was that when you leave and enter your house, you take off and put on your shoes (respectively). Another cool thing that certainly had kids in mind is that there are very, very small sanctions for using a crosswalk when the light is red (the pedestrian light, not the streetlight) and using it when its green. Plus travel's pretty streamlined. That I know of, there's no fast-travel, but say you want to get out of a school area that has a big fence that you'd otherwise need to go around to leave. Well, in this case, there will be nearby poles to shorten said distance. Plus, ridges can be walked off so you don't have to backtrack on paths that realistically could just be climbed down. And it all feels really good.

So yeah, I'm liking this game a good deal. I'd definitely recommend it to those who are interested, so long as you can leave the aforementioned Pokemon bias behind with you (because these games are not all that similar). Funnily enough, though, Best Buy's running a promotion where you can buy Youkai Watch and get a 3DS Pokemon game half off.

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I'll probably ask for it for Christmas because it seems pretty cool. I've seen mixed things about it, though. On one hand, I hear that it's great and people hope that Pokemon steps their game up because this is serious competition. On the other hand, I hear that it's a fun time, but doesn't really bring anything new to the monster collecting genre. But I'd say it's worth a shot. I play games to have a good time so that's what I hope to get out of this. I'll probably ask for it for Christmas.
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I honestly don't have any interest in this game at all. I heard it's a threat to actually taking over Pokémon, which would really disappoint me. I'm not planning on getting it as of now since I'd need some pretty major convincing about it.
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I'll probably pick it up when it comes out in Europe but I cant say i'm really hyped for it. a lot of the yo-kai ive seen just look really weird or childish to me (like the butt one)

More than that though Level 5 games just never really hook me in I dunno if it because they are all very similar but I tend to get bored of them pretty quick. Maybe its all the text they make you go through.
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I've been hearing from /vp/ that Yokai-Watch is going to be the "Pokémon Killer," which have gotten the Pokémon community into a fit about Yokai-Watch's sudden popularity, claiming that it lacks the core competitive meta that Pokémon possess. I have a suspicion that the people who saying it's the "Pokémon Killer" are probably former Pokémon fans who hate the series' current direction and moved onto Yokai-Watch.

I'll probably try the game out after I finish Codename S.T.E.A.M., or Fire Emblem Fates.

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I don't think this game is going to knock out a long-running and well beloved series like Pokemon tbh.
Well about that...

I don't think that Pokèmon is attractive to the new kids. I read some articles:

First: Yokai Watch took over Japan:

"Japan’s kids love game series Yo-Kai Watch, and one fan says it’s because grownups don’t"
Here:
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/07/18/japans-kids-love-game-series-yo-kai-watch-and-one-fan-says-its-because-grownups-dont/

Second: Pokèmon is old in Japan:

"Pokemon is so old that some of the kids who grew up watching it now have kids of their own. Pokemon isn't the cool, hip thing anymore. Pokemon's that thing that my mom and dad used to play."
Here: http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/old_news_archive/january_2015.html

Third: Adults buy Pokèmon more than the new kids:

"The fact that more and more adults are playing Pokémon with each successive game tells us that the series’ existing audience is getting older."


Pokémon’s Audience Is Growing Older:
Here:http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/01/pokemons-audience-growing-older/
I think these articles justify the fears from the Pokémon community due to Yokai-Watch's rising popularity.

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Look how quickly Sonic grew in popularity when it first came out against Mario. Look where Sonic is now. Point is, not everything is guaranteed to happen.
Well, the difference is, Youkai Watch already is a Pokemon Killer of sorts. And a killer of most other things, really. Not many games can claim the success that Youkai Watch has, having been the best-selling game in Japan for the past two years. Apart from Sonic and Youkai Watch appearing in two vastly different gaming climates, Sonic and Mario were the two gaming giants at the time, while Pokemon and Youkai Watch are just two gaming giants.

I'm not going to say that the game's popularity won't massively deflate at one point- I can definitely see that happening. They bust out so much content for the game so quickly that it's inevitable. Happened with Danball Senki. Happened with Inazuma Eleven. And at one point, both of those series were very, very popular (not this popular, but you get the idea). In this case, though, I think that's the intention. I feel as if Hino knows that the game's popularity'll have to die out so he's busting out as much as he can to gain as much revenue as quickly as possible. And as far as that's concerned, it's been pretty successful.

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I'm so pumped to get it! I love this series. Only saw around 20 episodes of the anime so far but I'm itching to get more into it. Do wish we would get the newer Yokai Watch games localized though since this one's from 2013 in Japan and there have been two new ones since. Gimme. :(