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[minty-playhouse]

A Brief Primer on the Yotalien Games

((aka A post about their general plot/concept, content warnings, where to play and so on, before I make my huge post analyzing them lol))

So, the past two days I've been digging into the rabbit hole that's the four (five?) games in the Yabatanien saga created by Yotalien, and the plot is way more intricate than I first imagined! So, I wanna make a post detailing my finds and whatnot.

But what IS Yabatanien?

Well, simply put, it's a series of games where you find yourself inside a building, and need to save the girls trapped inside which are involved in all manner dangerous situations (often with gory results if you fail to help them). The games work "in turns" aka time only passes when you move from room to room/when you do certain actions, and sometimes certain traps are timed and you need to plan your movements proper.

On the surface, it feels very "RPG Maker gory game". If you're familiar with things like Witch's House, End Roll, Mad Father and so on, it has that vibe to it. But there's a bit more to these games than what you may think!

At a glance, the first three games in the series don't seem connected, but once you start paying attention to the names of certain girls you save, you will notice some of them show up in all three of them. The fourth game makes it very explicit that all three happen in the same timeline though.

OK, but what's the plot of these games?

Now that's a little trickier, because the story has a lot of layers and turns, but in general, without giving away spoilers (the "main" objective is to try and save all girls):

Yabatanien (aka Trapped Girls): You're in a mansion and need to save a group of girls that are trapped there, under the threat of many traps and perils. Your main goal is to find a way to call for a rescue helicopter to take all the girls away. There's a zombie type monster that threatens the girls as well.

De:Yabatani: You're in a far more complex building, where clearly experiments and such take place. The main goal is to grab the girls and escape with them via the zipline you find at the rooftop. There's also a strange monster in the basement.

Acid Girls' Escape: You find yourself in a building with many mechanical/moving parts, and the goal is to escape via the train that runs through the basement. Lot's of teleportation/weird medical devices are all over the place.

Trapped Girl X: You're back at the mansion from the first game, and the teleportation machines connect it to the building from the second game. Pretty much all the girls you rescue are plot relevant this time around (in the previous games a lot of the girls are mostly "body count").

All games have multiple endings, depending on what you do/who you save!

Wait, you mentioned a fifth game!

Yes, the games have some really heavy topics once you start digging more into the plot, besides the pixelated gore. Here's a list of the contents I've spotted (there could be more, but from my research of the game this is what I've seen/experienced so far):

Well, yes. But that one is more of a sidestory of the third game focused on an specific character, and if you don't know the plot it's not really worth talking about (and even if you know the plot, that one still left me a bit confused). So i'm not gonna get into details about it.

Alright, but about those content warnings...

Child abuse (physical/psychological)

Cannibalism

Demon possession

Unethical/immoral genetic experimentation

Inbreeding/Incest

Murder (outside of the game's bloody traps)

If you need a list of the warnings for the gore, some of the things that happen in game are: exploding bodies, being melted by acid, being eaten alive, various forms of dismemberment, teeth/eye pulling, drowning, electrocution, falling to death from high places...

Kidnapping

Religious blasphemy (not too overt but it's there)

Yes, the game is very Dead Dove and it's not the easiest sit if you're squimish.

I'm not squeamish though!! Tell me where to play these!

Ok, ok!!

The first three games, you can play both on mobile and on Switch (where I played most of them).

If you search Yotalien games on the app store/apple store, you can find them pretty easily. The first and fourth games are free to play, while the second and third (+ the sidestory) are around 4$ each.

On the switch, the first two games were released as a single pack for around 7-8$, while the third, Acid Girls Escape (along with the extra sidestory) is sadly a Japan only release (but you can, you know, acquire it through other means cough cough).

I highly recommend playing the first three (+ the sidestory) on the switch for the higher resolution and slightly better UI. But the games are virtually identical. They're all also in full English, both on the swith and mobile (there are some grammar mistakes here and there in the fourth, but nothing too egregious).

So yeah, I hope I picked your interest with this post and that you find yourself pulling your hair at the puzzles and trying to figure out how to get all endings lol Happy gaming!

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[zombie-dumplings]

De: yabatanien is on sale on the Japanese eshop.... not by much, but enough that I'm really tempted to buy a japanese eshop card so I can buy it. I played the original on my phone sometime ago, but from what ive seen the switch version has an updated ui as well as a sequel of sorts??? I'll probably end up getting it at some point during the week

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[minty-playhouse]

Playing the fourth game in the Yabatanien series and trying to piece together the plot of all four games feels like this:

[superchat]

Oh fuck yabatanien-chan!!!

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[minty-playhouse]

Heyo!

I'm finally back home from visiting my parents, and I'm hyped to make cooler, longer posts for you guys once next week starts (I need to take the weekend off to decompress and whatnot lol) but I got some hella nice things planned, so stick around for that!

Mainly, I'm gonna make my Yabatanien lore exploration/explanation posts and also work on that one big Who project I've been cooking that I'm sure will get you guys hyped!

Can't wait to get back in the saddle with more frequent and substantial posts hehe...

[zombie-dumplings]

So a few months ago I tried ordering some japanese eshop cards from playasia, but when I tried it wouldn't let me. I didnt know if it was an issue with the site or maybe my bank blocking the transaction so I gave up. Just now tho I got curious and tried it and it worked??!! Yes!!! I can finally buy De: Yabatanien!! And anything else from the japanese eshop lol.... tho I'm limited to only English.... I need to hury up and learn japanese

[gamingmorningshow]

Each show around 6:25 a.m. Pacific, we head to the newsroom for the Gaming Morning Show Morning Gaming News.

November PlayStation Plus games and new PlayStation Plus Collection details | https://blog.playstation.com/2020/10/28/playstation-plus-collection-details-revealed-your-november-playstation-plus-games/

Microsoft is funny | https://www.gameinformer.com/gamer-culture/2020/10/28/microsoft-is-giving-away-an-actual-xbox-series-x-fridge-to-outmeme-the

Chris Lee departs 343 Industries Studio | https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/10/28/343-industries-studio-head-chris-lee-departs-the-company-following-halo-infinite-delay

OUT TODAY Pacer | PS4, Xbox One, PC Watch Dogs Legion | PS4, Xbox One, PC Crimzon Clover: World Explosion | Switch Yuppie Psycho | Switch Barbearian | Switch De: Yabatanien | Switch Wallachia: Reign of Dracula | Switch Red Rope: Don’t Fall Behind | Switch #Halloween, Super Puzzles Dream | Switch Super Puzzle Pack | Switch Detective Puz | Switch TramSim | PC Teardown | PC Stirring Abyss | PC

NAME OF THE MORNING: Diamond Girl An Earnest Education in Love [Switch]

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