Eastern demons
Creatures concept
Includes any kind of eastern demons or creatures inspired by them.
13
games
7platforms
Alternate names: 妖怪, Yāoguài, 妖怪, Yōkai, جن, Jinn
NES 1987-10-26
WIN 2006-12-15
PCE 1990-07-20
X68K 1988
FDSY 1987-09-04
FDSY 1987-09-30
NES 1987-05-19
XBOX 2005-04-12
PCE 1990-12-22
NES 1987-12-22
WIN 2007-02-26
Unlike western demons, eastern demons can be entirely benevolent or otherwise beneficial to humans and nature and may be even minions of some deities if not deities themselves, though they may also be fallen celestial beings.
Commonly these are nature spirits or similar who have either animal-like or monstrous appearance (regardless if they're benevolent or malevolent).
Jinn are usually seen as lamp Genies, which should not be counted in most cases.
However, much like their western counterparts, eastern demons can be as monstrous, fearsome or otherwise demonic in appearance despite their possible benevolent nature.
Commonly these are nature spirits or similar who have either animal-like or monstrous appearance (regardless if they're benevolent or malevolent).
Jinn are usually seen as lamp Genies, which should not be counted in most cases.
However, much like their western counterparts, eastern demons can be as monstrous, fearsome or otherwise demonic in appearance despite their possible benevolent nature.
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Games by year
The first Eastern demons video game was released on May 19, 1987.
Hudson Soft, Nintendo and Koei Tecmo published most of these games.