Sentences with phrase «like yokai»

Nioh also diverges by choosing an Eastern fantasy setting over a Western one, featuring demon - like yokai in feudal Japan and a host of Japanese weaponry, like samurai swords and chain - hook kusarigama weapons.

Expect (but don't quote me on this) details on many upcoming RPGs like Yokai Watch, Dragon Quest VII, and, of course, Pokemon Sun and Moon.

Both games combined have sold nearly 1.3 million in their week since release, showing that the Nintendo 3DS and Pokemon are still strong in Japan, despite newer games like Yokai Watch using a similar formula.

Not exact matches

He also found time to appear in grandpa roles in films like Takashi Miike's The Great Yokai War as well as lend his voice to the animated masterpieces Spirited Away and Wolf Children.

It features a lot of Pokemon like aspects in that you find and catch yokai to add to your team, but the battle mechanics for the game are more like the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series.

It's not too random or hands - off like the battling in Yokai Watch, but players don't have as much control as they would in Pokémon.

Attempting to capitalize on the extreme popularity of Pokémon and Yokai Watch in Japan, Monster Hunter Stories looks like the perfect way for both children and new fans in general to become familiar with the series.

As an outsider, William travels across the land of Japan, aiding the locals and tendering folded Japanese steel against the likes of fellow samurai, zombies, mythical beasts, and Yokai.

- New Super Luigi U (9 / 8/8 / 9, 34 points): Despite scoring it two points below Yokai Watch overall, Famitsu seemed to like Nintendo's latest well enough.

It wouldn't be surprising to see Fatal Frame released on the Wii U in the West some time next year, as that is exactly the path that smaller niche titles like Fantasy Life, Bravely Default, and Yokai Watch have taken on the Nintendo 3DS.

I like the designs of the characters and the yokai, but the illustrating and use of screen tone is haphazard, and sometimes what is supposed to be an action - packed sword, blood, and guts-fest turns out to be a grungy ink - smear.

For some of the regular titles like Bleach and Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, that meant 10 - 20 volumes of story just got bypassed.

Books like Alive: The Final Evolution and Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan need a book to get you introduced to the idea of the rest of the series — just, unlike Nura, the introduction is interesting.

But the kids in his class talk about yokai like they're bad!

For the most part, I think the yokai are handled fairly well, but would have liked translator notes on who and / or what they are.

What you can do in battle is unleash your Yokai's ultimate attacks, Soultimates, which you can execute by doing some sort of screen - tapping game, like «Tap the dots» or «Spin the circle».

Much like Pokémon, and probably influenced by Level - 5's Ni No Kuni, the Yokai you fight in battle can also be captured or «befriended» in order to make them do your bidding.

The game doesn't explain many aspects of Yokai training, like their types or their natures, instead letting you find out through minor characters here and there that you could easily miss.

There are interesting educational storylines, too — like one about your parents fighting (because of a miserable Yokai) and others about the importance of helping friends.

Supposedly infused with soft - serve ice cream flavor, this Yokai - Watch branded version of Tahato's Caramel Corn tastes like a sweeter, fluffier version of Captain Crunch.

The game is not geared towards kids (unlike something like, Yokai Watch or Pokemon) and there's a lot of reading with quests and missions that you kind of have to understand to be able to do.

Yōdanji (KEMCO, $ 4.99 USD)-- This cutesy rogue - like dungeon crawler tasks you with capturing and summoning various Yokai, then using those characters in your runs.

Upgrading the Yokai will benefit you in many ways, like increasing the potency of their special powers.

Thanks to the popularity of Jibanyan, there are even yokai like him.

Much like Pokémon, Yokai Watch has an impressive amount to present to its players — from its stunning visuals, to it's quirky (and sometimes a little strange) dialogue.

Nioh plays like a dream, with swift and challenging combat, while William has a diverse range of skills, gear and combat styles, and the environment can be changed during play by the Yokai.

Sourcing prevalent facets of modern Japanese culture like anime, Manga, and yokai horror films, Kenichi Yokono's meticulous carvings contrast rampant notions of globalization and consumerism with the overwhelming «cuteness» (or kawaii) found in his country's commercial vernacular.