New Occults or Hidden worlds?!

The "snowy" Kami already appeared in the trailer, so this is kinda a new... occult type..? more or less...

I hope there will be a cave or something as we seem to be able to wander the mountain from what I can see in the trailer. :hushed:

I really hope so. I miss when they used to put hidden details in the game, now they don't seem to do anything unless its an advertised feature

They did say build your rock climbing skill up, and challenge them to climb to the top of Komorebi. So I'm thinking if there is an ice cave in the game. It's probably on top or near the top of the mountain. Otherwise why hype up the challenge of climbing to the top of the mountain if there's nothing up there?

"CopperBolt;d-982741" wrote:
Because this pack is Japanese inspired, a yeti is very unlikely. However, Japan has a lot of myths around snow 'ghosts' and spirits, some of whom breathe ice if they feel threatened.

Seems very plausible to me. I'm in no way an expert on Japan or its culture, but I do know of Yuki-onna, a snow witch of sorts who either lures people into snow-related trouble or tries to protect them from it depending on who you ask, and with all the ghosts and yokai and deities in Japanese folklore, I'm sure there's more of those with a connection to cold weather, even if the famous yeti isn't among them.

We might even see several types of entities in the pack itself, like the floating blue thing from the trailer, but I doubt that there will be a full-fledged occult. My best guess is that it will be similar to Island Living with its Sulani elementals, sims can interact with them and get benefits out of it, but without becoming anything special themselves. I wouldn't mind being wrong about this, though... Can't wait to find out!

I would also love to see a yuki onna in the game. (Yuki onna translates to 'Snow Woman' in Japanese). It makes sense with the snowy world, and since its usual form is a humanoid woman wearing a kimono it wouldn't be too difficult to create a yuki onna with the items they have made for this pack (unlike a Yeti, which would require new meshes or be a human in a costume).

According to Japanese folklore the yuki onna breathes on people as they die of the cold or makes them freeze to death. But sometimes she will spare a handsome young man and come and marry him later. So woohoo with a yuki onna is completely in line with Japanese tradition, lol.

I think the hidden cave might be shown in the trailer. At 00:35 in the trailer, you can see what looks like a cave entrance that needs to be cleared of snow and ice to enter. Upon seeing it, I was instantly reminded of the overgrown archways in Jungle Adventure. As for new occult, this would be a great pack to add a supe or expand upon ghosts/spirits.

I'm actually hoping it isn't some special ghost since it could easily be a ghost we already have with a few ice abilities here and there, knowing the track record of reusing assets and animations.

Very true about the ice ghost already there. Maybe a ghost that you have to appease to climb all the way?
If not I just hope we get some ice cave action or SOMETHING at the top. Watching your Sims climb to..nothing doesn't seem that much fun.

"CopperBolt;c-17703484" wrote:
Very true about the ice ghost already there. Maybe a ghost that you have to appease to climb all the way?
If not I just hope we get some ice cave action or SOMETHING at the top. Watching your Sims climb to..nothing doesn't seem that much fun.

That was my point that I was making when I said, .

I think that at the time of the championship we would already know if there was something mystical in this package, which is a real pity, the mysticism of this culture is super interesting and could put several cool things to mix with the other mystical packs.