Umamusume: Pretty Derby which is quickly galloping into the spotlight, and despite the odd premise, the addictive anime horse girl gacha game needs on the radar. If someone told you that one of the most entertaining games of 2025 would be training famous Japanese racehorses reborn as the anime girls, you would probably think they are joking.
In the fact that the premise alone is enough to earn confused stares from the friends and worried from the family.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby game to try
The general gameplay loop which will familiar sports sim fans you would tasked with the managing the cast of colorful characters, and every race, you will need top train the chosen horse girl rasing stats like speed, stamina, power guts and wit.
It is during the training sessions which you will get to know each character and you would learn about the likes, dislikes, personal insecurities and the dreams of winning the ultimate prize a first place trophy at the prestigious URA finals.
Well looking at the game whether it is watching the rising star cope with the setbacks or seeing them interact with other racers, also lisienting ti the dreams, the everyday moments feed into the narrative of each race and NPC itorogation is way to good.
The emotions that we get tied to it and the each race we playthrough makes getting victory incredibly satisfying and also loosing the race kind a feel a hot to the heart.
As you can see the meme above that is the reaction you get while playing the game, after trailing behind first place for what seemed like an eternity, one of Bakushin special abilities kicked in, and she can began gunning for the gold like life depended on it. She can also inched past her rival, as narrowly claiming the career defining victory and we can let out the noise.
Well it was the very moment that the dopamine filled brain realized that it was just mere horseplay, it was peak cinema. The Bakushin did not go the win the URA Finals, in the delay followed, pored over the YouTube analysis videos and delivered into the Google spreadsheet which did not seen the light and day since Japanese release back in 2021.
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