Jranation said:
Nuvendil said:
I wish the YW numbers were "cause for concern" cause then I would have cause to celebrate. I would love for Level 5 to get a swift kick in the balls after they've been so insufferably smug about their new franchise that they just can't help but milk left and right. But maybe I should just be content with the minor slap to the face they got with the rather, shall we say, underwhelming western launch :P
Also, looking at the FF comparison chart really hammers home how massive the decline in the FFXIII franchise was. I know some liked the series but the negative impact on the mainline franchise cannot be denied.
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Yoaki Watch 1 didn't explode the market when it got release in Japan.
And I think the "Yokai" concept isn't really targeted towards the western countries. But we'll see. The Anime can give it hope.
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I've been saying that from the very beginning in regards to why it doesn't have a snowball's chance at matching Pokemon. Pokemon, while recognizably Japanese, is largely built on it's own internal concepts. Yokai, on the other hand, is built on an inherently culturally-dependent concept, the Yokai. Half the immediate charm of Yokai is the fact you are interacting with Yokai, which are part of Japanese culture and stories.
But I would still say YW's release in the West is underwhelming given it had a sizable marketing budget the original didn't have and the benefit of all the buzz generated by the franchise's success in Japan which was widely reported on as the Western release came closer.
Also it doesn't help that everything I've seen in YW indicates an intentional melding of mobile gaming styles (the use of touchscreens and odd automation in battle) which is all well and good in Japan but is viewed quite differently in the West where it is preferred that the Mobile and Dedicated Gaming sectors keep at arm's length from each other.
