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Ultrashroomz on 01 November 2015

As others said, Yokai.



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ARamdomGamer on 01 November 2015

So I can buy it day 1 in 2016.


And Yokai too.



Edwardooo on 01 November 2015

As european, I would likely get Yo-Kai Watch instead of Mario & Luigi.

Anyway, Mario & Luigi release the same date as Xenoblade X, my choice has already been made



zorg1000 on 01 November 2015

Like others have said, America has Pokémon Mystery Dungeon+Yokai Watch, neither of which are releasing in Europe until next year.



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hershel_layton on 01 November 2015

I'm fine with super mystery dungeon.

I think it is smarter to try Yokai out during the holiday. New IP, needed community in US.

If Yokai doesn't do well in the States(I predict it won't do that well), then they know that they should never do a yokai game in the holidays ever again.

Besides ,all the mario and luigi games sell great, no matter the time of release.



 

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Dulfite on 01 November 2015
MotherBound said:
Goodnightmoon said:
Yo-kai is why


That still doesn't make sense. Mario is obviously the one that is going to sell better, so wouldn't it make sense to release that during the holidays, not a game that has a chance of bombing in the West.


People probably thought Mario would sell a lot better than Pokemon, too, when it first came out. And it sold 31+ million in the first gen.

1 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1.00 31.37
2 Pokémon Gold / Silver Version GB 1999 Role-Playing Nintendo 9.00 6.18 7.20 0.71 23.10
3 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.38 4.45 6.04 1.36 18.24
4 Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire Version GBA 2002 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.06 3.90 5.38 0.50 15.85
5 Pokémon Black / White Version DS 2010 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.51 3.16 5.65 0.82 15.14
6 Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition GB 1998 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.89 5.04 3.12 0.59 14.64
7 Pokémon X/Y 3DS 2013 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.56 3.40 4.30 0.77 13.04
8 Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version DS 2009 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.34 2.70 3.96 0.76 11.76
9 Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen Version GBA 2004 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.34 2.65 3.15 0.35 10.49
10 Pokemon Omega Ruby/Pokemon Alpha Sapphire 3DS 2014 Role-Playing Nintendo 3.36 2.09 2.85 0.51 8.80

 

1 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
2 Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Racing Nintendo 15.61 12.67 3.78 3.26 35.32
3 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 11.24 9.12 6.49 2.88 29.74
4 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo 14.35 6.85 4.70 2.22 28.11
5 Mario Kart DS DS 2005 Racing Nintendo 9.70 7.46 4.13 1.91 23.19
6 Super Mario World SNES 1990 Platform Nintendo 12.78 3.75 3.54 0.55 20.61
7 Super Mario Land GB 1989 Platform Nintendo 10.83 2.71 4.18 0.42 18.14
8 Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 1988 Platform Nintendo 9.54 3.44 3.84 0.46 17.28
9 Super Mario 64 N64 1996 Platform Nintendo 6.91 2.85 1.91 0.23 11.89
10 Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Platform Nintendo 6.04 3.32 1.20 0.74 11.30

 

I'd say they have a reason to trust Yokai may go giga mode.



TheWPCTraveler on 01 November 2015

They wanted to pad the Q1 release lineup for 2016, perhaps. As if it needed any more, if Monster Hunter X wasn't going to release.



 
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hershel_layton on 01 November 2015
Dulfite said:
MotherBound said:

 

1 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
2 Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Racing Nintendo 15.61 12.67 3.78 3.26 35.32
3 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 11.24 9.12 6.49 2.88 29.74
4 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo 14.35 6.85 4.70 2.22 28.11
5 Mario Kart DS DS 2005 Racing Nintendo 9.70 7.46 4.13 1.91 23.19
6 Super Mario World SNES 1990 Platform Nintendo 12.78 3.75 3.54 0.55 20.61
7 Super Mario Land GB 1989 Platform Nintendo 10.83 2.71 4.18 0.42 18.14
8 Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 1988 Platform Nintendo 9.54 3.44 3.84 0.46 17.28
9 Super Mario 64 N64 1996 Platform Nintendo 6.91 2.85 1.91 0.23 11.89
10 Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Platform Nintendo 6.04 3.32 1.20 0.74 11.30

  

I'd say they have a reason to trust Yokai may go giga mode.


 

Difference is that Pokemon was made when Japanese games/media was rising, with its popularity also being the reason Yu-gi-oh was popular(RIP yu-gi-oh).

 

Anyways, now we're in a day were kids prefer tablets. It might make it harder for the US to enjoy Yo-kai.

 

Also, Yo-kai is extremely Japanese-like. I don't think kids here will enjoy seeing the bizarre designs of all the Yo-kai. 



 

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Dulfite on 01 November 2015
hershel_layton said:
Dulfite said:

 

Difference is that Pokemon was made when Japanese games/media was rising, with its popularity also being the reason Yu-gi-oh was popular(RIP yu-gi-oh).

 

Anyways, now we're in a day were kids prefer tablets. It might make it harder for the US to enjoy Yo-kai.

 

Also, Yo-kai is extremely Japanese-like. I don't think kids here will enjoy seeing the bizarre designs of all the Yo-kai. 

Well, I don't think Yokai will sell like Pokemon did at launch, nor like Mario did when it launched. I am saying it (I think) will sell like Mario and Pokemon sell NOW when they launch. Yokai can easily get 5 mil world wide, if not up to 15 mil I think.



ihatefatkatz on 01 November 2015

You have Pokemon Super Mystery dungeon?