#mobile gaming hell

[namikala]

Finally started Senjyushi Rhodoknight and kind of sped through Part 1 of the story as had to go through it to unlock all the different functions of the game. Also didn’t feel like rerolling my first 10 pull of the gacha...

Anyway, went into this mainly for Springfield as he was my baby in the previous game but ended up really liking Marks (third pic)! Marks is the very first gun boy you accidentally summon. He’s such a good loyal puppy who constantly worries about you, his master~ :3 

So, Rhodoknight is set after the first game and it seems like most of the gun boys have gone back into their gun state? Anyway, you are at this military school and your roommate, Vivian, is acting a little strange. One day, she wanders out into a forbidden area of the school and is attacked. You try to save her and I think you pick up this stone (?) she was holding and you accidentally summon Marks (he’s your gun) and Marks saves you. The stone also leaves a rose emblem on your hand. Vivian, unfortunately, doesn’t make it. Like Two is Vivian’s gun and she wanted to be buried with him, but you summon him when you take hold of Vivian’s gun or something like that. Marks and Like Two don’t really get along at first as Like Two doesn’t really see you as his master.

And then there’s something about how modern guns are ‘ruthless’, so when they use their special skills, it takes a toll on your health and causes the rose emblem on your hand to bleed... This prompts Marks to constantly ask if you’re all right! The only way to heal you is to find an ancient gun as they are ‘noble’ and have healing powers.

So you go to find an ancient gun for help. You first encounter Charleville, who is all ‘I’m very in demand, so you need to make an appointment first if you want me to heal you’ .... Charleville does take you to where the other ancient guns are kept and you manage to summon Brown Bess/George. Brown Bess/George are different personalities of the same gun as Brown Bess in both British and American because he was used on both sides of the American Revolutionary War! XD George is Brown Bess’ American personality and is basically the Japanese stereotype of an American (?). He’s very friendly and all happy-go-lucky. He successfully heals you.

And then I think Jitte falls off a shelf or something and you accidentally summon him when you touch him! XD;; So now you have your starter team - Marks, Like Two, George and Jitte. They go back with you to the military school and chaos ensues as they try to adapt to having a human form!

One of my fave scene happens when you’re back at the school - Marks tells you how since he’s always been by your side (ever since he was just a gun), he can sort of feel what you feel so that’s why he worries about you so much~! He’s such a sweetie~! I love him!

I like Rhodoknight so far but the gacha is... orz

[namikala]

A quick look at Wind Boys!

I love love love how they let you choose whether you want to roll the gacha before reading the story or after reading the story!! I choose gacha first which is the second option (took this screenshot before I made my choice). This is the only game I've played so far that lets you choose this!!

You are allowed to reroll the tutorial gacha as many times as you want! Each roll is guaranteed to get two SSRs. The most you'll get is two though. It's written there in the instructions. And it also says that there is a chance of these two SSRs being duplicates. But in the six rerolls it took for me to get Mitsuyuki, I hadn't encountered any duplicates in the two SSRs I got.

And as mentioned, it took me six rerolls to get Mitsuyuki which wasn't too bad. (It took me almost 40 rerolls to get a character I wanted in another game that allowed rerolls in the tutorial...)

You can choose to play as either a female or male MC.

And after reading the first part of the prologue story, you're allowed to skip the rest of the prologue to read later! I really liked this too as I'm tired of games with really long prologue stories that you can't skip!

The 'club activity' part is completely automated (there doesn't seem to be an option to turn off auto??) and it's similar in a way to A3! and Ensemble Stars even though it looks different. The gameplay here is nothing really exciting. But then who really plays these types of games for the actual gameplay? XD;; The characters, card illustrations and story are more important, right?

What I've found rather cute is how there are notice boards (they give you several boards!) you can decorate with images of your fave cards.

And if you choose a specific region in Japan, the weather conditions in that region will be reflected on your home screen! (The circled part above.) I think that's a rather fun detail~! I randomly choose Hokkaido as that's where I last went when we could still travel...

And here's Mitsuyuki on my home screen~ :3

My first impression of Wind Boys has been quite positive so far. I like all the things they're trying that I haven't seen in other similar games, especially how you can sort of customize your tutorial experience a little~!

I'll get more into the story when work stops killing me... orz

And still have so many other games I want to try and Senjyushi Rhodoknight starts service in a few days!!

[namikala]

We finally have a release date for Wind Boys - 15 Nov 2021~!

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[namikala]

Noooooo!!!! Tenka Hyakken Zan is ending service on 16 Aug 2021!!! (2 days after my birthday) Why!?!? They just had a big 4th anniversary celebration and just introduced a new sword and now this??? (；д；)

I need to step up my efforts to get Kuwana to Kiwame Super/Transcended status before it ends...! And read all the stories related to the sword girls I like and make all the screencaps...

[namikala]

Yay! There’s finally an Android version of Pure Nista and it’s on QooApp~! I’ve really wanted to try this dress-up game for a while now as it looks so cute, but it was only available on iOS and it was region-locked... 

(I think I remember reading that you can download games from other regions by changing the region of your App Store or something like that? But I was afraid that would affect all the other games I’d downloaded from my local App Store plus I had put money into my account and was afraid I would lose that if I changed regions....)

Anyway, it really is super cute and you can dress up both boys and girls. (You can switch between them any time you want.) There are also currently 19 gachas that use points that you can get as log-in bonuses and from playing the Christmas event. So far the event has been pretty free player friendly~! I love these two kitty-themed gachas~! (Pic 3 &4) Oh, and for the point gachas, the first pull is completely free with the next five being discounted. I managed to get two SR items from my free pulls. (SR seems to be the highest rarity from the point gachas.) You can also choose whether you want to pull for boy or girl items. There are also items that can be used for both genders.

The main gameplay is dressing up your character and taking pictures for this sort of Instagram thing they have in-game. Unlike other dress-up games I’ve played so far, you can actually move your characters and their accessories and props about, angle them, enlarge them and move them to the background or foreground. You can also put multiple versions of your characters into the same picture!

Right now, in addition to the newbie log-in outfits and stuff, there are also h. NAOTO collab log-in bonuses~! I wonder if you get outfits and stuff as log-in bonuses each month... we’ll see, I guess!

[namikala]

State of the mobile gaming hell (28 Sept 2020)

Been a long while since the last one so let's do this!

On my phone

1st row: SINoALICE (International), Tenka Hyakken Zan, Touken Ranbu, Bungo to Alchemist

2nd row: DREAM!ing (will probably delete soon as no longer interested and it's basically stopped updating?), Yume100, AkaSeka, Stand My Heroes

3rd row: On Air! (ending service on 30 Oct 2020), Anidol Colors, A3!, EnStars Basic ver. (might delete as no longer interested)

4th row: Ayakashi Koimeguri, Black Star: Theater Starless, Kaikan Phrase Climax (might delete soon as losing interest), Ikemen Genjiden

5th row: HypMic A.R.B. (don't really play it much yet don't want to delete it yet), IDOLiSH7 (JP), IDOLiSH7 (TW), Meowtopia (called 'Cat and Construction' in Chinese and I'm guessing that there's an English version as it suddenly changed names on me on day and it showed me an English loading screen for a second before switching back to Chinese... I wish it let me switch languages in game...)

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On my iPad

1st row: Ayakashi Romance Reborn, Ken ga Toki (TW, it's been on extended maintenance for more than a year now and probably won't be coming back?? I should probably try playing the JP one instead. The TW one actually came out first, then it was put on maintenance and the JP one came out during that time), Half World Journey (TW, should play it more esp. since they've finally added the Japanese voices that they'd promised at the beginning!), A3! (TW)

2nd row: AkaSeka (TW), Yume100 (TW), Etokare (should either play more or delete), Love and Producer (TW, should play more)

3rd row: Ikemen Sengoku (TW, should play more), Stand My Heroes (TW), SINoALICE (TW), Fate/Grand Order (TW, should play more)

4th row: Cuisine Dimension (TW, food girls), The Tale of Food (TW, food boys but all Chinese dishes and there's apparently going to be JP version soon), Destiny Child (International, I actually quite like the art even if the girls are mostly drawn in a very fan-servicy way [this version is censored but there will be an uncensored version available from Tap Tap, I'm fine with playing it censored] and the stories are kind of fun, there are also some really cute boys.), Divine Princess Story (TW, will probably delete as it's getting boring now that I've basically reached the part where there's not much to do was a free player)

5th row: The Sims (I've kind of made versions of my RP ships in it~ :3c), Yanxi Palace (TW, it's the officially licensed game and it's actually more of a battle game than all those imperial harem dressup games that are all over the place, and you're supposedly able to change what happens in the main story. I will do everything I can to protect Empress Fucha! >_< She may be Empress but unlike your typical evil scheming empress in most court dramas, she's the complete opposite and this is actually historically accurate. [In history, she was the Emperor's soulmate and true love, and they were well matched in every way, so she remained his fave from the moment he married her till her early death from illness... His temperament was said to have completely changed after her death...] I could ramble about her all day, but I might leave that for another post. Anyway, she died in Yanxi Palace as she was basically too kind and gentle to survive in the backstabbing world of the imperial harem...), June's Journey, Pokemon Cafe

1st row: Toraware no Palm (TW, need to actually finish), Toraware no Palm Refrain (TW, same as previous comment!), Pokemon Shuffle (probably delete as lost interest), Zookeeper (same as previous comment)

2nd row: Ikemen Live (probably delete as it's been abandoned and will no longer be updated), Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (should play more), Girls Frontline (TW, deleted then redownloaded as felt like giving it another try...), IDOLiSH7 (TW, was intending to move my TW account from my phone to my iPad, but switching systems will cause me to lose all my stones, so was thinking of moving only after I've used up all my stones but then never ended up doing so... I think I might leave it on my phone as rhythm games are easier to play on a smaller screen)

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And that is all! I also have a list of games I might try... My games are still mostly otome with a few more general games mixed in?

And there aren't really many new non-dating sims otome games or announcements for new ones lately.

[namikala]

State of the mobile gaming hell, animated home screen edition w/ my biases, 3 of 3 (26 November 2019)

- Namu Amida Butsu Utena; Shaka & Ashuku (will replace Ashuku with Suiten as soon as he actually comes home...)  - Touken Ranbu; Ichigo - Stand My Heroes; Kaname - Ayakashi Koimeguri; Touichirou - Ensemble Stars!; Kanata - B-Project Kaikan Everyday; Tomohisa - Double Face; Masaharu

[namikala]

State of the mobile gaming hell, home screen edition w/ my biases, 2 of 3 (26 November 2019)

- Ikemen Genjiden; Tamamo - Ikemen Live; Yuzuru (Still endlessly recycling old events...) - Otome Yusha; Hughes - Hoshikare Days; my custom based on Tourabu!Ichigo (still no new events...) - Black Star: Theater Starless; Yoshino (homescreen character is random, kept pressing around till Yoshino appeared! He’s so small~! XD) - Yume100; Tinpla - Akaseka; Teika (he wouldn’t open his eyes no matter how much I pressed him..)