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A thread discussing anticipation for upcoming mobile game releases popped up on 5ch’s Newssoku VIP board. The thread starter revealed they were currently playing Monster Hunter Outlanders, and participants chimed in with a string of unannounced or unreleased titles, including Astraeo Ratio, Azur Promilia, Castle of Silver, and Ame Nochi Hare Onna (lit. “Rain, Then Sunny Girl”). At the same time, some who’d actually tried the games called them “underwhelming,” and gripes about existing titles like Mahjong Soul and Fate/Grand Order (FGO) also surfaced, highlighting the gap between hype and reality.
What people said
Haven't seen you start a thread in forever, huh?
(っ´ω`c) I've been grinding Monster Hunter Outlanders nonstop. Actually, I've started a few threads this week
(っ´ω`c) Someone recommended it in a thread and I got hooked. Let's play together once it's out, okay?
(っ´ω`c) Dunno-wunno, no clue! (a nonsense rhyming way of saying "I don't know")
(っ´ω`c) I think you should just push forward with the story and clear quests as you go
(っ´ω`c) Wait, wait, wait. Is it even worth 30,000 yen?
(っ´ω`c) A fox-eared loli? I looked it up… you mean Tamamo?
(っ´ω`c) I quit. Quit it. What about you?
Yesterday I blew all my gacha stones — 50 pulls' worth — and didn't get a single rainbow-rarity unit, so I was able to quit clean and simple lol
Tried Monster Hunter but it gives me motion sickness…
(っ´ω`c) Hey there, Holo-san
Hey, hello
Pomi-kun, you should play mahjong too
The right move is to quit once your favorite character drops, your character building stalls out, or you run out of gacha resources
(っ´ω`c) Gacha pulls in mobile games are fun, right? Honestly we're playing these games just to pull gacha
(っ´ω`c) Hello. I don't think I'll get into German-style board games (Eurogames), since I can't be bothered to learn the rules
With Holo Jan, there are plenty of assist features, and you can play CPU matches with no time limit
Not just mahjong — with board games in general, learning the rules is a hassle at first, but once you've got them down they rarely get rebalanced, so you can keep playing for life
The only real plus was PS4 controller support
Guess Monster Hunter really is best on console
(っ´ω`c) Seriously? Well, I guess that can't be helped then
I can't post anymore 😭
(っ´ω`c) That's rough, not being able to see you anymore
(っ´ω`c) If you had fun up until the service ended, wasn't the money well spent?
Data-breach notice emails keep pouring in
and now I can't even post here 😭
(っ´ω`c) DM me on X! Then we can talk!
I left a heart (liked) on Pomi-kun's X post this morning
Eating sweet potato
What's a DM 😭
I don't do DMs
they're scary
Oh, it's from Kagoshima! First time hearing that
With butter it's kind of like sweet potato pie?!
Looks tasty
You can see how often you've been winning hands lately from your speed stat — I'm usually around 40, but I spiked up to 70 and then hell mode kicked in and dragged me all the way down to 0
It's a game where you can't win without winning hands, so building the best tiles I could turned out to be pointless — in the end, whether you win or lose is basically up to the developers' whims
Let's jump ship to Holo Jan
(っ´ω`c) Let's play Nyan Soccer (a cat-themed soccer game) instead
I lost — mine were only 3 points 😭
(っ´ω`c) Mine was 31
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Many thread participants expressed anticipation for unreleased titles, including the Monster Hunter spin-off Monster Hunter Outlanders and the new title Azur Promilia, while posts from people who had actually tried the demos rated them as “underwhelming” — highlighting the gap between hype and hands-on experience. The thread also carries a notably cool-eyed take on existing popular mobile games, with complaints about Mahjong Soul’s matchmaking system and reports of people quitting Fate/Grand Order’s gacha. One point readers may easily misread: the thread’s original poster is an anonymous user who has long posted under the same character icon/handle on the VIP board, and does not refer to any specific real person.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (Newssoku VIP) thread “(っ´ω`c) Pomi-pals, which upcoming mobile games are you excited for?“
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