Disappointed in Youkai Watch

[KeluBehemoth]

Is this a joke?

They add an event that COMPLETELY BREAKS THE IMMERSION OF THE GAMES LORE in a game that is COMPLETELY DESIGNED AROUND FINAL FANTASY FAN SERVICE.

This just feels like a really cheap marketing campaign.

[Genaxx]

Don't take part then?

[FoxyAreku]

I'm only disappointed in it because yokai watch is a really lame anime to me.

But I guess if there's any fans of it kicking around the game they'll enjoy it.

[Snugglebutt]

The mount looks kind of silly but then again so do the ponies in this game which look like they are out of my little pony the cartoon...no one is forcing you to take part in the event. Feel free to just continue doing whatever else you want to do instead.

[KeluBehemoth]

Don't take part then?

Thats not the point.

The whole event and the items breaks the immersion of the game. I don't want to see the mount and the minions and the stupid items.

I understand people saying "Don't take part" and "Its not a big deal" but it really is a big deal. How long until we start seeing more crap like this? The ONLY reason that this is in the game is because Yoshi is good buds with Akihiro Hina (CEO and President of Youkai Watch).

Would you be happy if you bought the latest Call of Duty game and it had a level where everyone played as Bratz dolls?

[FoxyAreku]

Thats not the point.

The whole event and the items breaks the immersion of the game. I don't want to see the mount and the minions and the stupid items.

I understand people saying "Don't take part" and "Its not a big deal" but it really is a big deal. How long until we start seeing more crap like this? The ONLY reason that this is in the game is because Yoshi is good buds with Akihiro Hina (CEO and President of Youkai Watch).

Would you be happy if you bought the latest Call of Duty game and it had a level where everyone played as Bratz dolls?

If that's what you're worried about, don't be. There are so many ways you can already break the immersion in this game with glamour and silly mounts alone I don't think you'll even notice this.

[Nezerius]

I'm only disappointed in it because yokai watch is a really lame anime to me.

But I guess if there's any fans of it kicking around the game they'll enjoy it.

Or they're fans of the game that the anime is based on.

Though, I figure a large amount of the fans are on the JP servers, since the game's popularity can be compared to Pokemon's popularity in Japan.

[Shikiseki]

Is there something people will NOT be disappointed with in this game? Geez.

This is a crossover event to get something otherworldly to the game - basically a promotion yea (and yes, that was basically the Lightning, Dragon Quest and the FFXI event too!). It's a limited event anyway.
If you think fanservice breaks the lore, we wouldn't even have Bahamut/Alexander/All the past bosses because he's sort of "fanservice" too?

[Nalien]

Would you be happy if you bought the latest Call of Duty game and it had a level where everyone played as Bratz dolls?

I've never cared for Call of Dooty, but I'd pay good money to see that... That would be amazing, can we get a My Little Pony level as well?

As for "immersion", I cannot count the number of glamours/mounts/minions/etc. that I find stupid on one hand, there are just too many (really SE? You're adding Y'shtolas new outfit to the mog shop? Christ...). A quadraplegic can count the number of times I've actively been bothered by seeing other people enjoying said glamours/mounts/minions/etc. Nobody is forcing you to do this event, nobody is forcing you to look at this stuff, nobody is forcing you to play the Bratz doll level.

If they end up doing more stuff like this? I'll continue ignoring it, and they'll continue making extra money off it... I sincerely doubt Yoshida is doing this purely as a favor, much more likely the XIV team is finding some extra cash out of the arrangement... They kept doing the Lightning event, and I refused to even touch that out of disdain for that particular title, but those FATEs didn't upset me in the slightest... I don't even notice the Lightning glamours these days, and this will be no different... I have much more important things to get upset about in this game, like why the doors in Sylphlands don't open and close like the other beast tribe strongholds...

Really, the biggest issue here is that we still don't have a Bravely Second cross-over event... What the hell Yoshida, what the hell... You have time for cheap anime but not for a coup de gravy?! Mrgrgr... Guess an I am Setsuna cross-over is even lower on the priorities list...

[Rawrz]

Roleplay idea to keep your immersion. Go to the rising stones and never leave. Pretend you're a hermet or Rapunzel.

It's a silly event, but minions and mounts are just extras. The game ignores them from a lore standpoint. NPCs don't care if you're a fresh level 50 newb that friend referred your way to a Twintania mount.

Level 50 newb:*Rides up on Twitania Mount, clearly in npc's view. Dismounts, speaking to the npc.*
Npc: Travel into level 5 of the first coil to kill what awaits... psst it's Twintania.
Level 50 newb: *Mounts and Stares deeply into Twintania's gentle eyes.*...*Silence*... K bitch let's do this I need FCoB gear for my roleplay. Gotta get some nice clothes so i can erp them off me in style.