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Hello All, this is my review. The slow plot sets up a long list of tutorials that never seem to end. The game is constantly adding things for you to do or improve your Yo-kai throughout the game. New game modes (not necessarily new to the series) and enhancements constantly keep you moving forward. The game does have a not so great over arching story. It's not that the story is not great, it's just not presented well, or early enough. You play through "episodes" in the game. Each episode not really having it's own story, just a giant check point that you hit after a rather long line of fetch quests. Expect every person to have 1 or 3 things for you to do before they will unlock what you need from them. Main story missions require that you meet a certain number of specific missions prior to advancing. I played the demo, and liked Blasters. I bought the game, to find out that it took me 6 hours to get to the check point that unlocked Blasters mode. Beginning of episode 3, and it really just tosses it to you, only mode that really isn't unlocked with a mission. It's like, oh, by the way, here's this. Blaster's is also a local play, offline mode only. I was hoping for online with this, but looks like that will never happen. As a 35 year old man, I'm not thinking many of my friends are going to buy this to play with me. The game is incredibly adorable though. Cuteness oozes even from the ooziest enemies. The graphics style does a great job of making you feel like your apart of a world. Just try not to get lost in the trains between towns, a needlessly long journey to Grandma's house I created for myself. You eventually unlock fast travel though, making it super convenient to get around later in the game. Early on though, expect to be huffing it every where. The battle system could have been better if the mini games you played had been more plentiful. You will repeat the same 4 or 5 mini-games throughout your play through. The over-world Yo-kai never really present much of a problem, their knocked out rather easily. Online battles are a completely different story, and I suggest you save doing those until your 20 hours or more into the story. They don't separate you from high ranks, so you can get clobbered early game when you unlock it pretty easily. Though, even a loss nets you some battle points (BP), looking at the more costly items, your best bet is to use that precious time improving your Yo-kai rather than grind out 10 BP a match on a total loss. Other than the BP, nothing else is gain, so don't think this is an easy way to level up your Yo-kai. The Yo-kai befriending (catching) aspect does need some work. You have this nice Medallium (book with a list of Yo-kai you have seen/befriended), it doesn't say the best way to catch the Yo-kai is. You can feed Yo-kai food to increase your odds of becoming friends, but the book doesn't bother to say what food they like. Some give hints (some of which are really bad hints) while others say nothing at all, and you have to guess or just hope you can get it without food. It'll take you a while to unlock all 387 Yo-kai. The game is teetering on fun and boring. A better combat system versus A.I. and a better way of knowing which Yo-kai like what, would go a long way to make it feel like you have the skill to gather these guys, rather than it being random and a simple battle. A good online battle system is what makes the game worth it. If you like PvP, the grind to get there is worth it. If you just want a solo adventure, you can do better else where.