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[raven777]

Wasn't this originally a PS3 game, then they canceled it and moved to 3DS?

I guess it was a good decision.

 

[Shizuka]

This is me when buying lewd games:

 

[Timeaisis]

Alright, I've heard about this game enough. What exactly is Youkai Watch? An RPG or something?

 

[DeliciousDoc]

Here is what I said about the game in another thread.

recently finished the game and I am currently in the post game.

For me, the fighting is probably the least interesting aspect. I don't care for pokemon and it is like a simplified pokemon. The monsters do auto attack but you can get books to get them to focus on a particular strategy. For example, feed your monster "attack" books and your monster will use physical attacks more than anything else. All monsters have a physical attack, an elemental magic spell (including heals) and a buff/debuff, all monsters can guard and all monsters can sit there and do nothing. Attack, magic and special attack (which are player activated when the gauge is full) can level up with use and become stronger. All monsters have a passive trait that can not be changed. You can equip an item to your monsters and most of them have drawbacks. Monsters have a rank from E to S and can also be rare or legendary. As you level up your watch, you can capture higher tier monsters. You can boost your chance to capture monsters by giving them food they like. Food is in categories and tiers. More expensive food gets better results. There is also sometimes a blue or yellow orb floating on the battlefield. Hitting it with "target" gets you bonus exp, money, items or a boost in recruiting one of the monsters you fought. There is also a monster which makes getting other monsters easier. You can enter codes for in game rewards. You can catch "criminal" monsters (which you don't actually fight) to get a "letter" in a password. You can get coins to put in the magic in game gashapon to get random things, including level 1 monsters. You can scan bar codes of toys you have purchased in real life to get the corresponding monster in the game. (or scan off youtube, like me). New content is still being generated for the game. There are "dungeon" like areas and a town map (divided into downtown, old part of town, etc) with no encounters unless you seek them out by looking for them in trees, under vending machines, etc.

The more interesting part for me is the atmosphere and the humour. Almost all monster names are puns. Example: darudaruma (darui meaning feeling lazy, no energy and daruma being well a daruma). As you may expect, there is a lot of Japanese folklore and culture in the monsters and in the plot. Generally, monsters are cute.

The atmosphere of the game is similar to boku no natsuyasumi or the other level 5 title kaibutsu ga deru kinyoubi. You are a grade 5 boy or girl during summer vacation. You can catch insects, fish, go exploring, talk to friends and do everyday stuff. You can buy a lot of every day items.

Fishing and bug hunting is ok. You spin a roulette, trying to land on a part that is yellow or red. Red gives you a rare version of that insect or fish which you can trade for rare goods at the bug shop.

To find youkai you need to keep your lense on them long enough for them to be fully visible. Higher Rank monsters move a lot and fast while you do this. Some monsters on the main map offer you quests or items without fighting.

The plot is everyday life. Suddenly you go to the youkai world, beat a guy and the game ends. There is a post game so the ending is not really the end. The game has a ton of sidequests. Sidequests also have a chance to give you a bonus reward. A skit plays and if it goes well, you get something. If there is a problem you get nothing. If it is wildly successful you get something nicer. Some sidequests appear to come back (ones where you need to defeat x number of monsters or hand in something). Some purple treasure chests also seem to respawn.

Other functions: look for youkai in real life. Take pictures of people with your "lense". You will youkai in the picture based on the shape of their face? It seems to be able to tell the difference between male and female faces and one person can generate more than 1 youkai.

Game has day and night transition and sometimes it rains. During night time a "boogyman" like event can spawn. As you would expect from a Japanese game, it is full of small details (like taking off your shoes when going in your house).

There is pvp.

Game doesn't really get hard or require much strategy until the end game.

I quite like this game because of the atmosphere and that it feels like being in a Japanese city as a child.

This version seems to be the same thing but with more youkai, more places to go, more mini games, a train system similar to how it works in Japan (basically, pay attention if it's a rapid, express or local train because it might not stop where you want to go) and you can go in the early 50s. Basically more cultural porn.

 

[ArtHands]

I am worrying that this will eat into the sales of the first title though which is still charting.

Awesome that Nintendo 3DS has got yet another major franchise on it, alongside Monster Hunter, Mario, Pokemon, Dragon Quest, Tomodachi Life, Animal Crossing etc

Wondering the potential of a pokemon-yokai watch crossover game few years later

 

[AdanVC]

Insanely good for a relatively new franchise and even better for Nintendo and the 3DS. Too bad we can't play neither this or the first game :c

 

[Currygan]

I'm trying to imagine how a Youkai x Pokemon crossover would do in Japan. It'd probably sell a few copies

 

[Laevateinn]

Has anyone actually played these games? I'm really tempted to get this on the eshop.

 

[Keyouta]

I want to import and play both games, but I'm not going to spend money on a 3DS specifically for Japanese games (Well, I would, but I already have a 3DS). Wish Nintendo would just remove region locking.

Good for Level 5 though on this series' success. Hopefully it isn't burned to the ground in 5 years.

 

[gngf123]

Alright, I've heard about this game enough. What exactly is Youkai Watch? An RPG or something?

Think Ghost Pokemon summoned by watches and you are most of the way there I think. That's my understanding of it.

 

[Mr-Joker]

I want to import and play both games, but I'm not going to spend money on a 3DS specifically for Japanese games (Well, I would, but I already have a 3DS). Wish Nintendo would just remove region locking.

There's a high that chance that Youkai Watch will get localized in the west.

 

[Peru]

Tell me about it.

I'll never understand how so many shitty looking games do so well in Japan when others you'd imagine would hold appeal sell like complete ass... but then again, I don't understand why Japan seems to like a lot of the weird shit that they do, so this shouldn't surprise me.

How is this shitty looking? Game looks amazingly polished.

 

[vareon]

Man, I long the days when I wait for my father to arrive home and he brought a new game.

 

[Meffer]

Hot damn, it's so popular! It be likely a success in the states.

 

[18-Volt]

In other news Nintendo are still making their mind about releasing first game overseas. It took 2 years for them to decide on Fantasy Life.

 

[Alucrid]

Japan(ese parents) line up for Youkai Watch 2

 

[Sammy Samusu]

This is me when buying lewd games:

:lol

 

[Skele7on]

THAT 3DS BEAUTIFUL

I want it.

 

[Meffer]

In other news Nintendo are still making their mind about releasing first game overseas. It took 2 years for them to decide on Fantasy Life.

Actually I think they decided awhile back, maybe a year. It's a LARGE game with tons of text. They announced it this year and to be released in October. There's no way they localize a large game that quickly. They had to have been working on bringing this game over way before.

 

[gngf123]

In other news Nintendo are still making their mind about releasing first game overseas. It took 2 years for them to decide on Fantasy Life.

Nintendo shouldn't even need to bother. Level-5, Square Enix, and any other company that has been reliant on Nintendo lately should be doing it themselves.

 

[ohlawd]

Nintendo shouldn't even need to bother. Level-5, Square Enix, and any other company that has been reliant on Nintendo lately should be doing it themselves.

Nintendo fucked up

it's not like the other companies would have brought those games over. fucking Nintendo!

 

[1337]

Shame the first one didn't make it over. After I heard 8-4 talk about it a lot I watched an episode of the anime and it is a great kids cartoon. This could be a great new series for kids to enjoy, in the vain of Pokémon.

 

[sublimit]

I was born on the wrong side of this planet. I wish we got this game in the west.

Also something i wanted to ask: is this game kinda open world-ish?From what i've seen the 2nd game does seem to have a lot of exploration.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I like Japan's video game launches much more than ours, especially with cliche handheld titles.

Japan

America

 

[ladyluthien]

I love seeing these type of pictures. But I do feel a bit sorry for that guy in the first pic holding the sign haha, they could have at least given him a stick or something for that sign lol
Hopefully, they take breaks!
Sorry off-topic!

Edit: That youkai watch 2 3DS LL is super cute! I love it!!

 

[Mr-Joker]

Nintendo shouldn't even need to bother. Level-5, Square Enix, and any other company that has been reliant on Nintendo lately should be doing it themselves.

Localizing game isn't cheap so if Nintendo is willing to pay for the cost then it's fine.

Though Nintendo should expand their localization team so that they can take bigger project.

I was born on the wrong side of this planet. I wish we got this game in the west.

Tell me about it, if only I go back in time and tell my Grandad to move to Japan instead of Britain and I would be set. *sigh* Maybe in the next life I will be reborn as a Japanese boy.

I like Japan's video game launches much more than ours, especially with cliche handheld titles.

Japan

America

The bottom picture is Britain as the store is clearly GAME.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Nintendo shouldn't even need to bother. Level-5, Square Enix, and any other company that has been reliant on Nintendo lately should be doing it themselves.

This trend where 3rd party companies just sit on their games until Nintendo walks and localizes them needs to stop , Level 5 , Square Enix, etc, arent small publishers

 

[andymcc]

The bottom picture is Britain as the store is clearly GAME.

Right, and if it was America there would be lots more fast food and real guns in the photo.

 

[Akainu]

People keep asking. Is this game even good?

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Right, and if it was America there would be lots more fast food and real guns in the photo.

Yeah, the guns being fake gave it away

 

[KtSlime]

This trend where 3rd party companies just sit on their games until Nintendo walks and localizes them needs to stop , Level 5 , Square Enix, etc, arent small publishers

There's no telling how popular the game would be in the West, it taps into some major Japanese culture and nostalgia.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

If region-locking wasn't a thing I would've already bought this and the ports for the first 3 inazuma eleven games and Sega's Bank Hero.

These games for kids are perfect when you are learning Japanese.

Damn you Nintendo :/

 

[gngf123]

Localizing game isn't cheap so if Nintendo is willing to pay for the cost then it's fine. .

It's not fine at all. Square Enix, Level-5, and other large Japanese publishers need to expand their localization branches to take care of their own games. Not sit on their arses and wait for Nintendo to come in and rescue them every time. That would give Nintendo the resources to localize the games that should actually need it. Small titles from small developers, or Nintendo's own games. Not Dragon Quest, Youkai Watch, Fantasy Life, Bravely Default, Monster Hunter (EU), or the many games that I'm sure I am forgetting.

Nintendo are only okay with paying the bill because other publishers are completely incompetent. From their perspective, it is better that they spend the money on those games instead of not doing anything and the games never releasing in the west.

Sega are another incompetent lot, just ask the PSO or Yakuza fans. But hey, at least they support Miku fans.

Sony do it with just a very few games, I don't see why the expectation for Nintendo should be any different.

 

[leroidys]

I was in japan for the past 3 weeks and it was Yokai watch EVERYWHERE. The hype is real. It really seemed to be the vaunted pokemon killer.

 

[Timeaisis]

Think Ghost Pokemon summoned by watches and you are most of the way there I think. That's my understanding of it.

Well now the $$$ makes sense. Haha. Collect-a-thons are huge.

 

[The Cool One]

Amazing how popular it is. Love seeing the pictures. Imported a copy for myself.

can you give impressions of the game when you've spent enough time with it?

 

[Northeastmonk]

Localizing game isn't cheap so if Nintendo is willing to pay for the cost then it's fine.

Though Nintendo should expand their localization team so that they can take bigger project.



Tell me about it, if only I go back in time and tell my Grandad to move to Japan instead of Britain and I would be set. *sigh* Maybe in the next life I will be reborn as a Japanese boy.



The bottom picture is Britain as the store is clearly GAME.

"error breeds sense." - Shia LaBeouf

It looks like a typical launch party that brings the crowd. I live in the Midwest where we don't get the publisher funded launch parties. We get a line of guys sitting outside of Starbucks at midnight cursing at each other. We don't get men in business suits smiling at the camera with a JRPG for the 3DS. We get the drunk father waiting in line to purchase the M-rated game for his son. Before I lead off into no man's land. This looks like it had a great launch. Hopefully Level-5 develops more interesting games for the West.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

I wish Ni No Kuni got this kind of sales.

You do know Ni No Kuni (PS3) has shipped (and most likely sold) 1.1 million, more than Youkai Watch. The entire franchise (PS3+ DS) is at 1.7 million.

 

[random25]

Localizing game isn't cheap so if Nintendo is willing to pay for the cost then it's fine.

Though Nintendo should expand their localization team so that they can take bigger project.

Well Nintendo also have their own games to localize too. If they take care of every 3rd party localizations, expect delays on localizing 1st party output. And it's not that every localized game is economically feasible given that some of them are niche outside of Japan, or just isn't appealing due to cultural differences.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

You do know Ni No Kuni (PS3) has shipped (and most likely sold) 1.1 million, more than Youkai Watch. The entire franchise (PS3+ DS) is at 1.7 million.

didnt the ds game sold way more than the ps3 game ?

 

[Magicpaint]

You do know Ni No Kuni (PS3) has shipped (and most likely sold) 1.1 million, more than Youkai Watch. The entire franchise (PS3+ DS) is at 1.7 million.

Nope.

From the last M-C thread:
02./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) - 28.933 / 1.176.134 (-2%)

Yokai Watch 2 will be bigger than the first.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Level-5 has the excuse of not having a big office here in the US, they only localize small stuff like the Guild games.

Square Enix is just straight up dumb.

 

[Meffer]

Level-5 has the excuse of not having a big office here in the US, they only localize small stuff like the Guild games.

Square Enix is just straight up dumb.

I don't understand Level5 not expanding their US branch. They clearly have the money. And they should bring Youkai Watch over. There's so many factors it would do okay. And yeah, I agree SE is just shuffling their feet. I'd rather have Nintendo bring DQ7 over. They wouldn't screw it up like SE would as the past has shown.

 

[Mendoza]

Those poor fathers.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Interview with Famitsu: http://kotaku.com/how-yokai-watch-was-engineered-to-be-a-massive-hit-1602863085

Yokai Watch and Yokai Watch 2 are currently out in Japan, with international expansion "in consideration in a big way."

EDIT: Oh there's a thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=852724

 

[RangerBAD]

Where aren't the signs about the Day 1 patch? Why aren't they holding those up?

 

[May16]

Did you think the ai was good?

No, I did not. I also don't think it was terrible. It was meh. A lot of games have meh AI. It doesn't bother me very much.

I do not base my feelings on a game entirely on its AI, if that's the meaning behind your question. AI (of enemies) was bad in The Last of Us, too, and it got over 200 Game of the Year awards (lol box art).

For me, Ni no Kuni's good points crush its bad points. One of the top 5 games of the generation.

 

[Bulbasaur]

Where is our gotdamn western release Level 5?? For the 1st game even?? You can keep your Inazuma eleven series, what the hell is soccer anyway??

 

[squall23]

In other news Nintendo are still making their mind about releasing first game overseas. It took 2 years for them to decide on Fantasy Life.

It took them 3 years and 4 days to release Inazuma Eleven in Europe! Try and wrap your head around that one!

 

[Savitar]

I know next to nothing about this game except it sounds like a Pokemon game but damn have I missed line up threads.

The pictures and talk about the line ups and sales use to be so epic.

You just don't see it anymore much.