Tadami line is based in the forests of Japan, Japan is the literal birthplace of anime tv series, such as one piece, jujutsu kaisen, one punch man, My Hero Academia and so on. As the collectibles, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have them based off different anime tv shows to show the culture of Japan COLLECTABLE 1 - SUKUNAS FINGERS (JUJUTSU KAISEN) Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the fastest growing anime’s out at the moment, even featuring a Guinness world record for fastest growing anime series of today. there would be 20 of these across the route for you to obtain. Just like how there are 20 fingers in the series. When you walk up to one of these it’ll say.. 1/20 Sukunas Fingers Obtained with a sinister laugh in the background. COLLECTABLE 2 - STRAW HATS - (ONE PIECE) This collectable is based off the popular TV show “one piece” and features the main character “monkey d luffys” famous straw hat, there will be 25 of these straw hats to obtain across the route. When collected it’ll say 1/25 Straw Hats Collected And it’ll say the phrase “I’m doing it because I want to!” COLLECTABLE 3 - Red Gloves (ONE PUNCH MAN) This Collectable References the hero Saitama, in the popular anime series “One Punch Man” there are 25 of these to discover across the route.when you collect one of these it’ll say 1/25 Hero’s Gloves Discovered With a punch sound effect in the background and the last collectible would be the route map (obviously), it’s in every TSW route so far. Now, you are probably thinking…”what on earth does this have to do with TSW??” Well..you’re kinda right. BUT, anime is a major player in Japanese culture, as this is where most anime’s are created, those players who are major anime watchers would enjoy this route, as this is in Japan, it’s a real no brainer not to include something which has contributed a lot to their culture.
I'd rather have Union Workshop focus on making the route a good PLAYING route, and completely ignore the collectibles.
If there was going to be collectibles (likely there will be since it seems every route has them), I'd rather them be more traditionally Japanese. I've never been to the area that the line serves IRL, as I live in West Japan, but it's definitely not Tokyo. It's rural, and even among Japan's railfans the line is mainly spotted and observed for its natural settings. The towns it runs through seem quite small and quiet. It's very inaka, very rural and therefore quiet and serene, probably. Collecting things like sensu, Japanese folding fans, or hanging up furin, Japanese wind chimes, or anything similar to the likes would be much more fitting of the setting IMO. Then of course there is the mundane and more realistic things that could be done...like collecting lost or forgotten vinyl umbrellas.
I completely agree with these general remarks and proposals. Moreover, even persisting in the intent of infusing the route with some arbitrary anime imagery, the original suggestion is way too crude and generic. A basic effort could have been done to reference works which actually feature trains in countryside settings. Just to name one, 『秒速5センチメートル』(even if that is Tochigi rather than Fukushima or Niigata) would seem slightly less inappropriate. But then again, it is not necessary to go beyond the kind of simple and sober items that SuperExpressMizuho listed. If needed, some more extravagant element could perhaps come, with liveries and interiors of the so called "Joyful Train" series (special KiHa-40 variants), although admittedly they do not properly belong to the Tadami line itself.
Is there a source for this, or pure speculation? I suspect white gloves might be in there as a Mastery award, or the Samurai katana if you keep running late…
Perpetually running late unlocks a minigame where for an entire day, when you load the route, the timetable is empty and instead there is only a mandatory mini game where you pull weeds and pick up trash in front of the local JR office as a punitive measure.
I don't get collectables as you get nothing for 'collecting' them all. Seems a bit pointless tbh as TSW is a railway simulator; you don't see the driver run up to a board on a platform and put up a route map in real life!
It's incredibly reductionist to just think of Japan and instantly think "Anime". There are far more appropriate regional cultural objects for any given part of Japan, which would make for reasonable items to find around a train line there.
