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Youkai Watch 2 coming out on July 10, will come in 2 versions
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
fantasy life was most def the game for those who found animal crossing to be a bit lacking. granted the whole house redecorating isnt as robust, still all the other stuff you can do far makes up for it.
own both the original and link
own both the original and link
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Hino be greedy.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Its not as if they have not used this before considering if you look at the inazuma 11 series.
I would love! In the meantime back to laytonVSAce attorney!You mean Fantasy Life Link!, right?
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
While true, I wonder if it's too soon to start cashing in. After all, he's very good at running IPs into the ground prematurely.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Guess we will find out after July!
Id say really the only series that was actually run into the ground was the danball senki with the original and W boost. Wars wasnt too bad but you dont hear anyone talking about it. I personally liked it. The psp games were pretty bad with the loading times considering how much you need to fight in that game, not good. Its why the 3ds versions were the far superior ones. Still bad how many times they re-released it... Not exactly the best way to build consumer trust.
StreetsAhead
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6Fw8T0OaA
Famitsu article: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/15051661.html
Official site: http://www.youkai-watch.jp/yw2/
Famitsu article: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/15051661.html
Official site: http://www.youkai-watch.jp/yw2/
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Man this is going to be GREAT!
StreetsAhead
Member
I know, right! It actually looks really good, a nice improvement over the first game.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
If its just building on all the things that were great about the first, hopefully also fixing the insane roulette thing for fishing / bug collecting and adding more characters really are going to have another wonderful title thats for sure.
which reminds me I still need to finish the first one. got so caught up in collecting / powering up my favorites that a new game had come out and i wasnt able to marathon through it as was planning to do so lol.
StreetsAhead
Member
I do hope they fix the roulette! And I feel like their should be a (more obvious?) way to influence which Youkai you can become friends with. But the new characters, and features so far look great.
The end is pretty good, but in my opinion, not the strongest aspect of the game. I was powering through, though, because I wanted to finish before Pokemon came out.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Yeah really without a 攻略 site or guide book was a bit too "random" so to speak with what the monsters liked and such.
The roulette drove me insane D:
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Was about to post that
Boxart :
Might have to get the one on the right just because Robonyan is on the cover too lol
Also Robonyan plastic model kit.
http://www.1999.co.jp/10261956
StreetsAhead
Member
Roulette was easily the most frustrating aspect of the game.
Was about to post that
Boxart :
Thinking I'll go for the one on the left; I like the Kappa and the new umbrella guy looks cool.
EDIT: Missed the TV commercial in the Famitsu article: http://youtu.be/vpKSQztCVKQ
It obviously isn't a Pokemon-like phenomenon, that's why Level-5 is trying to get the most of their franchises as they can. It's the flavor of the day, kids will have found something new this time next year. Youkai Watch 2 feels very, very close to the original, but that's mostly due to the first one taking off very late in its lifespan.
They could delay the sequel, but what would have been won? The anime's currently super hot, it doesn't make much sense to delay the game to a date when kids might have found the next cool thing already.
People are often criticizing Level-5 for killing their franchises prematurely, but they are doing this kind of by design. And it's not a problem for as long as Hino comes up with something new that's becoming popular -- and so far it's always been the case. Level-5 is not doing super great every year -- Inazuma and Layton dying off, while Little Battlers not quite living up to expectations certainly didn't help them --, but since they are a private company, they don't really need to worry much about their annual sales numbers.