Level-5 Launches Yo-Kai Watch 10th Anniversary Website

Question : Would you like to see Level-5 revive the Yo-kai Watch series locally?

Me : YOKAI WATCH 4++, YOKAI WATCH JAM: ACADEMY Y English version, please !!!

And YOKAI WATCH 1 + 2 + 3 Switch version in English language, please !!!

Wait, Yokai watch is already 10 years old?! I need to sit down for a wee while, me thinks…

@Anti-Matter THIS GUY GETS IT!!!
(Yo-Kai watch is so underrated!)

I'm down for whatever Level 5 wants to do with the series. I will be buying a new game or 4 if it ever came here. 3 is a really cool game full of personality.

Interesting that there's an English version of the announcement tweet on the Japanese account. Hopefully this means they'll start bringing the games over to America again.

I'm hoping that number 4 still comes West and maybe they could port 1-3 to modern consoles as well to get more people into the series especially with how many the switch has sold.

Also kinda hoping they are working on Ni No Kuni 3 as well.

@UltimateOtaku91 1 actually does have a Switch port already, also Japan-exclusive.

Wait, they are only 10 year old? Thought it has been going longer than that, huh

@Bunkerneath Kind of depends on what you consider the anniversary. Today is the 10th anniversary of the first game, but the manga had been running for eight months at that point.

It's quite disappointing that Yo Kai Watch never managed to find the same level of success in the western market like Japan has. I always thought this franchise was like the better version of modern day Pokemon and really looked leagues better too.

@Anti-Matter I will never forgive them for butchering the English localization.

my kids just want the inazuma eleven release date ...

I really wish they localized more of the games, because I actually really like the series, and was really obsessed with it about four years ago lol.

@Mauzuri They made massive changes to the way you get Yokai in 4. Sadly though, 4 is a vastly unfinished feeling game. It's more polished than modern pokemon, but you can tell that they cut a lot of corners in order to make a full HD title. The main draw of 4, at least from what I've played seems to be the story, but I couldn't read it.. since I don't know Japanese.

I still might buy these one day but I'm aware of how expensive 3 is on the market and that 4 never even hit western shores :/

Does that mean they finally release the Yo-kai Watch 1 Switch port to the West? Pretty please!

Again, what's about Ushiro!? We haven't heard any news about this game since 2018! And I keep mentioning about the existence of this game since 2021! One of my first comments on NL was comment about Ushiro, in 2021. Why I'm the only one who remembers this game?

@Porky
At least there is a second chance for Yokai Watch 3 get Switch version with English language to compensate the 3DS version that got inflated price on Ebay.
I knew the BBQ city name on Yokai Watch 3 was not quite right, compared with Japanese version that mentioned as USA city.

Nearly bought JAP YW4 the other day, but wasn't prepared to bid beyond a fairly low price out of suspicion it will get localised soon. This news reinforces this suspicion.

Not to sound too negative but someone needs to step in and seize the big hole left by Pokemon recently.
Yo Kai, DQ Monsters… someone.
Ideally I’d jump at something that let you know more than 4 moves, was open world, the monsters are mythical beasts and not an ice cream cone or a bag of garbage, and a slightly darker/grim tone.

Otherwise, things are just stale and buggy at the moment.

MORE: I am reading some of the comments here and I’m getting hyped to play YoKai again. I enjoyed the first on 3DS but never went any further than that. If 4 comes to switch or they release the older ones or even if a new one comes, I’ll be getting it.

@ChromaticDracula
"Ideally I’d jump at something that let you know more than 4 moves, was open world, the monsters are mythical beasts and not an ice cream cone or a bag of garbage, and a slightly darker/grim tone."

Say hello to Nexomon games.
Don't forget to check Nexomon 3.
It will be full 3D Open world style.

What I'd give to see this series have some type of relevance in the West again....I really did think it had potential. The main issues IMO were the speed of localization, how luck based the recruiting mechanics were in the first two games (I've heard this improved in later games; haven't played them unfortunately), and how rare physical copies of Yo-Kai Watch 3 were. If I'd known 3 would have such a limited distribution compared to the previous titles (which were everywhere), I would have pre-ordered it. Getting it digital also wasn't an option for me since it would've taken up too much space.

I refuse to believe it’s been 10 years already lol

Come on Level-5. make it a worldwide anniversary!

@Tyranexx Yea, that's kind of a problem with Level 5 as a whole.

@Anti-Matter is Nexomon like that?? I’ve had my eye on it for quite some time and it’s really well priced… now that I know that I’m likely going to bite. You’re not the first person to recommend it but you are the first to list those details. Thanks for this!! ✌️

@NatiaAdamo I realize I'm preaching to the choir when it comes to localization speed. But it is a valid complaint.

Time sure flies as usual, and the franchise is only ten years old? Feels like it has been around a little bit longer then that.
Anyway, happy 10th anniversary Yo-kai Watch!

Always been intrigued by this series, what's the best one to start with on the 3DS? Also really wanting Level-5 to announce the release of Fantasy Life i

Good times playing the first one on 3DS.

@Belatarr Are you including the Switch Pokémon games as well in that, because I felt people liked those games better than the Switch ones, with the exception of Arceus, of course. Also, won't Yokai Watch be A&W or Carl's Jr instead of a local restaurant if we're using popularity as metric in the analogy lol?

I have bought Yo-kai Watch 1 on the 3DS' eShop around the time it was about to close down. I still haven't gotten around to beating it yet, but I kind of understand the appeal; it has its own unique mechanics to stand out, regardless if it competed with Pokémon or not. I do understand this though: Given how Pokémon Scarlet/Violet turned out, Pokémon Sword could be the last mainline game I'll play unless Game Freak cleans up their act...

When will the English version of first yo-kai game and 4th yo-kai watch game for the Nintendo switch be released?

I have no clue but I hope it does come out