Overwatch isn’t only capturing people’s imagination in the West. The game is also gaining a following in Japan and has the fan art to prove it.
Here’s an interesting sight to see this week: The latest issue of Famitsu features Overwatch on the cover.
TLがGGXrdRの話題で盛り上がってる中、KOF14のトレーラーにてジョー東の声優さんが変わってしまって悲しみを背負ったあへるです…＿|￣|○
本日のファミ通はこちら☆
オーバーウォッチ遂に発売しましたね！楽しそう！！ pic.twitter.com/mU0kILicfl— GAME BAR CLANTZ (@GAME_BAR_CLANTZ) May 26, 2016
Why is this interesting? Because this week, Dragon Quest Heroes II also came out in Japan. That certainly makes the cover an interesting choice. (Square Enix also released Overwatch’s PS4 version in Japan, so no skin off their nose!) It’s even more interesting because the notion for years was that Japanese players didn’t like Western games, especially Western first-person shooters. More and more, that stereotype is simply not true.
While we don’t have the game’s first week Japanese sales figures just yet, the buzz on Twitter has been quite positive with people uploading photos of their purchase.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/736089100571152384
オーバーウォッチ買いました〜！ pic.twitter.com/rhgA4YjS4U
— ちろω (@ciroemi_25) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/736123208479297536
We’ll have to wait for more concrete details to suss out whether or not the game is a hit in Japan. However, Overwatch’s characters do seem to very much appeal to Japanese players, who keep remarking how “cute” they are (especially Tracer and Mei). Others, however, simply say they want to play the game.
For the past month or so, Japanese Twitter users have been uploading Overwatch fan art. Not all of these artists are going to buy the game (like this artist, for example), but there’s been a steady increase in art, which is bound to only increase as the game’s fandom grows in Japan.
Until then, let’s have a look:
明日だ！(*′∇`*) #オーバーウォッチ #Overwatch pic.twitter.com/Oo4WimGMKd
— W18 (@walzrjW18) May 23, 2016
昨日overwatch４人でやって楽しかったので落書き。また大人数(?)でやりたい。
ザヌプロさん(D.Va)とビフさん(ゼニヤッタ)と将さん(ゲンジ)とやっこい(トールビョーン)#overwatch pic.twitter.com/SNZqARqXNR— やっこい (@kanatayakoir13) May 25, 2016
【オーバーウォッチ】
オーバーウォッチ、始動!!!! pic.twitter.com/OJPLber2Mq— K (@hitotutarinight) May 23, 2016
オーバーウォッチ楽しみすぎになってきた… とりあえず目下CBTの為に生きる pic.twitter.com/JyUtLNf76b
— 加藤拓弐 (@isiyumi) April 24, 2016
オーバーウォッチ買わないけど
リーパーさんかっこいいから落書き pic.twitter.com/DDDuNwuvOf— 川田美波は絵を描く人 (@kawatamitsu2) May 24, 2016
オーバーウォッチ！！（ウォンチュッ風に） pic.twitter.com/5huZBm1X7O
— 加藤拓弐 (@isiyumi) May 24, 2016
｢龍が我が敵を喰らう！｣
｢総員撃ち方はじめ！｣
切り絵ハンゾーとザリア出来ました#切り絵 #オーバーウォッチ pic.twitter.com/irZzNKap65— quickly-56 (@akito360) May 22, 2016
オーバーウォッチのD.VA#毎日練習お絵描き#キャラを描いてゲームをやった気になる pic.twitter.com/wV7DRPv3S8
— もうぴい@ひつじの木 (@mousoup) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/729008799424479232
ベータ版やらせていただいた。めっちゃ面白かった！
絵は味方にいると助かる女神「マーシー」#オーバーウォッチ #Over Watch pic.twitter.com/p11nDR5Awx
— えふわん (@F1lyo1M) May 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/733657528689516544
JNTブラシでOVERWATCHらくがき pic.twitter.com/nmhIezuvWh
— 網 (@amiamic) April 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735365154649542656
https://twitter.com/embed/status/730879151498891264
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735918567242113030
https://twitter.com/embed/status/736146577861971968
https://twitter.com/embed/status/730803751066312704
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735106575291977729
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735275686886137856
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735042942004383745
https://twitter.com/embed/status/730189686459617280
https://twitter.com/embed/status/730414751822446594
https://twitter.com/embed/status/735413808051675136
In case you missed it, here is some more Overwatch art by some of the world’s best artists.
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