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[zam（仮）]

UPUPGIRLS（仮）has stepped into the realm of Youtubers as they started yesterday, 2017-09-22, their Youtube channel for Gaming!



I will use this thread to share everything related to the channel.

Channel introduction video.

[Fall]

With so many of my entertainment worlds melding together, it is getting very hard to catalog my bookmarks recently.

[zam（仮）]

^Hehe I know what you mean

The Television report on UUG(YouTuber) launching at the EXVISION booth at Tokyo Game Show 2017.
https://thetv.jp/news/detail/122447/

I hope one of them do a Resident Evil game play.
It was entertaining watching Kizuna Ai freaking out playing that game

[Kinjiru]

I like how Arai is listing off all these quality games, you can tell she owns a switch. Youtube is a good idea for Up Up since they can be much more experimental as a non-HP group and if they do Youtube well it could really pay off. Hope to see them releasing quality and long content.

[zam（仮）]

TGS2017 - Exvision stage.

[zam（仮）]

1st video from UUG(Youtuber). Maana shares a bit more of her interests and asks fans to leave recommendation in the comment section.

[blackknight07]

Another

[Nayok-Kihara]

I hope the videos won't stay around the 5 minute mark. Most of the gaming content I enjoy tends to run a little longer. I appreciate getting them at all though, and I understand there are a lot of limited time situations where short, quick videos will probably provide a better viewing experience.

[zam（仮）]

What I hope the most is that they get someone to sub the videos

My guest is that Maana doesn't have anything to do while Morisaki, Akari and Sekki are over in Taiwan and Konatsu is working on her play.
So they had Maana do a test run for the channel.

The make up is no, no one wears makeup when they do this videos

[Fall]

The numbers have been run by people far more knowledgeable than me, but the ideal amount of time for a gameplay video on youtube for the most exposure with the algorithm and to not completely overstretch a viewer's attention span is just around 20 minutes so that the more impatient can play at 2x speed.  I don't expect them to put as much effort into adhering to that kind of formula as someone like Arumba would with his Europa Universalis IV gameplay vids.  I'm just glad that it's an avenue of exploration that the agency is taking.

 

I would also love more than anything else for some Disgaea LPs.  I see that Switch back there.

[zam（仮）]

Monster gameplay with Maana.


In this particular video, I'm just being entertained by Maana being generally cute

[Nayok-Kihara]

Based on the videos uploaded so far, I'm starting to think this whole thing was just an excuse for Manami to get her own work-sanctioned gaming channel.

[Greyface]

Same as most YouTubers, an attempt to monetize a hobby. *shrug*

[zam（仮）]

Finally Sekki appears
+ Halloween theme!

[zam（仮）]

Japan caught the Animal Crossing bug


I have seen most of the idols I follow sharing their id on twitter

[Fall]

If it's animal crossing, that bug probably isn't going to go away for a very long time.  I never played it though.  I was always more of a Harvest Moon fan until the developers left with Bokujou Monogatari (now released internationally as Story of Seasons) and Natsume ruined the HM name by releasing other non-BM games with that English title.  If she ever moves on to Stardew Valley though, they'll probably need to keep someone on standby to make sure she doesn't stare at a screen for 30 hours at a time.

[zam（仮）]

Is Animal Crossing something like the SIMS? I really can't find the excitement of playing as an animal character

[Fall]

The gameplay in the mainline Animal Crossing titles is a lot like the community/slice of life aspects of the Harvest Moon games where a lot of it is built around getting to know your community as you build connections and play in semi real time.  That's not to say it's entirely similar to Harvest Moon since they are very different in terms of focus, but it has a similar laid back feel and became extremely popular.  The characters you interact with are anthropomorphic, but the character you play with is highly customizable, along with many aspects of the games.

 

The last main title for Animal Crossing was in 2012 with Animal Crossing: New Leaf.  This one in particular, "Pocket Camp," is less of a mainline Animal Crossing game though and is more of a typical micro-transaction cashcow spinoff.  Fun and addictive elements would be included, but more for revenue than for a true Animal Crossing experience.  Only having ever watched let's plays for the old animal crossing games, I can't really determine too much on how different those experiences would be, but the industry doesn't tend to put as much quality into their micro-transaction side-farms as they do their mainline titles.  I wouldn't really expect this one to live up to the hype, but it will likely have quite a bit of attention for a while among youtubers and streamers while the hype is alive.

[zam（仮）]

Loving Sekki's long hair

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[GameMarket] Maana goes on GameMarket as a guest.