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Yo-kai Watch 4 coming to Playstation 4
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Ouch @Level 5 creating 10 stores based on Yokai watch back in 2014, which now none of them exist
Here, have these 4 screenshots of a character model floating on a still background after delaying the game like, 5 times.
How different is 3 from 1? I played 1 and it was interesting at first but got pretty boring after a few hours.
It's reset era this place finds a way
Thought we praised ports and multi platform releases now it's a desperation move
I don't see anyone angry. Most are pointing that this move is due Yokai Watch popularity collapsing with the years
I don't think anyone is particularly angry at this move, so much as they're amused by it. Level-5 has been a mismanaged clusterfuck for a few years now, and putting a game like this on a platform that has virtually zero audience overlap is stupid, even for this company.
It's less console war and more annoyance that Level-5 continues to make poor business decisions. They should have made this launch with the Switch version, not wait a couple months and announce this.
I understand but at the end of the story they are just releasing the game on another platform. Better late than never ( and i'm not even interested in the game itself , just found some of the comments in the first page very strange ).
Nobody is angry at them porting i think. Most are disappointed in seeing how Yokai the series as a whole has plummeted after it skyrocketed in popularity less than a decade ago. Could have been the next Pokemon.
Hopefully it turns out well for them and Yokai can get a rebound from this.
Hopefully it turns out well for them and Yokai can get a rebound from this.
People usually call it what it is in situations like this where a low selling game gets ported.
There's a bizarre level of hate for Level-5 from JP sales Era that I don't really understand.
Whoa, thought I was in a Media Create thread for a second.
Interesting move. Let's see how it turns out.
Interesting move. Let's see how it turns out.
Doubt it has ANYTHING to do with that and I'm almost sure the Switch was the target platform
It looks almost the same as the Switch version, seems like a quick port for a few low risk extra sales to me. Good for people in Japan with a PS4 and no Switch who wants to play YW I guess.
Yeah I guess there would be no reason to make it a timed exclusive.
Is L5 just that incompetent that it ran so poorly?
This game will come out one day, maybe on the PS6 and Switch 3.
They changed the roulette system for a grid based battle system. While I enjoyed the roulette in 1/2, 3's gameplay is more polished and strategic, with your Yo-kai positioning being pretty important as they can get combos or protect each other based on where they're field, special moves also now hit in specific spots of the field and you and the opponent can dodge them by moving in their turn.
Game is pretty sweet and full of content. The main story is maybe too long, but each chapter is unique enough to not feel like you're doing the same stuff over and over again like in Yo-kai Watch 1, and you also can pick between the two different main characters (Nate and Hailey) at any time and they live in completely different places with their different stories --- Nate in the USA going through adventures based on stuff like Tom Sawyer and the X-Files, while Hailey is in Springdale doing stuff like running a mystery agency and visiting the otaku district, etc.
Pretty fun, polished and full of content game if you're into these monster RPGs, but can't take the "slog" of YW1.
Nah, they just rushed it to the market to have something out. Their games are generally pretty solid in the performance department, and Yo-kai Watch 4 isn't doing anything that the Switch hasn't already done and had few problems with it.
Haha yeah same thoughts.
Maybe the cost for porting isn't that high at this stage, or they just want to go with a multiplat strategy from now on, or both.
I don't think is a bad move so namco and Bethesda are stupid by trowing Doom and dark souls on the switch that had zero audience. Maybe the IP is not the same that was years ago but is a risk and maybe can gain the money of the port and make more games in the future for both plataforma.
Hmmm, good point.
I usually think localizations are done through contract work.
The Switch quickly established itself as being a strong platform for core gaming experiences, so Doom and Dark Souls made a lot of sense. Conversely, kids do not play PS4s in Japan, so a kid-focused IP isn't going to have much going for it on the system. I don't see how this is going to do anything that's going to rescue the series from its downward spiral, especially with how much weaker it's been in the west.
Don't think people are angry, just scratching their head because porting this game to PS4 is so odd. Nonetheless I hope the dozens of sales on PS4 will save level-5.
To be fair it can sell in places like Spain where Yo-kai Watch and Playstation are both popular, this is kinda the reason why Inazuma Ares even is multiplat from the start. But I don't expect it to sell much anywhere even on Switch.
The fact that this game follows up the story of previous games and the movies doesn't help much in attracting "new fans" as well while the gameplay and lack of monsters seems to be alienating to Yo-kai Watch's original fanbase.
Do you think that people are "angry" if they point out the massive decline of Mass Effect with Andromeda?
If this game gets localized in one way or another I expect both making it over. Either way I don't think Nintendo will bring it to the west so you are going to wait a lot more if it even comes over.
No, but there's legitimately a bizarre level of toxicity whenever they're brought up. It's fine to think they're mismanaged, but oftentimes folks in the threads are completely blind and treat even something like NNK2 as a bomb (it sold over a million copies :/).
They changed the roulette system for a grid based battle system. While I enjoyed the roulette in 1/2, 3's gameplay is more polished and strategic, with your Yo-kai positioning being pretty important as they can get combos or protect each other based on where they're field, special moves also now hit in specific spots of the field and you and the opponent can dodge them by moving in their turn.
Game is pretty sweet and full of content. The main story is maybe too long, but each chapter is unique enough to not feel like you're doing the same stuff over and over again like in Yo-kai Watch 1, and you also can pick between the two different main characters (Nate and Hailey) at any time and they live in completely different places with their different stories --- Nate in the USA going through adventures based on stuff like Tom Sawyer and the X-Files, while Hailey is in Springdale doing stuff like running a mystery agency and visiting the otaku district, etc.
Pretty fun, polished and full of content game if you're into these monster RPGs, but can't take the "slog" of YW1.
Would you say it's worth just skipping to 3 then?
I think my favorite bit of Yo-kai Watch mismanagement is Yo-kai Watch World. A mobile game similar to Pokemon Go where you explore your area, befriend Yo-kai and battle with them.
You can tell they wanted this to be a worldwide game because the game's logo was in English rather than Japanese (and YW has two different logos for both).
And yet after months of no news, we wondered what happened.
Turns out Level-5 were trying to find a publisher, and nobody bit.
This amazes me. You wanted to release game specifically for worldwide markets, and you didn't try to find a publisher until after its Japanese launch?! No wonder your company is burning.
You can tell they wanted this to be a worldwide game because the game's logo was in English rather than Japanese (and YW has two different logos for both).
And yet after months of no news, we wondered what happened.
Turns out Level-5 were trying to find a publisher, and nobody bit.
This amazes me. You wanted to release game specifically for worldwide markets, and you didn't try to find a publisher until after its Japanese launch?! No wonder your company is burning.
Yeah. 2 is pretty much an improved version of 1 so you'll just go through the same stuff all over again. 3 is much better and you aren't missing anything story wise.
PS4 exclusive = ATLUS is stupid
Switch exclusive goes multiplat = Level 5 is stupid
I think there's a common theme here