The king has returned.
Sweet Dream Prince Youkai. Long Live King Pikachu.^_^
The king has returned.
The king has returned.
Well at the beginning of the year I thought we were getting Z. Clearly they had other plans. Good plans from the look of things.
Minecraft going to truck along with Splatoon to be the new immortal Wii U duo until NX comes out. I imagine the Vita version will usually be higher, but the Wii U version will do just fine for itself.
Regarding Yo-kai Watch 3 launch, let me share my impressions from today at some stores.
- Even it was Yo-kai Watch 3 launch, it didn't feel like 2014 with Yo-kai Watch 2. The truth is that people seemed to be more interested about Pokemon Sun & Moon pre-orders, that started today. Specially the double pack might be sold out quite quickly.
Regarding Yo-kai Watch 3 launch, let me share my impressions from today at some stores.
- Even it was Yo-kai Watch 3 launch, it didn't feel like 2014 with Yo-kai Watch 2. The truth is that people seemed to be more interested about Pokemon Sun & Moon pre-orders, that started today. Specially the double pack might be sold out quite quickly.
- Still, two things must be said. Next week start the Summer Holidays for kids, and they last until the end of August. Also, Monday 18th is a national holiday, meaning that we have a three days weekend. Even first week sales might not be as strong as the second entry, decent drops on the following weeks should be expected.
- The other thing I wanted to check was Wii U. Splatoon Bundle is available everywhere I checked. And going by Nintendo's promotion I think at least they will supply enough copies during summer. Advertising at stores is like "we finally have Wii U, hurry up!". Wii U hardware might stay stable around 10k this summer.
- The Wii U games that they're promoting are 3. Of course Splatoon is the main. The other two are Mario & Sonic at Rio 2016 and Minecraft Wii U. Both games should sell well this summer holidays. Especially I feel that M&S at Rio are quite demanded (both 3DS & Wii U versions)
Couldnt Pokemon Go also have the opposite effect? Concidering how many that are gaming mainly on mobile in Japan, maybe they would be satisfied enough with that.I'm really interesting about Moon and Sun pre orders... will be fun to see. Too bad Pokémon GO is not out in Japan, it could have boosted Moon and Sun pre orders by a lot.
Japan is going to kill the Pokemon Go servers like no other.The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Pokemon Go is not launching in Japan to not hurt the launch of Yo-kai Watch 3...
Most likely they are trying to not kill the servers like they did that one time when Pokemon Bank launched.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Pokemon Go is not launching in Japan to not hurt the launch of Yo-kai Watch 3...
Most likely they are trying to not kill the servers like they did that one time when Pokemon Bank launched.
Couldnt Pokemon Go also have the opposite effect? Concidering how many that are gaming mainly on mobile in Japan, maybe they would be satisfied enough with that.
Couldnt Pokemon Go also have the opposite effect? Concidering how many that are gaming mainly on mobile in Japan, maybe they would be satisfied enough with that.
The 3DS is just sitting up above all hardware now and has been for days, and it hasn't done that since the launch of the NEW.
To be honest, I suppose 3DS is high due to the current discount (174.99 instead of 199.99), even if the size of the discount doesn't explain this kind of surge. Did 3DS have a specific deal during Amazon Prime Day? That, combined with the current deal, would explain its current ranking: Amazon tracks sales in their charts in such a way that deals effect don't wear off immediately hours after that specific deal has ended. In some cases, it takes one-two days before things go back to normal.
Pokémon games rising so much in the past few days (not just the upcoming Sun / Moon, but also Alpha Sapphire and X, which were both in top 40 at some point), and before Prime Day was definitely due to Go's massive launch and brand awareness's increase.
To be honest, I suppose 3DS is high due to the current discount (174.99 instead of 199.99), even if the size of the discount doesn't explain this kind of surge. Did 3DS have a specific deal during Amazon Prime Day? That, combined with the current deal, would explain its current ranking: Amazon tracks sales in their charts in such a way that deals effect don't wear off immediately hours after that specific deal has ended. In some cases, it takes one-two days before things go back to normal.
Pokémon games rising so much in the past few days (not just the upcoming Sun / Moon, but also Alpha Sapphire and X, which were both in top 40 at some point), and before Prime Day was definitely due to Go's massive launch and brand awareness's increase.
Because thats the sort of information you should use before making a statement like that. Pokemon Go is likely going to be far more popular in the states than it will be in Japan. This is not to say that it wont work out in Japan, just that the culture here in the states is more suited for Pokemon Go to thrive and spread wildly.
Some things to note iPhones? Way less popular in Japan. Do you remember when iPhones first released? If not, you can probably find data on it. So theres that, for one thing.
Next up is the working culture, America is way more relaxed giving people more time and freedom in the day to play games on their phones. Japan, on the other had, avery predictable times of day when people will most likely play pokemon go (see also: their commute home)
Same thing, smart phones across the board did not boom in Japan there has been a slow creep upward, but nothing like America at all
Both children and adults in Japan have a more structured day, and higher work ethic, lol, so they will likely play less, and focus their play to very specific times of day
Now regarding yokai watch Most play is being done by kids, parents at night time, and young men with part time jobs (very similar to America, you could say). Additionally, carrying your DS around is part of the culture and will result in streetpasses. Pokemon Go doesnt have this type of communal sense (at least not yet).
This isn't my statement, but she thinks it won't boom in Japan as you guys might think.
What do you think?
I really don't see this happen.
The hardcore Pokémon fans will always buy a new main Pokémon game, they surely won't be satisfied with GO. Any reasons they should?
Meanwhile, people who never played Pokémon will be very interesting now.
That said, i believe GO will have a way better effect in the West (expecially in USA) than in Japan, indeed i expect Moon and Sun to sell less than X/Y in Japan, but more in USA and Europe.
Sure, the hardcore fans will buy it regardless, i'm thinking more about people who are primarily playing mobile games and have moved to that instead. But we'll see. Maybe if it end up selling 300k-400k more than usual, then thats a good indication of a Pokemon Go effect. Hopefully it goes thisway instead of the other way around.It could, but honestly I don't think it would and then you have a convolution of how many casuals get roped in vs. how many people end up "satisfied". The games are very different. More over the more dedicated base would not be satisfied with GO but more like made thirstier by it. As I noted before, GO is what I think a "cross" media franchising for trying to rope in casuals would need to be like, not like the previous titles to enter like P&D which were... well, effectively identical. That is where you can end up with a "get your fill" scenario.
Not that I like it as a metric, but its been funny watching the Pokemon titles and the 3DS march their way up on the Amazon (US) charts after the launch of GO. The 3DS is just sitting up above all hardware now and has been for days, and it hasn't done that since the launch of the NEW.
is there any pics from Sun/Moon preorders start?
Yes. These are from Pokémon Center.
Sure, the hardcore fans will buy it regardless, i'm thinking more about people who are primarily playing mobile games and have moved to that instead. But we'll see. Maybe if it end up selling 300k-400k more than usual, then thats a good indication of a Pokemon Go effect. Hopefully it goes thisway instead of the other way around.
While it is irritating that we have to play this competition game here when Nintendo is helping out YW and PKMN at the same time, I have some interesting stuff I'd like to share.
My friend from Japan has something to say regarding Pokemon Go and YW3, I think it's pretty interesting to note:
This isn't my statement, but she thinks it won't boom in Japan as you guys might think.
What do you think?
Monster Hunter Generations its impact, wooooooo!The 3DS is just sitting up above all hardware now and has been for days, and it hasn't done that since the launch of the NEW.
oh. looks like mini solgaleo & lunaala is the preorder bonus this time, just like primal groudon & kyogre during oras
meanwhile, a recent ingress event in tokyo....
Yes. These are from Pokémon Center.
True, but it depends on what kinda fix people feel that they need. Seems that they are trying to make Pokemon Go to have lasting appeal at least.I don't really think Go provides that kind of fix since it's so different and "lacking".
Very thanks.
Looks like in all Rakuten, COMG, and Amazon Sun and Moon pre orders started very strong.
My friend from Japan has something to say regarding Pokemon Go and YW3, I think it's pretty interesting to note:
This isn't my statement, but she thinks it won't boom in Japan as you guys might think.
What do you think?
While it is irritating that we have to play this competition game here when Nintendo is helping out YW and PKMN at the same time, I have some interesting stuff I'd like to share.
My friend from Japan has something to say regarding Pokemon Go and YW3, I think it's pretty interesting to note:
This isn't my statement, but she thinks it won't boom in Japan as you guys might think.
What do you think?
Now we're talking about GO, it seems that japanese news are talking about it, and trying to guess the reason behind a western release before Japan. There are lots of theories. The first one is about they are using the west as an experiment, they were scared about the buzz in Japan and the problems caused by "arukisumaho" or walking while using the phone; so they decided a western release first to investigate how to deal with such problems. The other theory it's to counter the Brexit effect. It seems the government requested Nintendo to launch Pokémon GO as soon as possible. In fact, as we already know Nintendo market value climbed, and that caused a slightly improve on Japanese economy as well. They were joking with the Abenomics word, changing it to Pokémonomics.
So, Nintendo saving Japan and the whole world, it seems.
Maybe it launched in the west first because Niantic is an American company?
So, Nintendo saving Japan and the whole world, it seems.
I have actually heard the Japan economy dying at one point in the last couple of years.
I don't think Pokemon Go would be a priority for workers if it means their jobs are at constant stake.
Japan seems to be constantly busy.
So, Nintendo saving Japan and the whole world, it seems.
As usual, first the japanese market, then the whole world !!!
Ōkami;210341013 said:Combined preorders of Pokémon Sun / Moon at 294 pts.
Pokemon Go is great for everybody's QOL yeah.
Isn't that a pretty big difference between YW3 Sushi and Tempura? What's the difference between both that could cause this?