Picked up the Miracle Kiratts Yattemita Appli set.
It’s kind of a ripoff if you’re buying it just for the PriChan Cast. Because although the Mirai and Emo Appli look different, in the PriChan Cast they act exactly the same as the POM POM Skyhigh Dream and Million Flower Appli from the Mirai and Emo sets. But this set is currently the only way to get to hear Rinka on the PriChan Cast AND it’s more expensive than the other sets since there’s three. Plus another Rinka set might be released later since it doesn’t include her Magic Yattemita Appli.
But as far as the arcade game goes, these give three different color variations on Rinka’s SR, which is a pretty nice coord.
I thought I would take longer to get to this, but it’s a fairly simple toy as long as you have the instructions and I figured out most of it right away!
So here is a basic guide and my thoughts:
First of all let me say once again this thing is a beast. Here it is compared to some of my other Pri-Series toys, the PriPass (from PriPara Season 1) and the SmaSho (from Rainbow Live):
Both of which ironically have real cameras while the PriChan Cast doesn’t. But unlike these two, the Cast is really not that much of a smartphone toy and actually works much more like the Jewel Mics or most Precure toys.
As you can see above, the top left three slots are for inserting Appli, and the bottom right are flat buttons supposed to emulate a touch screen. Inserting Appli.... works amazing! It recognizes them before you even click them into place and I haven’t had a single misread yet! (If you have owned the Jewel Mics or Harp, you know why I’m so impressed.)
It came with three Appli, two of them which don’t even have QR codes and are just for show, and finally the Kiratto Appli which is necessary to use any of the Appli for coord change on the arcade game and may be one of the main reasons I bought this to begin with.
It also came with a holder for your PriChan ID, since mine was a first edition.
It’s kinda crap.
But one of the things they really like to advertise about the PriChan Cast is that it has a space to put your ID inside the actual Cast itself and...
It actually works pretty well. I’m surprisingly not that afraid of it falling out.
But of course when will I have my PriChan Cast with me at the arcade though? (Since the Cast itself does not interact with the arcade game, the answer is never.) But this is where I’ll be keeping my spare ID from now on.
Okay so now onto the actual function.
Like I said, it’s a lot like the Jewel Mics or Precure toys in which you set items and can hear different voices and play different mini games. For a toy like this, it has a surprising amount of functions. Of course the games are just like... choose a color. (Literally.) But.
After you complete a game, Mirai will tell you that some ridiculous amount of people watched your channel (like 100,000 people) and sometimes you’ll get Kiratto Chance. In which you are told you “win” a Kiratto Coord! Y... Yay?
Inserting the different Yattemita Appli from the separate sets you can buy mixes up the voices you hear and sometimes changes the contents of the game. If you have more than one of these inserted for different characters, it will be random.
So, here are all the functions and games I know of with the Appli I have....
PriChan On Air: Insert almost any Appli, slash the plastic ticket it comes with (what you thought you could use real ones like the show....), and press the Kiratto button and you’re “On Air” ooooh. This is what makes the Appli spin around (for real) and is basically the best part.
Dance Lesson: Press the button with play mark once. They somehow managed to make a rhythm game with one button and no screen! You’ll hear a song and have to copy the beats. You actually have to be pretty accurate to win. (If you lose however it only means 10,000 people watched your channel instead of 100,000 haa.. ha....)
Coordination game: Press the button with the play mark twice. Mirai tells you she wants a certain type of coord (fun, cute, etc.) and you have to pick the color. She pretty much agrees with whatever you pick.
Kiratto Chance: Press the button with the play mark three times. Then just press the Kiratto button as fast as you can to win.
Talk with PriChan Idols: Press the button with the yellow mascot once. You just hear some idol voices. You can’t hear anyone other than Mirai or Emo unless you have their Appli.
Fortune Telling: Press the button with the yellow mascot twice. This one varies greatly depending on what Appli you have in. For example Emo and Sara use sports and music respectively to read your fortune. Update: Anna uses stuffed animals!
Take a photo: You can’t take a photo. Uhh I mean press the camera button to hear some shutter sounds and some more idols talking depending on the Appli you have in.
And that’s basically it.
So, what do I think of it?
You know what..... I kinda like it.
Haha it’s certainly not high entertainment or anything but it’s kinda fun putting in the different Appli, watching them spin, and seeing what happens. Plus, like I said before, there is this weird retro charm to it with it’s clunkiness and gears.
But it’s also put together pretty sturdily and they definitely deserve some recognition for making a toy that... actually works. I would totally buy it for a kid in the target age group. I can see why they are pushing the advertising for this thing so hard: It looks dumb at first, but it’s actually kinda neat.
Do I think you should buy it?
.....Tough call. I bought it for the same reason I buy most toys like this: Because I plan on collecting the things that go with it. (In this case the Yattemita Appli, and I also wanted to unlock the option to use them for coord change on the arcade.) Depends on if the above matters to you, and how much of a diehard PriChan fan you are I guess.
A while back I accidentally broke my Nijinosaki glass which I was bummed about because I didn’t think I’d be able to find another one given it’s limited release but I manage to find another one recently! Hope I don’t break this one lol
