You Should Definitely Check This Game Out
Promise Mascot Agency is such a joyful, fulfilling ride to the end
What if I told you, there’s a game so chill and wholesome while teaching you openly about how to help a Japanese town regrow from its dilapidated state no thanks to a corrupt mayor, and a coal mining accident that has cursed it.
All of it involving an ex-Yakuza, with said Yakuza being voiced by none other than Takaya Kuroda. You play as Michi, an ex-lieutenant who faked his death in order to return the debt owed back to his family by running a mascot agency. The town is blessed with physical manifestation of mascots.
On the surface, it’s a management simulator. But there’s much more, you engage in dialogues via visual novel style storytelling, converse with the locals, have your assistant mascot, Pinky getting into fights with them. I read somewhere that Michi is the Mary-Poppins of the story, just with a criminal record. Couldn’t be more apt.
Your entire gig involves helping the town, as they’ll help you back. Handling subcontracts to selling merchandise, while you continuously send the mascots in televised shows or online streams sponsored by every business that’s coming back as things progressively develop. A lot of other tasks involve taking down the mayor’s poster for election, destroying garbage bags for pocket money and flying paper doll chains for spiritually cleansing the land. Even go on debating with the mayor himself.
Go around the land with the truck, which can be upgraded to rocket shoot Pinky, increase nitrous oxide, and even finally adding wings to fly around the map. The lengths of its absurdity truly reaches for the sky.
I know there are so many titles out there that have easily overshadowed this one past April, but it’s picking up thanks to the special attention given by fans and YouTubers alike. Consider me one of them at this point, I want people to take a crack at it, it’s a joyful time to spend. Just take my advice while hiring the mascots, only take the Job Share Review perk for those you know will get you more money.
Otherwise, you’re just wasting money. You have a business to run, and your family’s lifeblood is in your hands as well. Cashing the earnings to their bank via ATM, unless you prefer your matriarch’s head on a platter. Pretty grim.
The writing is high class, characters are rich and endearing on their own, especially all the various mascots in the roster. The game will throw you off in the difficulty curve if you haven’t covered economics 101. It’s also pretty short, close to 20hrs with everything checked out. If you’re also asking if Pinky is a thumb….yes.
Available for the Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam
