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moxx-n-angel · 3 months

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Ok so you know how in Yo-Kai Watch we never get a Hovernyan backstory? Well I made one, and then that evolved into an entire questline for YKW 3. Really long post warning lmao.

After the main story, once you clear the Terminyator quest as Nate, you have to have Illoo, Alloo, and Elloo in your Medalium. When you eventually go to your bedroom in Springdale, Hovernyan is waiting for you. He says that you remind him of himself when he was alive, and Whisper inquiries on what he was like. However, Hovernyan can't recall. He says that there's a forest in Breezy Hills, called Windy Woods, that he remembers being a big part of his story. He says there should be Yo-Kai there that can tell you about legends and, possibly, what he was like. This starts the "Wind-blown Memories" mystery questline.

Go to the left side of the road that wraps around Shoten Temple. There is now an opening that leads to Windy Woods. Talk to the 3 Yo-Kai NPCs in there and you will get information.

One will state that there roams a beast, deep in the woods, that will kill anyone who dares trespass. Another one recalls the sounds of footsteps running from a big shadow, many years ago. The last one claims that there was a boy in here once, but nobody knows what had happened to his body.

Hovernyan will be waiting outside the woods, and after you tell him the info, he exclaims that he remembers the monster. He says to come back tomorrow to help him defeat the beast.

When you go to bed, Illoo, Alloo, and Elloo spawn in, initiating a cutscene. They all wave their sticks in the air, creating a red fog that engulfs the screen. It cuts to a black "loading" screen.

When the screen finally shows, it pans to a boy and a cat attacking a well-worn tree in what looks like older times. The boy's mother calls for him. "Joseph, it's going to rain soon! Come inside!" Joseph, who we now know is the boy, looks at the cat and scoops him up. "Come on, Moxie. Let's go. We can train more tomorrow..." He sounds disappointed.

The camera fades to black and opens on a bedroom. It's pretty barren, aside from a cot and a Moximous Mask poster. Joseph sighs as he looks at the poster, then turns to Moxie, the cat. "We need to fight stronger things if we want to be like him," he says. "...hey, I heard there's a strong enemy in those woods out near the temple. We should go defeat it." Moxie lets out a soft meow of approval. "We'll go tonight, when Mom is asleep."

The camera cuts to black once again, and then another cutscene plays with Joseph sitting on his cot. He picks up Moxie and puts her in a makeshift backpack before standing up. "Ready?" he says. The cat nods and the player gains control of Joseph. You can explore a little, but your goal is to get to the Windy Woods.

Once you reach the woods and step inside, you are tasked with walking in further. A cutscene then plays with Joseph walking through these dark woods, and a shadowy figure beckoning to him from deeper in. He follows it deeper and deeper, and as he stops to look for it, is instantly hit by a large hand. Moxie jumps out of the backpack to try and save Joseph, but it was too late. They were both knocked back into a tree, and were dying. The monster, a huge squirrell-deer like Yo-Kai, growls and walks away.

A voice acted scene plays out. With his last dying breaths, Joseph reaches over to Moxie, scoops her up in his arms, and whispers: "In life... or in death... you will always be my hero." Tears fall down his face as his last breath escapes his lungs, and they lie lifeless. Their bodies disappear and are replace by Hovernyan and a new Yo-Kai, Meowxie.

Nate wakes up in a sweat after this dream, and it seems as if Whisper and Jibanyan had the same one, too. They tell Hovernyan everything, and he sighs and gets even angrier at this monster.

As you go into the woods, deeper and deeper, you find the monster Yo-Kai, and initiate a boss battle with it. After defeating it, you can go into a cave area that hosts Meowxie inside of it. Hovernyan and Meowxie have a heartfelt reunion, and you get Meowxie's medal. This ends the questline, and the "Mystery Solved!" cutscene plays.

The reward for beating it other than tears? A Moximous Mask poster and a special item for Meowxie, the Heroic Collar, which increases her SPD by +30 and ATK by +50. Meowxie is an A-Rank Yo-Kai from the Brave Tribe, with a decent spread more focused on damage and the ability Moxie.

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random-ykw-facts · 1 year

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Fact #81

It interestingly seems that, in Yo-kai Watch 3, instead of removing locations from Yo-kai Watch 2 that were made inaccessible (said locations being mostly in the past, alongside the Infinite Inferno, the Hexpress, GeraGera Resort and its sub-locations, the Divine Paradise, and Mystery Way, among other locations), most of their maps were kept in the game data.

The Memory Store, the Deserted House variation when Teastroyer is fought, the Hexpress and Happy-Go-Lucky Express, and GeraGera Resort and its sub-locations are all completely accessible without issue, though no NPCs are present, and the rollercoaster and Pallysol platforms in GeraGera Land don't function.

The Infinite Tunnel is more interesting; in the game, it's used for a Gate of Whimsy room, but the version in the game files is very incomplete, with missing textures. The only objects visible are a power box and a door, and going far enough teleports you to the Other Side. Even odder, if you pause the game, the gray textures turn cyan.

#yo-kai watch facts #unused content #yo-kai watch #yokai watch #youkai watch #ykw #yw #yo-kai watch 3 #yo-kai watch 2 #tfw you pause the game and the textures turn cyan

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silent-dragon · 1 year

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Welcome to KowaiNyan!

"Applications that can help you with daily life? That's the future but most don't get it yet. You know?" - Jiro

A fandorm based on Yo-kai Watch game/anime series for the Hourglass Station Academy. Other Yokai themed characters welcomed!

Founded by the ferocious power of the tiger cat.

This dorm specializes in creation and development of applications on smartphones,watches,and other smart devices to help people with daily life management tasks.

From physical trackers,food diaries,normal to slang dictionaries,food ordering,alarm clock,to-do lists, and more. Students in this dorm each focus on a task they are interested in or see others outside dorm do and figure out ways to make it easier via app creation.

The students are often seen as rather unique and zany as they strive to get hobbies,other jobs,and school activities down to as easy as pushing app menus to assist so they like to express whatever they are working on. They also often will observe others doing tasks or do it themselves to get more data for their apps. Most are also gamers or anime lovers as lots of technology is used in these so top things they love to do during downtime.

| Founder | Aesthetics | Dorm Uniform | Card BG

Dorm Heads

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Dorm Leader

Vice-Dorm Leader

Jiro Gōsutokurō

Asaa

Students

Pattie Lovegood - by @/hey-its-cweepy

Ruka,Tén,Daisuke - Dorm Onis

NPC OCs Nell,Amy,Jean

Panko Buta - by @/hey-its-cweepy

Hiroyuki Jira - by @/wanou-dorm

Jasper and Casper Aponi - by @/hey-its-cweepy

Ame Lluiva - by @/hey-its-cweepy

Joren Tsuchigumo - by @/wanou-dorm

Kuro - by @/wanou-dorm

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Riyon Gushiken - by @/sakuramidnight15

Viper - by @/twsted-princess

Moto Odo - by @/twsted-princess

Wanna make a oc for this dorm?

Characters taken & link to lists of all in franchise

HSA Fanschool Blog (Has information on classes,school uniform,etc A must read first before making oc for dorm)

Dorm Gem

#twisted wonderland #twst oc #twisted wonderland oc #twst fanschool #twst fandorm #hourglassstationacademy #kowainyan #yo-kai watch twst dorm

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theofficersacademy · 9 months

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Corrin (F) Tiki Hilda Laslow Ephidel Farina Byleth (M) Frederick Maria

ARRIVAL [August 4th - August 10th]

Tag: #SVVerdane2023

Location: Nahan, Verdane [map of Jugdral] [map of Verdane]

From the day you arrived in Enbarr, through the following week aboard your ship bound for Jugdral, the weather had been pleasant. Clear skies, clear water, and most importantly, warm. But the dark clouds on the horizon had built up suddenly. So suddenly that your captain hardly had a chance to reroute. Powerless and simply hoping for the best, you watched as your ship drove straight into the storm. The decks flooded with rain and sea water. The vessel pitched and rocked across the churning waves. And you huddled together with your allies in the cabins, waiting. Suddenly, a call came that confirmed your worst fears: the ship is taking on too much water. Through relentless rain, you gathered your things and waited for instructions.

You don't know how long the storm lasted. Your memory and all of your belongings are in disarray. As soon as the storm began to let up, you were herded onto boats to take you to the nearest shore. And now you've finally landed. This is the fishing village of Nahan, in Verdane. Quite a distance from your original destination in Grannvale.

What you know:

Some of your allies are missing. Some of your allies are new. You assume you simply hadn't seen them earlier.

Keep in mind what your muses would ACTUALLY know about this part of Jugdral, whether from experience or from talking to allies prior to this mission.

The people of Nahan are, fortunately, quite hospitable. Or, at the very least, will not cast out a group that had clearly just escaped a sinking ship. They are wary of your weapons and armor, but have no reason to fear you when Marpha and its army is practically right next door.

The town itself seems to be rather wealthy, although it bears clear scars of war: the rubble of old buildings, houses still half-repaired, fences broken, and scorchmarks across the paved streets. Despite this, the docks are always bustling with fishermen, there's a bountiful bazaar along the central street, and logging companies settle on the northeastern edge of town. You're offered a couple of rooms at an inn (not great ones, but ones that you'd be a fool to turn down) free of charge for the first night, but that's the extent of the innkeep's generosity. You'll have to pay for additional days.

Not all of your things seem to have survived. Some of you are missing your weapons and belongings. Those of you who brought mounts still have your mounts though. Refer to this sheet for current inventories and gold. All spells must be cast with physical staves/tomes.

The villagers seem quite at ease with Corrin, Tiki, Hilda, Laslow, Alfred, and Maria.

They are wary of Frederick, Byleth, Farina, and Ephidel.

What to do (August 4th - 11:59PM EST August 6th):

Answer the question: Where do you go from here? Choices (Suggestions): Try to get help/info in the capital (Verdane), Try to get help/info in Marpha, Linger in Nahan for a while longer You must have your character's answer to this question by the end of this mini-segment on the 6th. They do not have to agree with anyone else on their team, so choose as your character would.

To better facilitate the conversational nature of this segment, this will be done as a chatplay similar to that offered to Team Guard during Keras Kai Elephas. A thread will be opened up in the Verdane team channel for characters to chat with each other in real time. This is completely optional, and characters can come and go as they wish. The setting is one of the two rooms given to your team at the inn.

If you wish to ask a nearby NPC some questions during the chatplay (for example, the innkeep, a random patron, or anyone else that comes up while talking to Mod Ree about the setting), you're more than welcome to. They'll engage with you as long as they're amenable to conversation.

When the chatplay is finished on the 7th, you all can choose how you want to move it to the dash: each of you can post a drabble summarizing your muse's involvement in the discussion, you can create a thread where you capture the gist of what happened, but don't necessarily copy the whole conversation word-for-word, or put it on the dash in any other way that you can think of

While the chatplay is happening, your muses are free to thread with each other about other aspects of their experience in Nahan. If you need additional information about the village, ask Mod Ree. Get creative! Now's your chance to explore.

What to do (August 7th - 10th):

After much deliberation and some investigation around Nahan, the entire group decides to embark for the capital, which lies northwest beyond the Spirit Forest. This means you will not be paying for an additional day at the inn.

It's now evening on the day of your arrival in Nahan. Your plan is to leave first thing in the morning, but in the meantime, make sure your supplies are in order. Do some last minute shopping, or some relaxing with your allies. This will be somewhat of a rest period so that you have time to move your chatplays to the dash in whichever forms you see fit. Your group will officially embark later in the week.

Feel free to start additional interactions with each other. These will be traditional threads.

#toasabbamvitatham2023 #svverdane2023

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kinglarrykoopadx · 3 years

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Top 10 games i wanted to get

This is a personal list of games I want to get but I just can’t. Ranging from “maybe someday” to “get as fast as possible”. I’m gonna input some rules to my list to make it more fair. First off, I’m counting the games from the 8th to 9th console generation only, cause I ain’t wasting my money to buy an old console for like, what, one game? Second, no mobile games, because most of the time, they’re free even in the pre registration state. Yeah, there are some paid games but they’re pretty scarce. Speaking of pre registration, third, no pre orders, so I don’t have to regret wasting my money when I eventually get the damn game. That being said, pre orders of ports of games from older console generations will definitely count, so long as I’ve already played them or were interested by them.

10. Bug Fables

Bug Fables and I have a love-hate-ish relationship. On one hand, I wanna get it to see what of the old Paper Marios that got the fans to crazy town. On the other hand, some TTYD related salt lingers in me like how well butter sticks on bread. On the other other hand, I’m cursed with somehow finding more interesting games. Maybe one day I’ll get it, but for now, I’ll give it a pass thank you very much. But hey, I did say I’m considering buying it. Which no, it doesn’t mean I wannna see any “pLaY bUg fAbLeS” comments around, how many times must I tell you lot that shoving a game up my ass is less advertising, more making me resent the damn thing?

9. Crash 4 : It’s About Time

I’mma be honest. After watching some Caddicarus and AntDude, I’m willing to give the marsupial a chance. I did play the mobile game and it was fun but it’s a mobile game so it didn’t count. I am considering getting Crash 4, but I’m on the verge of rethinking if this was a good idea. From what I heard, this is a short ass game, and I’m not selling my soul to the completion devil to extend my game time. Bug Fables and Crash 4 are honestly, interchangable as fuck.

8. Crash Bandicoot : N Sane Trilogy + CTR Nitro Fueled

For N Sane Trilogy, it’s so I can know the context of Crash 4′s story and play through it. For Nitro Fueled, I’m getting it for funsies, I mean for fuck’s sake they added in the crates as racers, the only weird thing that can combat it is Piranha Plant in Smash. But the microtransactions make me rethink it, so maybe someday.

7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX

Now we’re getting to the games where I have some interest in getting. Here we have the remake of Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue from the GBA/DS which I adored dearly. I was a fan of the Mystery Dungeon series by watching people play them, and playing some myself. I’ve played Gates To Infinity and never finished it (The farthest I could go was in the Holehills), I played Super but also with Gates To Infinity I never finished it (I think last I checked I made it to Entei) and now, I’m kinda planning to get it. Why is it this low? Key word “kinda”. Overtime, my interests for this game kinda fizzled out because it was a case of Bug Fables. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to try it, problem is that in time, my interest sparked into other games, which we’ll see later on.

6. Yo Kai Watch 3

In case you never got the memo, I’m a huge, HUGE fan of Yo kai Watch. If it weren’t for this franchise, I’d probably be more interested in something like studying and see gaming as irrelevant. The 1st game was kinda weak sauce, the 2nd game is the best in the franchise, and I really wanted to get the 3rd game. From what I’ve seen, it looked fun as hell. Problem is, the stupid virus made it hard to salvage a copy and even then, it’s a really rare 3DS game since the number of copies Level 5 made for this game are scarce as hell. Shame really, it was content packed and everything, but whatever.

5. Bugsnax

Bugsnax for those who never knew, is a game about snacks that are also bugs. After watching a couple playthroughs, I was willing to give it a try. And that’s where problems rise. The problem with Bugsnax is that it’s a PS5/PC exclusive (at the time of writing this top 10) and I’m not buying a PS5 for one damn game, and I normally don’t use my PC for gaming. Maybe one day when Young Horses port this cute game to the Switch I’ll give it a try, but for now, I’ll wait.

4. Mario Golf Super Rush

I know I said no pre orders, but this one’s an exception. I’m actually real hyped for this one, for starters, it’s not tennis for once, fucking woo, and the story mode made it look like it’s a pretty promising game, since people liked the story mode in the GBA games. Yeah, the visuals look lifeless, but do I give a crap? I’m just relieved Nintendo still knows that Mario sports games don’t just consist of tennis. And who knows, maybe the stars may align and we can get a new Mario Strikers or Mario Baseball with Nintendo purchasing Next Level Games and this game coming soon.

3. Bowser’s Fury

This game was one of the most anticipated Mario games for the switch simply because it was the banner for the future of 3D Mario. And from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty good. I mean, for starters, you team up with Bowser Jr so this game is already eyecatching from the start. The game has you collecting the 50 Cat Shines to awaken the Giga Bells and stop Fury Bowser which is a solid premise. Fury Bowser being the main highlight of the game because he’s the game’s blood moon. When he’s out, be ready to be pummeled big time. With rock music playing in the background. It didn’t make it to the top 2 of the “most wanted” games, but it is hella close.

2. Hollow Knight

After seeing people play it and listening to some of its musical scores, I’m willing to give this game a big fat chance. Hollow Knight is some Metroidvania game involving a lone soul in search of the source of ruin of the kingdom of Hallownest which is a solid as hell premise. On the way, you’ll meet some kind NPCs and traverse unknown lands and the DLC added to this game made it more than worth it. Lifeblood which has patches and a new boss namely Hive Knight, Grimm Troupe which from what I’ve heard included the most fun boss in Hollow Knight, Hidden Dreams which included the White Defender and Grey Prince Zote, and Godmaster, which is the game’s True Arena. Needless to say, I’m definitely gonna buy this game when I have the chance.

1. Miitopia Switch

As a fan of the 3DS game, I was hyped as hell when Miitopia was ported over to Switch, and I had every right to be hyped. Those Twitter users don’t know what the hell they’re missing out on. The combat is amazing, the characters are on point, hell, the demo had a lot of replay value. And when you make a freaking demo replayable as hell, that’s a sign of a kickass game. This is the game that can take my $50 with no hesitation. Nintendo, take my money, I’ve got a quest in need of reimagining.

#miitopia #hollow knight #yo kai watch #bugsnax #mario #nintendo #bug fables #pokemon #crash bandicoot #young horses #fuck thousand year door #toys for bob #level 5 #team cherry

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shinjinotikari17 · 4 years

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Why I love Yo-kai Watch and how Kodomo anime is treated like garbage.

Yo-kai Watch is a breath of fresh air to the Mon genre or at least the children's side of it, where it was always dominated by Pokemon, I love the world building of the games making the towns of Springdale, Harrisville, San Fantastico, St. Peanutsburg, and especially the Yo-kai World, like you can kick cans, help old ladies and chicks, the NPCs change location depending on the time of day and the whether.

The many mini games they throw you to play, you can eat your dinner, play rhythm games, Zombie Night, the infamous Terror Time, Blasters, and getting achievements, that's more content then the Pokemon games ever got (the most they got content wise is BW2), and the designs are a mix of cute, cool, and the creepy.

As for the anime the reason, well let me tell you why the anime stand out. Before the Yo-kai Watch hit the airwaves many Kodomo anime mostly focused on the action and story. Shows like Inazuma Eleven, LBX, and Pokemon are all great shows because of that, but as far as the jokes are concerned they are few and far between and even if they do jokes they're extremely safe ones that only a toddler can only chuckle at.

Yo-kai Watch is a master when it comes to meta jokes with Chilled Cacao being the ultimate example of that, which most anime, let alone Kodomo anime barley gets right (correct me if I'm wrong). the pop culture references that blend in to the show which makes you feel smart for noticing. References found in dialogue is ones you have to pay attention to the most (that's where Shadowside got you covered) They even have heartwarming segments like the majority of the Komasan ones, and even a little education on the side (thanks Koma Brothers for teaching me on what Japan has to offer) even the main segments have these emotional moments from time to time (Sandmeh, Tiered, the Riku/Josh focused episode, and more).

The most controversial part of Yo-kai Watch is the adult humor, even getting complaints from BPOA and that's what made Yo-kai Watch stand out to me. There not afraid to show these kind of things and go OMG they did not just get away with that, like when the boys wanted to watch a late Next Harmoweny Show, Robonyan likes getting rubbed with B3-NK1's spear, Sproink on how to not eat a banana and the graphic death of Manjimutts teddy bear, which leads me to my favorite segments of all of Yo-kai Watch (Komasan Taxi), and it paved a way for Kodomo anime to get away with stuff that even Yo-kai Watch found crass like the main boy from Pascal Sensei pee pees being pixelated this move from Hero Bank the entirety of Heybot! to even Time Bokan 24 (Level 5 helped with the Mecha and maybe character designs)

Which brings me to this question when is going to far, well going to far, I mean back in the day, Kodomo anime used to get away with much worse nowadays with boys around Nates age not only naked but we get a full frontal view of their pee pees even around the mid 90's heck even the main Yo-kai Watch manga can get away with stuff more than the anime (Gush's nose bleed ability was changed to dripping in the anime due to nosebleeds association with erections) not to mention the majority of CoroCoro Manga , and let's not get even started with the kind of perverted jokes from kids entertainment from the 60s-80s with Go Nagai's Shameless School being a prime example.

Each Yokai movie is different than the last one and takes risks unlike the Pokemon films until I Choose You. One is a standard film, one is an anthology/package film, one is half live action, one is a pilot to the greatest Yokai Watch anime ever with Shadowside with most Yokai having a backstory, awesome action scenes, and the best human characters Yokai Watch has, one focuses on a new cast of characters, and the upcoming one humanizing the Yokai.

Well if you read for this long it's time for my rant on how Yo-kai Watch and Kodomo anime in general is treated

Kodomo Anime is treated like Garbage

We all heard the complaints on how Yo-kai Watch is treated in America so I'll keep it brief, Nintendo decided to release it two years late instead of just one year maximum leading the 3ds games to play catch up before the system discontinued thanks to the Switch. Hasbro made bad plushies and watches and while the first series of medals are fine by me, the zero medals have the yo-motion feature which ruins the art of the medal. Putting it on Disney XD, while better than Nicktoons and what they did to LBX, XD is mostly not available in some households and being put in a morning time slot leads Yo-kai Watch to be one of the most censored anime of all time (did I over exaggerate?), releasing Yo-kai Watch 3 as only one game instead of all three, and N Circle finally releasing the first half of Yo-kai Watch just this year. to be honest I'm fine with Manjuu being changed to Donuts cause they look like donuts and IDK where to find Manjuu in the state I live in?

The thing is that Kodomo Anime like Yo-kai Watch are often treated like trash in the anime community and the anime dubbing industry. Companies with lots of money like Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Aniplex, Viz Media (which licensed the manga), Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will rather pick up Isekai #999, Ecchi #6666, Harem #479890 and whatever Seinen and Josei is available because they rather retain that image of anime being cartoons for big boys than for actual good content like Inazuma, Layton, LBX, the Snack World, and Yo-kai Watch, throwing them to the studios who don't have the budget of multiple episode shows like Blue Water (Oceans budget studio), Bang Zoom maybe and SDI, where lucky Yokai and Inazuma still have the Japanese score and Pokemon couldn't even have that.

It even extends to physical media with anime like DBZ have all the special features like audio commentary and behind the scene secrets, uncut and uncensored, while Kodomo anime they get a vanilla release and Pokemon didn't fully adopt Blu Ray until Ultra Adventures (and the Yo-kai dvd at least have adverts before the dvd menu, there's that).

Well that's all I have to say, hope you enjoy blog post, and have a good day.

#yokai watch #yokai watch shadowside #y academy #forever friends #Level-5

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sage-nebula · 5 years

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Scrawlers you’re not gonna leave the fandom are you? I know a lot of people who are dropping Pokemon altogether because of this National Dex fiasco, which is really upsetting. Personally even though Pokemon’s main games have been in a slump lately I always stick with this franchise in the hopes that things will turn around but I know not everyone is that optimistic. I’d hate to see you leave because your passion for these games something I’ve always loved but it’s your choice in the end.

Your timing for this ask is spot-on because I was just about to make a post about it, haha.

Short Answer: No, I’m not going to leave the fandom.

Longer Answer:

Pokémon is not just a fandom for me. I usually express this through two separate jokes (“Pokémon is a way of life” and “Pokémon is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter”), but I honestly mean it in all seriousness. I have loved Pokémon for 21 years. Pokémon helped me overcome bullying (though my fists also did that) and make my first friends (my fists weren’t involved here) in elementary school. Pokémon was my go-to escapist fantasy during the hellish life I had in my childhood and adolescence due to parental abuse at home. I bred my arcanine so that my platonic soulmate would have a way to still be with me even after her death. Of course the arcanine is not the same as having the real, breathing dog, but it’s the best I can do with what I have. The original Pokémon overture brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. It’s the one fictional world I would want to live in, without hesitation.

That isn’t something I can let go of, or leave behind. Pokémon is way too special to me for that. It’s not something that I could replace with another monster series (hence why things like Yo-Kai Watch hold no appeal to me), or another game series. The idea of dropping the Pokémon games forever from here on out is painful to me. I pass on lesser Zelda titles all the time if they don’t look like they’ll be fun or interesting. I do the same thing with lesser Sonic titles. But Pokémon? The fact that the Let’s Go games were main series games that were such trash and that threatened in ruining the main series forever (which it seems they’ve succeeded in doing since no one listened and everyone bought them new anyway) upset me deeply. For the first time since 1998 I didn’t buy a main series Pokémon game. Sure, I saved $60, but it really, really hurt and upset me that I couldn’t be excited at the launch of a new main series Pokémon title. To be fair, I wasn’t excited for Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon either, but I still bought and completed Ultra Sun because at least it didn’t carry the threat that if it sold well the rest of the franchise would be negatively impacted. Let’s Go Pikachu / Let’s Go Eevee did carry that threat, and have now made good on that threat, and so I skipped them to do my part to try to save the franchise that I have loved with all my heart since I was eight years old.

But I alone wasn’t enough.

Masuda Junichi has given several different reasons why the National Dex won’t be in Sword / Shield, but every single one of them is nonsense.

“We don’t have time,” he says, but not only would no one mind if the games were delayed if it meant making them better, but they could always patch in non-Galar pokémon later, and everyone would be fine with that since Home won’t be released until some time in 2020 anyway.

“We’re making all the models unique and over 800 is too many,” he says, but:

Scorbunny’s kicking animation is the exact same as Buneary’s (pretty sure it was Buneary; maybe it was Bunnelby, but still)

The models they created for X / Y were future-proofed, meaning that they were already fully rendered 3D models that just weren’t being shown in the highest possible resolution on 3DS. They don’t have to remake models for all the old ‘mon, just the new ones.

They have walking / running animations for every single pokémon through Alola that they just haven’t used, meaning that so much of the work is already completed.

They could just upscale pokémon for Gigamaxing, and could have done the same for the Totem Pokémon in Sun / Moon, but apparently they don’t know how to do what is honestly a rather simple thing to code because they chose instead to make brand new models for the Totem Pokémon and likely the Gigamax one, and also created brand new models for NPCs for completely unnecessary reasons (e.g. they made a brand new Lillie model for every area she appeared in, which bloated the amount of models in the game for no goddamn reason), something which was found in the Sun / Moon datamine. If there is a lot of work to be done, it’s because Game Freak is purposefully choosing to work harder, rather than smarter. All this, despite the fact that they hired a programmer specifically for consoles about two years ago.

“We care about game balancing,” he says, but not only has Masuda in particular been adamant about killing off the competitive scene (removing things like the Battle Frontier because he thinks players will find it to be “too hard,” removing EV training from Let’s Go, and so on), but the only reason why having certain old pokémon in the game would throw off game balancing worse than in previous gens is because the Galar pokémon have stats that are just that bad, which spells bad things for competitive play in these games anyway. These games which, mind you, were supposed to be for us, the core players.

“We want to stick to a regional theme and will pick pokémon that apply to the widest base of players,” he says, meaning that only popular ‘mon and Pikachu are likely to make the cut.

“Having 800+ ‘mon is very intimidating to players,” he says, which is what ties the blame back to Let’s Go and its sales. Let’s Go only had the Kanto ‘dex (+Meltan) because they didn’t want Go players to be intimidated by the large amount of pokémon typically available in a new game. Of course, we all knew this logic was flawed back when that was announced: If Go players would be intimidated by the national ‘dex in Let’s Go, how was limiting it there supposed to help them get used to it in Sword / Shield? Well, now we have our answer: Masuda never intended to give it back to us. He always wanted to limit it, because he doesn’t want the core players to play the games anymore. He only wants the Go fans to play.

Here’s the thing: The majority of my One True Team™ is already confirmed to be in the Galar ‘dex. Charizard, Arcanine, Espeon, Umbreon, Mimikyu, Kanto Raichu, and most likely Lapras are all going to be in. (I say most likely, because a Lapras regional evolution was in the leak that has been spot-on about things such as Nessa and Gigamaxing so far, so I would be very surprised if Lapras wasn’t in.) The only ones who are still up in the air for me are Furret and Midday Lycanroc. So the issue here is not what I personally am able to bring over. The issue is the principle of the matter.

See, here’s the thing: I’m lucky because most of my One True Team™ are pokémon that most everyone likes. Everyone loves Charizard. Everyone loves the eeveelutions. Mimikyu was a surprise hit. Arcanine, while less loved than Ninetales, is tied to some cool east Asian mythology and so is unlikely to be cut, and so on. But not everyone is in the same position I’m in. My best friend’s favorite pokémon is Scolipede. Her second favorite pokémon is Kabutops. How likely do you think it is those two will make it in? And if they don’t make it in Gen VIII, how likely it is do you think they’ll return for Gen IX?

Every pokémon is someone’s favorite. For everyone that hates Trubbish or Vannilluxe, someone out there loves them. And to say that those people shouldn’t be able to bring the ‘mon they’ve raised for generations over to this new region, even eventually—and to double down and say that every single new generation will be like this from now on—is unacceptable. During the press conference that aired the week before the Pokémon Direct, they said when announcing Home that the purpose was to allow us to stay connected to the ‘mon that we’ve bonded with over generations. They know that there are those of us out there who have brought pokémon up ever since the Game Boy generations, and they want us to continue journeying with them. They made it sound as if we could use Home to transfer our pokémon to Sword / Shield, and now they’ve yanked that away from us. They’ve gone back on their word. They lied not only to their fans, but to their stakeholders, during that press conference, and if you were watching Nintendo’s stock around the time the Treehouse video was airing live, their stocks took a dive as a direct result.

And while this is the thing I’m most angry about, it isn’t even the only thing. They also announced during the Treehouse that they’re not only removing the National Dex, but that they’re also removing Mega Evolution in favor of Gigamaxing. This one actually does impact me directly, because I bred and raised my Charizard around the fact that I would Mega Evolve her into Mega Charizard X. I painstakingly hatched hundreds of Adamant Charmander. I EV trained her so that her stats would be perfect. I gave her a moveset built around ‘Zard X. And now, even if I can bring her over to Galar, I won’t be able to Mega Evolve her because the Key Stone and Charizardite simply won’t be available in the game. This, despite the fact that they have the assets for it thanks to Let’s Go. There is absolutely no reason to remove Mega Evolution when Mega Evolution’s assets are already available in a game on this system. There is no excuse. They’re just doing it anyway, because they want everyone to focus on their shiny new mechanic, and demonizing Mega Evolution apparently didn’t do a good enough job of that in Gen VII. (That said, they’re also removing Z-Moves, so apparently they weren’t too attached to those either.)

I just … I can’t support this. I cannot support any of this. It kills me. I feel incredibly conflicted, because there is a lot in Sword / Shield that I still am excited for. I love a lot of the new pokémon, such as Corviknight, Zacian, and Yamper. I like several of the new trainers we’ve seen. I think the region looks gorgeous. But I don’t want to give Game Freak and Nintendo money for any of this, because that will make them think that what they’re doing is a good idea. Just like with Let’s Go, where Masuda said that if those games sold well they would shape the next twenty years of the franchise (which they did, and they are), I don’t want to reward them for poor decision making.

So I’ve decided to buy Sword used.

When you buy a game used through Game Stop or a similar store, the store gets every single cent. Nintendo and Game Freak see none of it. I still want to play these games for the features I like. But I do not, and will not, support Game Freak and their asinine decision making. So while I might not be able to get Sword on launch day (though we’ll see; I’ve seen used games in Game Stop on launch day before), I’ll be able to get it soon enough and play it in a way that just doesn’t support Game Freak or what they’re doing. I’m only one person, and as we saw with Let’s Go, my lack of sale isn’t going to be enough to stop the train wreck. But if the severe backlash they’re facing now isn’t enough to do it (last I checked, the Treehouse video had 13k Likes in contrast to 24k dislikes, and angry hashtags about this are trending in both the west and Japan on Twitter), then I want to contribute in any way that I can. I love this series too much to just passively support every bad decision Game Freak makes that lessens not only my enjoyment, but also the enjoyment of so many others.

So no, I’m not leaving. I will always love Pokémon. And if Game Freak and / or Nintendo decide to listen to the backlash and backtrack this decision—say, make a statement saying they’ll patch in all the rest of the pokémon later, and hopefully even give us Mega Evolution back—then I’ll happily go back to buying a new copy of the game on Day 1. But until then, I’m buying used from now on. They don’t deserve my money if they’re going to act like this. And again, I alone won’t make a difference, but if there’s one thing that Pokémon has taught me over the years, it’s that that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try.

#orasforlife #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #bringbacknationaldex #long post for ts

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here @doodledumpster list of series based on video games

See also:

List of anime based on video games

Air (2005)

Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016)

Arc the Lad (1999)

Bible Black (2003–2008)

Blue Dragon (2007–2009)

Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden (1998–1999)

Bomberman Jetters (2002–2003)

Canvas 2 (2005–2006)

Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991)

Carmen Sandiego (2019–present)

Castlevania (2017–present)

Chaos;Head (2008)

Clannad (2007–2008)

Comic Party/Comic Party Revolution (2001, 2005)

Costume Quest (2019–present)

Cuphead (in production)

Darkstalkers (1995)

D.C. ~Da Capo~ (2003–2005)

Devil May Cry (2007)

Digimon (1997–2016)

Dinosaur King (2007–2008)

Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000)

Double Dragon (1993–1994)

Dragon's Lair (1984)

Dragon Quest (1989–1991)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1991–1992)

Earthworm Jim (1995–1996)

Ef: A Tale of Memories. (2007)

Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992)

Fate/stay night (2006)

Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994) - A sequel to Final Fantasy V

Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2001–2002)

F-Zero: GP Legend (2003–2004)

Gakuen Heaven (2006)

Galaxy Angel (2001–2004)

Gungrave (2003–2004)

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō (2004–2005)

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (2006–2007)

Inazuma Eleven (2008–2011)

Kanon (2002, 2006–2007)

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (2003–2004)

The King of Fighters: Another Day (2005–2006)

Kiniro no Corda (2006–2014)

Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001–2003)

Koisuru Tenshi Angelique (2006–2008)

Layton's Mystery Journey (2018–2019)

The Legend of Zelda (1989)

Little Nightmares (in production)

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series - Based on Triangle Hearts 3 Lyrical Toybox (2004–2016)

Medabots (1999–2001)

Meet the Team (2007–2012) (Web series)

Mega Man

Monster Rancher (1999–2001)

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)

Mutant League (1994–1996)

Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (1998)

Parappa the Rapper (2001–2002)

Pac-Man (1982–1983)

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013–2015)

Persona

Piggy Tales (2014–2019)

Pokémon (1997–present)

Pole Position (1984)

Rayman: The Animated Series (1999–2000)

Rabbids Invasion (2013–present)

Sakura Wars (2000)

Saturday Supercade (1983–1984)

School Days (2007–2008)

Sentimental Journey (1998) - Based on Sentimental Graffiti

Shuffle! (2005–2007)

Sister Princess (2001)

Skylanders Academy (2016–2018)

Sonic the Hedgehog

Star Ocean EX (2001) - Based on Star Ocean: The Second Story

Street Fighter (1995–1997)

Street Fighter II V (1995)

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai (2005)

Super Mario

Taiko no Tatsujin (2005)

Tak and the Power of Juju (2007–2009) - Game and television series were developed in tandem.

Tales

ToHeart (1999)

Tokimeki Memorial Only Love (2006–2007)

Tokyo Majin (2007)

The Tower of Druaga (2008–2009)

Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (2003)

Utawarerumono (2006)

Viewtiful Joe (2004–2005)

Virtua Fighter (1995–1996)

Viva Piñata (2006–2009)

Wakfu (2008–2017)

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999)

Wild Arms (1999–2000)

Wind -a breath of heart- (2004)

Wing Commander Academy (1996)

Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)

Yo-Kai Watch (2014–present)

Ys (1992–1993)

Yumeria (2004)

Z.O.E. Dolores,i (2001) - Set within the Zone of the Enders universe

Steins;Gate (2011)

Clannad After Story (2008–2009)

Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (1993)

Mega Man (1994)

Mega Man NT Warrior (2002–2006)

Mega Man Star Force (2006–2008)

Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018–present)

Persona: Trinity Soul (2008) - A spin-off of Persona 3

Persona 4: The Animation (2011–2012) & Persona 4: The Golden Animation (2014)

Persona 5: The Animation (2018–2019)

Pokémon Chronicles (2002–2004)

Sister Princess ~ RePure (2002)

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1996)

Sonic Boom (2014–2017)

Sonic Mania Adventures (2018)

Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994)

Sonic Underground (1999)

Sonic X (2003–2005)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1989)

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)

Super Mario World (1991)

Tales of Eternia: The Animation (2001)

Tales of the Abyss: The Animation (2008–2009)

ToHeart Remember my Memories (2004)

To Heart 2 (2005)

Utawarerumono: The False Faces (2006–2009)

There have also been several one-off video game-based cartoons, including specials such as Bubsy (1993), Battletoads (1992) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2006–2009).

Defiance (2013–2015)

Dragon Age: Redemption (2011)

Fallout: Nuka Break (2011–2013)

Maniac Mansion (1990–1993)

Mortal Kombat: Konquest (1998–1999)

Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011–2013)

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014)

Street Fighter: Resurrection (2016)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995)

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997)

You Don’t Know Jack (2001)

Aaron Stone (2009–2010) - A boy turns into his favorite online superhero

Accel World (2012) - A series about a boy who plays VR video games to escape bullies in school and discovers a secret program that is able to accelerate the human cognitive process to the point at which time appears to stop.

Ace Lightning (2002) - Children's television series centered on a teenage boy's life after his video game characters come to life.

Arcadia (TV series) (2008–present) - Guatemalan TV series about video games

Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002–2003)

Breadwinners (2014–2016)– The Breadwinners "level up" like video game characters.

Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991) - Revolves around a kid who travels across various NES video games.

Code Monkeys (2007–2008) - About the lives of video game programmers and animated to resemble and parody the tropes of 1980s 8 and 16 bit video games.

Da Boom Crew (2004)

Deadly Games (1995) - plot centered on video game villains that have escaped into reality.

Future Man (2017–present)

Game Center Arashi (1982)

GameCenter CX (2003–present)

Game Grumps (2012-present) (Web Series)

Game Over (2004) - TV series about the lives of video game characters after the game was over. Aired on UPN originally.

Game Shakers (2015–2019)

Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015–2017)

GamesMaster (1992-1998)

The Guild (2007–2013)

.hack

Harsh Realm (1999) - Hobbes who is a soldier about to retire, is put into a virtual reality where the only way to get out alive and get back to his wife and the love of his life, is to kill a guy called Santiago. Santiago is another soldier who is in the game and has taken it over.

High Score Girl (2018–present)

The Hollow (2018)

Just One Smile Is Very Alluring (2016)

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016-2017) - The 18th installment of the Heisei era Kamen Rider series. This show utilizes game cartridges called Rider Gashats and the rider's motifs inspired by retro video games.

King Koopa’s Kool Kartoons (1989–1990) - not actually based on a game, just a framing device for cartoons and toy giveaways.

Kiss Me First (2018–present)

Level Up (2012–2013)

Log Horizon (2013–2015) - The series follows the strategist, Shiroe, and the other players of the long-lived MMORPG Elder Tales after they find themselves whisked away into the game world following a game update.

Nick Arcade (1992)

The Ones Within (2019–present)

Overlord (2015–2018)- Japanese anime series about a VRMMO that is in the process of getting shut down but becomes real.

Parker Plays (2017–present) - A Disney XD show featuring Youtube personality Parker Coppins, aka ParkerGames, playing video games, the series also features other Youtubers such as CaptainSparklez, Strawburry17, Shubble, and Steve Zaragoza, as well as Jimmy Wong and Whitney Moore.

The Power Team (1990–1992) Featured various Acclaim Entertainment video game characters.

ReBoot (1994–2001) - The characters commonly assume the roles of enemy NPCs in "Game Cubes".

Starcade (1982–1984) - Arcade game-based game show hosted by Geoff Edwards (with early episodes being hosted by Mark Richards)

Sword Art Online (2012–present) - A series where players get trapped in a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Game) named Sword Art Online.

The Tribe (1999–2003)- Series four focuses on tribes addicted to a virtual-reality game.

Tron: Uprising (2012–2013)

Video Power (1990–1992)

Video Game High School (2006–2009)

Video & Arcade Top 10 (1992–2008)

Virtual Insanity Advance (2012) - Sketch-comedy series centered on video games where people simulate popular and ancient corresponding video-games while interacting with real people and features short animated segments of cartoons based on popular video games.

Game Grumps Animated

Game Grumps Vs

Guest Grumps

Steam Train

.hack//Sign (2002)

.hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003)

ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018–present)

#long post #very long post #just from wikipedia page

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yokai-watch-npcs · 1 month

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#yo-kai watch npcs #yo-kai watch #yokai watch #ykw #yo-kai watch 1 #ykw1 #mount wildwood

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oh-meow-swirls · 8 days

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kinda wanna replay 3 but also. never finished my last playthrough i started in 2. and i don't wanna have to delete one of my save files. hhhhhhhh 3 WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO SAVE FILES I KNOW YOU'RE THE BIGGEST 3DS GAME BUT ISTG-

#puppy rambles #yo-kai watch #yw3 #*dies*#i'll probably need to replay it when i get to rewriting 3 tbh i remember it pretty well but there's some parts where my memory's kinda hazy-#i remember too many random unhinged lines of dialogue. like that one npc singing country roads. and the cat having an identity crisis-#yo-kai watch 3 npcs my beloved <3 and ykw npcs in general but like. 3's especially

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rainlicker · 5 years

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Endgame Content

All these dumb moron idiot losers looking forward to Warcraft Classic Vanilla “I Wish I Was 12 Again And Had No Responsibilities And My Friends Still Likes Me” Edition got me thinking about how different XIV was back in the good old 1.0 nightmare days.

I remember my starting class was herbologist. I was armed with just a little ax when my level 1 character was jumped by wolves. Two heroic NPCs arrived to help and tutorialize the combat for me, and my many herbology exams had only trained me to throw a rock ineffectually at the wolves while they did the work.

I felt like the world was dangerous, but I also felt that maybe someday I could be just like them.

It’s been a long road. Now I bitch and moan if I don’t get the Yo-kai Watch crossover t-shirt I want.

#final fantasy #tome stone #cell phone #it's a damn cell phone #ffxiv #xiv #shadowbringers

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inkyminty · 5 years

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Yo kai watch 3, welcome to america

Ahoy, long time no read I guess. Took me a while to play a few games but I was able to finish one, that one (of course) being Yokai watch 3. Developed by Level-5 and published by Nintendo with the series starting off in Japan in 7/11/13 becoming a big hit and producing 3 other games all on 3ds and a few spin-offs, manga and an anime (one of the few that I can sort of watch, I'm not a big anime fan) with the first one released here in the US in 11/6/15 and after a few years later Yokai watch 3 is released in the US 2/8/19 (just somewhat recently). So is Yokai watch 3 worth picking (chronologically no you should play the first one but you get what I mean) well let's get started.

PLOT (no spoilers) One day Nate is with his family and his yokai pals, Whisper and Jibanyan, having a meal when Nate's dad breaks the news that they are moving to BBQ (basically the USA) as Nate later makes friends with a resident names Buck and thus go on a few adventures to find aliens. Meanwhile, back in Springdale Hailey, the new girl protagonist who is an anime lover and kpop fan (more specifically Sailor Moon and some Korean pop rip off) and ends up getting the yokai watch by a new faced yokai Usapyon and both start a detective agency after helping out a sad rocket scientist with both stories clashing with each other by story links.

Gameplay Let's cut to the chase (and stick to the ones that matter), you move with the circle pad interact and with A, run by holding down the b button with the cost of stamina (whoopee -kill me), search locations when your watch turn purple on the top right corner with later compartments as you play the game, those being a drill and a vacuum which both can be changed to do specific things (like for the vacuum having a better change collecting bugs or medal and for the drill making it possible to break through ice or metal blocks) depending on which medals you use,

There is also the d-pad, pushing the top part causes the watch to tell what time it is in-game, turning it to the yokai watch or just get rid of it, the watch can also be upgraded. You start with an E rank but as the game continues you can upgrade it to an S rank which effects how tough the enemy you might encounter in dungeons and in certain locations. Then their is pressing down which activates your bike, but cannot be used in buildings, stairs, and dungeons. Finally, there is pressing left activates the portable mirapo but you need to do a side quest to get this but mark my words it is worth it.

But who cares about all that, let's get to how battles work. Well, for starters you can arrange how your yokai are positioned. If you yokai are next to each other then in battle you will perform combos, if you stick a yokai behind another one then that yokai will be immune to most attacks (I say most since there are some attack that can damage all) there are also two options before starting a battle, those being start battle (obviously) and preparation which gives you a chance to set up your yokai, heal them or fill their soulmeter which in battle can activate their super attack hitting specific areas, healing your team, or inspirit your enemies, where inspirits can cause status effects such as slowing a yokai's speed, decreasing their defense or attack, or increase their speed, attack etc,(purple being bad and yellow being good) and if you get inspirited you can clear the status effect by clicking on purify and playing a quick minigame to earn a clean yokai and some exp to level up. The final 3 are targets, which can pin on a yokai you want to attack specifically and can tell you what is their favorite food, what they are weak to or if you already befriended them. Next is the blaster which once used will cause a roulette to whether you cause damage or a better chance to befriend yokai (note it is only attacking with boss yokai) and finally items which lets you access the foods and medicine you have bought or found on the floor of a bathroom or car. These foods can be thrown at the enemy by pressing y but if you want it thrown at a specific enemy, target then throw, which can improve your chances of befriending them after a battle.

Finally, there are the yokai, obviously, in which each yokai are part of a tribe and if 3 of a yokai of the same tribe are on your team you get a boost such as charming gives you a boost in speed or brave makes you slightly stronger. You can give your yokai equipment and increase their attack, technique (such as fire, ice etc) and soultimate making them stronger. Cripes, thank goodness that's over. There is more but they are minor to the main game.

Pros The game is brimming with character and charisma in the main story and side quests, also the side game blasters T is rather fun and can be used to level up yokai and grab some items which can be used in the main game with its own mini story. There is also the dream wheel and crank-a-kai which can be used to try to nab high ranking yokai or gear and items (even if Blasters T makes it pointless) and a great way to make a mini gamble with yourself (I might need help). I also prefer how you make yokai appear when you search for them in certain places that light up from the radar where you just need to shoot them with some sort of energy ball and depletes their invisibility meter until they are revealed to fight them, wherein the previous game you had to move your watch in front of them but made it difficult because the enemy is always moving (unless they have a brain fart and get stuck) and you have to wait until the meter is full but if you lose them the meter depletes. Finally, I enjoy the references from other types of media like "The X Files", "What's your name", "ET" and a few more, oh, and the music is really good, I'm not one to talk about music that often but if feel like this one is worth mentioning.

Cons Besides Blasters T, the after game content is rather lacking, and once you finish all the side quests then there is nothing else to do, and some of the yokai designs are just reskinned which is very obvious when you see some of the rare yokais needed to unlock some legendary yokai. This last one isn't on the game but finding a copy, seriously it was difficult to look for one in a Gamestop or Bestbuy and my usual locations were no use either so if you are interested, use Amazon.

Highlights One time I was just minding my own business and returned to the neighborhood my house was in when I think a yokai was messing with my game, because everything but the street and NPCs were nothing but textureless blobs, the trees, cars, building, even the electric poles and fire hydrants were just polygons and from time to time they flickered green and red, For those who might have played the game, you must know about Sighborg Y a rather difficult yokai to find, well not in my playthrough where I somehow got him on my first try, I was surprised since my luck with this game is as good as ET for the Atari 2600

Verdict So, after finally finishing a review after finally getting my lazy ass to finish it, is the game worth looking a copy for... Absolutely This game is fun from beginning to end and is unique enough to stand on its own. It is just a shame that this series gets compared to pokemon and apparently is not doing so hotly here in the states, which is a shame since I feel like this game should get some more love, especially with the effort put in. Who knows maybe this review might do something, but it's unlikely, still, I'm glad there is a fourth game coming and it looks good, aside from the phallic slimamander, Hopes this series gets much love, thanks for reading.

#Yokaiwatch #nintendo #3ds #yokaiwatch3 #review #yokai

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tumblunni · 5 years

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I cant believe ive progressed from "im gonna buy this slightly updated rerelease of a game i already own because science grandpa" to "im gonna reenter the kingdom hearts fandom and catch up on all the games i missed because science grandpa" to "im gonna get into an entirely new fandom literally just for science grandpa i mean dad"

Its probably best i start with the first game in the series tho, rite? Theyre all in continuity with the same protag and stuff unlike pokemon, apparantly. But still i worry that it wont be able to hold my interest in the first game cos apparantly THE FABLED SADDAD is only a late game boss with barely one single scene compared to his more fleshed out appearances in the sequels. I can only hope that everything else lives up to the power of he cuteness and every other yokai is equally monstery huggables! And im totally unspoiled for LITERALLY EVERYTHING IN THE GAME EXCEPT FOR MADDIMAN so lol for all i know it could be exactly my ultra fave and i just never knew it! I can at least give credit to the wiki makers for having it be easier to learn about one sad dad's plot without spoiling the rest of the game for yourself, thats better than pokemon and kh!

Oh but the one thing i do know is that everyone in the fandom is universally sad that they removed the female character option in the third game. Apparantly its cos now you have a second scenario with a new female character but it sucks that this means they canonized the male character as the "real" one for the first two games. Really sucks cos he's also the canon protagonist in the anime too and already gets 100% of the screentime in all promotional materials so i didnt even friggin know there was a girl option until years after i first heard of the game! JUSTICE FOR KATIE YO!!! Her design is infinately better than the ultra generic one for the dude. Like if their excuse for removibg her is "but theres a different female character who's nate's new friend and they both exist simultaneously" like why not have it so that if you play as katie you get a male version of that same character? Or if the excuse is to save cartridge space then literally just replace the new girl with "katie moves to america and has this separate adventure". Or even mix both and have it so that you can pick which protagonist is the one that moves and which stays? And have a prologue segmebt where the one who wasnt already the hero comes along and somehow something gets a yokai watch too and then new scenario, the end. Cos what ive heard is that both nate and katie are characters anyway, even if you dont pick them? The leftover one becomes your non yokai powered friend/love interest. Or is that just in the anime? But like if thats how katie is left canonically in the final game in the trilogy REGARDLESS OF YOUR GODDAMN CHOICES then yo it could be cool if the love interest got powers and joined you on a super double adventure! Thatd actually get me invested in your love plot! You could have loads of sweetness of them being long distance pals and maybe getting closer to confessing now theyre spending time apart. Cos a friend moving away is always super stressful and keeping in touch makes you worried theyre gonna forget you and all. Maybe have Katie finding her own yokai watch and entourage of spooky monsters while she's off in her new home and then nate is half AAAAA THIS IS SO COOL I CAN FINALLY TELL YOU MY SECRET and half OH GOD SHES GOT NEW BETTER FRIENDS SHES GONNA FORGET ABOUT ME. And katie maybe is worried that nate doesnt trust her as much as she thought he did, if he kept the yokai secret from her. And they could have awkwardness due to miscommunication and anxiety and RELATE THAT TO MADDIMAN'S FAMILY TROUBLES AND HAVE HIM BE A BIG ROLE IN THE PLOT RESOLVING IT BECAUSE MADDIMAN IS THE GODDAMN BEST! Also honestly the new girl character they replaced katie with DOES seem cool, im just mad that she replaced katie. So maybe keep her as an npc and she could be a cool new friend katie makes in america? Or yknow if they felt like ditching the "katie only exists for love interest uwu shes not the canon protagonist and never will be" crap then HEY MAYBE NEW GIRL COULD BE KATIE'S LOVE INTEREST?

ALSO maybe add a button to hug my yokai and have them follow behind you and also make custom rooms for them and decorate them and also give them snacks. Note: bunni has not played this game and does not know if any of these things have already happened and if they have then FUCK YEAH IM EVEN MORE EXCITED YO!!!!

Oh also i was checking up the version exclusives for the second game cos huh thats weird that only YW2 has two versions and both thw first and third game dont. I think i might go with bony spirits cos i had a good giggle at "herbiboy and carniboy" and i wanna throw my money at whoever made that pun. Like i kinda like how nonsensical it is in english where the pun doesnt exist? Its equally great either way! Why on earth does eating fried chicken make you a casanova! Well in japan its a pun but a dude holding a fried chicken bouquet is even funnier with absolutely no context. I honestly think his herbiboy form looks cuter tho and im sad that cos of his outfit people in the west will probably make jokes about him being an incel even tho his concept is meant to be "socially anxious dude who has no interest in dating women" rather than "those shallow fake shy dudes who whine about women not letting them smash". Since he turns into Carniboy by fusing with another male yokai i'd rather interpret it as "he was gay all along and only becomes a confident casanova when he embraces his true self". Like carniboy is the garnet of yokai? HERE AGAIN I GO GETTING ALL HYPED AND ATTATCHED TO RANDOM YOKAI BASED ENTIRELY ON THEIR CRANK-A-KAI DESCRIPTION ON THE WIKI

Also yo did u know theres a fuckin crank-a-kai?? Aka a gachapon machine of the damned?? Created by a punny gas(c)hadoro yokai whose giant towering skeletal scaryness is all wasted on being addicted to gacha games?? I love this. I especially love it cos gacha machines were the original inspiration for pokeballs so its like a fun callback to the franchise's bigger brother! But im also glad that the gacha thing is just one of many different minigames to catch yokai, cos i really dont like games thatre 100% random chance with no choices at all. THO STILL WHERE IS MY CHOICE TO HUG MADDIMAN....

#also im sorry i refuse to spell it yo-kai i have no fuckin clue why the dub made that change #unless it was something like 'you cant use yokai in a copyrighted name cos its a mythological word'#english copyright law has a lot of stupid stuff so i could see that being the case

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