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Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:36:21 No.32164385 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>32164425 >>32164447 >>32164583 >>32164966 >>32165345

Hey /vp/, ive been wondering what happened to Yokai Watch aka Pokemon's biggest rival in Japan. Is it still as popular as Pokemon over there? Or did it fade into obscurity?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:37:45 No.32164395 Report

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What the fuck is a Yokai Watch? Is that like a Pokemon Go knockoff or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:41:42 No.32164425 Report

Quoted By: >>32164502

>>32164385
It experienced a significant drop in sales compared to the first and second games, and a small drop in fan media production rate, but the series is still alive and relatively healthy. Less people compare it to Pokemon as far as I see though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:43:00 No.32164436 Report

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Pretty sure the anime ratings are much worse than SM and the games sold like shit foreign so it's almost dead

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:44:42 No.32164446 Report

Quoted By: >>32164473

Dead everywhere but Japan, it's doing pretty alright over there

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:45:04 No.32164447 Report

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>>32164385
Just played the first games. Went in with little to no expectations whatsoever, was pleasantly surprised.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:47:34 No.32164473 Report

Quoted By: >>32164502

>>32164446
It's doing "alright", but the popularity dropped so fast even mainstream media took note of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:50:44 No.32164502 Report

Quoted By: >>32164540

>>32164425
>>32164473
Pokemon survived that though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:54:48 No.32164540 Report

Quoted By: >>32164558 >>32164799

>>32164502
Level-5 has already said they're going to retire YW in favor of Snack World.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:55:57 No.32164553 Report

Quoted By: >>32164570

Yw 3 based in murica was a mistake

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:56:12 No.32164558 Report

Quoted By: >>32164687

>>32164540
Snack World?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:58:00 No.32164570 Report

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>>32164553
Making OC youkai was a mistake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 20:59:34 No.32164583 Report

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>>32164385
>aka Pokemon's biggest rival in Japan
>he fell for the yokai watch will kill pokemon meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:16:14 No.32164687 Report

Quoted By: >>32164743

>>32164558
http://www.snack-world.jp/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:21:08 No.32164711 Report

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pokémon is like harry potter

yokai watch is like eragon

franchise with a legacy that won't die vs. flash in the pan

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:22:19 No.32164721 Report

Quoted By: >>32164752 >>32164790

>people really expected tap: the game to outdo a game with actual gameplay mechanics/variety
uhhhhhh

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:25:12 No.32164743 Report

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>>32164687
Looks kind of fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:27:22 No.32164752 Report

Quoted By: >>32164763

>>32164721
The real problem's that Level 5 expected YW to become popular worldwide just because it was a hit in Japan, completly ignoring said country is a huge fag for their own historical/cultural pandering (AKA what all of the Yokais are based of).

Still, it's seems to be picking some steam. IIRC YW2 is currently selling like 10K per week for some reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:30:34 No.32164763 Report

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>>32164752
It took them years to even consider the idea of releasing it outside Japan, so I don't think they outright EXPECTED it.

Snack World, on the other hand, is clearly meant to have international appeal, and already has English language promo shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:35:21 No.32164790 Report

Quoted By: >>32164815

>>32164721
You literally just pick a Move or item in pokemon and press A

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:37:48 No.32164799 Report

Quoted By: >>32164823 >>32164828

>>32164540
[Citation needed]

No, really, I seriously want to know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:40:53 No.32164815 Report

Quoted By: >>32164854

>>32164790
Yeah, you pick the right moves instead of just watching.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:41:34 No.32164823 Report

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>>32164799
Google it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:41:53 No.32164828 Report

Quoted By: >>32164842 >>32164849 >>32164880

>>32164799
They DID mention they wanted it become a massive success, though I'm not sure if they meant worldwide too, considering Level-5 franchises are usually hit or miss outside it's home country.

The fact that 'till now I've no idea what the game's even about is telling me they're not doing good job promoting it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:45:16 No.32164842 Report

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>>32164828
We didn't really know what Yokai Watch was about ahead of time either beyond the rough setting and theme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:46:05 No.32164849 Report

Quoted By: >>32165220

>>32164828
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYAveFNuVVc

It's already being marketed for the west.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:47:18 No.32164854 Report

Quoted By: >>32164976

>>32164815
God, you just reminded me how annoying the battle system is. How can someone find fun a full-RNG based game? The attacks, the recruitment, the altered status. Everything but the special attacks is out of your control.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:50:18 No.32164872 Report

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Yokai Watch is like Digimon, but with pokemon names without ending the word "mon".

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 21:51:14 No.32164880 Report

Quoted By: >>32165610 >>32167531

>>32164828
Level 5 doesn't create games, they create multimedia franchises. They're trying to sell you on the concept and the characters, with shit like gameplay being an afterthought.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:02:43 No.32164966 Report

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>>32164385
The 'get a load of this' guy is dead, so I assume the series is finally dead too.
Good riddance

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:04:09 No.32164976 Report

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>>32164854
Nowadays people find comfort in the "I had no control over this" excuse. They can give into addiction and when something bad happens it is okay because there was nothing they could've done.

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Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:36:26 No.32165220 Report

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>>32164849
I'm genuinely hyped for this now.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:47:26 No.32165343 Report

Quoted By: >>32165450 >>32165503

They chose it as a mascot for the olympic games 2020, it beat Pokémon in that regard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:47:27 No.32165345 Report

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>>32164385
I'm currently living in Japan and a Pokémon game on sale is still more expensive than a game of this franchise

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 22:58:40 No.32165450 Report

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>>32165343
Don't blame them. Pikachu is really bland at this point. Cute and a good battler, but that's it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 23:03:49 No.32165503 Report

Quoted By: >>32165513

>>32165343
The only one I don't recognise is the last one

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 23:04:49 No.32165513 Report

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>>32165503

PreCure

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 23:11:32 No.32165594 Report

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Sharp decline from YW2 craze, still somewhat prominent

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Mar 2017 23:13:13 No.32165610 Report

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>>32164880
The difference being before YW the games were actually fun too

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Mar 2017 01:38:16 No.32167407 Report

Quoted By: >>32167531

I was in Nagoya between Oct 4-Dec 15 last year. I saw more yokai stuff than Pokémon. It looks like they just slap on yokai on anything from cereal boxes to... anything really. Yokai looks forced as fuck out there. I played the first yokai game, beat it, didn't really like it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Mar 2017 01:49:17 No.32167531 Report

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>>32167407
See >>32164880
This is how Level 5 operates in general. Pokemon was made to be a video game, Yokai watch was meant to be this all-encompassing beast.

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