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https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/753265239995609088
So it completely skipped E3, but they're perfectly fine with showing it off at SDCC?Also holy shit style savvy
That's because it'll be a playable demo.
If they streamed it it'd be downvoted immediately.
>announcement for a family event
>all these 19 year old autists posting shitty twitter memes
there's no hope for these kids
>>344896970
>Those mobs of angry Metroid fans destroying everything
Im not the only one who wishes this was a new IP instead of a """"""Prime entry"""""", right?
Yokai Watch sold enough for the sequels? Cool.
>>344896773
Isn't Style Savvy SURPRISINGLY good?
>>344897690OH MY SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLS
Direct soon?
>>344897690
Apparently not enough to get the Buster games across. Seems a shame considering the Ghostbusters movie in the theatres would make it a good opportunity.
I'd imagine we'd get the third one as well if they're making a conscious attempt to set it in the states.
>>344898034
during E3 one of the people suggest that the game based off the minigame in 2 (busters) may come over, but nothing's confirmed. They really wanted to avoid using the word busters though, so there might be a name change if it does come over.
>>344896773
cant wait for the style savvy porn
hows the localization for yokai watch? is it full on stupid or does it try?
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>>344897506
I'm sure the end of the game will reveal it's actually part of the Mii Force IP.
>>344898479
Censored and jelly donuts.
>>344898479
Names are hit and miss for some yokai, but other than character/name changes there hasn't been much tinkering localization-wise.
Anime got hit a bit by the Americanization beam though
>>344898479
>does it try?
see>>344897824
>>344898479
Surprisingly solid. Can't seem to make up its mind if Springdale is set in the US or Japan (lot of shrines for an american city), but Level-5 are usually good at localizing their games.
>>344898708
so just name changes no censorship? thats fine by me
Why is Yokai watch so popular? Isnt the actual battling total garbage?
>>344898754
So it's set in the same universe as Ace Attorney?
>>344898958
As Pokemon Go, a game with a garbage combat system, very elegantly demonstrated, people don't give a shit about battle mechanics in Monster Catching games. They want to catch some fucking monsters.
>>344898958
It's Japanese as hell, so naturally it's popular in Japan.
>Yokai watch is outselling pokemon in Japan
>by doing the exact same thing as pokemon does
I don't understand. It's like if Biker Mice from Mars were suddenly more popular than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
>>344898845
If you're watching the anime, there is a bit of censorship. Pic related.
But surprising the game isn't that touched by itand I thought Insomni's cleavage was going to be covered too.
>>344898958
It's different, though it seems to be doing something right to warrant the attention
>>344898754
aren't they suppose to be going to america in yokai watch 3? Hope they didn't fuck it up, or either they change it and act like the mess up never happened.
>>344899212
thats some 4kids-tier shit
>>344899046
At least according to the latest Taiko no Tatsujin game.
>>344898958
Battling's fine, It's annoying sometimes that you can't directly control your characters, but I like the wheel system which makes you think more about what kind of yokai you put next to each other and rotate it around to get the best bonuses/protect your vulnerable monsters from attacks.
>>344898958
It's just a comfy game great for relaxing play.
I like watching the Yokai Watch anime on Disney. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, but it's surprisingly entertaining. Sure, it's been "localized" a little bit, but they've kept some of the suggestive stuff, like Nate and his buddies watching an adult channel.
>>344897690
the creator of yokai watch annouced it sold more than 400k in the us along by june 2016. Which isn't bad really, but he expected more.
>>344899212
well I have no interest in the anime and even lss in the dub thanks to that shit, thanks I will stick to the games then
>>344898958
In Japan? Lots of advertising plus a successful tv show by the guys who do the Pokemon shows (I think).
Honestly much as I liked the first game its got a firm foothold in Japanese culture. There's some ambiguity regarding locations and some names, and some rather pointless name changes. It's what my friend likes to call "too japanesey", on why he didn't like the The Wind Rises.
Speaking of localizations with heavy Japanese culture ingrained in them, I wonder how Crapcom is going to handle AA6. When I played the first case there was already a lot of references that I just wouldn't know how to localize.
Are they still trying to force Suicide Watch?
>>344896773
>Also holy shit style savvy
my nigga
What kind of person calls a kiddy game FLESHY SOULS?
>>344900101
the same one that gives their children a nice glass of BONY SPIRITS
>>344900101
3rd game has SUSHI and TEMPURA versions.
>>344897690
A game doesn't have to sell much for it to be profitable enough to translate and release.
YW didn't do well enough for it to get another Christmas season release in the U.S. in 2016. It got demoted to September.
Nintendo knows that showing more gameplay will win them fans for the game. They are well aware that the critics for it are nothing more than a very vocal minority.
>>344896773
>style savy
So as someone who has never heard of this series, can someone give me a quick run down about it and why it seems to be so positively liked?
>>344898958
>Why is Yokai watch so popular?
It's not, outside Japan.
>>344901108
Fuck off Cody
Everyone hates you
>>344898958
It's fine, battling is perfectly good, you have less specific control at any moment but team composition and order is still a massive deal with some late post-game bosses requiring you play pretty well.
>>344899212
>>344899280
This game is for literal 6 year olds
>>344898958
in Japan, if i recall, the series went viral initially because the dance sequence became a huge meme and kids were doing it everywhere. the jp video of the dance itself on youtube has tens of millions of views.
>>344896773
>everyone is replying on directly to NOA onTwitter with varieties of "the games are trash"
Rude.
>>344899191
it's like pokemon crossed with beyblade or any other show that has a plucky kid hero doing a competitive thing with some sort of physical toy that kids can buy.
>>344897506
Quite many Nintendo franchises started life as a spin-off in some way, so maybe it won't keep the "Prime" or even the "Metroid" moniker if there are ever sequels.
It's basically already a sort of sequel to Hunters.
>>344903731
Metroid-fags better not be shitting on based Kirby
>>344897723
To be honest, the first one was just SURPRISINGLY weird, but I didn't play the sequel.
i'm getting flashbacks to chris pranger's tirade about how weebs and consumers of "very Japanese" games are not a profitable demographic and how costly it is to localize shit and how it's effort-vs-profits and blah blah
yet they spent a substantial amount of money localizing #FE and Yokai Watch, both had to be censored and modified to "western standards" because they were incredibly japanese flavored games
>The hardest thing for everyone to understand and to accept — and I’ve seen this first hand in the company, that this is typified — people think that obviously they’re right, and what they like or dislike has to be the norm. Why would it be otherwise? And they just say the classic “Why do you hate money? Why do you hate money, Nintendo?”
>And it’s like “What are you talking about? We’re trying to make…obviously it has to make calculated risks, but at the same time, one of those risks…and I mean they’ll bring up games that are very Japanese games, like Captain Rainbow for instance. They’ll bring that up like “Look how many people want this. Don’t you want money?” And we’ll be like “Yeah, we do want money, which is why we know it’s a colossal waste if we ever try to localize that in this current market, because look at you people. You don’t make up a big enough group.
>The hardest part for people to realize is how much money it takes sometimes to make a game like…if it’s a Japense game, to bring it over the States. Not just translating and then localizing and marketing, but if it’s a game that has substantial voice text, oh my goodness! That is a collosal cost to bring that over. And some games you look at and you’re like “Well how are they going to bring that over?” and it’s like “Well, they can’t.”
>we can have trash like FE and YW, but we still can't have Mother 3
i fucking hate NoA i swear to god
>>344901108
I still hate the art style they used for Federation Force, but I'm willing to try it out.
>double dipping with the two Yokai Watch 2 versions
>not releasing the 3rd version which has both games in it
Won't get it. I'll just keep on watching the anime I guess. Japanese voices are better in Yokai Watch anyway.
>>344906279
Doesn't the third version lack the exclusives from both versions unless you link the games?
A reminder for everyone to motemote~ their favorite youkai!
>>344897723
Yes, its by the same wizards who made the N64 Wrestling games
God bless
>>344903663
That's no excuse to treat them like retards.
Each successive generation sticks to dumber and dumber shit, and it's our fault they'll turn into SJW cux.
>>344903678
>tens of millions of views.
You mean 128 million and counting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyKLQXOj0ts
>>344903663
And?
>>344909810
well i mean when i actually saw the video myself dude which was a while ago.
Wow the first YW did good enough in the west? I thought it was a disaster.
>>344897690
It is doing pretty well on Europe, especially Spain which Youkai Watch was the best selling game on June (selling like 100-150k copies)
Does this even have cute girls?
>>344896773
>Fleshy Souls
>Bony Spirits
They actually got names & font that don't fit with the rest of the game's tone to go with it, I'm impressed.
So what went wrong with Youkai Watch?
Was it
>Lackluster gameplay
>Shit ton of clone monssay what you want about Pika clones, they tend to be limited to one per generation.
>All the cool designs being boss only, limiting western appeal.
>Too much westernization in the localization
>Simply didn't take advantage of the concept enough.
>>344909763
It's not for them dumbass. The parents are the ones with the money. So if they see their little Billy playing a game, advertised for children mind you, with suggestive content, that's one less potential customer
>>344911812
Shit advertising and locked behind a subscription channel are also things to consider
>>344911812
>bosses are the only cool designs
nigga I will fight you, punk lizard, ninja scroll, hoodie mosquito, shogun beetles, all are good designs. The biggest bullshit 4chan likes to shit on for Yokai Watch is pulling up all the Ranke E shit yokai and acting like they represent the entire game. Imagine if someone cherry picked all the baby pokemon and claimed pokemon had universally garbage designs based on fucking Goomy, Weedle, Seel, and Tyrogue
what went wrong is they didn't fucking advertise it. Seems like a pretty self fucking fulfilling prophecy to say a game that got no exposure was a failure when it didn't sell any copies because nobody fucking heard of it
>>344897690
Thank Europe for that, still pleased as punch to see the sequels getting release, now I just have to cross my fingers seeing if they be kind enough to release 3 and Busters overseas.
>>344913951
>Goomy, Weedle, Seel, and Tyrogue
But those all have great designs. You could at least have used things like Mr. Mime and Jynx as examples.
>>344913739
It's funny that the way most people heard about it was through others hyping it up as the "Pokemon Killer", which only alienated possibly their biggest audience in the West.
>>344913951
They already do that with Pokemon though, citing the vanillite, trubbish, and Kling line as the reason why gen V is shit.
YW bombed in the UK.
>>344911383
Lots
>>344911334
Where are you getting that figure? Last I saw, Yo-kai Watch was at 40,000 copies sold in Spain in seven weeks on the market.
Which is good by Spain's standards, but Spain is such a minor player (40,000 is seven weeks is "good") that it doesn't mean a whole lot.
>>344914219
And all that killer talk only came when the three games combined sold a bit more than ORAS in Japan.
>>344896773
i'm hype
>>344902337
Bumping this
>>344896773
Is Federation Force going to be the GOTY?
I'm still finding it hard to believe we're actually getting a new Metroid. I get chills thinking about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0buV95bn88
awwww shit nigga Style Savvy time
>implying you know shit about fashion
can we all agree Jibanyan is a better Pikachu than Pikachu could ever hope to be?
>>344902337
business manager which you play as a little girl and get to jew out other stupid girls for their money so you can buy clothes and furniture for yourself
