i was convinced by the Nikke community server to play it back in November, i downloaded and tried it and it's actually kind of good xd currently at level 70-something and 25k power, i think but dang, i shouldn't have dismissed it as a "coomer weeb gacha game" D: i regret that
I was one of them who dismissed Nikke of being that "haha shooter with waifu ass" game and only decided to try after my friend insisted on me trying right before the 1st anniversary Red Ash event, little did I know I was in for a fucking ride
The Nikke national motto. "Play for the jiggle, stay for the fun" Edit: just want all to know, it's not about the Nikke we've had along the way, but jiggles we made
@@AlexGonzalez-ys9uc yesn't The actual 3rd anniv itself gave 20 pulls, definitely not good, but not that bad either ig. Also, every New Chinese Year, they also give free 10 pulls, but this time they add additional 3. So why the three pulls becomes so important? Because that is about dev *appreciation* towards players, basically said "as a thanks for playing this game for all these years, we gave you 3 pulls". That's what makes a lot of genshin players rage, all of their (players) support toward the game were worth only THREE pulls.
Exactly, like the overclock mode. Instead of just putting it in, they made it a limited beta first for all players to test out. Now theyre trying to improve it based on the feedback. Tons of quality of life changes with every update
I am willing to pay money for this game (well just the monthly login rewards thing at least) just to support these people cause they really be putting our money into good use I even got a reply from the Devs themselves (or was it the NikkeEN subreddit), calling me a "loyal king" by just keeping Rapi in my squad in the campaign until late game
If you show genshin players the nikke anniversary they will say you are crazy 😂. We complains red hood is meh and they immediately buffed her to became the most op char of the game. If you once play destiny child you will know shiftup is absolutely gigachad. The only thing restricts them is that this game is r12+
Nikke also just gave us 2024 gems earlier this week. Keep in mind, this was after they showered us with gifts for the 1.5th anniversary AND gave out 10 free event banner pulls at the start of the current event.
I think one of the most crucial factors to Nikke success is the way they handled the very first few months of the game. Being complete honest the game was very rough... very time consuming, grindy, not optimized and "sketchy" but you know what good thing it had? A good Main and Side stories to tell, and it had A LOT of stories to tell. Their strategy of keeping their players engage with good story telling WHILE they were polishing and fixing the rough edges was absolutely clever. I definetly would not have stayed with Nikke if it didn't have a good story from the beginning, but after year and a half I'm happy for the game and it's community :)
Nikke had quite the rocky start - massive damage nerfs due to BP deficits which gatekept progression, expensive pulls relative to cost, loading screen crashes, the first event (NO CALLER ID) with a hard mode that was nigh unplayable even for day one players, limitations of vertical screen etc. The first X'Mas event was what convinced me that Nikke had what it takes to keep going. From Anne's heartwarming story, to the actually fun minigame that wasn't RNG-based, click to progress like the previous ones, to the first interactive map we had, Miracle Snow had it all. Then they reduced the damage nerf from BP deficits, the PC client came out, the main story legitimately got better into Chapters 12 and beyond, they made an actual playable NPC for a one day April Fool's event, Overzone coming in with one of the best stories I've seen in a mobile game, players getting at least 10 free pulls every event... Nikke just kept giving and giving. The reason I play it avidly is because ShiftUp has proven to me that they care about their customers - far more than Mihoyo, Nexon, and Lasengle etc have.
Agree with all except the Nexon part. Well technically not Nexon but the Blue Archive developers themselves. Blue Archive basically have the same pipeline as Nikke does. Launch is shit game was almost EOS then a certain bunny girl gave them a lifeline and after that they listened to the community. What I'm trying to say is ShiftUp and BA devs deserved their flowers.
@@FrizFrozThe have different producers, but Cai Haoyu would be the main reason why Genshin rewards are so lame in comparison to HSR, David Jiang is the actual producer of Star Rail and guess what, he assumed as Honkai Impact 3 producer after Cai Haoyu (Actual Genshin producer) left that same role (Yes, he was in HI3 too) and the funny part is HI3 rewards where mediocre until Jiang took the lead, and since he is the producer of HSR from the very beginning is normal that HSR rewards would be FAR BETTER than the shitty genshin ones, just because Cai Haoyu levels of greed are unmeasurable, in fact, Haoyu is the responsible that China gets an exclusive PS5 slim bundle that gives you "one skin selector" for "free" (from the new ones of Ganyu and Shenhe), and the fact is China is where the 70%+ of genshin profits is so if they treat their most profitable community like that, is no wonder why the rest of the world is shit in their eyes.
Something that i like about nikke is their events and bonds side storys. Sometimes could be a goofy side story that is very enjoyable and sometimes it can be a really well written story like overzone and the fist christmas event.
What I love from NIKKE is the storyline is top notch and interesting to follow. The main character (commander) really had a personality and not just being a "yes man", he even denied his superior and followed his own ideals at some point. The equipment farming takes so much time, but the progress is measurable, unlike some "artefact" things that probably won't get any better after a whole month of farming because my luck is shit.
Also, NIKKE is probably a gacha game with the best prologue I ever seen. I don't believe how much emotion in the tutorial story alone, and how that feelings became our "burden" in dozens chapter ahead
oh you HAVE to play snowbreak: containment zone then. the adjutant is an even better character spoiler he starts going out of his way to kill people as the story progresses. I've never seen anything like that in any other gacha game ever, it's amazing
20 free draws from each bi-weekly event alone and another 10 just for logging in. Than we have Genshin... "thank you for being for us all of these years, here's 3 wishes"
the FOMO part of the video made me think about how i was rather unsatisfied having missed the 1st valentines event (since my fav character is soda) but i'm rly glad its being added during the next maid event :)
Yep I missed out on it too because I started playing RIGHT at the end of the maid event (Although I did get Soda to core 1 right off the bat but only got Cocoa once lol).
The moment the red hood update dropped and i was in the discord channel with 100 people from around the world where people streamed their pulls was one of the best gaming experience i had in my whole life. the community is extemely welcoming and nice
@@aar5225 She's in the permanent pool now, however, she's a Pilgrim which means a lower chance to get her because there's other Pilgrims in the pool. If a new player re-roll, it's definitely possible to get her and start with her but get ready for a long re-roll session unless you're lucky. Seeing that Modernia was re-run, there's a possibility that Red Hood will have a re-run with her banner at the 2nd Anniversary which will be on November 4.
@@aar5225 She is also already in pilgrim mold, so there is a chance to get her thru that too. I missed the last RH during the event and managed to MLB her later with the pilgrim mold. Maybe the 2nd Anniversary is either her banner is re-run like modernia or higher rate like winter rupee/winter anne. However, as she is a permanent pilgrim unit, it is more likely that they will rerun the banner parallel with the 2nd anniv unit, people will always want the most broken unit on the game after all, and if somehow in output she becomes powercrept, that flexibility to burst anytime is still worth it.
@@hunt7533 dayum thanks, i was worried it was gonna be some limited character like some alternative versions, actually are alt characters getting re runs or forever locked off?
It's really nice to have developers who actually listen to player feedback and give generous rewards. Glad to have you in this community too, you helped expedite my understanding of Nikke through all of your video guides.
Every words touches me, and verbalize why i like Nikke. Never played gacha before, Nikke is my first, started playing only 2 weeks after anniversary and been attracted every since. Tried to venture into other gacha, but the gameplay, UI, graphics was just nothing near and just felt like copies with different skin. And your bootcamp series let me appreciate and understand the mechanics of the games even more. ^^
@@HavLnt punishing gray raven is pretty good, but after a while, i feel like i was stuck at a certain level and it seems to take a ridiculous amount of time to progress. But maybe that's just me.
@@fardan5049 I wouldn't say it takes that much tike tbh, but fair enough. Just play what you like and don't feel forced to play something you don't like
I love this game so much. Everyday i actually feel like my characters are becoming better and better, compared to other games i play where it might take weeks for some kind of change. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and i just love the game for making me feel this way. Also, great video! love your content, your videos are one of the biggest parts of my experience with nikke!
Awesome video, completely agree all with the points you've made. In addition to the community aspect, can't forget about all the memes that have become so engraved in the community (looking at you Doro). Congrats on the great work and channel growth so far, here's to more Nikke content in the future!
The devs of Nikke and SHIFT UP in general are incredibly based. The launch of NIKKE may not have been too outstanding but the developers really took onboard player feedback and went above and beyond to improve the game. I'm really happy with the daily loop of NIKKE currently and the content being delivered each patch. Thanks for the video, it was great.
I started just last year with the Nier crossover, since I love that franchise. I intended to drop it since I had never played a gacha game before, and didn't really have much interest. I quickly changed my mind when the story pulled me in, and someone told me to play OverZone, and that was it. Still playing today, and have lots of units, and have only spent money on a couple of the passes. What keeps me around really is the story. The writers for the game are (usually) great.
Its rare to find a channel on youtube who isn't essentially taking a jab at nikke because "pretty women = bad game" then being surprised its actually really good. Shift up knows their audience and listens to its players, they reward us for our loyalty and we give back just as hard, ive yet to see anyone aside from the casual gacha gamer, or people who have hoyo brainrot complain about nikke, the community is incredible, which says alot considering alot of other gacha games have a community that is at each others throats every other day. Im a prereg player so I've seen this game go from its super rocky beginnings where everything was kinda falling apart daily, to where it is now and its been a wild ride but im here for the long run, hopefully we'll all see each other on the 2nd, 3rd, 10th anniversary of nikke.
My dude, you're playing the game. The amount of fanservice is what keeps me away from touching this game. I would like to play it, honestly, the game itself seems good, but God, there's too much sex appeal.
One thing I love about Nikke is how the devs really put time and effort into the characters, not only the designs and animation but also their personnality. Big things like events are a great intorduction to the characters, but they also have unique Blabla messages, small scenarios in buildings and advise sessions for each Nikke and it really helps give more life to the waifus ! It's just a "simple" gacha game (not an open world like Genshin), but Shift Up still take the time to give a character to the Nikkes. As someone who plays for the collection rather than the meta, it feels even more satisfying to know that I don't just pull for a design :) That and also the fact that I can have a team of very low tier Nikkes and still progress the game very well, Aria and Julia may not be the most powerful but they will always stay in my team
@@daniellxnder I beat chapter 21's boss with them and now I'm at the final stage of chap 22 ! I don't care how long it takes, I just want to have them in my team lmao
The fact that characters enter the standard pool after their rate up is really insane. It mean that the rate up banners can give you good characters even when you loose 50/50. As someone who play Nikke, Genshin and Honkai, well in Hoyoverse's games when you loose your 50/50, you end up getting mostly trash characters from a really small pool. For example, when you loose 50/50 in Genshin you can get either : - Qiqi, Dehya or Diluc who are either bad or powercreep, - Jean, Mona, Keqing, Tighnari : average characters, you can be happy to get them once, but you most likely will cry when you will get your third Mona while wishing for Furina's banner. On the other end, in Nikke when you loose 50/50, you can get mostly anything that is currently available in the game. On Scarlet Black Shadow banner, i had a "bad luck" and end up pity her. But in the process, i got regular Scarlet, Red Hood, 2 Litter and some average Nikkes. So, as a new player, more than half of my failed 50/50 improve my account with really good characters, and the other at least give me new characters for collection. In "Gennshin terms", it would be like if i got Nahida, Raiden and 2 Kokomi on Furina's Banner. Pretty insane (and yes, i know that it was lucky, but you still will get strongs characters over time when loosing 50/50 in Nikke). Of course for veterans players who got everything in the game except the new rate up, loosing a 50/50 is bad in Nikke, but at least it's really great for new players to catch up. I'm playing for 5 weeks as a total F2P, and i already got every meta characters. My main problem right now isn't that i don't own the strongest units in the game, it's that i don't own the ressources to build them because you end up getting strong characters faster than you can build characters.
Actually that's what "rate up" means in my opinion. Rate Up in Genshin is not a real rate up, it just means your character exists in this banner, but the percentage to get that character is half of the default one. Meanwhile rate up in NIKKE means this character has a higher chance to obtain, more than the default percentage.
Just regret not downloading this last year cuz my phone cant handle the size of it😅 and i forgot about it cuz changed my phone but bro thx for always the tips you give really help me out as a new player for example about the things i really need in the late game and different kinds of tactics keep up the good work 🙏 Lmao infected some of my friends to play this and they liked it 🗿🗿
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you. I started playing in November in the middle of the Red Hood event. Like most I didn’t think the game had a lot of substance until I got to mid game and hit a bunch of walls. I wanted to break through so started looking for guides on how to get better and found your videos! They have been so helpful in not only making me a better player, but also in unlocking the true greatness of the game. I’m still only 2/5ths of the way through the 160 wall. But yesterday I beat my first special interception in Chatterbox! (Dorthy 1⭐️, Centi 2 ⭐️, Scarlet 0 ⭐️, Modernia 0 ⭐️, and Naga 1 ⭐️) And I am currently pushing the 2nd most damage in my Union with the people around me having 30-40k more attack rating! Thank you for the help, I wouldn’t be enjoying the game or finding so much success without your instruction. Your videos are always SSS tier and the time and effort you put into them is always appreciated. Looking forward to future content. And man I hope I don’t find myself on the wrong end of Futamilk. Now in more ways than one!
As an addict to the game, I stick around for the music/story/animated scenes/cute characters, the gameplay is great too, but hearing Cosmo slam another banger of a song keeps me around. P.s, I seen that Overzone clip, I won't spoil it but damn..
I feel this on a spiritual level, i think even now after starting the game on day 3 of the release week, i still haven't gotten full Pilgrim Attacker gears.
For me the biggest problem of the game is MOLDS Like for example piligrim molds you can have a few only via tower and I got something like 2 piligrims, 3R and 3SR Like bruh. I was sweating my ass and lost to a random Not fun but sad
Man gotta say I love your content. Well editing, interesting topics, precise and on point. Hope the game and your channel will be there for many years to come ^ ^
plus, I love the story, the campaign itself feels like an anime, the plot twists, the curveballs, the whole plot with modernia, the red hood twist, even having the story characters in the gacha, you still remain pretty spoiler free of the story
Yeah, the story is really well-done, especially compared to other gacha games. I started playing for the "plot" but ended up wanting to see more of the actual plot by the end of the prologue I think the best part is the line-by-line writing tho. The overarching plot is great, but the execution really makes it. Like, the reveal with Marian gave me chills, Anis's lines are genuinely pretty funny, the bond stories, etc. There are technical errors sometimes like wrong pronouns or typos, but besides that, ShiftUp's localisation/writing teams are so blessed
And when a chapter ends they leave on on a huge cliffhangers that keeps your interest til the next big update comes. The best story in gacha gaming right now.
1. Consistent rewards 2. Amazing "plot" 3. Genuinely deep story 4. Arguably best friend summon compared to other gachas 5. Some of the best Anni rewards ever. 6. Great Crossover and In game events. 7. Fun mini games with said events. 8. One of the most f2p friendly games out there. 9. one of the best pity systems in any gacha. I use to play Destiny Child and compared to nikke? The glow-up is unbelievable.
As a Years old genshin player who Tried out Nikke , Action enjoyed it and looked for more but had to stop playing because of storage issues and Low end device , I have been also following this game a little for a long time even tho I don't play it anymore just cause its so interesting and I was thinking of going back to playing Nikke and this Video was the motivation. I am planning to stop playing genshin until I get a new device as my current device Can't handle Genshin anymore nor it's Absurd amount of storage needs . Once again Thank you for this great video and YEAH I Play on a Mobile potato phone if anyone was wondering xd
Because they dont shy from fan service, they listen to their fans, they release content like crazy, and most importantly, they wrote a great story. The only other gacha game that has this level of generosity is Azur Lane imo.
Woops! Almost forgot to subcribe to you kek. Thank you for this video btw. I've been playing NIKKE since day 1 (took a 1~2 months break tho so now I feel very much behind some stuff ack) and I've honestly been ignorant on the community, the financial state of the game, and generally how amazing this gacha game is. Like, I had no clue the community was this great. The only news I got about the community were the few videos that got to my recommended, NIKKE posts on Twitter, and the dead Union I'm in. I didn't even know there was a NIKKE subreddit until I watched your video. I truly took the kindness and thoughtfulness of the game for granted and didn't bother looking outward to keep myself up to date with the community and such. Thank you again "Pseychie" for opening my horizons a little further.
Just started playing Nikke this late march. It grabbed my attention when they release D- killer wife and later stayed for the story. Ever since then I didn't miss a single daily log in.
Thanks for always do your best to bring the best to us, you deserve much more, i hope to see you with at least 100K subscribers in the future, and now let's wait for the new event now in this week hahaha
I played Nikke day 1 then quit around the first event (No Caller ID) due to phone performance (potato phone) then came back sometime around Sakura's event. What makes Nikke good? 1. It's the story. It has one of the best stories I have ever played in a Gacha game: the tutorial immediately hooks you to the game. In any story, you look for basically 2 things: (1) the emotion of the story (in which they really invests upon) and (2) the replay ability (you can repeat the story as much as you want and still get emotionally invested like item number 1). 2. The characters are so lovable and adorable: from the simple ones (like the cool Rapi, loudmouth Anis, and passionate Neon) to the more complex ones (like the calculating Dorothy, atoning Rapunzel, and utilitarian Ether). You have a pick on anything that suits your personality. 3. The reloading mechanism in this game is hype! I grew with guns and the reloading here is awesome! 4. We have yet to mention the OSTs!! From Modernia Battle OST which really gives you the chills, Laplace's realization after her ___________ (redacted for spoliers), and finally the famous "Goodbye for Now" which is a tearjerker. It's an added bonus!! There's much more, but I think that's about it :)
Wait, we need a video essay for this, i thought it was clear as daylight. The AFK format has been around for awhile, it was just nobody really looked at it seriously. SHIFTUP combined the two best things that casual players like, low bandwidth game that are easy on the surface but have an intricate system and AFK/autoplay mechanics combined with anime titties. The icing on the cake is the actual engaging story
I think one of the biggest things that impacted Nikke are VTubers, at the very least in terms of promotion. VTubers exploded in popularity over the past couple of years and that coincided with the release of Nikke, not to mention the characters and VTubers being animated similarly. I've seen many promoting the game even to this day and one of the event songs "Satellites" was sung by AmaLee/Monarch, an english vtuber.
The best part is they actually use the gacha money to make a "real" game unlike a certain company that keep churning out live service after live service
Damnnnnn NO WAY. I knew the name "pseychie" sounds familiar with some random guy who do Deadcells videos lmao. I used to watch your Deadcells content 2 years ago.
You said it, Nikke Community makes the difference. As always, you are doing a great Job. Cheers Pseychie! and i think that you are in the same server as me. All the best to you.
Started with the Nir Collab and I've got all the major hitters ftp and this game feels like being hugged throughout your journey so u won't ever have to worry
Keep doing your thing man. This is an excellent video to celebrate the success of NIKKE, and there were several things I learned too (mostly other gachas, since I usually don’t play many of them). Totally agree about the importance of garnering good will. Stellar Blade is a game coming out that’s being developed by ShiftUp. Knowing that it’s by ShiftUp just gets me more excited for it, and I’m more willing to spend on these game(s) if it helps keep the company profiting and/or continuing to implement our feedback. Vote with our wallets, I say. Lastly I want to say that your channel’s my favorite for NIKKE guides. It strikes a good balance between entertaining and informative. So much so, that on numerous occasions I’ve gone back to rewatch and replay your channel in the background, while I grind content.
I've notice the game also got the attention of many small indie streamers since they actually get at least 1k -3k view+ subscriber after streaming nikke if their reaction to the story are good enough further proving how good the story is
I tried the game for the lulz and the obvious fan service but getting through chapter 1 I was like "O snap" and hooked me in. Then it was Overzone and let's not get started with Nya Nya Paradise, how dare you make me have feels towards a Gacha Game!!!!!!!!! Lastly, they released, most, the banger music on spotify
Day one player here. another reason the game retains its player base is that power creeping is almost nonexistent which is a big turn-off for me, and you won't be forced to pull for dupes coz they don't lock mechanics behind it, just extra stats. so you can pretty much get all the unit you like even there's no soft pity in it combined it with how generous they are for giving out free pulls. aside from this, you nailed everything else. good video. keep it up!
I write this review not as NIKKE heavy fanbase, but as casual NIKKE player (usually only play 10 minutes for reaching minimum daily rewards). Aside of the main theme of the gameplay (Cover Shooting, which i don't really fond of it), the other aspects of this game is really really perfect (yes, literally perfect). Story, BGM, Interface, QoL Aspects, EVERYTHING is really well-made. And Pseychie (also the rest of this videos' comments) described it very accurately. If you ever played Mobile-JRPG Games like GBF, FGO, etc. It has similarities like passive skills, active skills, equipments, etc., but the difference is it is just Cover Shooting, which is not just about strategy, but also ur shooting accuracy. When it's just a regular battle, you can do full auto and rely on character skills (while you doing ur RL-activities). If you want a challenging one, there are some stages where auto is unavailable. For Equipment, there's no variety so u don't need to grind some kind of rare equipments. And the story? you'll love it i guarantee. if you missed out or forgot the Campaign/main story (like accidentally pressing skip button or comeback player), There's Story Archive (i'll explain below) so you can rewatch the story. Bonus (My Advice) : 1. Do daily login (at least get the 24H AFK/Passive rewards) until some point where you can continue the Campaign Story by upgrading ur NIKKEs 2. Do Campaigns until you can't go further while skipping the entire story (at this phase you can do ur RL-activities since you just waiting for the battle) 3. Repeat 1 & 2 4. When you want to read the story, just go to Outpost > Command Center > Recollection 5. Marathon the story as much as you want. Cheers
Nikke clearly has effective psychological manipulation to ensure whales (that usually account for 95% of income) spend $$$$ to compete against each other, maxing out characters for example. Considering the lack of real time pvp like epic seven it seems its more bragging rights than anything. Being at the top of the arena, or tower, something like that.
Those rankings have their psychological effect on me an F2P, where I've decided to at least raise the skills for each unit a bit. Could imagine a whale would really want that top position.
Booty unites all. It gets eyes on the game but then you realize the game actually has heart and the developers care about what they do. Players can tell when a dev team is enjoying what they're doing first and money focused second and that's Nikke. They listen because they want to keep working on the game and I'm here for it.
Like most players we played for the jiggles and stayed for the lore/story it really is quite good. nice balance of fanservice and story. Dev communication with the community is an actual thing unlike with Gen and Hoyoverse where players are treated like second class citizens and HSR gets all the goodies.
I'm really enjoy all of your video. Just start playing nikke this year but watching all of your video help me make a lots progress into the game. Hoping for more stuff talk about the game from your channel
Ironically, I got hooked cause of the first litteral song (tungsten) and said why not. That was atleast 3 or 4 weeks after launch during the miracle snow event. I truly love nikke, the story, event, bond stories are amazing and most of the time I don't check their big plot during mission.
As someone who has been playing NIKKE since day one, I actually forget sometimes on what the devs have change because of the community and actually listen, like the quick fight system. I do agree that the grind on this game isnt as horrible as other games but there is still space to improve such as manufacturer armors, add something to create armor pieces by sacrificing other pieces of the same armor type (my cope is high on this). i do hope they continue to listen mean while the player base continue to support the game and everyone around it (devs, voice actors, content creators, ect)
event in genshin: sit there spamming click waiting for the old man to tell me i need to make dumplings and get rewarded with 5 level books and 2500 gold nikke: i completed 5 missions that took 10 minutes with another couple minutes of character lore and get rewarded 1000 gems
I would like to add, this game has been very good about controlling power creep. The units that were available at release for anyone to pull are still considered the game's meta units. This means that even new players can start the game right now can pull for units that are just as good as the ones that were during the release. None of the limited units or the collab units have majorly upturned the meta, at best they're "as good" as the meta, but a lot are worse, so people who end up missing out on certain banners or certain characters are not going to be left to dry as long as they're playing at their normal rate. The fact that the developers have been able to keep power creep under control after more than one year of this game running is a testament to their ability to balance the gameplay between free to play or low investment players versus high spending whales. The funny thing is, Shift Up was so afraid of messing with the meta, the anniversary unit, Red Hood, was initially released to be fairly average. This actually caused backlash because Red Hood was hyped up to be one of the strongest lore units out there, so for her to be so weak and a little bit more difficult to pull for was a disappointment. After only about a week of politely asking the developers to buff her, they responded and made her overpowered. And even though she is really strong, you can still use the units from release and be able to tackle most of the end game content even if you don't have her. I've never heard of a game where the player base was begging for the dev to make a unit purposefully overpowered just to match the lore, but it just goes to show how invested the player base is on the franchise. Nobody is complaining about the fact that Red Hood is now another meta unit because it only makes sense that she's that strong, and at the same time even if you don't have her, it's not like you're suddenly locked out from the end game content. I came from another gotcha game called The King of Fighters All Stars, which unfortunately was run by NETMARBLE, it was only on its third year and even after the first couple banners we were already dealing with power creep. Every single new unit that was released automatically made the previous units worthless. The content was geared around these new units so if you came in way too late into the game's life, you already missed out on a lot of units that would have been able to help you bat some of the events and collaboration content. What's worse, a lot of the end game skills and mechanics were locked behind maxing out your dupes. If you don't pull a total of nine copies of the same unit, you don't have access to their EX skills. Those EX skills were game-changing. But next time a new character was released, if you did't pull for it, you were already behind. On top of that, the mileage tickets or pity system were only relevant to that banner. If you didn't redeem the pity tickets, you were so out of luck. They had a wishlist kind of like this game's system, but they stopped adding new characters to it only months after it's release. This is a problem Nikke has with its Silver Mileage system, but it's not too bad because, once again, THE RELEASE CHARACTERS are still meta. So if you fail to redeem a pity ticket, it was back to exclusive limited banners where you couldn't pull for the characters again once the event was over. The game just felt bad to play because it was repeatedly punching me in the dick if I didn't try to keep up. It had zero respect for my time. We would intermittently get replays of old events, but the content and rewards that are provided for those events were scaled towards the time those events were initially released, so the events would be either too easy or they would not provide any new characters for us to pull for. It really hurts to say this because I'm a competitive King of Fighters fighting game player and I've been playing it since 1998. A lot of their content pandered to us long time veteran fans, and it feels like a lot of the decisions that made the game feel awful to play was FOMO forced by NETMARBLE and completely undermined the passion of the content that the devs probably had for it. They had music remixes of all my favorite themes, they had alter versions of all my favorite characters, there was a type of self-awareness in the writing that made it fun to to read, just like this games. But the monetization for the game was ridiculous. I felt like I was never content with the team I had because the meta would change almost every couple months and it felt like I had to whale just a little bit to keep up. That's an absolutely horrible feeling. Wth this NIKKE, if I buy microtransaction packs, I can go anywhere from the $5 pack to the $20 mission passes and I don't feel like I'm getting punched in the dick every time I spend money. And even funnier with this game is that if you start buying the packs that were meant for whales you actually get a reduced value out of them. meaning, for each dollar you spend, you get less currency, pouls, upgrades, etc then you would if you just bought the cheaper $5 or $10 packs. So if you are a minnow or dolphin spender, it is very easy to budget your way with this game because you just have to be able to do a little bit of math to see that you are losing value per dollar if you spend too much. For the whales, they don't care, so it doesn't affect them. For players like us, this just means that we can skip out on 90% of the micro transactions and still be able to keep up with the meta. it's amazing how this is the first type of game I played where I didn't feel like I was constantly being punched in the dick for my wallet. I know that expression is weird since this game has a lot of big... assets, but I feel the crude way of expressing that would relate to a lot of players who dealt with other games that don't provide this kind of value. The game is still attracting new players. The archive option is one of the best things for this game because when new players talk about the story and how good it is, veterans can tell these new players hey, try these other stories out because they're really really good and will fill out the lore of the game quickly and not feel like they missed out on a large portion of this game's history. The other good thing is this game rewards you for spending a little bit of time on it but it doesn't need you to spend a lot of time on it unless you personally want to do that. You don't have to place first on every raid and every ranking to be able to keep up with the end game, that stuff, like the creator said, it's just for flexing and has very little impact on your ability to enjoy the game. It just feels so weird to play a game where it uses the concepts that a lot of us Western gamers complain about when it comes to micro transactions, but at the same time it actually encourages you to want to buy these packages to support the developer without feeling like you're getting mugged for your money. The only part that kind of sucks is the gacha costumes. some of those costumes are really good but you have to spend at max 60 bucks to get them. My only cope for that is that you do get a lot of other usable items and materials along the way to getting the costume. it's not the best excuse for its expensive price, but considering how many freebies you can get and how free to play friendly the game is, I'm going to give the game a pass on that one. If that's all they have to do to keep the game running for another 5 10 years, I'm more than willing to deal with that. So far, they've only done that once every 3 months so I'm willing to give them a break on it. What was the last straw for me with KOF AS was their 4th anniversary. It was lackluster. Freebies were abysmal, there was almost no fanfare and it was just another opportunity to sell more whale packages. F that. No more NETMARBLE games.
because they actually listen to the players no one is gonna trash on you for making mistakes, we're all human. its when you choose to ignore criticism and never strive to be better is what i have a problem with. and i feel like less and less people these days are putting up with that bullcrap after what genshin did to them. and honestly theses so many factors that led to their success. I could make an entire list at this point, but the revenue speaks for itself. Basically they went above and beyond with everything they did. I think some key factors were.. 1. they really have no competition, the gameplay genre is essentially duck hunt which no one has touched in years. even outside the gacha space 2.censorship is rampant these days and people are sick of it. yes big companies want to market to everyone thats why booba bad, but holy fk. if you try to please everyone you please no one. thats not to say nikke is perfect, people had some issues with the christmas event. people are asking for more animations and illustrations in the story and events. thats all fine because what matters is intent. they've shown in the past they're willing to fix things so ill support them if they keep supporting us
I think one of the things that got me into Nikke was its excellent choice of (music) artists (and later also artists for character and enemy design and such). I myself have always been a rhythm game player and never been really into gacha games, one time I played FE Heroes and I thought that was nice, but it really didn't struck me. Last year at summer time however I recognized that Feryquitous (one of my favorite artists, especially considering rhythm games) and Cosmograph, another artist known from the rhythm game scene, made music for this game. So I was curious. Could this game really be that "bad" if it had those artists? So naturally I got the game on mobile and was instantly hooked, sometime later getting it on PC and playing since. The soundtrack is awesome, the design is on top, the raptures are cool and above all the Campaign (as well as the most important events) have some amazing lore and worldbuilding, which I also very much appreciate. Even though I must say that I quite frankly was a bit apprehensive playing this game at first I grew to being proud of being part of it and its community. And even if I had a rough start with gacha rates, sometimes your luck really explodes, if only for a moment and then you will be satisfied. So for anyone out there: don't give up! And as for the video: it really encapsulates how different Nikke is from other games its genre, almost always aware of its shortcomings and being considerate about mistakes and opinions of the fan-base. So good work, I will gladly wait and see what you have in store up next!
I started playing for the memes as well and haven't missed a day since day 1. I love how transparent and generous the devs are and it really showed in the 1st anniversary livestream. They really went above and beyond with that production (the drone show actually got me a little emotional). I hope they continue to do good on the game, it's a great time to be a Nikke fan
Nikke truly was a pleasant surprise. Like many, I decided to try the game on a whim (combination of being bored/looking for a new game) about two months ago. I was expecting a trashy fanservice cash grab game that is unfortunately all too common in the gacha/mobile game space. But after trying it out, the amount of depth to the game genuinely surprised me. As someone who was used to being treated like trash by Genshin before I quit a year and a half in, every point mentioned in the video is pretty on point. I have no qualms about spending the $5 a month just to support the developers even though I usually try to stick to F2P. It just goes to show the age old saying is still true, don't judge a book by its cover!
The one thing I want to add are the SSR crystals that allow you to add obtain a specific character (the higher chance being SSRs). Honestly, it helped me a lot of making sure I had the characters to use for the Synchro Device.
Be me: - Just bought a new phone - decided to play some anime gacha game - download Nikke and Genshin around the same time - played approximately 2 hours a day for each game (dw, I'm still on semester break rn and still have my social life intact) - one week later, I got full SSR team of lvl 60 in Nikke while barely hit character level 30 without even having a 5 star character after 30 pulls in Genshin. So yeah, I know where i'll be staying
Also gotta say, Land Eater extremely underutilized. It has the best boss music so far and I kinda hope they would do more with it instead of just be a transition for chapter 5 to 6 😅. Like buddy, we just beat a fricking two stories building with the shape of turtle that grows crab legs running towards us at a 60 km/hr speed, how are so calm about that?!
As a day 1 player it’s so nostalgic to looking back into good old days. I was never interested in in NIKKE until just before the release I saw Volume animation and decided to try it to see myself how far it can actually go. I downloaded it and started with very low expectations and after I finished the tutorial I finally saw, that’s despite all flaws the game has the breathing and living soul. It is first and probably last time I spent the entire week to reroll to the one specific girl in gacha who brings the sword to a gunfight and still wins. And despite every day dramas, insane amount of bugs, when almost every character didn’t work properly (anyone remember, how Harran burst scales from her charge damage?), censorship controversies, CP deficit issues, unkillable train, I managed to survive and experienced firsthanded the best event I’ve ever seen in gachas - Overzone event. Anyway, thank you for your wholesome and funny content, please keep going.
Shots fired to Genshin Anniversary events 😂😂😂 My main games are Honkai Impact 3rd and Azur Lane, now Star Rail and Nikke are added to my list coz of the video’s explanations. Nice vid 👏👏
As someone who has been a Genshin player day 1 and also plays NIKKE, everything you said is 100% correct. And I find myself playing NIKKE waaaaay more because the grind is actually worth the time. Genshin forces you to spend HOURS grinding every day for little to no rewards. The recent “3 free pulls” for their new year lantern festival event was an absolute insult.
I was a big Destiny Child enjoyer, and stuck with it until the end, so it took me a while to come around to nikke, but I'm glad I did. Definitely has the same generosity and waifu quality
I'm glad they have that legacy player that lets you replay all the story elements. They never had to do that, but they did. No gacha game dev has done that when their game closed down. Shift Up is truly based.
I tried destiny child once and I played it for like a week, it was honestly fair and f2p friendly, but I stopped playing the game, because the gameplay looked boring and the ui confused my brain, too much on the screen and it was irritating
A small thing that I really like from Nikke is their music. Some event soundtracks just go so hard that I wished for the longest time they would add them to streaming platforms. Just over a month ago they did just that, can continue to update it with new tracks from the games ongoing events.
Right? I'm an old fart and played Time Crisis 1 and 2, in the arcades. Cover based on rails shooter with booty? There is no other game on the market. Shift Up is doing well because although it's a gacha game, its competing in a niche that has no competition, and it is doing it PROPERLY.
When I saw this game my first reaction is Metal Gear Solid Touch from 2009, also Cabal from 1988 was came to mind. I thought the ads for this game is fake like those bait-and-switch junk games, but it turned out to be the real deal, is quite a pleasant surprise.
I remember thinking "I need a new fun mobile game." Saw the first few clips and thought ok fan service aside it seems like an interesting game style. But man I was completely blown away by the stories in the game. I genuinely was hooked there's been no small amount of work from both the VAs and the writing this game has genuinely had me tear up in genuinely sad moments I even laughed at some of the humor. The introductions of mini games have always been fun and downright amazing. And I think they do a good job making different characters and styles.
fun fact: shiftup's previous game, destiny child died due... to them devs being TOO GENEROUS. no, for real, they gave away too many things for free, and flopped as a result.
This is the only Gacha game that i’ve consistently played because the characters and the pulls are very generous, and I enjoy the gameplay and teambuilding
Because the devs made this game 'singlehandedly'. Truly a master of their craft.
Terrible pun but it still got a chuckle out of me
@@supremeking3256 hard to be humorous when you're not a native English speaker. lol
i was convinced by the Nikke community server to play it back in November, i downloaded and tried it and it's actually kind of good xd
currently at level 70-something and 25k power, i think
but dang, i shouldn't have dismissed it as a "coomer weeb gacha game" D:
i regret that
I was one of them who dismissed Nikke of being that "haha shooter with waifu ass" game and only decided to try after my friend insisted on me trying right before the 1st anniversary Red Ash event, little did I know I was in for a fucking ride
That why this game is the Greatest mASSive GYATTcha game
The Nikke national motto. "Play for the jiggle, stay for the fun"
Edit: just want all to know, it's not about the Nikke we've had along the way, but jiggles we made
"Live for the plot"
"played for the PLOT, stayed for the plot"
Three reasons I play this game, the beautiful women, the beautiful guns and their sounds, and the new character Elegg. Rip and tear until it’s done
@@Jokester1990-ri3jlShe boomin frl
Played for the jiggles stays for the depression
Every "unlike genshin" feels so personal and I'm 100% on your side lmao.
Fr bro. After getting shafted on the Furina Banner, I'm tired of Genshin man...
@@IdOnThAvEaUsE69 and that's why I play genshin as a time waster and play other games for fun
Top G in gacha game... Always profits $20-50 millions... And stingy d*vs 😂😂😂 too lazy to give quality of life 😜😜😜
i heard in the third year anni for genshin they gave everyone 3 pulls? is that true ? just 3 pulls?
@@AlexGonzalez-ys9uc yesn't
The actual 3rd anniv itself gave 20 pulls, definitely not good, but not that bad either ig. Also, every New Chinese Year, they also give free 10 pulls, but this time they add additional 3. So why the three pulls becomes so important? Because that is about dev *appreciation* towards players, basically said "as a thanks for playing this game for all these years, we gave you 3 pulls". That's what makes a lot of genshin players rage, all of their (players) support toward the game were worth only THREE pulls.
Not to mention that the devs know their guns. As a gun nerd, each reload animation is awesome
Agreed it’s a dope attention to detail
Tove's gun makes my brain hurt
same
@@The_Veiju
pretty sure most missilis weapons are more experimental and not real unlike Elysions armaments
I also love the sound of the guns and the burst animations are really well made too
The efforts they putting in and the thoughts everything counts, they care about player feedback.
Exactly, like the overclock mode. Instead of just putting it in, they made it a limited beta first for all players to test out. Now theyre trying to improve it based on the feedback. Tons of quality of life changes with every update
I am willing to pay money for this game (well just the monthly login rewards thing at least) just to support these people cause they really be putting our money into good use
I even got a reply from the Devs themselves (or was it the NikkeEN subreddit), calling me a "loyal king" by just keeping Rapi in my squad in the campaign until late game
If you show genshin players the nikke anniversary they will say you are crazy 😂. We complains red hood is meh and they immediately buffed her to became the most op char of the game. If you once play destiny child you will know shiftup is absolutely gigachad. The only thing restricts them is that this game is r12+
Nikke also just gave us 2024 gems earlier this week. Keep in mind, this was after they showered us with gifts for the 1.5th anniversary AND gave out 10 free event banner pulls at the start of the current event.
I think one of the most crucial factors to Nikke success is the way they handled the very first few months of the game.
Being complete honest the game was very rough... very time consuming, grindy, not optimized and "sketchy" but you know what good thing it had? A good Main and Side stories to tell, and it had A LOT of stories to tell.
Their strategy of keeping their players engage with good story telling WHILE they were polishing and fixing the rough edges was absolutely clever. I definetly would not have stayed with Nikke if it didn't have a good story from the beginning, but after year and a half I'm happy for the game and it's community :)
Oh, yeah. A nice gut punch of a main story!
@@Channel-xy2wj it's a rollercoaster of a story. However, the Main Story must be complemented by the event story to be complete.
I still remember how devastate I was to choose between tia or naga, the story between dorothy and pinne, and that little black kitty cat :(
@@Channel-xy2wjI've cried twice because of this game's event story
Miracle Snow & Over Zone
@@addenanda omg... Ruru... taht cat :(
Nikke had quite the rocky start - massive damage nerfs due to BP deficits which gatekept progression, expensive pulls relative to cost, loading screen crashes, the first event (NO CALLER ID) with a hard mode that was nigh unplayable even for day one players, limitations of vertical screen etc. The first X'Mas event was what convinced me that Nikke had what it takes to keep going. From Anne's heartwarming story, to the actually fun minigame that wasn't RNG-based, click to progress like the previous ones, to the first interactive map we had, Miracle Snow had it all. Then they reduced the damage nerf from BP deficits, the PC client came out, the main story legitimately got better into Chapters 12 and beyond, they made an actual playable NPC for a one day April Fool's event, Overzone coming in with one of the best stories I've seen in a mobile game, players getting at least 10 free pulls every event... Nikke just kept giving and giving. The reason I play it avidly is because ShiftUp has proven to me that they care about their customers - far more than Mihoyo, Nexon, and Lasengle etc have.
very true 👍
Even Honkai Star Rail has generous devs lmao. It's just Genshin Impact Devs that're stingy AF.
@@IdOnThAvEaUsE69 True - makes you wonder why two titles from the same publisher get such vastly different treatment.
Agree with all except the Nexon part. Well technically not Nexon but the Blue Archive developers themselves. Blue Archive basically have the same pipeline as Nikke does. Launch is shit game was almost EOS then a certain bunny girl gave them a lifeline and after that they listened to the community.
What I'm trying to say is ShiftUp and BA devs deserved their flowers.
@@FrizFrozThe have different producers, but Cai Haoyu would be the main reason why Genshin rewards are so lame in comparison to HSR, David Jiang is the actual producer of Star Rail and guess what, he assumed as Honkai Impact 3 producer after Cai Haoyu (Actual Genshin producer) left that same role (Yes, he was in HI3 too) and the funny part is HI3 rewards where mediocre until Jiang took the lead, and since he is the producer of HSR from the very beginning is normal that HSR rewards would be FAR BETTER than the shitty genshin ones, just because Cai Haoyu levels of greed are unmeasurable, in fact, Haoyu is the responsible that China gets an exclusive PS5 slim bundle that gives you "one skin selector" for "free" (from the new ones of Ganyu and Shenhe), and the fact is China is where the 70%+ of genshin profits is so if they treat their most profitable community like that, is no wonder why the rest of the world is shit in their eyes.
Something that i like about nikke is their events and bonds side storys. Sometimes could be a goofy side story that is very enjoyable and sometimes it can be a really well written story like overzone and the fist christmas event.
Story is nice im at chapter13, ughh marian was back😭 freakin chatterbox ruin it
@@pinkpanda187 Don't worry, you'll be pleasantly surprised in the next few chapters.
What I love from NIKKE is the storyline is top notch and interesting to follow. The main character (commander) really had a personality and not just being a "yes man", he even denied his superior and followed his own ideals at some point.
The equipment farming takes so much time, but the progress is measurable, unlike some "artefact" things that probably won't get any better after a whole month of farming because my luck is shit.
Also, NIKKE is probably a gacha game with the best prologue I ever seen. I don't believe how much emotion in the tutorial story alone, and how that feelings became our "burden" in dozens chapter ahead
oh you HAVE to play snowbreak: containment zone then. the adjutant is an even better character
spoiler
he starts going out of his way to kill people as the story progresses. I've never seen anything like that in any other gacha game ever, it's amazing
The music is what gets me going through the game. Cosmograph just won't stop cooking
they should've snatched Sawano more than once tbh
20 free draws from each bi-weekly event alone and another 10 just for logging in. Than we have Genshin... "thank you for being for us all of these years, here's 3 wishes"
dude i really hoped they were mispelled 30 If
@@octobsession3061it's definitely only 3 pulls lol
wat do u mean? its 480 primogems XD
I got Scarlet BS on that new year to early Jan free limited ticket that they spam your mailbox. Insane how it is for f2p player.
and every anniversary we can always expect more than 40 pulls
You are hands down the best Nikke CC I know. Love your guides and other content!
the FOMO part of the video made me think about how i was rather unsatisfied having missed the 1st valentines event (since my fav character is soda) but i'm rly glad its being added during the next maid event :)
Yep I missed out on it too because I started playing RIGHT at the end of the maid event (Although I did get Soda to core 1 right off the bat but only got Cocoa once lol).
Yo. Fellow Soda enjoyer. You excited for the bun?
We're all gonna make it bois!
We're making it out of Maxwell's 100 lb booty in this one!
@@KeirnothNo we ain’t I’m accepting my fate!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
The moment the red hood update dropped and i was in the discord channel with 100 people from around the world where people streamed their pulls was one of the best gaming experience i had in my whole life. the community is extemely welcoming and nice
is red hood ever coming back? i started playing around that time and managed to miss her
@@aar5225 She's in the permanent pool now, however, she's a Pilgrim which means a lower chance to get her because there's other Pilgrims in the pool. If a new player re-roll, it's definitely possible to get her and start with her but get ready for a long re-roll session unless you're lucky. Seeing that Modernia was re-run, there's a possibility that Red Hood will have a re-run with her banner at the 2nd Anniversary which will be on November 4.
@@aar5225 She is also already in pilgrim mold, so there is a chance to get her thru that too. I missed the last RH during the event and managed to MLB her later with the pilgrim mold. Maybe the 2nd Anniversary is either her banner is re-run like modernia or higher rate like winter rupee/winter anne. However, as she is a permanent pilgrim unit, it is more likely that they will rerun the banner parallel with the 2nd anniv unit, people will always want the most broken unit on the game after all, and if somehow in output she becomes powercrept, that flexibility to burst anytime is still worth it.
while she is permanent now, she might come back to banner pulls like modernia for increase rate.
@@hunt7533 dayum thanks, i was worried it was gonna be some limited character like some alternative versions, actually are alt characters getting re runs or forever locked off?
It's really nice to have developers who actually listen to player feedback and give generous rewards. Glad to have you in this community too, you helped expedite my understanding of Nikke through all of your video guides.
Every words touches me, and verbalize why i like Nikke.
Never played gacha before, Nikke is my first, started playing only 2 weeks after anniversary and been attracted every since.
Tried to venture into other gacha, but the gameplay, UI, graphics was just nothing near and just felt like copies with different skin.
And your bootcamp series let me appreciate and understand the mechanics of the games even more. ^^
You could try punishing gray raven, it's pretty good
@@HavLnt punishing gray raven is pretty good, but after a while, i feel like i was stuck at a certain level and it seems to take a ridiculous amount of time to progress. But maybe that's just me.
@@HavLnti also play PGR and i must admit...it is so cool and amazing too. I got 4 SS Omn characters in just 7 days.Also waiting for Wuthering Waves.
@@fardan5049 I wouldn't say it takes that much tike tbh, but fair enough. Just play what you like and don't feel forced to play something you don't like
@zeon9470 And alpha crimson wave is coming soon, so make sure to prepare for her and good luck !
so glad i picked up Nikke late summer last year, this video made me appreciate the game so much more
I picked it up at December 2023 and haven't looked back since xD. The game is mad fun, just wished I didn't have board exams this year...
I love this game so much. Everyday i actually feel like my characters are becoming better and better, compared to other games i play where it might take weeks for some kind of change. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and i just love the game for making me feel this way. Also, great video! love your content, your videos are one of the biggest parts of my experience with nikke!
Awesome video, completely agree all with the points you've made. In addition to the community aspect, can't forget about all the memes that have become so engraved in the community (looking at you Doro). Congrats on the great work and channel growth so far, here's to more Nikke content in the future!
The devs of Nikke and SHIFT UP in general are incredibly based. The launch of NIKKE may not have been too outstanding but the developers really took onboard player feedback and went above and beyond to improve the game. I'm really happy with the daily loop of NIKKE currently and the content being delivered each patch. Thanks for the video, it was great.
Shift up is based
I would load my shit out if shift up was a person and female
Nikke got me hooked from the very opening and seeing warhammer reference *cough stupid crow tattoo
Blood for blood god(?)
@@eduardusrk2806 skulls for the skull throne
@@eduardusrk2806 skulls for the skull throne mate
No I think it’s the blood ravens symbol
@@halo129830 no its khorne's symbol on her left shoulder
I started just last year with the Nier crossover, since I love that franchise. I intended to drop it since I had never played a gacha game before, and didn't really have much interest. I quickly changed my mind when the story pulled me in, and someone told me to play OverZone, and that was it. Still playing today, and have lots of units, and have only spent money on a couple of the passes.
What keeps me around really is the story. The writers for the game are (usually) great.
Its rare to find a channel on youtube who isn't essentially taking a jab at nikke because "pretty women = bad game" then being surprised its actually really good. Shift up knows their audience and listens to its players, they reward us for our loyalty and we give back just as hard, ive yet to see anyone aside from the casual gacha gamer, or people who have hoyo brainrot complain about nikke, the community is incredible, which says alot considering alot of other gacha games have a community that is at each others throats every other day. Im a prereg player so I've seen this game go from its super rocky beginnings where everything was kinda falling apart daily, to where it is now and its been a wild ride but im here for the long run, hopefully we'll all see each other on the 2nd, 3rd, 10th anniversary of nikke.
It's not pretty women it's the ridiculous fanservice (that ppl complain about)
There is worse fanservice out there. Azur Lane is a blatant one, some of their new skins borderline on straight up porn.
its not even the women its just that the game is loaded with fanservice ☠
My dude, you're playing the game. The amount of fanservice is what keeps me away from touching this game. I would like to play it, honestly, the game itself seems good, but God, there's too much sex appeal.
@ErIkingHeathcliff It's not too much. Also the story is good.
When they made 2b ass bigger I knew this game was for me.
Couldn't agree more
not her ass only
based
Real
When they defeated the Coat Devil that was bothering Makima, I knew ShiftUp was a pro player dev. Respect, great video
wat
@@robertstan298 yes
One thing I love about Nikke is how the devs really put time and effort into the characters, not only the designs and animation but also their personnality. Big things like events are a great intorduction to the characters, but they also have unique Blabla messages, small scenarios in buildings and advise sessions for each Nikke and it really helps give more life to the waifus !
It's just a "simple" gacha game (not an open world like Genshin), but Shift Up still take the time to give a character to the Nikkes.
As someone who plays for the collection rather than the meta, it feels even more satisfying to know that I don't just pull for a design :)
That and also the fact that I can have a team of very low tier Nikkes and still progress the game very well, Aria and Julia may not be the most powerful but they will always stay in my team
Respect for keeping Aria & Julia in the team 💯💯
@@daniellxnder I beat chapter 21's boss with them and now I'm at the final stage of chap 22 ! I don't care how long it takes, I just want to have them in my team lmao
The fact that characters enter the standard pool after their rate up is really insane. It mean that the rate up banners can give you good characters even when you loose 50/50. As someone who play Nikke, Genshin and Honkai, well in Hoyoverse's games when you loose your 50/50, you end up getting mostly trash characters from a really small pool.
For example, when you loose 50/50 in Genshin you can get either :
- Qiqi, Dehya or Diluc who are either bad or powercreep,
- Jean, Mona, Keqing, Tighnari : average characters, you can be happy to get them once, but you most likely will cry when you will get your third Mona while wishing for Furina's banner.
On the other end, in Nikke when you loose 50/50, you can get mostly anything that is currently available in the game. On Scarlet Black Shadow banner, i had a "bad luck" and end up pity her. But in the process, i got regular Scarlet, Red Hood, 2 Litter and some average Nikkes. So, as a new player, more than half of my failed 50/50 improve my account with really good characters, and the other at least give me new characters for collection. In "Gennshin terms", it would be like if i got Nahida, Raiden and 2 Kokomi on Furina's Banner. Pretty insane (and yes, i know that it was lucky, but you still will get strongs characters over time when loosing 50/50 in Nikke).
Of course for veterans players who got everything in the game except the new rate up, loosing a 50/50 is bad in Nikke, but at least it's really great for new players to catch up.
I'm playing for 5 weeks as a total F2P, and i already got every meta characters.
My main problem right now isn't that i don't own the strongest units in the game, it's that i don't own the ressources to build them because you end up getting strong characters faster than you can build characters.
failing to get the banner character only to get someone like modernia is just insane lol
And regarding your last point, that's not a bad problem to have. You will have no problems getting resources as you get stronger!
Actually that's what "rate up" means in my opinion. Rate Up in Genshin is not a real rate up, it just means your character exists in this banner, but the percentage to get that character is half of the default one.
Meanwhile rate up in NIKKE means this character has a higher chance to obtain, more than the default percentage.
I got Red hood by failing Modernia, lol. Not bad. Feels good when shooting my enemy with unlimited dakka powers like Neon say.
well that's how the gacha banner is supposed to work to begin with
only mihoyo is cruel enough to do their own thing
Just regret not downloading this last year cuz my phone cant handle the size of it😅 and i forgot about it cuz changed my phone but bro thx for always the tips you give really help me out as a new player for example about the things i really need in the late game and different kinds of tactics keep up the good work 🙏
Lmao infected some of my friends to play this and they liked it 🗿🗿
Damn you really got some good friends.
@@INFxKamrul yess they're quite open to this kind of stuff 😉
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you. I started playing in November in the middle of the Red Hood event.
Like most I didn’t think the game had a lot of substance until I got to mid game and hit a bunch of walls.
I wanted to break through so started looking for guides on how to get better and found your videos!
They have been so helpful in not only making me a better player, but also in unlocking the true greatness of the game.
I’m still only 2/5ths of the way through the 160 wall. But yesterday I beat my first special interception in Chatterbox!
(Dorthy 1⭐️, Centi 2 ⭐️, Scarlet 0 ⭐️, Modernia 0 ⭐️, and Naga 1 ⭐️)
And I am currently pushing the 2nd most damage in my Union with the people around me having 30-40k more attack rating!
Thank you for the help, I wouldn’t be enjoying the game or finding so much success without your instruction. Your videos are always SSS tier and the time and effort you put into them is always appreciated.
Looking forward to future content. And man I hope I don’t find myself on the wrong end of Futamilk. Now in more ways than one!
As an addict to the game, I stick around for the music/story/animated scenes/cute characters, the gameplay is great too, but hearing Cosmo slam another banger of a song keeps me around.
P.s, I seen that Overzone clip, I won't spoil it but damn..
The UI is what kept me around it's just so good dude. Simple and not overloading.
The only thing I dont like about NIKKE is not getting my pilgrim attacker gears even after months of farming 😭 Overall yeah I love this game.
Or custom modules. Would it kill SU to guarantee at least one a day?
I feel this on a spiritual level, i think even now after starting the game on day 3 of the release week, i still haven't gotten full Pilgrim Attacker gears.
For me the biggest problem of the game is MOLDS
Like for example piligrim molds you can have a few only via tower and I got something like 2 piligrims, 3R and 3SR
Like bruh. I was sweating my ass and lost to a random
Not fun but sad
@@ProkerKusaka Ye i lost the vast majority of my Pilgrim molds
I'm having a hard time getting Pilgrim characters, period. Crown is my only one =_=
Man gotta say I love your content. Well editing, interesting topics, precise and on point. Hope the game and your channel will be there for many years to come ^ ^
The writing in this game can be so good. Especially in the big events.
I appreciate your content !!! I’ve been able to get under 3% in every solo raid since
plus, I love the story, the campaign itself feels like an anime, the plot twists, the curveballs, the whole plot with modernia, the red hood twist, even having the story characters in the gacha, you still remain pretty spoiler free of the story
Yeah, the story is really well-done, especially compared to other gacha games. I started playing for the "plot" but ended up wanting to see more of the actual plot by the end of the prologue
I think the best part is the line-by-line writing tho. The overarching plot is great, but the execution really makes it. Like, the reveal with Marian gave me chills, Anis's lines are genuinely pretty funny, the bond stories, etc.
There are technical errors sometimes like wrong pronouns or typos, but besides that, ShiftUp's localisation/writing teams are so blessed
And when a chapter ends they leave on on a huge cliffhangers that keeps your interest til the next big update comes. The best story in gacha gaming right now.
1. Consistent rewards
2. Amazing "plot"
3. Genuinely deep story
4. Arguably best friend summon compared to other gachas
5. Some of the best Anni rewards ever.
6. Great Crossover and In game events.
7. Fun mini games with said events.
8. One of the most f2p friendly games out there.
9. one of the best pity systems in any gacha.
I use to play Destiny Child and compared to nikke? The glow-up is unbelievable.
As a Years old genshin player who Tried out Nikke , Action enjoyed it and looked for more but had to stop playing because of storage issues and Low end device , I have been also following this game a little for a long time even tho I don't play it anymore just cause its so interesting and I was thinking of going back to playing Nikke and this Video was the motivation. I am planning to stop playing genshin until I get a new device as my current device Can't handle Genshin anymore nor it's Absurd amount of storage needs . Once again Thank you for this great video and YEAH I Play on a Mobile potato phone if anyone was wondering xd
Because they dont shy from fan service, they listen to their fans, they release content like crazy, and most importantly, they wrote a great story.
The only other gacha game that has this level of generosity is Azur Lane imo.
All hail nikke!!!!!!!
Glory to mankind! Wait...
PRAISE DORO-SAMA 🙏
Woops! Almost forgot to subcribe to you kek. Thank you for this video btw. I've been playing NIKKE since day 1 (took a 1~2 months break tho so now I feel very much behind some stuff ack) and I've honestly been ignorant on the community, the financial state of the game, and generally how amazing this gacha game is.
Like, I had no clue the community was this great. The only news I got about the community were the few videos that got to my recommended, NIKKE posts on Twitter, and the dead Union I'm in. I didn't even know there was a NIKKE subreddit until I watched your video. I truly took the kindness and thoughtfulness of the game for granted and didn't bother looking outward to keep myself up to date with the community and such.
Thank you again "Pseychie" for opening my horizons a little further.
Just started playing Nikke this late march. It grabbed my attention when they release D- killer wife and later stayed for the story. Ever since then I didn't miss a single daily log in.
after stellar blade i want a NIKKE game for ps5/series X/ pc. the lore and world has soo much potential.
Thanks for always do your best to bring the best to us, you deserve much more, i hope to see you with at least 100K subscribers in the future, and now let's wait for the new event now in this week hahaha
I played Nikke day 1 then quit around the first event (No Caller ID) due to phone performance (potato phone) then came back sometime around Sakura's event. What makes Nikke good?
1. It's the story. It has one of the best stories I have ever played in a Gacha game: the tutorial immediately hooks you to the game. In any story, you look for basically 2 things: (1) the emotion of the story (in which they really invests upon) and (2) the replay ability (you can repeat the story as much as you want and still get emotionally invested like item number 1).
2. The characters are so lovable and adorable: from the simple ones (like the cool Rapi, loudmouth Anis, and passionate Neon) to the more complex ones (like the calculating Dorothy, atoning Rapunzel, and utilitarian Ether). You have a pick on anything that suits your personality.
3. The reloading mechanism in this game is hype! I grew with guns and the reloading here is awesome!
4. We have yet to mention the OSTs!! From Modernia Battle OST which really gives you the chills, Laplace's realization after her ___________ (redacted for spoliers), and finally the famous "Goodbye for Now" which is a tearjerker. It's an added bonus!!
There's much more, but I think that's about it :)
Loving all the new nikke players and creators! Glad you guys are here and Loving this game
Wait, we need a video essay for this, i thought it was clear as daylight. The AFK format has been around for awhile, it was just nobody really looked at it seriously. SHIFTUP combined the two best things that casual players like, low bandwidth game that are easy on the surface but have an intricate system and AFK/autoplay mechanics combined with anime titties. The icing on the cake is the actual engaging story
The F2P friendliness of this game is one of the reasons, I ditched Gangrene impact in favor of NIKKE.
I think one of the biggest things that impacted Nikke are VTubers, at the very least in terms of promotion. VTubers exploded in popularity over the past couple of years and that coincided with the release of Nikke, not to mention the characters and VTubers being animated similarly. I've seen many promoting the game even to this day and one of the event songs "Satellites" was sung by AmaLee/Monarch, an english vtuber.
The best part is they actually use the gacha money to make a "real" game unlike a certain company that keep churning out live service after live service
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@@JoacoG11 something something stellar blade vs hsr zzz, and the upcoming stardew valley gacha
@@JoacoG11 You never heard of Stellar Blade?
Thank you for making content, love to see uploads from you. It’s been invaluable in maximising Nikke
you're my top nikke youtuber!
always looking forward to your video, keep 'em coming!
after watching Umineko a year ago, I can now never stop finding Umineko in every single thing I see. It's like becoming a sorcerer in JJK
I came for the girls, but stayed for the epic music, story, nice gameplay, and characters.
And girls. (Day one player btw)
Damnnnnn NO WAY. I knew the name "pseychie" sounds familiar with some random guy who do Deadcells videos lmao. I used to watch your Deadcells content 2 years ago.
You said it, Nikke Community makes the difference.
As always, you are doing a great Job.
Cheers Pseychie! and i think that you are in the same server as me.
All the best to you.
Started with the Nir Collab and I've got all the major hitters ftp and this game feels like being hugged throughout your journey so u won't ever have to worry
Keep doing your thing man. This is an excellent video to celebrate the success of NIKKE, and there were several things I learned too (mostly other gachas, since I usually don’t play many of them).
Totally agree about the importance of garnering good will. Stellar Blade is a game coming out that’s being developed by ShiftUp. Knowing that it’s by ShiftUp just gets me more excited for it, and I’m more willing to spend on these game(s) if it helps keep the company profiting and/or continuing to implement our feedback. Vote with our wallets, I say.
Lastly I want to say that your channel’s my favorite for NIKKE guides. It strikes a good balance between entertaining and informative. So much so, that on numerous occasions I’ve gone back to rewatch and replay your channel in the background, while I grind content.
I've notice the game also got the attention of many small indie streamers since they actually get at least 1k -3k view+ subscriber after streaming nikke if their reaction to the story are good enough further proving how good the story is
One of the gacha game that is worth to play in 2024
I tried the game for the lulz and the obvious fan service but getting through chapter 1 I was like "O snap" and hooked me in. Then it was Overzone and let's not get started with Nya Nya Paradise, how dare you make me have feels towards a Gacha Game!!!!!!!!!
Lastly, they released, most, the banger music on spotify
Day one player here. another reason the game retains its player base is that power creeping is almost nonexistent which is a big turn-off for me, and you won't be forced to pull for dupes coz they don't lock mechanics behind it, just extra stats. so you can pretty much get all the unit you like even there's no soft pity in it combined it with how generous they are for giving out free pulls.
aside from this, you nailed everything else. good video. keep it up!
Good strategy, works for Genshin too
Nikke story and lore is pretty good tbh. Downloaded for the jiggles, stayed for the feels.
You just made me reinstall and go back to my Nikke account, man. Thanks :)
I write this review not as NIKKE heavy fanbase, but as casual NIKKE player (usually only play 10 minutes for reaching minimum daily rewards).
Aside of the main theme of the gameplay (Cover Shooting, which i don't really fond of it), the other aspects of this game is really really perfect (yes, literally perfect). Story, BGM, Interface, QoL Aspects, EVERYTHING is really well-made. And Pseychie (also the rest of this videos' comments) described it very accurately.
If you ever played Mobile-JRPG Games like GBF, FGO, etc. It has similarities like passive skills, active skills, equipments, etc., but the difference is it is just Cover Shooting, which is not just about strategy, but also ur shooting accuracy.
When it's just a regular battle, you can do full auto and rely on character skills (while you doing ur RL-activities). If you want a challenging one, there are some stages where auto is unavailable.
For Equipment, there's no variety so u don't need to grind some kind of rare equipments.
And the story? you'll love it i guarantee.
if you missed out or forgot the Campaign/main story (like accidentally pressing skip button or comeback player), There's Story Archive (i'll explain below) so you can rewatch the story.
Bonus (My Advice) :
1. Do daily login (at least get the 24H AFK/Passive rewards) until some point where you can continue the Campaign Story by upgrading ur NIKKEs
2. Do Campaigns until you can't go further while skipping the entire story (at this phase you can do ur RL-activities since you just waiting for the battle)
3. Repeat 1 & 2
4. When you want to read the story, just go to Outpost > Command Center > Recollection
5. Marathon the story as much as you want.
Cheers
Nikke clearly has effective psychological manipulation to ensure whales (that usually account for 95% of income) spend $$$$ to compete against each other, maxing out characters for example. Considering the lack of real time pvp like epic seven it seems its more bragging rights than anything. Being at the top of the arena, or tower, something like that.
Those rankings have their psychological effect on me an F2P, where I've decided to at least raise the skills for each unit a bit.
Could imagine a whale would really want that top position.
Booty unites all. It gets eyes on the game but then you realize the game actually has heart and the developers care about what they do. Players can tell when a dev team is enjoying what they're doing first and money focused second and that's Nikke. They listen because they want to keep working on the game and I'm here for it.
Like most players we played for the jiggles and stayed for the lore/story it really is quite good. nice balance of fanservice and story.
Dev communication with the community is an actual thing unlike with Gen and Hoyoverse where players are treated like second class citizens and HSR gets all the goodies.
I'm really enjoy all of your video. Just start playing nikke this year but watching all of your video help me make a lots progress into the game. Hoping for more stuff talk about the game from your channel
Ironically, I got hooked cause of the first litteral song (tungsten) and said why not. That was atleast 3 or 4 weeks after launch during the miracle snow event. I truly love nikke, the story, event, bond stories are amazing and most of the time I don't check their big plot during mission.
Tungsten is a banger
Try listening to "Daybreak".That soundtrack was a total banger too.
@@zeon9470 where do I find that in the jukebox
@@shadowknight7773 its in the red ash section
@@synnamon_toast_crunch thanks
this is without even mentioning how good the story and writing is :)
As someone who has been playing NIKKE since day one, I actually forget sometimes on what the devs have change because of the community and actually listen, like the quick fight system. I do agree that the grind on this game isnt as horrible as other games but there is still space to improve such as manufacturer armors, add something to create armor pieces by sacrificing other pieces of the same armor type (my cope is high on this). i do hope they continue to listen mean while the player base continue to support the game and everyone around it (devs, voice actors, content creators, ect)
Because not only does it jiggle, they made an actually good story mode.
event in genshin: sit there spamming click waiting for the old man to tell me i need to make dumplings and get rewarded with 5 level books and 2500 gold
nikke: i completed 5 missions that took 10 minutes with another couple minutes of character lore and get rewarded 1000 gems
I would like to add, this game has been very good about controlling power creep. The units that were available at release for anyone to pull are still considered the game's meta units. This means that even new players can start the game right now can pull for units that are just as good as the ones that were during the release.
None of the limited units or the collab units have majorly upturned the meta, at best they're "as good" as the meta, but a lot are worse, so people who end up missing out on certain banners or certain characters are not going to be left to dry as long as they're playing at their normal rate.
The fact that the developers have been able to keep power creep under control after more than one year of this game running is a testament to their ability to balance the gameplay between free to play or low investment players versus high spending whales.
The funny thing is, Shift Up was so afraid of messing with the meta, the anniversary unit, Red Hood, was initially released to be fairly average. This actually caused backlash because Red Hood was hyped up to be one of the strongest lore units out there, so for her to be so weak and a little bit more difficult to pull for was a disappointment. After only about a week of politely asking the developers to buff her, they responded and made her overpowered. And even though she is really strong, you can still use the units from release and be able to tackle most of the end game content even if you don't have her.
I've never heard of a game where the player base was begging for the dev to make a unit purposefully overpowered just to match the lore, but it just goes to show how invested the player base is on the franchise. Nobody is complaining about the fact that Red Hood is now another meta unit because it only makes sense that she's that strong, and at the same time even if you don't have her, it's not like you're suddenly locked out from the end game content.
I came from another gotcha game called The King of Fighters All Stars, which unfortunately was run by NETMARBLE, it was only on its third year and even after the first couple banners we were already dealing with power creep. Every single new unit that was released automatically made the previous units worthless. The content was geared around these new units so if you came in way too late into the game's life, you already missed out on a lot of units that would have been able to help you bat some of the events and collaboration content. What's worse, a lot of the end game skills and mechanics were locked behind maxing out your dupes. If you don't pull a total of nine copies of the same unit, you don't have access to their EX skills. Those EX skills were game-changing. But next time a new character was released, if you did't pull for it, you were already behind.
On top of that, the mileage tickets or pity system were only relevant to that banner. If you didn't redeem the pity tickets, you were so out of luck.
They had a wishlist kind of like this game's system, but they stopped adding new characters to it only months after it's release. This is a problem Nikke has with its Silver Mileage system, but it's not too bad because, once again, THE RELEASE CHARACTERS are still meta. So if you fail to redeem a pity ticket, it was back to exclusive limited banners where you couldn't pull for the characters again once the event was over.
The game just felt bad to play because it was repeatedly punching me in the dick if I didn't try to keep up. It had zero respect for my time.
We would intermittently get replays of old events, but the content and rewards that are provided for those events were scaled towards the time those events were initially released, so the events would be either too easy or they would not provide any new characters for us to pull for.
It really hurts to say this because I'm a competitive King of Fighters fighting game player and I've been playing it since 1998. A lot of their content pandered to us long time veteran fans, and it feels like a lot of the decisions that made the game feel awful to play was FOMO forced by NETMARBLE and completely undermined the passion of the content that the devs probably had for it. They had music remixes of all my favorite themes, they had alter versions of all my favorite characters, there was a type of self-awareness in the writing that made it fun to to read, just like this games. But the monetization for the game was ridiculous. I felt like I was never content with the team I had because the meta would change almost every couple months and it felt like I had to whale just a little bit to keep up.
That's an absolutely horrible feeling. Wth this NIKKE, if I buy microtransaction packs, I can go anywhere from the $5 pack to the $20 mission passes and I don't feel like I'm getting punched in the dick every time I spend money. And even funnier with this game is that if you start buying the packs that were meant for whales you actually get a reduced value out of them. meaning, for each dollar you spend, you get less currency, pouls, upgrades, etc then you would if you just bought the cheaper $5 or $10 packs. So if you are a minnow or dolphin spender, it is very easy to budget your way with this game because you just have to be able to do a little bit of math to see that you are losing value per dollar if you spend too much. For the whales, they don't care, so it doesn't affect them. For players like us, this just means that we can skip out on 90% of the micro transactions and still be able to keep up with the meta.
it's amazing how this is the first type of game I played where I didn't feel like I was constantly being punched in the dick for my wallet. I know that expression is weird since this game has a lot of big... assets, but I feel the crude way of expressing that would relate to a lot of players who dealt with other games that don't provide this kind of value.
The game is still attracting new players. The archive option is one of the best things for this game because when new players talk about the story and how good it is, veterans can tell these new players hey, try these other stories out because they're really really good and will fill out the lore of the game quickly and not feel like they missed out on a large portion of this game's history.
The other good thing is this game rewards you for spending a little bit of time on it but it doesn't need you to spend a lot of time on it unless you personally want to do that. You don't have to place first on every raid and every ranking to be able to keep up with the end game, that stuff, like the creator said, it's just for flexing and has very little impact on your ability to enjoy the game. It just feels so weird to play a game where it uses the concepts that a lot of us Western gamers complain about when it comes to micro transactions, but at the same time it actually encourages you to want to buy these packages to support the developer without feeling like you're getting mugged for your money.
The only part that kind of sucks is the gacha costumes. some of those costumes are really good but you have to spend at max 60 bucks to get them. My only cope for that is that you do get a lot of other usable items and materials along the way to getting the costume. it's not the best excuse for its expensive price, but considering how many freebies you can get and how free to play friendly the game is, I'm going to give the game a pass on that one. If that's all they have to do to keep the game running for another 5 10 years, I'm more than willing to deal with that. So far, they've only done that once every 3 months so I'm willing to give them a break on it.
What was the last straw for me with KOF AS was their 4th anniversary. It was lackluster. Freebies were abysmal, there was almost no fanfare and it was just another opportunity to sell more whale packages.
F that. No more NETMARBLE games.
I ain't reading all that.
2:34 i thought the same thing as everyone else, but i started playing it cause of the OST and Bosses.
Blessings to you my friend and hope the channel keeps growing success 🙌
are we winning nikke chads?
Cocoa gives tumbs up
I personaly love the story line so much.
because they actually listen to the players
no one is gonna trash on you for making mistakes, we're all human. its when you choose to ignore criticism and never strive to be better is what i have a problem with.
and i feel like less and less people these days are putting up with that bullcrap after what genshin did to them.
and honestly theses so many factors that led to their success. I could make an entire list at this point, but the revenue speaks for itself. Basically they went above and beyond with everything they did. I think some key factors were..
1. they really have no competition, the gameplay genre is essentially duck hunt which no one has touched in years. even outside the gacha space
2.censorship is rampant these days and people are sick of it. yes big companies want to market to everyone thats why booba bad, but holy fk. if you try to please everyone you please no one.
thats not to say nikke is perfect, people had some issues with the christmas event. people are asking for more animations and illustrations in the story and events. thats all fine because what matters is intent. they've shown in the past they're willing to fix things so ill support them if they keep supporting us
Great video! Just started the game about a month ago and having a blast. Glad I found your content and keep up the good work!
I think one of the things that got me into Nikke was its excellent choice of (music) artists (and later also artists for character and enemy design and such).
I myself have always been a rhythm game player and never been really into gacha games, one time I played FE Heroes and I thought that was nice, but it really didn't struck me. Last year at summer time however I recognized that Feryquitous (one of my favorite artists, especially considering rhythm games) and Cosmograph, another artist known from the rhythm game scene, made music for this game. So I was curious. Could this game really be that "bad" if it had those artists? So naturally I got the game on mobile and was instantly hooked, sometime later getting it on PC and playing since. The soundtrack is awesome, the design is on top, the raptures are cool and above all the Campaign (as well as the most important events) have some amazing lore and worldbuilding, which I also very much appreciate. Even though I must say that I quite frankly was a bit apprehensive playing this game at first I grew to being proud of being part of it and its community.
And even if I had a rough start with gacha rates, sometimes your luck really explodes, if only for a moment and then you will be satisfied. So for anyone out there: don't give up!
And as for the video: it really encapsulates how different Nikke is from other games its genre, almost always aware of its shortcomings and being considerate about mistakes and opinions of the fan-base. So good work, I will gladly wait and see what you have in store up next!
I started playing for the memes as well and haven't missed a day since day 1. I love how transparent and generous the devs are and it really showed in the 1st anniversary livestream. They really went above and beyond with that production (the drone show actually got me a little emotional). I hope they continue to do good on the game, it's a great time to be a Nikke fan
Nikke truly was a pleasant surprise. Like many, I decided to try the game on a whim (combination of being bored/looking for a new game) about two months ago. I was expecting a trashy fanservice cash grab game that is unfortunately all too common in the gacha/mobile game space. But after trying it out, the amount of depth to the game genuinely surprised me. As someone who was used to being treated like trash by Genshin before I quit a year and a half in, every point mentioned in the video is pretty on point. I have no qualms about spending the $5 a month just to support the developers even though I usually try to stick to F2P. It just goes to show the age old saying is still true, don't judge a book by its cover!
The one thing I want to add are the SSR crystals that allow you to add obtain a specific character (the higher chance being SSRs). Honestly, it helped me a lot of making sure I had the characters to use for the Synchro Device.
Be me:
- Just bought a new phone
- decided to play some anime gacha game
- download Nikke and Genshin around the same time
- played approximately 2 hours a day for each game (dw, I'm still on semester break rn and still have my social life intact)
- one week later, I got full SSR team of lvl 60 in Nikke while barely hit character level 30 without even having a 5 star character after 30 pulls in Genshin.
So yeah, I know where i'll be staying
Also gotta say, Land Eater extremely underutilized. It has the best boss music so far and I kinda hope they would do more with it instead of just be a transition for chapter 5 to 6 😅.
Like buddy, we just beat a fricking two stories building with the shape of turtle that grows crab legs running towards us at a 60 km/hr speed, how are so calm about that?!
As a day 1 player it’s so nostalgic to looking back into good old days.
I was never interested in in NIKKE until just before the release I saw Volume animation and decided to try it to see myself how far it can actually go.
I downloaded it and started with very low expectations and after I finished the tutorial I finally saw, that’s despite all flaws the game has the breathing and living soul.
It is first and probably last time I spent the entire week to reroll to the one specific girl in gacha who brings the sword to a gunfight and still wins.
And despite every day dramas, insane amount of bugs, when almost every character didn’t work properly (anyone remember, how Harran burst scales from her charge damage?), censorship controversies, CP deficit issues, unkillable train, I managed to survive and experienced firsthanded the best event I’ve ever seen in gachas - Overzone event.
Anyway, thank you for your wholesome and funny content, please keep going.
Shots fired to Genshin Anniversary events
😂😂😂
My main games are Honkai Impact 3rd and Azur Lane, now Star Rail and Nikke are added to my list coz of the video’s explanations.
Nice vid 👏👏
As someone who has been a Genshin player day 1 and also plays NIKKE, everything you said is 100% correct. And I find myself playing NIKKE waaaaay more because the grind is actually worth the time. Genshin forces you to spend HOURS grinding every day for little to no rewards. The recent “3 free pulls” for their new year lantern festival event was an absolute insult.
This are the reason for starting in the game
You have convinced me to go back to Nikke
I was a big Destiny Child enjoyer, and stuck with it until the end, so it took me a while to come around to nikke, but I'm glad I did. Definitely has the same generosity and waifu quality
I'm glad they have that legacy player that lets you replay all the story elements.
They never had to do that, but they did. No gacha game dev has done that when their game closed down. Shift Up is truly based.
I tried destiny child once and I played it for like a week, it was honestly fair and f2p friendly, but I stopped playing the game, because the gameplay looked boring and the ui confused my brain, too much on the screen and it was irritating
A small thing that I really like from Nikke is their music. Some event soundtracks just go so hard that I wished for the longest time they would add them to streaming platforms. Just over a month ago they did just that, can continue to update it with new tracks from the games ongoing events.
And how often we get this kind of style of the gameplay? The last one I’ve saw came close to the gameplay of Nikke is Soul of Sevens
Right? I'm an old fart and played Time Crisis 1 and 2, in the arcades. Cover based on rails shooter with booty? There is no other game on the market.
Shift Up is doing well because although it's a gacha game, its competing in a niche that has no competition, and it is doing it PROPERLY.
When I saw this game my first reaction is Metal Gear Solid Touch from 2009, also Cabal from 1988 was came to mind. I thought the ads for this game is fake like those bait-and-switch junk games, but it turned out to be the real deal, is quite a pleasant surprise.
I think the only similar game on mobile right now is blue archive.
I remember thinking "I need a new fun mobile game." Saw the first few clips and thought ok fan service aside it seems like an interesting game style. But man I was completely blown away by the stories in the game. I genuinely was hooked there's been no small amount of work from both the VAs and the writing this game has genuinely had me tear up in genuinely sad moments I even laughed at some of the humor. The introductions of mini games have always been fun and downright amazing. And I think they do a good job making different characters and styles.
fun fact: shiftup's previous game, destiny child died due... to them devs being TOO GENEROUS. no, for real, they gave away too many things for free, and flopped as a result.
This is the only Gacha game that i’ve consistently played because the characters and the pulls are very generous, and I enjoy the gameplay and teambuilding
Former Genshin players here, looking forward to being in your communities.