Ghost of Yotei Praised in Japan for How Quintessentially Hokkaido It Feels

Released connected October 2, Ghost of Yotei is rapidly garnering praise from Japanese gamers who are engaged exploring Sucker Punch’s depiction of 1600s Japan. Its prime of setting, picturesque scenery, and expansive representation look to beryllium resonating with section residents, with the developers receiving plaudits for their elaborate probe and consciousness of style.

Sucker Punch’s standalone sequel to 2020’s award-winning Ghost of Tsushima moves the enactment to Ezo connected Japan’s northernmost main land of Hokkaido. You play arsenic Atsu, a warrior connected a quest to instrumentality vengeance connected the six men who slaughtered her family.

Overall, Ghost of Yotei’s scenery is getting a batch of praise from Japanese speaking commenters for its beauty, particularly the titular Mount Yotei. However, 1 commenter, who seemingly lives successful Hokkaido, shared a photograph of the existent Mount Yotei, saying: “You were astir apt reasoning they exaggerated its quality for the game, right? But Mount Yotei truly is simply a beauteous mountain. Please travel and visit.”

In a follow-up post, they added that the developers’ determination to take “Mount Yotei alternatively of (Hokkaido’s highest mountain) Daisetsuzan makes truthful overmuch consciousness arsenic a idiosyncratic calved and raised successful Hokkaido. Mount Yotei isn’t portion of a upland range, it stands alone, and that’s what gives it the ‘wow’ factor.”

#ゴーストオブヨウテイ 、北海道で一番高い山は大雪山なんだけど、大雪山じゃなくて羊蹄山を選んだの、道産子としてめちゃくちゃよくわかる。
羊蹄山って山脈の中にある山じゃなくてぽつんとそびえたっていて、それが「うわあ」ってなるんだよね。 pic.twitter.com/CRKpybvzLU

— ⭕️りなんご⭕️ (@rina_asami_w) October 2, 2025

The presumption from the upland in-game is besides getting immoderate emotion for being highly beautiful, with 1 idiosyncratic sharing screenshots.

羊蹄山からの景色バチクソ綺麗なんよなぁ#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオブヨウテイ pic.twitter.com/KBskFi6g2w

— 悠介二式/🌟 (@YusukeORTtype2) October 6, 2025

Sharing an in-game screenshot featuring Mount Yotei, different idiosyncratic commented: “I unrecorded successful Ezo but Ghost of Yotei is mode much quintessentially Hokkaido than I could person imagined, lol. (...) Whether it is to standard oregon not, the information that the full representation is Hokkaido is profoundly moving.”

蝦夷地在住の者だけど、ヨウテイが想像以上に北海道すぎてわろてる
情報あんまり追ってないから知らなかったけど、実際のスケールはともかく全体マップが北海道そのまんまなのも感慨深い🥺#ゴーストオブヨウテイ pic.twitter.com/EjRvQwye1x

— ぶっち🐺 (@ngo_nyanko) October 1, 2025

As a sidenote, representation bundle institution Zenrin got into the Ghost of Yotei tone by sharing a real-life representation of Ezo connected its authoritative X relationship to people the game’s release.

特に深い意味はありませんが、こちらは北海道の羊蹄山周辺の地図です。 pic.twitter.com/r0hAZPnhdo

— 株式会社ゼンリン (@ZENRIN_official) October 1, 2025

Although Atsu’s communicative is serious, similar successful Ghost of Tsushima the crippled besides gives the subordinate plentifulness of opportunities to research the beauteous landscapes, unbend successful hotsprings and interact with section fauna, specified arsenic foxes. Many Japanese comments constituent retired however “cute” these animals and their movements are, specified arsenic the fox’s butt-wiggle absorption to your attempts to portion done bamboo, and the quality of the Japanese agelong tailed tit, with users sharing a screenshot of the achromatic vertebrate perching connected Atsu’s hand.

シマエナガ来てくれるの！？
かわいい！#GhostofYotei#ゴーストオブヨウテイ pic.twitter.com/3kjb2N2ciZ

— ぽぽた (@popo_ta9568) October 2, 2025

However, arsenic cute arsenic these animals mightiness be, 1 idiosyncratic warned players that petting foxes similar Atsu tin bash is not a bully thought successful existent life, arsenic though it wasn’t an contented successful the 1600s, the foxes successful Hokkaido nowadays transportation the parasitic illness echinococcosis, which tin beryllium passed to humans.

Ghost of Yotei’s opening rubric movie, which follows Atsu riding done the scenery astatine speed, besides gained overmuch praise and shares, with 1 Japanese connection remark going truthful acold arsenic to say: “As expected, this game’s opening movie has surpassed each others.” Talking astir the opening, different commenter added: “You’re galloping up the elevation and past boom, Mt Yotei appears astatine its astir beautiful. I instrumentality my chapeau disconnected to the unit of Sucker Punch for their bully sensation and palmy research. They truly cognize however to deed the close enactment for Japanese audiences.” Others praised translation and dependable acting aspects, saying that Ghost of Yotei has a “perfect localization for Japan.”

During the making of Ghost of Yotei, the developers took galore probe trips to Japan. Director Nate Fox antecedently talked astir the team’s committedness to creating a respectful practice of Japan to lucifer Sucker Punch's erstwhile enactment connected Ghost of Tsushima. In fact, Fox and Jason Connel were made imperishable tourism ambassadors to the real-life Tsushima successful designation of however Ghost of Tsushima has dispersed consciousness of the place. As much radical acquisition Ghost of Yotei, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if it gets akin recognition.

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.