Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble

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Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble
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Official artwork
Developer(s) NHN PlayArt Corporation
Publisher(s) Level-5
Series Yo-kai Watch
Platform(s) iOS
Android
Release
  • JP: October 21, 2015
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player

Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble [lower-alpha 1] is a mobile puzzle spin-off title to the Yo-kai Watch video game series. As announced on April 2, 2018, the English versions of the game permanently shut down on May 31, 2018. [3] [4]

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Gameplay

A screenshot of the player fighting Komasan (left) and Komajiro (right) on the first special stage of the game. Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble screenshot.jpeg
A screenshot of the player fighting Komasan (left) and Komajiro (right) on the first special stage of the game.

Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble is a puzzle game and sees the player matching 2 or more matching Wib Wobs (Yo-kai) to make bigger Wib Wobs, which, when popped (clicked), deal damage, with the damage depending on the size of the Wib Wob. [5] Every Yo-kai has a Soultimate meter that increases every time a Wib Wob of that Yo-kai is popped. When the Soultimate meter is full, the Yo-kai can perform a "Soultimate move", which will aid the player in battle in some way. [5]

The game would also often hold events that would feature unique characters, locations, and or items. [6]

Development

The Japanese release of the game was first announced on April 7, 2015 [7] at a product presentation held at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. [8] The game was later delayed from summer 2015 to October 2015. [9] The English release of the game was first announced later on March 11, 2016, by the game's publisher, Level-5, via a trailer on the official Yo-kai Watch YouTube channel. [10]

Reception

Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, receiving a 61/100 score on review aggregator Metacritic. [11]

In a review for TouchArcade, Chris Carter criticized the game's story, difficulty, and the Spirit feature, a feature that makes the player need to wait before they play levels (which can be bypassed by spending in-game money), however, he praised how the game "captures the essence" of the original TV-show and how the game rewards skill. [13] Gamezebo's Rob Rich praised how the game's characters were "adorable", the amount of Yo-kai to unlock, and how progression "never stops", but criticized the gameplay for being confusing and also noted that the game's difficulty increases early in the game, making grinding necessary. [12]

Sales

On March 11, 2016, the Japanese release of the game, Yo-kai Watch: Puni Puni, was the 28th top-grossing app for iOS in Japan. [10] In December 2016, the English releases of the game surpassed 1 million downloads. [4] In March 22, 2017, the game had achieved over 10 million downloads worldwide. [14] As of January 2019, the Japanese release of Wibble Wobble had surpassed 14 million downloads since its launch in October 2015. [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Released in Japan as Yōkai Wotchi Puni-puni (Japanese: 妖怪ウォッチ ぷにぷに)
  2. ↑ Based on 6 reviews. [11]

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