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Youkai Watch releasing in the West next year
- Thread starter zeromcd73
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SliceSabre
Banned
I guess I'll finally get into this series and see what all the fuss is about then.
StreetsAhead
Member
Great! Don'tknow if it can be as successful in the West as it is in Japan, but it's a well made, fun RPG.
omegashockwave
Member
Cool. I'll check it out to see what all the fuss is about.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Seriously, I wouldn't take this as confirmation.
Hino clearly says he is "planning to release it sometime next year".
Hino clearly says he is "planning to release it sometime next year".
spyroflame0487
Member
Neat. I wonder if it'll sell well over here. Seems like the ones that come over and are released over here (that new Beyblade, Max Steel, etc) becomes popular for a bit and then disappears off the radar.
Yes, it isnt official or anything but looking at their past released they dont have much to bring over from Japan left. With Nintendo concentrating more on WiiU and 4DS launch software they will need to bring over more japanese games to fill their release schedule - YW 2015 will probably be what Fantasy Life Link is this year for us.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Well this came out of fucking nowhere.
HYPE IS REAL FOLKS!!!
HYPE IS REAL FOLKS!!!
ActuallyHulk
Banned
Thank goodness now I can finally see what this is all about. Also that Youtube video of them dancing in the street is unbearably catchy.
mango pls
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Fantastic! I love the franchise so being able to play in English will be wonderful.
ladyluthien
Member
Yiiiiipppppppiiiiieeeee!!! I was "just" about to order both games and have them imported too!
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Iva Demilcol
Member
:0
Day one
Day one
zenosparadox
Member
In for Yokai. Great news!
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Hard to tell, but I think it may be too Japanese to be widely successful. It feels like it's 10 years too late, considering the Japanese anime/manga boom is dead and buried outside of niche audiences now.
I won't be so sure about that. Pokemon as a whole (game, anime, toys, etc.) is still widely popular in the current generation of gamers outside of Japan. Anime fad maybe dwindling, but franchises aimed at kids can easily catch on regardless of cultural differences. It's up to L5 and partners on how they'll execute their YW campaign in the West.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Pokémon is set in a fantasy world, though. Yokai Watch is straight up Japan and much of the characters, jokes, and humor in it rely on knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture. It's created from the beginning to specifically target Japanese boys and adults who grew up 20+ years ago and have a fondness for that era.
We'll have to wait and see, but I don't think it's entirely comparable to Pokémon.
I keep on seeing this but steadily increasing attendance at anime conventions like Otakon would contradict this.
It's aimed at kids. If there are jokes and cultural things, it's not Gintama-level of "I didn't understand the reference." If lots of Japanese mascots and franchises for kids are being promoted in the West and are still popular, I'm pretty confident YW will do the same. It will still up to L5 and partners on how they'll promote this game to be mainstream in the West.
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Deleted member 17706
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I'm not sure that increased attendance in extremely niche events indicates any kind of increased widespread appeal.
I think it's rather undeniable that the exposure of Japanese media in the mainstream has decreased dramatically in the last decade. At the turn of the century, everyone was playing Japanese video games and watching Toonami (in the US), and translated manga was taking off in a pretty big way.
None of that is really the case these days, but thanks to the increased adoption of the Internet, I think the niche communities have been able to coordinate and come together better than before. I just don't think Japanese culture is nearly as popular as it once was. I may be wrong, though!
spindashing
Banned
GERA GERA PO
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Not surpised I knew that the game would get localized, shame that my interest died when I found out about the battle system.
Pfffwahahahahahaaha what a lame port beg. It was created for the 3DS and it will stay on the 3DS until Level 5 see fit to move it.
So is Pokémon between gen 1-4 those region was set in Japan and while you didn't need to know Japan and Japanese culture. It didn't hurt knowing about then when playing those games.
Like why Gen 4 had more legendary Pokémon in the Pokédex is due to the region it was based on.
Hell Hoenn had a cave called the Scorched Slab housing nothing but the TM for Sunnyday which made no sense to anyone unless you read up on what the cave is actually based on.
Pfffwahahahahahaaha what a lame port beg. It was created for the 3DS and it will stay on the 3DS until Level 5 see fit to move it.
So is Pokémon between gen 1-4 those region was set in Japan and while you didn't need to know Japan and Japanese culture. It didn't hurt knowing about then when playing those games.
Like why Gen 4 had more legendary Pokémon in the Pokédex is due to the region it was based on.
Hell Hoenn had a cave called the Scorched Slab housing nothing but the TM for Sunnyday which made no sense to anyone unless you read up on what the cave is actually based on.
That fact that it's Japanese is part of its appeal in my opinion.
AcademicSaucer
Member
I'll jump with the second entry in 2016
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Sammy Samusu
Member
No, these are just regular toys like medals, plushes and figures.
With that mindset you should probably wait for the third entry in 2017, and so on.At least confirmed!
I'll jump with the second entry in 2016
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
No... no they weren't, but apparently the nuance of my point is being lost in here, so I'll just drop it.