Ok Sammy's Village time, sponsored by Vinnk's Village.
My village is called Tokyo, you might have heard of it.
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
- Saw a shit ton of people playing this game, it's literally everywhere. Restaurant, subway, concert...
- This one lady in the subway was getting several errors so she eventually closed the game and opened another one (with some chibi boys, I couldn't recognize it). Get your shit together, Nintendo.
Bravely Defunct
- Saw a lady in the subway playing the first BD game on her 3DS XL. I said "Nirolak" out loud but she didn't react.
Pokémon Ultra
- Saw three people buying Pokémon Ultra double pack, and one guy got the New 2DS XL too.
Monster Hunter World
- Hard to miss it at Bic Camera or Yodobashi, it has several ad spots and they are strategically located too. Capcom is pushing it really hard.
LEGO Worlds
- This really tiny Japanese kid bought LEGO Worlds and Mario Odyssey for Switch. LEGO is definitely in a better position now since the Japanese release of LEGO Undercover.
Dragon Quest XI
- Still being advertised, slightly favoring the 3DS version, but it's not like the PS4 version is being ignored.
Dragon Quest Heroes Switch
- No wonder no one is buying it, it's fucking expensive, especially for a port, especially for a Nintendo platform.
Merchandise (brand propagation)
- Pokémon > Mario > Splatoon > (void) > Monster Hunter > Dragon Quest > Yo-kai Watch, that's how I would rank the ease to find / availability of merchandise for each of those mega franchises.
- Pokémon is fucking everywhere, Mario too but not in the same level of Pokémon.
- I have seen a lot of Splatoon toys and clothes too, and I can tell the clothe line is running out of stock cause usually stores only have L size.
- Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest stuff are super hard to find. I have been looking everywhere for a Monster Hunter poster and t-shirt, to no avail, but the blind box figures are somewhat easy to find, which is way I rank Monster Hunter ahead of Dragon Quest.
- "Yo-kai Watch is done." - Chris1964
This is all for now.