{"id":10178,"date":"2013-08-02T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=10178"},"modified":"2013-08-01T01:27:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T01:27:09","slug":"attack-of-the-friday-monsters-a-tokyo-tale-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/02\/attack-of-the-friday-monsters-a-tokyo-tale-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ATTACK_BOX\"<\/a>In the 1960\u2019s and 1970\u2019s, giant monster \u2018Kaiju\u2019 movies and TV shows were all the rage, not just in Japan, but all over the world. Guys in rubber Godzilla suits would tromp around city models while giant metallic Ultraman heroes would defend the people. But what if you lived in a town where the giant monsters and heroes seemed REAL? Well, in Attack of the Friday Mosnters! A Tokyo Tale, a downloadable title on 3DS, you play as Sohta, a Japanese 4th grader who just moved to a suburb outside of Tokyo in the early 70\u2019s. In this little burb, you\u2019ll meet new people, make friends, run errands, play monster card games and other childish shenanigans, and maybe even see a giant monster yourself!<\/p>\n

For a game with such an aggressive sounding title, this is actually a very passive, nonviolent game. As young boy Sohta, you\u2019ll travel around the small suburb, talking to people, playing games with the other children, and running errands to progress the story along. The map on the bottom screen helps let you know where to go next, so goals are always clear. Even when you don\u2019t have a marker letting you know where to go next, the town is so small that you won\u2019t have much ground to cover.<\/p>\n

The only really game-y aspect of this title is the monster card battles. You and the other kids play a popular card battle game featuring giant monsters. The game doesn\u2019t explain the rules very well, but it\u2019s so easy to figure out you won\u2019t have much trouble. It\u2019s just slightly more complicated than rock-paper-scissors, but involved enough that you may have to think a bit while playing. Just like how kids play, if you win, you get to be the leader of the loser and they\u2019ll have to do whatever you say. Which in this game, is to fall down on command. Victors of the card game can also get their \u2018servants\u2019 to divulge information they normally wouldn\u2019t. You can collect cards by gathering a certain number of sparkly \u201cMonster Glims\u201d scattered about the ground. If you get more than one of the same card, you can combine them to make a more powerful one.<\/p>\n

If there is only one problem with this game, it\u2019s that it\u2019s a bit short. But after you complete the main story, you can still play cards with your friends and talk with neighbors and collect new cards. If you have certain other Level 5 games downloaded on your 3DS, you can even unlock other goodies in this title, too! Needless to say, Friday Monsters is a very unique game. If you like quirky, low key titles like Chibi Robo or Animal Crossing, or if you just like giant monster movies (such as ones you\u2019d see on Mystery Science Theater 3000), you\u2019ll definitely want to download this one. It\u2019s like being inside an anime, or one of those \u2018Kaiju\u2019 films.<\/p>\n

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Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence. The only thing you\u2019ll see in this game is a giant monster and hero performing wrestling moves on each other. Your character doesn\u2019t get involved with any violent acts himself. Reading skill is a must, as everything is text based. Even when there are voices, they\u2019re all in Japanese. But it\u2019s a great and charming game about just being a kid, and even has a good lesson in the end. If your kids love Godzilla movies, they\u2019ll definitely want to download this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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