We think Nintendo of America's social media team need a refreshing hot beverage and then a lie down, as it's incurred the wrath of some of its 2.4 million+ Twitter followers once again. After teasing a disappointing but cute photo last week and underwhelming many, it's now given followers a demo and then rapidly taken it away.
Nintendo tweeted that a demo for Yo-Kai Watch would be released in North American today (13th October), before rapidly deleting that message and replacing it with a tweet confirming a release on 22nd October.
Predictably there was a mix of humour and what seems to be genuine annoyance in some followers' responses.
https://twitter.com/KandouErik/status/654056137617084416
Our advice to disappointed fans in North America is simple - be glad you're not in Europe where this title comes out in 2016!
Also funny in recent social media woes is Nintendo's upload of an "extremely spoopy trailer", not our typo, for Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. We say typo, or this could be an attempt at a meme (spoopy is a thing from Tumblr, apparently). We're not entirely sure. This is the same trailer we shared earlier in the week.
In any case, are you keen to try this Yo-Kai Watch demo out before the game's full release in November?
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Who runs the NoA twitter account, seriously?? Every week they screw over something. Dissapointment after dissapointment with those guys it's not even funny anymore.
The sad thing is: none of this would even matter if they had anything new to talk about these days. It's ridiculous that we haven't had any sort of relevant gaming news since E3, even accounting for the tragic event of Iwata-san's passing.
@ricklongo I agree. It has been WAY too quite. It's honestly quite saddening.
Yay! My kids are gonna be so excited to play the demo. It'll tide them over until the game comes out at least. For now, they've got Chibi-Robo Zip Lash, Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, and I have Corpse Party Blood Drive (Vita) until then!
Picture or it didn't happen.
Fatal Frame UK trailer mentions options for both English and Japanese voice overs ... while the NA trailer seems to have left that detail out
People overreacting on Twitter always makes me laugh.
Even if they have to wait until the 22nd, I'm still jealous due to being in Europe. 2016 is a long wait
I'm just glad there is a demo, so that I can see what all the fuss in Japan is about.
i'm happy about this demo. it's only a difference of a week. It could have been worse, like no demo at all.
Welp got to wait to 2016 anyway. Fatal Frame does look too spoopy to handle though. I guess we've got to thank Mr Skeltal for that and good calcium.
Didn't see the initial tweet so no hurt feelings here. Can't wait to finally play this game.
@ricklongo
I'm feeling the same, I'm very bored with Nintendo, no games, no announcements, nothing excited, just look at nintendolife main page, "amiibo storage", "indie blablabla", "game x delayed" "game y will skip wii u". 2015 worst Nintendo year since...I don't know...ever?
All companies I've ever worked for or dealt with value cheap labour over good labour. Who cares that your customers are getting bad service if that means you can buy another yacht. =)
Yeah...Im about as fanboyish as you can get with Nintendo but lately...Ive been wondering what's going on over there...I know this year has brought a lot of changes to the company but seriously it is beyond sad right now. 2015 has been a dark year for Nintendo fans. 3 of my majorly anticipated games were delayed: Zelda U, Starfox, and Hyper Light Drifter (which I know isn't Nintendo but still). C'mon Ninty! Pick it up!
Yup, still waiting for an european announcement. In the meantime, I shall play Tales of Zestiria on my PS4.
Refreshing hot beverage? You mean to counteract the effects of all the ice cold beverages they must be drinking lately? Nice.
Oh, and ditto @ricklongo
@AdanVC The same twits at Nintendo of America who deliberately understock amiibos and kill Club Nintendo prematurely before the rest of the world.
A boardroom full of hyperactive, drunken rhesus monkeys could run a better company than the yahoos and idiots at 21st century Nintendo. It's not that big a deal but still: is it that hard to get your dates correct before hitting the tweet button? (Must be.)
I suppose Nintendo of Europe either hates or doesn't care about us? Y'know, since we're neither getting the game OR the demo at any point this year. By the time it comes out over here, many people would have instead had a look at Let's Plays of the game on youtube and decide to opt out simply because that's enough for them.
I am definitely looking forward to giving the demo a try since I have been waiting for this game to be localised for what seems like forever. I love Level 5's games and this one in particular looks right up my alley.
Honestly they should have known that the date wasn't correct since the 13th was on a Tuesday and we almost always receive demos when the E-shop updates on Thursday which would put it on the 15th. There are some exceptions but not very many.
Lol, it seems like they screw up every week.
I'll check it out on the 22nd. I've always been curious about what the hype in Japan in regards to this game is all about.
Now I'll get a chance. If it's good, I may even pick it up. But if there wasn't a demo, I probably wouldn't even think about buying it.
@crimsontadpoles Wouldn't be an issue but it is because REGION-LOCKING! grrr shaking fist in impotent rage
Holy FU, this game SUCKS!
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