I fell in love with the series the moment I discovered it as an anime. I watch the very first episode when it first was uploaded to this anime watching site. Since then, I have watched every single episode more than once multiple different times. After learning there was a game, I Reserve that game as soon as I could. And I have reserved each copy of a new game that comes out every single time.
The whole reason I started was because my cousin was playing the demo. The second I saw it I thought it looked fun af. And it’s the only 3ds game I play
I was one of those people (at first) then I gave it a try and well I'm an idiot for ever comparing it to Pokemon, there is no similarity and is a great series (excited for Yo kai watch 4)
Ninja jack 64 I stopped playing them because it takes Level 5 to release the games 2 or 3 years and I'm sick of it. Now those games killed off my hype.
I just kind of hated it when this series got labeled as a Pokemon rip off just because it's the same genre. Digimon was also the same genre that doesn't mean they are the same experience or that you have to pick one over the other. When I was a kid, I was hanging with my friend when she started watching Digimon, when I asked about it she described it as being the better choice over Pokemon. Opinions are fine but we were 7.. so it became a fight and I avoided Digimon out of spite and wanted to see it fail. I regret that. It was stupid and childish. We didn't have to treat the two series of games/anime like they are sports team and one has to win over the other. By the time Yokai-watch came out, I grew up and picked up the game. I wasn't going to treat Yokai-watch like I did Digimon and I thought Yokai-watch was fun.
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I was living in Japan during the peak popularity of Yo-kai watch and I’ll tell ya. It was everywhereeee on water bottles, arcades, backpacks, school supplies. Anything you could think of that a kid would need. I was so excited when the games came out here in the US and I really hope it’ll do well again on the switch !
Jibanyan in Smash has been my biggest dream since I've played the first game. Plus not only would we get Jibanyan, but the glorious songs, and seeing what HD yo kai watch would look like outside of YKW4's visual style would also be a treat.
@@damiengamer727 If they did add a Final Boss as a boss, the most likely contender would probably be Dedtime from YKW2, as she's get's the most amount of screen time in comparison to any other Final Boss, even coming back in the next game, not to mention that even if you've never played a YKW game, you still might have seen the movie.
I’m from America and let me tell you, this franchise is a MASTERPIECE. It is too underrated and it really doesn’t get the attention it deserves now. It’s cute and I think that the games were amazing. So many little aspects that make it stand out to other games. No matter what anybody says, this game will be my all time favorite childhood franchise.
I just got 3 a few days ago, but then the first thing i hear about it is that 3 is by far the worst and one of the worst 3DS games in general. It was kinda a impulse buy, is 3 really that bad? And which one do you think is best? I have yet to play it, but want to finish another game first.
@@D3sdinova I finished Yokai Watch 3 and I gotta say it's pretty good. 2 has a better story but 3 definitely made the combat more interesting and a lot of better quality of life stuff. I've also started to like the Hazy Lane more than the Infinite Tunnel.
@@mrsuperheatran2794 yeah i mostly hear good things about the first games i think. I might want to pick up one of the other games too. Which version do you think is best? From like 1 and 2?
*I don’t understand how whenever I make a video about YoKai watch, it always turns into people bashing Pokémon and saying Pokémon fans are toxic. I’ve uploaded many Pokémon and YoKai watch videos, and I’ve seen very little comments from Pokémon fans bashing YoKai Watch and a lot more YoKai Watch fans bashing Pokémon. This is NOT about YoKaI Watch Vs Pokemon. They’re similar games sure, but if people enjoy both or just one it’s no big deal. No need to hate out of nowhere.*
This tends to happen with anything coming out in the Creature Collector genre sadly... It happened with Digimon and YuGiOh, and it was bound to happen with YKW. It's a defensive maneuver... I do honestly wish Pokemon had a direct competitor, but I also wish people could take games in the same genre as their own things instead of saying "this game is better than that game" and driving each other further apart.
That is rather sad, seeing how I also enjoyed the Fossil Fighters series, Demikids Light Version, the Monster Rancher series, and I was always disappointed that Fighting Foodons never got a cooking/combat game series. Just because they're competitive franchises doesn't mean people have to get combative about their preferences.
It’s one of those great franchise’s that only a small group of people will remember. The series had its moments and I will never forget it I really hope it will make a return eventually
I honestly felt like too much pressure was put on the game series. It's not meant to surpass or compete with Pokemon, it's just a fun series with cute characters and enjoyable gameplay.
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@@fabianw1383 i dont think it would come close to pokemon in sales/popularity but it might have a shot, i dont really like the yokai-watch anime/games i just prefer pokemon
It makes me so sad yo kai watch has so much to offer like amazing ost, wonderful character designs, great landscapes and visuals, really fun gameplay, and funny writing also yo kai watch 3 has so much content it’s like 3 games in 1 so it’s def worth the 40$ price. ( fun fact: yo kai watch 3 has the largest file size on the 3ds)
Yeah Yo Kai Watch doesn't fail to deliver on anything, their's never really a dull moment when you're playing it, and especially with YKW3, their's just so much new.
Jake Yeah I think YW is such a great franchise (especially YW2) but people in the west just dismiss it and it’s a shame because it can be easily popular if more people in the west gave the game a chance.
Zack RBLX I Loved Yokai Watch Very Much Because They Have A Good Messages Of Teamwork, Perseverance, And Friendship! It Always My Number One Favorite Anime Today! As Well The Great Storyline, Funny Characters, And Awesome Songs! Hope Yokai Watch Will Improve In The Future! Also, Yokai Watch Is Having A New Game, The Comeback Of The Original Anime, And A New Movie As Well! Yokai Watch Will Never Die Just Like Other Franchises!❤️❤️👏😀💪👊🙌😇✨📺🎬💕👍🙏🇯🇵🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏☝️🥇
@@nii9931 The hell you talking about? It was first on the Japanese chart and sold more copies it's first week than BoTW, Smash, Yakuza, Mario Kart and Splatoon 2 combined.
Pablo González Hermosilla what are you talking about, I’ve never heard of this, could you show me? Because I’ve seen stuff that showed that the YKW series has been on a rapid decline in Japan, but I could be wrong. However, I completely doubt it did better than Mario Kart and Smash, like no offense but I think you’re wrong about that
@Shaman X They may be different genres. but if you are a kid in japan and you have the choice between smash ultimate and yokai watch 3... Which do you choose? Smash ultimate. no question.
Guys think of it this way. It’s December 7th, 2019. You are a casual gamer, occasionally choosing titles you find appealing. Smash Bros has been the hype going around the entire internet and, hey, you remember that one time in Middle School where you went to a friend’s house, played Brawl and had a very good time. You decide to visit the game store, looking for that specific game, and you spot a game from the 3DS. You are aware the console’s on it’s last legs. Hell, the Switch released a few years ago and it has proven to be a success, compared to the 3DS, where most games at this point are remakes or shovelware, nothing note-worthy. You have heard the name of the franchise every once in a while, and probably heard your younger cousin mentioning a TV show about it. As you stare at the 60€ in your wallet, you have to make a choice between the game you came for, and this random 3DS game. The choice is obvious, isn’t it? That was the experience for most European consumers, I’d say. Nintendo should have waited a little bit before releasing YKW3. They killed it by releasing it the exact same week as Smash. Everyone who wants to sell their game knows to avoid dates with such releases. It’s just common sense. Unfortunate Yo-Kai Watch was a victim of poor handling.
The issue I've seen outside of USA is a mixture of: It's seen as a Pokemon clone from a glance. It's another cute monster hunting show/game. And the general target demographic are children of those that grew up with hundreds of these. (Pokemon, digimon, yugioh, monster rancher, dragon drive, bayblade, cardcaptors, shaman king...) they came and went without much thought. The anime here was seen as a parody and very much for children. No or little adult appeal. I tried it seeing it before the games or toys. It was boring with seemingly no overarching plot, character progression, and worked more in unconnected snapshots than anything episodic. The humour didn't appeal either. I stopped after the first season. Advertising. There was none here. Not for the games, toys, show, nothing. I didn't even hear of the series until I saw it on Netflix. Saw nothing in any of the game shops, nothing on tv, none of the let's players I watched were covering it with the exception of one and he only looked at the jap stuff. Most people and that includes the elementary crowd hasn't heard of it let alone watched or played. The lore and comedy isn't as accessible to a Western audience. I watch anime and I can safely say I could only pick out a handful of the common yokai. For someone who doesn't, or only watches the few shown on our networks... A lot is lost in translation. Kappa might be one of the few they'd recognize and even then I mentioned kappa to a young casual watcher and they didn't get it. If you don't understand the world you make less of a connection with it. The games... I played the first. I actually loved it for what it was. A cute monster collection game. The game felt far more mature over the anime, had some neat mechanics and in the advanced area could have some challenge and end game grinding fun. But once again I'm not talking with my gamer friends about yokai watch, no one else played or heard of it.
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The sad thing about yo kai watch 3 is that I think it’s the best game in the series but when I went to buy it (like 3 days after the release) there were only 3 copies, they were all in the back of the shop and they didn’t even know they had them. Now a few days ago I went into a pretty big eb games (I’m Australian) and they had yo kai watch 1 and 2 on display with a bunch of merchendice but no yo kai watch 3!
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Yokai watch is not appreciated over here and it makes me sad because the one for switch looks so good and we may never get it. It’s such a fun series and the show is nice too.
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@@Rebel_riot151 so there’s three on switch I believe. The one I’m referring to is Yo-Kai Watch 4, or you could look up Yo-Kai watch Shadowside too (the anime for it). There’s also a little spin off title, I don’t know the name but it has all different characters and is basically the yo-kai as human reincarnations. It has an anime called Yo-Kai Watch Y (I think). And then there’s the original Yo-Kai Watch on the switch with improved graphics, I think this one is available in English but the others are not. I hope this helped! :)
I visited Japan for the first time in years in 2014, at the height of Yokai Watch's popularity. While one of my friends absolutely refused to purchase anything Yokai-related because of how annoying its prevalence was, I fell in love with it immediately and YW1 was actually my first 3DS game. Even though I'm not proud of my 3DS overusage that summer and the one after that, YW still holds a pretty big spot in my heart. Although I knew that something was up after hardly anything was announced after YW3, I never returned to Japan and couldn't quite figure out the trajectory of the series. Thank you for making this video. You've made me want to purchase a Switch.
Other things that benefitied Yo-Kai Watch sucess: 1) Pokémon was a stale franchise to the eyes of many people. While Gen 3 and Gen 4 are labeled as "the golden age" of Pokémon, many original players steped aside from Pikachu after Gen 2. Gen 5, despite being a breath of fresh air and actually really good games, turned off many older players. The BW anime didn't help much tho. 2) Gen 6 was underhelming. OR/AS was quite a disapointment. HG/SS set the bar quality for Pokémon remakes, and Gen 3 is a fan-favorite of many players (me included, being my first games). Many cool elements of Emerald were scraped over X/Y's elements, like the Battle Maison replacing the beloved Battle Frontier. The whole game was much more easier than R/S/E, which annoyed fans that played the originals. 3) 2015 was a empty year for Pokémon. Nothing big announced or released. Only some free-to-play games. 4) XY anime turned down many younger viewers in Japan. There was a space for a new kids cartoon to strike. 5) While Pokémon happens in a fictional world (and since Gen 5 regions are based outside of Japan), YW happens in our world, or better, it happens in Japan, in a normal quiet town. YW was simple, kids could relate to Nathan's much more than any silent Pokémon Trainer from the games. Also, Pokémon was getting way to complicated with it plot and world building. In YW things happen in a much more slow and small level. 6) The first YW game had much better looking graphics than Gen 6 Pokémon games. It even had rotating camera! And it ran like a charm on Old 3DS models, without even needing the Expanded Memory Mode than Pokémon Sun/Moon and many other 3DS games need. 7)YW mixed virtual monster collecting with real-life monster collection using those Yo-Kai Medals. Its like collecting stickers. Its much more appealing and engaiging than Pokémon, which you could easily exploit with hacks and the GTS. YW instigued kids to go out and play the game outside. Pokémon became a in-doors game (at least until Pokémon GO was released).
I think a little problem is also that the franchise has numbers in it's title names. What I mean is that the continuations are called YoKai Watch *2* or YoKai Watch *3* . This way everyone who doesn't know the series will not start buying the latest version since they believe they have to play all the games prior to understand them, even though that isn't actually necessary. (Just noticed you kind of acknowledged that at the end)
Actually yo kai watch 3 was the only one with a number in the title and sure yo kai watch 2 also had a number it’s title but it also had fleshy souls and bony spirits and physics specters.
I imagine the thing . Yo Kai Watch Yo Kai Watch war Yo Kai Watch busters Yo Kai Watch new detectives Yo Kai Watch busters T Yo Kai watch not 4 shadow side
I recently bought the trilogy on the eshop. Didn’t want to miss out on this highly praised franchise. I’m in a bit of a bind though since eshop closes in March and I’ve got download codes to redeem for befriending Yokai.
Sad Wibble Wobble closed its doors and Yo-Kai Watch 4 hasn't gotten a Western release yet. I honestly was excited for Yo-Kai Watch 4 and Wobble Wobble was a fun and cute game.
I’ve been playing the games since the first one came out. This franchise helped me through some tough times, and tbh I just really love it (I just wish we don’t have to wait 2 more years for YW4 in the US😅).
Tbh, I hated Shadowside , It changed the entire vibe of Yo Kai Watch, It ruined The charm Of Yo Kai Watch. I would Choose Yo Kai Watch Jam Y over Shadowside, Hands Down
Only way I supprt yokai watch is if they stop changing it for the western release,changing the settingfrom Japan to USA, censoring,that's type of localization I can't not stand at all
I get the censoring, but one it’s a game meant for children (Japan is a lot more opening to foul language than most of the world is), and two the typical small American suburbia setting has always been charming. It actually makes it stick out from the rest if anything, most Japanese devs don’t really choose that type of setting besides Capcom and Konami sometimes.
This series died years ago but I still cry myself to sleep at night because this was the first fandom that I got into when I was like 4 or 5i in 2013. This series is dear to my heart and I am still holding out hope that it will get revived. R.I.P. Yo-Kai Watch. Thank you for reading this. I hope you stay safe, stay hydrated, and don't let those Yo-Kai mess with your lives Yo-Kai masters. Have a good day with your Whispers and Jibanyans❤️🤍❤️🤍
Level 5 ( Developers of the Yo-Kai Watch series) has closed their American offices since of last year and won’t be developing any games for the U.S. meaning we won’t be getting any more Yo-Kai Watch games.
Bro I am half Japanese and I go to Japan to visit my grandparents like 3 times a year and I remember in 2012 I was 5 or something and I got this game I used to binge this game so much I think in sukiyaki and the first game I grinded so much that I had like everyone and I used to trade with my sister to get the tempura yokais lol
Nintendo's been pushing Yo Kai Watch to be successful outside of Japan more and more with each title. I just really hope YK get's into a Nintendo Direct, but since the localized versions come out so much after the inital release I don't see that happening.
I hope yo kai watch goes back to being great for yo kai watch 4. I loved yo kai watch 1 then yo kai watch 2 was alright i just really liked the story and im not planning to get yo kai watch 3 but yo kai watch 4 is something i am hoping for to be great.
3 is the best one, it's took an already pretty good combat system and completely over hauled it, added 2 different playable characters, in 2 completely different countries. It's definitely the best one just in terms of gameplay and content.
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I just got into the franchise earlier this year (found a copy of 2 for only $10) and I have really enjoyed it. I'll definitely be picking up the fourth game when it releases for Switch
@@whowantstotalkaboutmurders4177 I would but yo-kai watch blasters as well as other games has taken over my 3ds storage cartridges kinda help me conserve space just in case
KC productions Official Man that boss fight was tough 😬, not on dame deadtime's ( I think that was her name) level, but I actually got a little nervous lol
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Even though Yo-kai Watch's popularity is declining, the games are still being made because Level-5 wants to continue making fun Yo-kai Watch games such as Blasters. I love Yo-kai Watch and honestly, I hope the fourth game does very well.
I bought psychic specters at a toys r us right as they were liquidating, it was an impulse buy and it was one of the best impulse decisions of my life, I adore ykw2. I own all the games physically and played all but blasters and YKWSS, and ykw2 is still my fave. I love this franchise so much, it has so much heart
Yokai watch to me really is a good tamer game. I wish other tamer games like dragon quest jokers and digimon were more recognized more. Ps I really don’t like the USA toys and I believe they could have done better with the details.
I remember seeing a commercial for yo kai watch 2 and it looked so sick. I still revisit the game every year but never got any other game in the franchise.
Yo-Kai Watch was the first ever game Series that made me *unable* to play anything else. My favorite game was the first game. I could describe it with full details for hours. It was such a perfection, I never got bored a single minute. It's one of the few game series in which training up is actually fun. I loved the artstyle dearly as well. I didn't try part 2 but got ykw3 and it was pretty awesome as well. I was hyped for it and got it after a few days after its release. I loved it too but my most memorable game will be the first one.
I moved to Okinawa in mid 2014. One of the first things I saw just after I moved in was a billboard with Jibanyan on it. When I lived there, Yo-Kai Watch was definitely at the peak of its popularity. My students would often speak of the games, and around Christmas time of that year, I asked them what they wanted for Christmas, and most of them wanted "New Youkai Watch 2 game", what became Psychic Specters stateside. It was so popular it was the subject of a couple of staff meetings where I worked. By the time my contract was up and I ended my time in Okinawa, the worldwide release announcement came. I let my students know this, and they were like "Oh, America didn't have it before?" Silly kids. Anyway, I bought the first game not long after I moved back to New York. I thought the first one was charming and fun. Since all my students hyped up the second game I was more excited for it, but I personally felt the first game was better. I'm only about 1/4-1/3 of the way through Yo-Kai Watch 3, but I already feel it's better than 2. I feel like most western players went into this game EXPECTING Pokémon, or a REALLY SIMILAR experience, and ultimately set themselves up for disappointment. Jimmy Whetzel on TH-cam certainly did and decided to make a TH-cam video about it. I don't know how much influence he actually has over his fans, or how big his fanbase truly is (he seems to be associated with the Game Grumps every so often, so, I imagine it's sizable), but I'll bet people strayed away from the game from watching his video about the series alone.
Interesting Story! I've seen a few people mention Jimmy's video in the comments, and that was the first time I ever heard of the video. Sure he probably had a little influence, but not nearly enough to be responsible for yokai watch not taking off in the US
My opinions about the series: 1: A good starting point to easy the players into the world of Yo-Kai watch 2: Not terrible but it takes a few steps back with version exclusive and a stupidly hard difficulty spike Blasters: Haven’t played it 3: Beat in the series for having a bunch of content with new mechanics to make the game interesting
I’m a massive Pokémon fan and man is extremely exhausting seeing this decline in Pokémon of all things, S&S it’s a joke (not the Pokémon themselves) and I’m tired of the same formula, S&M are the best games in the series IMO because at least they tried to be different. I got the first Yo-Kai Watch and man it’s refreshing this new and underrated game, there’s so many things here that Pokémon lacks as a game and im addicted to it. I hope the series can find success, I love my Yo-Kai friends as much as I love all the Pokémon I collected over the years.
Badgerspirit I mean I own all 3 of the mainline games but if you wanna be specific there’s 7 Yo Kai Watch games on 3DS Yo Kai Watch, Yo Kai Watch 2 Fleshy Souls, Yo Kai Watch 2 Boney Spirits, Yo Kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters, Yo Kai Watch Blaster Red Cat Corps, Yo Kai Watch Blasters White Dog Squad, and Yo Kai Watch 3
Pretty sure I read that Yo-Kai Watch 4 sold the least amount of copies of all the main series games and there aren’t any plans on localizing it. So RIP T_T
Even though i met Yo-kai Watch barely two years ago, i really became obsessed with the franchise and could even call it a part of my "childhood" even though it was entering my teenage age haha. Because of Yo-kai Watch, i joined a community in which i put myself in an effort to make better art (so i can draw the complicated yo-kais lmao) and made a lot of friends! Due to everything, this ended up making my life quality much better, and helped me go trough some quite VERY rough times, that made me feel the worse i've ever felt in my life. I've left YKW aside because it stopped entertaining me as much as other franchises did, but still hold it in my heart. Seeing it go will truly be sad, but at least it existed and changed my life for the better :") I hope it succeeds!
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After spending over 250 hours on YW3, I have to say, I'm just glad I can actually do something every second of the game. No matter what there is always something for you to do. Whether it be the main story, side quests, or even just completing the medallium. I've had so much fun playing this game and if anyone wants to play with me I'd be happy too! Edit: Cheers for YW4???
Grayson Stenger the game is hands down one of the best 3ds games of all time. Hopefully yokai watch 5 keeps the time travel mechanics and USA map and even adds Nathaniel as a playable character.
All the games are good, gets deep too so there is value. They can game break with coin codes but it opens doors too. I love the lore but hate the US edits. Sucks it dropped in popularity but I got a HUGE deal on clearance stuff from that. I even imported the mini coin machine from japan. I watched the show that was ok on netflix but edits suck. The first movie was good!
As a huge Pokémon fan, I’m trying to get into YoKai Watch because it seems like a fun franchise and I would love for the two franchises to coexist in my brain.
I'm not 100% sure if anyone mentioned this yet but Yo-kai Watch 3 has sold pretty well in the US. It was even the #1 most selling game on the eshop for about a week even beating POKEMON. This series is far from dead as I see it. Even if it dies in the west I believe it still has a very long life ahead of it in Japan.
Getting number 1 on the E-Shop is still pretty impressive for a niche series. Does the series has a troubled past? Yes, but this seems like a pretty good indication of it getting back on the right track. If you made this before Yo-kai Watch 3's release I would've agreed but I think the series is doing better in the US and is still doing very well in Japan. Simply put this series isn't on it's death bed as you made it out to be.
@@BowserJrPlush Yokai Watch 3 is probably one of the only games on the 3ds to come out that week. People who might have bought Pokemon games were probably occupied with the Switch, so it would have had almost no competition at all.
It’s really unfortunate that it has never found it’s footing in the west. You still see some copies here in Germany every now and then but the European market alone ofc isn’t enough to justify localizations of that scale. I guess that’s the reason why yokai watch 4 will probably never release overseas. It’s not a problem for me since I can read Japanese but I know quite a few people who are just missing out, because a huge appeal of the game is the dialogue and if you don’t know Japanese you either just walk around without understanding anything or won’t even bother
I am half japanese and was in japan while this amazing game exploded. I was so happy to play the game and i was never sure why it just disappeared. I was very disappointed... Last time I saw yokai watch was on the switch! They are still decently popular in japan, hopefully they can make another good come back
I love yo-kai watch, but i had problems with each game: Ykw1: the story of mckraken invading the yo-kai world kind of felt lasr minute. Ykw2: i hated the key-quests. Ykw3: i loved ykw3 the most, but i feel like the series kind of had an identity crisis because of how many things there were to do.
Unlike Pokemon, Yo-kai watch actually takes the chance to change their gameplay up a bit, whilst still having some similarities to the base game. Pokemon on the other hand, makes you pay £50 for a game which you basically have already played, with the only difference being the amount of pokemon there are.
It’s dead in America, their twitter hasn’t tweeted in a year and their not translating the switch games to English (they haven’t officially announced it yet)
Alot of people dont give Yo Kai Watch due to them thinking that its a ripoff of Pokemon, but there is other games and series that are about monster capturing, people attack stuff like this saying that they copied, its completely different lore,characters, and music, doesnt mean its a ripoff.
yo-kai watch was the boom when I was in primary school, I live in Australia and where I used to grow up every kid had a yo-kai watch game or literal *watch and medallions* I remember playing the first game so much, I first discovered the franchise when I saw the anime and I absolutely loved it and eventually I finally got the first game. I never even knew that yo-kai watch was originally a video game series though, that surprised me.
I live in Germany and the Anime Aired in Nickelodeon before i knew about the Game, Watched it, and when I discovered the Game wich Made me even more excited. Sadly in Germany, Yo-Kai Watch was almost NOT existing. The Anime got cancelled after season 1 wich lead to Kind of the downfall in Germany. They even stopped to Produce commercials for the games and the Toys wich Made me Kinda sad. The commercials for YKW2 also Aired Like, Two days and they where GONE. So it got kinda cancelled... We still got all the other Games but now sadly Level 5 confirmed to Stop producing Things Outsider of Japan. So, YKW4 was confirmed to come Out in other countrys of the world, but now its cancelled for everyone... Sadly it dont seems so that we See any Professor Layton or Yo-Kai Watch Games.
I stopped playing Yo Kai Watch a long time ago and played all games in english. Sadly I grew out of it but J remember having so much fun playing the game and its story. I hope it gets a resurgent cause it deserves so much more
I remember when my family judge me for playing this game since a lady was saying that it meant devils (even though it was wrong, it meant ghost or phantom) and my family gave me a death stare at me for playing it.
I love the anime but it's really hard for me to catch up to the episodes because I have no methods of how and where I can watch all episodes in a trusting and chronological way like Netflix which straight up sucks at updating to more episodes especially now that the English dubbing of the anime series died due to low watch ratings on DisneyXD which disappoints me because I have heard the plot and stories of the show have become way more interesting than before in Japan. I am trying to get the 1st game because I fell in love with this series when I discovered the playable demo at my local Target store so I'm at least glad to see an english video acknowledging this gem's existence :)
It really is sad. I absolutely love Yo-kai Watch. Prefer it over Pokemon, even. If anybody sees this comment please answer my question. So, for Christmas i’m getting Yo-kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters (the only ykw2 version I haven’t played), and Yo-kai Watch 3 too. So, do you guys think I should get the OG Yo-kai Watch game and play through the full trilogy? Let me know.
I think the first one is the best. It was remade for the switch in Japan though and is hopefully coming to the rest of the world though, so I'd suggest waiting and seeing if that happens. YoKai Watch is a series where you can play out of order since the story doesn't really connect between all three games too so you will be fine
I'm actually surprised that yo kai watch didnt make it. It is clear that they were going to end up in competition with pokemon, getting very lucky as the pokemon franchise hit, in my opinion, one of its lowest downswings. I played the game and very much enjoyed the first game. It had its issues, but nothing that could not be fixed for a sequel. When i heard that there had already been 2 sequels, I was blown away by how quickly it had come out. It left a feeling that the series was going to be a quick trend that died out quickly. The life cycle of the game reflects what i understand of Japanese culture. In general, it has always focused on the now while honouring the past. I remember in their top 100 anime of all time poll, most of the top places were very recent anime that were good but nowhere near what people in the west would consider the best of all time. They often seem to accept when a series dies and move on from it, to the next big thing. Im sorry if my opinions are wildly wrong, feel free to correct me on anything
It’s a shame this series had such a decline. I discovered Yokai watch at a similar time that you had and it’s grown to be one of my favourite video game franchises. But sadly it seems that yokai watch 4 will never be localized due to level 5 America has shut down. Luckily unlike the other games yokai watch 4 isn’t region locked so it works on any switch and there’s some play throughs of the game that help translate it.
In my opinion yokai watch was just some people trying to make a game based on their countries folklore, not a cheap Pokemon rip off like some people think it is. The games storyline and mechanics are completely different to Pokemon and both franchises are great in their own right.
Yokai watch was my childhood i was introduced by it thanks to the anime and bought the toys My memories will nevetbe forgotten and it will hold a special place in my heart
I think one of the biggest reasons yokai watch 3 flopped so hard is because it released in NA two years after the switch came out, so a lot of people missed it completely. I know I sure did.
Ironically, they seem to have underproduced physical copies of Yokai Watch 3, and they're going for fairly high prices in the aftermarket. The toy line would have been a major addition if it had stayed active in America. The medals for the watch actually interact with the game in the Japanese version - an NFC chip in the medal are read by the 3DS amiibo reader, and give you bonuses in the game. That was removed for the US/Europe release.
Tbh any yokai watch game on the 3ds was a better exprience for me than any other new-gen pokemon game, it's a damn shame that people don't even give it a chance as it's easily one of the best 3ds monster collecting games out there
Pokemon fans just saw it as a rip off or a clone. I feel bad that they missed out on an amazing game until the whole dexit thing happened. They did this to themselves and they killed every monster collecting game out there. Now the only thing they have is pokemon and now they're complaining about it.
I actually was (and still am) a pokémon fan and thats the readon i bought yo kai watch. It seemed similar to pokemon, so while waiting for another pokemon game, i can play ykw
It's a shame that this franchise is basically just dead at this point. Also I tried looking for a copy of YKW3 and couldn't find any cheap copies anywhere, which was a surprise
The main reason why I haven’t gotten into YoKai Watch is mostly because I don’t have the time like I use too with Pokémon back in the day. But hey, i still have my **New** 2Ds (by the way it’s a stupid name) so it’s not too late
I hope western audience realize what a gem Yo-kai Watch really is
I play it a lot. I do
I fell in love with the series the moment I discovered it as an anime. I watch the very first episode when it first was uploaded to this anime watching site. Since then, I have watched every single episode more than once multiple different times. After learning there was a game, I Reserve that game as soon as I could. And I have reserved each copy of a new game that comes out every single time.
The whole reason I started was because my cousin was playing the demo. The second I saw it I thought it looked fun af. And it’s the only 3ds game I play
Kprojects Kurt yeah
Kprojects Kurt I have but we haven’t even had the third fucking game and in Japan there’s so many more seasons
The main problem is that most people just label it as a rip off and not give it a chance
I was one of those people (at first) then I gave it a try and well I'm an idiot for ever comparing it to Pokemon, there is no similarity and is a great series (excited for Yo kai watch 4)
Ninja jack 64 when was it labeled as a ripoff? I labeled it as a clone but I know it was inspired a little bit from Pokemon.
Ninja jack 64 I stopped playing them because it takes Level 5 to release the games 2 or 3 years and I'm sick of it. Now those games killed off my hype.
XL B bitch what? I had to wait 14 years for KH III and have to wait 8 years for a new real Zelda! Piss off little prick!
Ninja jack 64 I’ve seen it too many times.
I just kind of hated it when this series got labeled as a Pokemon rip off just because it's the same genre. Digimon was also the same genre that doesn't mean they are the same experience or that you have to pick one over the other. When I was a kid, I was hanging with my friend when she started watching Digimon, when I asked about it she described it as being the better choice over Pokemon. Opinions are fine but we were 7.. so it became a fight and I avoided Digimon out of spite and wanted to see it fail. I regret that. It was stupid and childish. We didn't have to treat the two series of games/anime like they are sports team and one has to win over the other. By the time Yokai-watch came out, I grew up and picked up the game. I wasn't going to treat Yokai-watch like I did Digimon and I thought Yokai-watch was fun.
I hated it too Man, Pokemon Is on of My all time favourite series, But the community Toxic Af
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@@fabianw1383 indeed 😁
@@fabianw1383 I believe in your a die hard fan heres a question wth happened to jibanyan he isnt busy right nyaow any more
*character improvment*
I was living in Japan during the peak popularity of Yo-kai watch and I’ll tell ya. It was everywhereeee on water bottles, arcades, backpacks, school supplies. Anything you could think of that a kid would need. I was so excited when the games came out here in the US and I really hope it’ll do well again on the switch !
Yo Kai watch 4 is coming up out on the switch and so is a yo Kai watch 1 remastered
@@Snoebal yeah
I just beat it on switch never ever have been to japan the only games I haven’t played was busters 2
Just imagine “PAWS OF FURY!!!!!!!!” smash.
Level 5 shut down...QwQ
This is one of those underrated franchises that no one pays attention to.
Thats true
I love yo-kai watch! I hope that Yo-Kai Watch 4 comes out on the switch in the west!
i think since it is the switch it will get a lotta attention they also make an hd remake of the first one !
@@user-jf6zu8gv4h the remake of the first game will help people who are afraid of 4 because they disnt play 1
@@kepercrabs6577 yeah
Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll add Jibanyan to Smash. More international interest in the series.
Yes and hinozall or one of the bosses be like a new Ridley
Jibanyan in Smash has been my biggest dream since I've played the first game. Plus not only would we get Jibanyan, but the glorious songs, and seeing what HD yo kai watch would look like outside of YKW4's visual style would also be a treat.
Jibanyan is the character I want the most in Smash. A Yo-Kai Watch boss would also be cool. Maybe McKracken would be a cool boss.
@@damiengamer727 If they did add a Final Boss as a boss, the most likely contender would probably be Dedtime from YKW2, as she's get's the most amount of screen time in comparison to any other Final Boss, even coming back in the next game, not to mention that even if you've never played a YKW game, you still might have seen the movie.
Yeah but like mckracken's 2nd form
I’m from America and let me tell you, this franchise is a MASTERPIECE. It is too underrated and it really doesn’t get the attention it deserves now. It’s cute and I think that the games were amazing. So many little aspects that make it stand out to other games. No matter what anybody says, this game will be my all time favorite childhood franchise.
I just got 3 a few days ago, but then the first thing i hear about it is that 3 is by far the worst and one of the worst 3DS games in general. It was kinda a impulse buy, is 3 really that bad? And which one do you think is best?
I have yet to play it, but want to finish another game first.
Same here. I'm an American that loves this franchise and wish it got more attention.
SAME!! I love this series and it definitely deserves more attention!!
@@D3sdinova I finished Yokai Watch 3 and I gotta say it's pretty good. 2 has a better story but 3 definitely made the combat more interesting and a lot of better quality of life stuff. I've also started to like the Hazy Lane more than the Infinite Tunnel.
@@mrsuperheatran2794 yeah i mostly hear good things about the first games i think. I might want to pick up one of the other games too. Which version do you think is best? From like 1 and 2?
*I don’t understand how whenever I make a video about YoKai watch, it always turns into people bashing Pokémon and saying Pokémon fans are toxic. I’ve uploaded many Pokémon and YoKai watch videos, and I’ve seen very little comments from Pokémon fans bashing YoKai Watch and a lot more YoKai Watch fans bashing Pokémon. This is NOT about YoKaI Watch Vs Pokemon. They’re similar games sure, but if people enjoy both or just one it’s no big deal. No need to hate out of nowhere.*
PaPaSea it's always the Yo-Kai watch fans bashing on Pokemon fans and Pokemon in general. It's sad how people can be dumb.
XL B From my comments alone that’s usually the case, and I don’t understand why there has to be a divide
This tends to happen with anything coming out in the Creature Collector genre sadly...
It happened with Digimon and YuGiOh, and it was bound to happen with YKW. It's a defensive maneuver...
I do honestly wish Pokemon had a direct competitor, but I also wish people could take games in the same genre as their own things instead of saying
"this game is better than that game" and driving each other further apart.
I like both Pokemon and yo Kai watch
That is rather sad, seeing how I also enjoyed the Fossil Fighters series, Demikids Light Version, the Monster Rancher series, and I was always disappointed that Fighting Foodons never got a cooking/combat game series.
Just because they're competitive franchises doesn't mean people have to get combative about their preferences.
It’s one of those great franchise’s that only a small group of people will remember. The series had its moments and I will never forget it I really hope it will make a return eventually
Same
I wish it came back 😌
I hope they will make a game in 2021 that will everyone play or at least for 3 years
@@serbianempireball8951 same
I mean… it does have potential for a reboot in a way-
I honestly felt like too much pressure was put on the game series. It's not meant to surpass or compete with Pokemon, it's just a fun series with cute characters and enjoyable gameplay.
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@@fabianw1383 yep
@@fabianw1383 i dont think it would come close to pokemon in sales/popularity but it might have a shot, i dont really like the yokai-watch anime/games i just prefer pokemon
Yeah
I love yokai watch, im 21 years old and i don't care.
🖕
What does it means ? The hand I use to 👍
@@poissonmulti-taches2742 bruh
@Cristian the great toast same
@Cristian the great toast so............ 2010?
Well i watched it since 8 now im 14 to 15 this year
It makes me so sad yo kai watch has so much to offer like amazing ost, wonderful character designs, great landscapes and visuals, really fun gameplay, and funny writing also yo kai watch 3 has so much content it’s like 3 games in 1 so it’s def worth the 40$ price. ( fun fact: yo kai watch 3 has the largest file size on the 3ds)
Yeah Yo Kai Watch doesn't fail to deliver on anything, their's never really a dull moment when you're playing it, and especially with YKW3, their's just so much new.
Jake Yeah I think YW is such a great franchise (especially YW2) but people in the west just dismiss it and it’s a shame because it can be easily popular if more people in the west gave the game a chance.
Jake ahah... We aren’t dead until after YKW ;
When yo kai watch 3 came out, I had to get an additional sd card to download it. I wanted to get the physical version but it was sold out.
No ultra moon has most space
Two years after this vid and YW4 didn’t get released in the US 😢
:(
Level 5 in the US got shut down
Im so happy to see people who remember this in 2021
KOSPOKJSPLKJSPOKJ I WANT IT RIGHT NOW 💀💀💀
@@popli3677 Same. :/
*I remember yo-kai, I watched it a lot*
Zack RBLX I Loved Yokai Watch Very Much Because They Have A Good Messages Of Teamwork, Perseverance, And Friendship! It Always My Number One Favorite Anime Today! As Well The Great Storyline, Funny Characters, And Awesome Songs! Hope Yokai Watch Will Improve In The Future! Also, Yokai Watch Is Having A New Game, The Comeback Of The Original Anime, And A New Movie As Well! Yokai Watch Will Never Die Just Like Other Franchises!❤️❤️👏😀💪👊🙌😇✨📺🎬💕👍🙏🇯🇵🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏☝️🥇
@Sam Nick I used to watch it on TH-cam for my 3ds
Zack RBLX same
Me to 😭
poisson multi-taches it’s not supposed to be the games
Yo-Kai Watch has been my favorite game series since the first game, and there’s no way anybody can change my mind
YES
Nobody Will chnage your mind, We all agree With you
FACTS
I'm one of the most dedicated fans of lv.5 and I completely agree with you joebert
@@Dumbsourplum I mean some people don’t but it’s a fantastic series
I hope YW4 does well in Japan.
TheFaceProductions what about season 5 and season 6 remember it will come back
Trust me, it will. It does incredibly well.
Mr. Meme hehe… yeah that’s what Level-5 thought too
@@nii9931 The hell you talking about? It was first on the Japanese chart and sold more copies it's first week than BoTW, Smash, Yakuza, Mario Kart and Splatoon 2 combined.
Pablo González Hermosilla what are you talking about, I’ve never heard of this, could you show me? Because I’ve seen stuff that showed that the YKW series has been on a rapid decline in Japan, but I could be wrong. However, I completely doubt it did better than Mario Kart and Smash, like no offense but I think you’re wrong about that
It also doesn't help that in PAL regions yo kai watch 3 released the SAME DAY as smash ultimate.
It also doesn't help that YKW4 is releasing in Japan just right before E3
@Shaman X They may be different genres. but if you are a kid in japan and you have the choice between smash ultimate and yokai watch 3... Which do you choose? Smash ultimate. no question.
@Shaman X Nice april fools joke dude. you got me
Katamari reroll would like to have a word with you
Guys think of it this way.
It’s December 7th, 2019. You are a casual gamer, occasionally choosing titles you find appealing. Smash Bros has been the hype going around the entire internet and, hey, you remember that one time in Middle School where you went to a friend’s house, played Brawl and had a very good time.
You decide to visit the game store, looking for that specific game, and you spot a game from the 3DS.
You are aware the console’s on it’s last legs. Hell, the Switch released a few years ago and it has proven to be a success, compared to the 3DS, where most games at this point are remakes or shovelware, nothing note-worthy. You have heard the name of the franchise every once in a while, and probably heard your younger cousin mentioning a TV show about it. As you stare at the 60€ in your wallet, you have to make a choice between the game you came for, and this random 3DS game. The choice is obvious, isn’t it?
That was the experience for most European consumers, I’d say. Nintendo should have waited a little bit before releasing YKW3. They killed it by releasing it the exact same week as Smash. Everyone who wants to sell their game knows to avoid dates with such releases. It’s just common sense. Unfortunate Yo-Kai Watch was a victim of poor handling.
The issue I've seen outside of USA is a mixture of:
It's seen as a Pokemon clone from a glance. It's another cute monster hunting show/game. And the general target demographic are children of those that grew up with hundreds of these. (Pokemon, digimon, yugioh, monster rancher, dragon drive, bayblade, cardcaptors, shaman king...) they came and went without much thought.
The anime here was seen as a parody and very much for children. No or little adult appeal. I tried it seeing it before the games or toys. It was boring with seemingly no overarching plot, character progression, and worked more in unconnected snapshots than anything episodic. The humour didn't appeal either. I stopped after the first season.
Advertising. There was none here. Not for the games, toys, show, nothing. I didn't even hear of the series until I saw it on Netflix. Saw nothing in any of the game shops, nothing on tv, none of the let's players I watched were covering it with the exception of one and he only looked at the jap stuff. Most people and that includes the elementary crowd hasn't heard of it let alone watched or played.
The lore and comedy isn't as accessible to a Western audience. I watch anime and I can safely say I could only pick out a handful of the common yokai. For someone who doesn't, or only watches the few shown on our networks... A lot is lost in translation. Kappa might be one of the few they'd recognize and even then I mentioned kappa to a young casual watcher and they didn't get it. If you don't understand the world you make less of a connection with it.
The games... I played the first. I actually loved it for what it was. A cute monster collection game. The game felt far more mature over the anime, had some neat mechanics and in the advanced area could have some challenge and end game grinding fun. But once again I'm not talking with my gamer friends about yokai watch, no one else played or heard of it.
you dont like the humor because you are not the target demigraphic
Blasters and 3 are easily the best in the series for me.
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@@fabianw1383 It is literally dead
@@jking77 I hate to agree but your right
It's such a shame yo kai watch isn't as popular as it used to be, this show was and still is a gem
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The sad thing about yo kai watch 3 is that I think it’s the best game in the series but when I went to buy it (like 3 days after the release) there were only 3 copies, they were all in the back of the shop and they didn’t even know they had them. Now a few days ago I went into a pretty big eb games (I’m Australian) and they had yo kai watch 1 and 2 on display with a bunch of merchendice but no yo kai watch 3!
I have your same opinion legocat
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Yokai watch is not appreciated over here and it makes me sad because the one for switch looks so good and we may never get it. It’s such a fun series and the show is nice too.
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Wait there's a Yokai Watch for the Switch?! Where?!
@@Rebel_riot151 so there’s three on switch I believe. The one I’m referring to is Yo-Kai Watch 4, or you could look up Yo-Kai watch Shadowside too (the anime for it). There’s also a little spin off title, I don’t know the name but it has all different characters and is basically the yo-kai as human reincarnations. It has an anime called Yo-Kai Watch Y (I think). And then there’s the original Yo-Kai Watch on the switch with improved graphics, I think this one is available in English but the others are not. I hope this helped! :)
@@mactoobz definitely helped 👍
I’m both a Pokémon and yo kai watch fan I just wish they both got along :D
Yeah same
@@Snoebal *inspector mudkip*
@@forsakenfish *a fish*
They do get along. Digimon and Pokemon are the one that need to get along
Same pokemon and yokai watch are great
I visited Japan for the first time in years in 2014, at the height of Yokai Watch's popularity. While one of my friends absolutely refused to purchase anything Yokai-related because of how annoying its prevalence was, I fell in love with it immediately and YW1 was actually my first 3DS game. Even though I'm not proud of my 3DS overusage that summer and the one after that, YW still holds a pretty big spot in my heart. Although I knew that something was up after hardly anything was announced after YW3, I never returned to Japan and couldn't quite figure out the trajectory of the series. Thank you for making this video.
You've made me want to purchase a Switch.
Other things that benefitied Yo-Kai Watch sucess:
1) Pokémon was a stale franchise to the eyes of many people. While Gen 3 and Gen 4 are labeled as "the golden age" of Pokémon, many original players steped aside from Pikachu after Gen 2. Gen 5, despite being a breath of fresh air and actually really good games, turned off many older players. The BW anime didn't help much tho.
2) Gen 6 was underhelming. OR/AS was quite a disapointment. HG/SS set the bar quality for Pokémon remakes, and Gen 3 is a fan-favorite of many players (me included, being my first games). Many cool elements of Emerald were scraped over X/Y's elements, like the Battle Maison replacing the beloved Battle Frontier. The whole game was much more easier than R/S/E, which annoyed fans that played the originals.
3) 2015 was a empty year for Pokémon. Nothing big announced or released. Only some free-to-play games.
4) XY anime turned down many younger viewers in Japan. There was a space for a new kids cartoon to strike.
5) While Pokémon happens in a fictional world (and since Gen 5 regions are based outside of Japan), YW happens in our world, or better, it happens in Japan, in a normal quiet town. YW was simple, kids could relate to Nathan's much more than any silent Pokémon Trainer from the games. Also, Pokémon was getting way to complicated with it plot and world building. In YW things happen in a much more slow and small level.
6) The first YW game had much better looking graphics than Gen 6 Pokémon games. It even had rotating camera! And it ran like a charm on Old 3DS models, without even needing the Expanded Memory Mode than Pokémon Sun/Moon and many other 3DS games need.
7)YW mixed virtual monster collecting with real-life monster collection using those Yo-Kai Medals. Its like collecting stickers. Its much more appealing and engaiging than Pokémon, which you could easily exploit with hacks and the GTS. YW instigued kids to go out and play the game outside. Pokémon became a in-doors game (at least until Pokémon GO was released).
Matheusfpolis1 yup. I loved it because voice acted cutscenes and awesome gameplay
Correction: Pokémon Super MD came out in 2015
Aside from Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire being much easier games than the original. I definitely disagree with it being disappointing.
@@leonardofarias8843 That's a spinoff, they don't get nearly the same amount of attention as the main games. SPMD isn't what I consider a big release.
@@seacliff217 it's one of the best MD incarnations so far in 2019
I think a little problem is also that the franchise has numbers in it's title names. What I mean is that the continuations are called YoKai Watch *2* or YoKai Watch *3* . This way everyone who doesn't know the series will not start buying the latest version since they believe they have to play all the games prior to understand them, even though that isn't actually necessary.
(Just noticed you kind of acknowledged that at the end)
Actually yo kai watch 3 was the only one with a number in the title and sure yo kai watch 2 also had a number it’s title but it also had fleshy souls and bony spirits and physics specters.
Final Fantasy has numbers in its title names too. But, FF wouldn't really catch on in the US until VII came out.
I imagine the thing .
Yo Kai Watch
Yo Kai Watch war
Yo Kai Watch busters
Yo Kai Watch new detectives
Yo Kai Watch busters T
Yo Kai watch not 4 shadow side
@@poissonmulti-taches2742 xdd
@@poissonmulti-taches2742 actually the second is called bony spirits and fleshy souls
I recently bought the trilogy on the eshop. Didn’t want to miss out on this highly praised franchise. I’m in a bit of a bind though since eshop closes in March and I’ve got download codes to redeem for befriending Yokai.
Sad Wibble Wobble closed its doors and Yo-Kai Watch 4 hasn't gotten a Western release yet. I honestly was excited for Yo-Kai Watch 4 and Wobble Wobble was a fun and cute game.
I’ve been playing the games since the first one came out. This franchise helped me through some tough times, and tbh I just really love it (I just wish we don’t have to wait 2 more years for YW4 in the US😅).
Me too ☺
Bruh i have 3 ykw 1 cartridges with at least 50 hours on each, im addicted
Its 3yrs now
Tbh, I hated Shadowside , It changed the entire vibe of Yo Kai Watch, It ruined The charm Of Yo Kai Watch. I would Choose Yo Kai Watch Jam Y over Shadowside, Hands Down
@@Dumbsourplum aint shadow side on ykw4
Only way I supprt yokai watch is if they stop changing it for the western release,changing the settingfrom Japan to USA, censoring,that's type of localization I can't not stand at all
They kind of had to though, if you read direct translations of the manga they curse ALOT.
Chaos Is Streaming! The localization is still straight up xenophobic. I’m not going to support a series that’s treated like that.
@@psychokinrazalon Yeah, I hadn't watched the dub before so I checked it out, and yikes it is censored to all hell.
I get the censoring, but one it’s a game meant for children (Japan is a lot more opening to foul language than most of the world is), and two the typical small American suburbia setting has always been charming. It actually makes it stick out from the rest if anything, most Japanese devs don’t really choose that type of setting besides Capcom and Konami sometimes.
Can't not?
This series died years ago but I still cry myself to sleep at night because this was the first fandom that I got into when I was like 4 or 5i in 2013. This series is dear to my heart and I am still holding out hope that it will get revived. R.I.P. Yo-Kai Watch. Thank you for reading this. I hope you stay safe, stay hydrated, and don't let those Yo-Kai mess with your lives Yo-Kai masters. Have a good day with your Whispers and Jibanyans❤️🤍❤️🤍
😔
Level 5 ( Developers of the Yo-Kai Watch series) has closed their American offices since of last year and won’t be developing any games for the U.S. meaning we won’t be getting any more Yo-Kai Watch games.
Bro I am half Japanese and I go to Japan to visit my grandparents like 3 times a year and I remember in 2012 I was 5 or something and I got this game I used to binge this game so much I think in sukiyaki and the first game I grinded so much that I had like everyone and I used to trade with my sister to get the tempura yokais lol
I hope we get yo kai watch 4 in the us! Since the switch is more popular.
Own a switch.. ok
Lil
Nintendo's been pushing Yo Kai Watch to be successful outside of Japan more and more with each title. I just really hope YK get's into a Nintendo Direct, but since the localized versions come out so much after the inital release I don't see that happening.
It will
And PS4 too
the entirety of this series is way too underrated by western audiences
I hope yo kai watch goes back to being great for yo kai watch 4. I loved yo kai watch 1 then yo kai watch 2 was alright i just really liked the story and im not planning to get yo kai watch 3 but yo kai watch 4 is something i am hoping for to be great.
8 hours a go
3 is actually pretty good
3 is better than first two installments
I actually really recommend YW3. There's a LOT of content.
3 is the best one, it's took an already pretty good combat system and completely over hauled it, added 2 different playable characters, in 2 completely different countries. It's definitely the best one just in terms of gameplay and content.
It's a game the future game won't be localized anymore, but at least there gonna keep the series alive in Japan
I used to love Yo Kai watch as a little kid up to the point I knew almost every yo kai's name. But I still do love it and I might re watch it
Yokai watch is literally how I found abdallah smash. I went from watching for yokai stuff to watching him for Nintendo news and animal crossing
I hope Yo-kai Watch gets more popular in Japan again :)
I thought it was still popular there
@@DeepSix-m8l Yeah but it seems to be dwindling sadly. But ur right
@@Clawnyan It's crazy that the Yokai Amino is still alive
@@DeepSix-m8l True
😡ATTENTION ALL TH-camRS! THERE'S NO DOWNFALL OF YO-KAI WATCH! YO-KAI WATCH IS STILL RISING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YO-KAI WATCH IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😡
I just got into the franchise earlier this year (found a copy of 2 for only $10) and I have really enjoyed it. I'll definitely be picking up the fourth game when it releases for Switch
I want Yo-Kai watch 3, but I don’t want to buy a digital copy.
I remember going to gamestop the other day, asked to purchase the game, they told me the game got delisted but this could be just in my area
Cj Moncrief it’s not in my area either.
Try getting the physical copy online then.
Austin cash what online store would I use?
@@whowantstotalkaboutmurders4177 I would but yo-kai watch blasters as well as other games has taken over my 3ds storage cartridges kinda help me conserve space just in case
I absolutely love the yokai watch games, I just finished the third one maybe an hour ago 😂😂😂😂
It's honestly an underrated series.
i want to play the 3rd but im broke lol
btw love ur pfp... Seychelles right?
shooky/ /subs awwwwww I hope you're able to get it soon! And yes! Thank you!
Granny M-Bat I hope you have fun!
KC productions Official Man that boss fight was tough 😬, not on dame deadtime's ( I think that was her name) level, but I actually got a little nervous lol
anyone *still* can't beat kat kradel from Yo Kai Watch 2😅
If you didn't know level 5 said they were stopping production outside of Japan so i dont think we have any hope :/
yeah I heard, it's unfortunate
@@PaPaSea me going to the bank to fund the return of Level 5 of America.
Or else.
Yo-Kai Watch is the only franchise that ever became a credible rival and threat to Pokémon's pop culture throne.
This series is the most underrated gem ever
Yokai watch 2 is one of my favorite 3ds games
😡ATTENTION ALL TH-camRS! THERE'S NO DOWNFALL OF YO-KAI WATCH! YO-KAI WATCH IS STILL RISING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YO-KAI WATCH IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😡
Yeah!
I wish this series would blow back up, I absolutely LOVE Yo-Kai Watch! I still have my collection of Medals in my Medallium
Even though Yo-kai Watch's popularity is declining, the games are still being made because Level-5 wants to continue making fun Yo-kai Watch games such as Blasters. I love Yo-kai Watch and honestly, I hope the fourth game does very well.
Since you mentioned the anime airing on Cartoon Network instead of Disney XD in the uk it did air on cartoon network
I bought psychic specters at a toys r us right as they were liquidating, it was an impulse buy and it was one of the best impulse decisions of my life, I adore ykw2. I own all the games physically and played all but blasters and YKWSS, and ykw2 is still my fave. I love this franchise so much, it has so much heart
Yokai watch to me really is a good tamer game. I wish other tamer games like dragon quest jokers and digimon were more recognized more. Ps I really don’t like the USA toys and I believe they could have done better with the details.
Is pokemon a tamer game
Ghilas Maouche. It is but it’s more of a bug chatting like game.
I remember seeing a commercial for yo kai watch 2 and it looked so sick. I still revisit the game every year but never got any other game in the franchise.
Yo-Kai Watch was the first ever game Series that made me *unable* to play anything else.
My favorite game was the first game. I could describe it with full details for hours. It was such a perfection, I never got bored a single minute. It's one of the few game series in which training up is actually fun. I loved the artstyle dearly as well.
I didn't try part 2 but got ykw3 and it was pretty awesome as well. I was hyped for it and got it after a few days after its release. I loved it too but my most memorable game will be the first one.
I moved to Okinawa in mid 2014. One of the first things I saw just after I moved in was a billboard with Jibanyan on it. When I lived there, Yo-Kai Watch was definitely at the peak of its popularity. My students would often speak of the games, and around Christmas time of that year, I asked them what they wanted for Christmas, and most of them wanted "New Youkai Watch 2 game", what became Psychic Specters stateside. It was so popular it was the subject of a couple of staff meetings where I worked.
By the time my contract was up and I ended my time in Okinawa, the worldwide release announcement came. I let my students know this, and they were like "Oh, America didn't have it before?"
Silly kids.
Anyway, I bought the first game not long after I moved back to New York. I thought the first one was charming and fun. Since all my students hyped up the second game I was more excited for it, but I personally felt the first game was better. I'm only about 1/4-1/3 of the way through Yo-Kai Watch 3, but I already feel it's better than 2.
I feel like most western players went into this game EXPECTING Pokémon, or a REALLY SIMILAR experience, and ultimately set themselves up for disappointment. Jimmy Whetzel on TH-cam certainly did and decided to make a TH-cam video about it. I don't know how much influence he actually has over his fans, or how big his fanbase truly is (he seems to be associated with the Game Grumps every so often, so, I imagine it's sizable), but I'll bet people strayed away from the game from watching his video about the series alone.
Interesting Story! I've seen a few people mention Jimmy's video in the comments, and that was the first time I ever heard of the video. Sure he probably had a little influence, but not nearly enough to be responsible for yokai watch not taking off in the US
"The anime would have probably been received better if it had aired on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon"
*cries in Italian*
My opinions about the series:
1: A good starting point to easy the players into the world of Yo-Kai watch
2: Not terrible but it takes a few steps back with version exclusive and a stupidly hard difficulty spike
Blasters: Haven’t played it
3: Beat in the series for having a bunch of content with new mechanics to make the game interesting
I’m a massive Pokémon fan and man is extremely exhausting seeing this decline in Pokémon of all things, S&S it’s a joke (not the Pokémon themselves) and I’m tired of the same formula, S&M are the best games in the series IMO because at least they tried to be different.
I got the first Yo-Kai Watch and man it’s refreshing this new and underrated game, there’s so many things here that Pokémon lacks as a game and im addicted to it.
I hope the series can find success, I love my Yo-Kai friends as much as I love all the Pokémon I collected over the years.
Based
“It seems Level-5 is looking to make a return to the west”
Let’s focus our energies
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I love Yo Kai Watch I own all 3 games on 3DS it’s kind of a shame that it’s only garnered a niche audience worldwide
"I own all three games"
There are four games in the West, my dude. 1, 2, Blasters, and 3.
Badgerspirit I mean I own all 3 of the mainline games but if you wanna be specific there’s 7 Yo Kai Watch games on 3DS Yo Kai Watch, Yo Kai Watch 2 Fleshy Souls, Yo Kai Watch 2 Boney Spirits, Yo Kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters, Yo Kai Watch Blaster Red Cat Corps, Yo Kai Watch Blasters White Dog Squad, and Yo Kai Watch 3
SlainREDD I see they didn’t respond
@@slainredd4339 I have all 3 main games and blasters. :)
Pretty sure I read that Yo-Kai Watch 4 sold the least amount of copies of all the main series games and there aren’t any plans on localizing it.
So RIP T_T
Even though i met Yo-kai Watch barely two years ago, i really became obsessed with the franchise and could even call it a part of my "childhood" even though it was entering my teenage age haha. Because of Yo-kai Watch, i joined a community in which i put myself in an effort to make better art (so i can draw the complicated yo-kais lmao) and made a lot of friends! Due to everything, this ended up making my life quality much better, and helped me go trough some quite VERY rough times, that made me feel the worse i've ever felt in my life. I've left YKW aside because it stopped entertaining me as much as other franchises did, but still hold it in my heart. Seeing it go will truly be sad, but at least it existed and changed my life for the better :") I hope it succeeds!
That’s lovely, I love that video games can help in that way, to create communities
A few weeks ago I found a Yo-kai Watch figure at a store. I bought it. It cost me a little over a dollar. Yo-kai Watch is dead in the west
i am an avid yo-kai watch fan and i was dissapointed that my gamestop only had 10 copies but i did get the last one so i was lucky
10 is a decent amount
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After spending over 250 hours on YW3, I have to say, I'm just glad I can actually do something every second of the game. No matter what there is always something for you to do. Whether it be the main story, side quests, or even just completing the medallium. I've had so much fun playing this game and if anyone wants to play with me I'd be happy too!
Edit: Cheers for YW4???
I can play YW3 with you
@@ianvs3 I would love too!
Grayson Stenger the game is hands down one of the best 3ds games of all time. Hopefully yokai watch 5 keeps the time travel mechanics and USA map and even adds Nathaniel as a playable character.
@@graysonstenger301 Same!
@@ugp0978 Yeah!
All the games are good, gets deep too so there is value. They can game break with coin codes but it opens doors too. I love the lore but hate the US edits. Sucks it dropped in popularity but I got a HUGE deal on clearance stuff from that. I even imported the mini coin machine from japan. I watched the show that was ok on netflix but edits suck. The first movie was good!
As a huge Pokémon fan, I’m trying to get into YoKai Watch because it seems like a fun franchise and I would love for the two franchises to coexist in my brain.
I'm not 100% sure if anyone mentioned this yet but Yo-kai Watch 3 has sold pretty well in the US. It was even the #1 most selling game on the eshop for about a week even beating POKEMON. This series is far from dead as I see it. Even if it dies in the west I believe it still has a very long life ahead of it in Japan.
Beating out Pokémon games that are over a year old for a week is not impressive
Getting number 1 on the E-Shop is still pretty impressive for a niche series. Does the series has a troubled past? Yes, but this seems like a pretty good indication of it getting back on the right track. If you made this before Yo-kai Watch 3's release I would've agreed but I think the series is doing better in the US and is still doing very well in Japan. Simply put this series isn't on it's death bed as you made it out to be.
Bowser Jr Plush it had virtually no competition to get to number one though. No other games came out around it and the 3ds is dead anyway
@@BowserJrPlush Yokai Watch 3 is probably one of the only games on the 3ds to come out that week. People who might have bought Pokemon games were probably occupied with the Switch, so it would have had almost no competition at all.
Underrated gem of a franchise which did not deserve its third game delisted.
Gamestop, gimme my Yo kai watch 3 copy before i do something illegal
It’s really unfortunate that it has never found it’s footing in the west. You still see some copies here in Germany every now and then but the European market alone ofc isn’t enough to justify localizations of that scale. I guess that’s the reason why yokai watch 4 will probably never release overseas. It’s not a problem for me since I can read Japanese but I know quite a few people who are just missing out, because a huge appeal of the game is the dialogue and if you don’t know Japanese you either just walk around without understanding anything or won’t even bother
I am half japanese and was in japan while this amazing game exploded. I was so happy to play the game and i was never sure why it just disappeared. I was very disappointed... Last time I saw yokai watch was on the switch! They are still decently popular in japan, hopefully they can make another good come back
This game is sadly gone, but will not be forgotten ever
It's sad that YW4 sold poorly in Japan
I love yo-kai watch, but i had problems with each game:
Ykw1: the story of mckraken invading the yo-kai world kind of felt lasr minute.
Ykw2: i hated the key-quests.
Ykw3: i loved ykw3 the most, but i feel like the series kind of had an identity crisis because of how many things there were to do.
Unlike Pokemon, Yo-kai watch actually takes the chance to change their gameplay up a bit, whilst still having some similarities to the base game. Pokemon on the other hand, makes you pay £50 for a game which you basically have already played, with the only difference being the amount of pokemon there are.
It's sad that germany only gots season 1 of the anime
This brings a tear to my eye...
It’s dead in America, their twitter hasn’t tweeted in a year and their not translating the switch games to English (they haven’t officially announced it yet)
They announced YW 4.
Alot of people dont give Yo Kai Watch due to them thinking that its a ripoff of Pokemon, but there is other games and series that are about monster capturing, people attack stuff like this saying that they copied, its completely different lore,characters, and music, doesnt mean its a ripoff.
yo-kai watch was the boom when I was in primary school, I live in Australia
and where I used to grow up every kid had a yo-kai watch game or literal *watch and medallions*
I remember playing the first game so much, I first discovered the franchise when I saw the anime
and I absolutely loved it and eventually I finally got the first game. I never even knew that yo-kai
watch was originally a video game series though, that surprised me.
This video is two years old? Wow, time flies.
I live in Germany and the Anime Aired in Nickelodeon before i knew about the Game, Watched it, and when I discovered the Game wich Made me even more excited. Sadly in Germany, Yo-Kai Watch was almost NOT existing. The Anime got cancelled after season 1 wich lead to Kind of the downfall in Germany. They even stopped to Produce commercials for the games and the Toys wich Made me Kinda sad. The commercials for YKW2 also Aired Like, Two days and they where GONE. So it got kinda cancelled... We still got all the other Games but now sadly Level 5 confirmed to Stop producing Things Outsider of Japan. So, YKW4 was confirmed to come Out in other countrys of the world, but now its cancelled for everyone... Sadly it dont seems so that we See any Professor Layton or Yo-Kai Watch Games.
I stopped playing Yo Kai Watch a long time ago and played all games in english. Sadly I grew out of it but J remember having so much fun playing the game and its story. I hope it gets a resurgent cause it deserves so much more
It sucks how Yokai watch 4’s international release while planned is most likely scrapped……
Another cool franchise to touch, is how underrated Inazuma Eleven Franchise is. And they are great casual games.
Yess! Totally agree, even a year and I'm sure many years to come, later!
I remember when my family judge me for playing this game since a lady was saying that it meant devils (even though it was wrong, it meant ghost or phantom) and my family gave me a death stare at me for playing it.
This is ridiculous lol religious people trying to make everything fun satanic 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@elenamartinez4160 Bruh, I live in an religious family and we play Yo-kai Watch
I love the anime but it's really hard for me to catch up to the episodes because I have no methods of how and where I can watch all episodes in a trusting and chronological way like Netflix which straight up sucks at updating to more episodes especially now that the English dubbing of the anime series died due to low watch ratings on DisneyXD which disappoints me because I have heard the plot and stories of the show have become way more interesting than before in Japan. I am trying to get the 1st game because I fell in love with this series when I discovered the playable demo at my local Target store so I'm at least glad to see an english video acknowledging this gem's existence :)
It really is sad. I absolutely love Yo-kai Watch. Prefer it over Pokemon, even. If anybody sees this comment please answer my question. So, for Christmas i’m getting Yo-kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters (the only ykw2 version I haven’t played), and Yo-kai Watch 3 too. So, do you guys think I should get the OG Yo-kai Watch game and play through the full trilogy? Let me know.
I think the first one is the best. It was remade for the switch in Japan though and is hopefully coming to the rest of the world though, so I'd suggest waiting and seeing if that happens. YoKai Watch is a series where you can play out of order since the story doesn't really connect between all three games too so you will be fine
I'm actually surprised that yo kai watch didnt make it. It is clear that they were going to end up in competition with pokemon, getting very lucky as the pokemon franchise hit, in my opinion, one of its lowest downswings.
I played the game and very much enjoyed the first game. It had its issues, but nothing that could not be fixed for a sequel. When i heard that there had already been 2 sequels, I was blown away by how quickly it had come out. It left a feeling that the series was going to be a quick trend that died out quickly.
The life cycle of the game reflects what i understand of Japanese culture. In general, it has always focused on the now while honouring the past. I remember in their top 100 anime of all time poll, most of the top places were very recent anime that were good but nowhere near what people in the west would consider the best of all time. They often seem to accept when a series dies and move on from it, to the next big thing.
Im sorry if my opinions are wildly wrong, feel free to correct me on anything
It's your opinion, it can't be wrong
funny thing is in yo kai watch 3 one of the to do messages you can see in the post game is "yo kai watch has only just begun"
*I am a true fan... I played all normal yokai watch games and I played yokai watch 3 for 200 hours and STILL PLAYING 0-0*
It’s a shame this series had such a decline. I discovered Yokai watch at a similar time that you had and it’s grown to be one of my favourite video game franchises. But sadly it seems that yokai watch 4 will never be localized due to level 5 America has shut down. Luckily unlike the other games yokai watch 4 isn’t region locked so it works on any switch and there’s some play throughs of the game that help translate it.
In my opinion yokai watch was just some people trying to make a game based on their countries folklore, not a cheap Pokemon rip off like some people think it is. The games storyline and mechanics are completely different to Pokemon and both franchises are great in their own right.
Yokai watch was my childhood i was introduced by it thanks to the anime and bought the toys
My memories will nevetbe forgotten and it will hold a special place in my heart
I think one of the biggest reasons yokai watch 3 flopped so hard is because it released in NA two years after the switch came out, so a lot of people missed it completely. I know I sure did.
Ironically, they seem to have underproduced physical copies of Yokai Watch 3, and they're going for fairly high prices in the aftermarket.
The toy line would have been a major addition if it had stayed active in America. The medals for the watch actually interact with the game in the Japanese version - an NFC chip in the medal are read by the 3DS amiibo reader, and give you bonuses in the game. That was removed for the US/Europe release.
Tbh any yokai watch game on the 3ds was a better exprience for me than any other new-gen pokemon game, it's a damn shame that people don't even give it a chance as it's easily one of the best 3ds monster collecting games out there
I actually owned YoKai Watch before I owned my first Pokemon game
Same
Pokemon fans just saw it as a rip off or a clone. I feel bad that they missed out on an amazing game until the whole dexit thing happened. They did this to themselves and they killed every monster collecting game out there. Now the only thing they have is pokemon and now they're complaining about it.
I actually was (and still am) a pokémon fan and thats the readon i bought yo kai watch. It seemed similar to pokemon, so while waiting for another pokemon game, i can play ykw
It's a shame that this franchise is basically just dead at this point. Also I tried looking for a copy of YKW3 and couldn't find any cheap copies anywhere, which was a surprise
The main reason why I haven’t gotten into YoKai Watch is mostly because I don’t have the time like I use too with Pokémon back in the day. But hey, i still have my **New** 2Ds (by the way it’s a stupid name) so it’s not too late