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Have you played it?

I have played YW1 and I'm picking up YW2 13 15.12%
 
I have played YW1 but I'm skipping YW2 4 4.65%
 
I have played YW1, it's rubbish. 14 16.28%
 
I've never played it and I don't care 55 63.95%
 
Total:86
0D0 on 29 September 2016
Sixteenvolt420 said:
I've seen it for sale, but i honestly have no idea what kind of game it even is.

monster collecting rpg. It's fun.

Kerotan said:
Isn't it just a worse, more kiddie version of pokemon? I can see why it doesn't get huge love in the west. Pokemon is king.

Although it's a monster game, they're very different. I think you should have a go.

Combat system is super fun

hershel_layton said:

I'd probably like it if I was 4-12. Otherwise it just feels unappealing.

I'll prefer Pokemon or Shin Megami Tensei tbh

 

 

edit; another problem is the concept of yokai in the first place. My 4 year old cousin said she loved yokai, yet she couldn't even explain what they were.

 

Unlike Pokemon, yokai watch has a major appeal to Japan. You don't need context to know that Charizard is a badass fire-breathing lizard, or that Mewtwo is that punk who'll take your lunch money. On the other hand, you wonder what the hell some of the Yokai are based on.

I think you need to try it out. It's not bad. Combat is fun, it's funny, good story, lot of things to do, post game is great.

HyrulianScrolls said:
Because Pokemon is simply better.

It is. I play both.



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0D0 on 29 September 2016
Bandorr said:
I tried the demo. Was highly unimpressed.

 

Darwinianevolution said:
I tried the demo, and I found the gameplay too simplistic, even for a JRPG aimed to children.

The demo is rubbish. Too bad they couldn't pull this off. The game is way better than its demo and the game gets more complex later. Plus collecting monsters is not easy in this game.



God bless You.

My Total Sales prediction for PS4 by the end of 2021: 110m+

When PS4 will hit 100m consoles sold: Before Christmas 2019

There were three ravens sat on a tree / They were as blacke as they might be / The one of them said to his mate, Where shall we our breakfast take?


0D0 on 29 September 2016
boypita said:

I´m going to answer the quesion with my 3DS :)

I love Yokai Watch :D 

Can´t wait for Yokai 2 >.<

 

Nice! I'm pre-ordering.



God bless You.

My Total Sales prediction for PS4 by the end of 2021: 110m+

When PS4 will hit 100m consoles sold: Before Christmas 2019

There were three ravens sat on a tree / They were as blacke as they might be / The one of them said to his mate, Where shall we our breakfast take?


LivingMetal on 29 September 2016

My daughter watches the Yokai Watch commercials. Does that count?



Kerotan on 29 September 2016
0D0 said:
Sixteenvolt420 said:
I've seen it for sale, but i honestly have no idea what kind of game it even is.

monster collecting rpg. It's fun.

Kerotan said:
Isn't it just a worse, more kiddie version of pokemon? I can see why it doesn't get huge love in the west. Pokemon is king.

Although it's a monster game, they're very different. I think you should have a go.

Combat system is super fun

hershel_layton said:

I'd probably like it if I was 4-12. Otherwise it just feels unappealing.

I'll prefer Pokemon or Shin Megami Tensei tbh

 

 

edit; another problem is the concept of yokai in the first place. My 4 year old cousin said she loved yokai, yet she couldn't even explain what they were.

 

Unlike Pokemon, yokai watch has a major appeal to Japan. You don't need context to know that Charizard is a badass fire-breathing lizard, or that Mewtwo is that punk who'll take your lunch money. On the other hand, you wonder what the hell some of the Yokai are based on.

I think you need to try it out. It's not bad. Combat is fun, it's funny, good story, lot of things to do, post game is great.

HyrulianScrolls said:
Because Pokemon is simply better.

It is. I play both.

These type of games don't appeal to me anymore. I probably would have liked it back in the gameboy days when I was in primary (elementary)  school. 



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Cerebralbore101 on 29 September 2016
0D0 said:
Sixteenvolt420 said:
I've seen it for sale, but i honestly have no idea what kind of game it even is.

monster collecting rpg. It's fun.

Kerotan said:
Isn't it just a worse, more kiddie version of pokemon? I can see why it doesn't get huge love in the west. Pokemon is king.

Although it's a monster game, they're very different. I think you should have a go.

Combat system is super fun

hershel_layton said:

I'd probably like it if I was 4-12. Otherwise it just feels unappealing.

I'll prefer Pokemon or Shin Megami Tensei tbh

 

 

edit; another problem is the concept of yokai in the first place. My 4 year old cousin said she loved yokai, yet she couldn't even explain what they were.

 

Unlike Pokemon, yokai watch has a major appeal to Japan. You don't need context to know that Charizard is a badass fire-breathing lizard, or that Mewtwo is that punk who'll take your lunch money. On the other hand, you wonder what the hell some of the Yokai are based on.

I think you need to try it out. It's not bad. Combat is fun, it's funny, good story, lot of things to do, post game is great.

HyrulianScrolls said:
Because Pokemon is simply better.

It is. I play both.

How does it get more complicated outside of the demo? The demo just had all of my party members autoattacking, and I could move a wheel to change my lineup, and do ultimate attacks. That was the extent of combat. Super simple IMO. 



Cerebralbore101 on 29 September 2016
boypita said:

I´m going to answer the quesion with my 3DS :)

I love Yokai Watch :D 

Can´t wait for Yokai 2 >.<

 

I wanna see the rest of your collection. :D 



StarOcean on 29 September 2016

Im getting it. I love the original YKW



0D0 on 29 September 2016
Cerebralbore101 said:
0D0 said:

monster collecting rpg. It's fun.

Although it's a monster game, they're very different. I think you should have a go.

Combat system is super fun

I think you need to try it out. It's not bad. Combat is fun, it's funny, good story, lot of things to do, post game is great.

It is. I play both.

How does it get more complicated outside of the demo? The demo just had all of my party members autoattacking, and I could move a wheel to change my lineup, and do ultimate attacks. That was the extent of combat. Super simple IMO. 

You need to take care of a lot of things during battle, for example:

- There are the types of yo-kai you set to battle
- The order of them on the wheel, since you can't change the party position during the battle
- The target is also interactive, you need to tell your party what target they need to prioritise
- To use purify command, you need to put them to the back of your wheel. The purify requires a mini game.
- The special attacks called soultimate requires a mini game too.
- You need to wait until the soultimate attack recharge.
- There are the items too.

The battle is real-time and the mini-games creates a good sense of urgency. Also they make you focus only on the move you're trying to deploy. So, if you make too many soultimate moves you spend them too fast and can't check what's going on with the battle and how your targets behave. I mean, it gets really confusing sometimes and fun.

The demo is too easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJzJ74X_jY



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When PS4 will hit 100m consoles sold: Before Christmas 2019

There were three ravens sat on a tree / They were as blacke as they might be / The one of them said to his mate, Where shall we our breakfast take?


Paatar on 29 September 2016

At least it's having good legs and seems to be picking up. I'm looking forward to it. I enjoyed the first quite a bit.



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