Yo-kai Watch 3 Coming To Nintendo 3DS In Two Fishy Flavours

Wait, I though this game was supposed to be set in America?

Was there even a Yo-Kai Watch 2?

@MrNinten Of course... It came out like 2 years ago.

I really enjoyed the first game, but people saying that Yokai Watch is the new Pokemon are out of the reality. And the design of the Yokais is hit or miss, so to me it's an OK franchise.

We've had the first game since launch. I'm patiently waiting for my turn with the game. From the demo that I played and watching over my son's shoulder while he plays, I can say that we want both the 2nd and 3rd games in NA. We've also been watching the TV show and my youngest son's behavior has recently been rewarded with the Yo-Kai watch toy. Since then, he's spent some money and has about 12-15 medals.

Meanwhile Europe will get the first opus. And probably never receives the final Inazuma Eleven Go nor the 2nd and 3rd LBX / Danball Senki...
I suppose the same thing will happen with this series: first game hugely promoted, second pretty discret, side-games and third episode never released.

PS: if only someone would hack and translate Go3 and the LBX.

@MrKenta No, it takes place in a fictional japanese suburb. They just changed it in the West to avoid hurting little westerners sensibility.

Didn't play the first but the demo wasn't bad. Maybe I'll check it out, but it's unlikely. I'm a big Pokemon fan so this game feels kinda cheap to me I dunno.

Still to complete my encyclopaedia, but I'm in no rush. Not expecting YKW 2 anytime soon, let alone 3 😕

Uh I guess they dropped the "America" branding with the hotness. I thought it was going to be hamburger or hot dog since that is what foreigners seem to think we eat all the time. *sigh *

American and European games can launch in 10 languages, but Japanese games take FOREVER to get an English localization.

Come on guys, step up that game.

If the mobile app, Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble did anything, it's to confirm that Yo-kai Watch 2 is coming west. I hope when it does we'll just get Shin'uchi and skip the other two versions.

On the subject of Yo-Kai Watch 3, it's obvious we might not get that any time soon. I wonder if they'll skip localizing spinoffs like busters so the west get's it sooner...

@Rei The first two games are set in Japan, but Yo-Kai Watch 3 is set in St Peunutsburg, America. It's pretty obvious if you look at all the english in the top picture...

I'd really love to see them localise the entire franchise to the west soon. Ideally to europe at the same time so I don't see myself forced to import from australia again. I'd rather have news on that Ni No Kuni 2, though, as the first one is one of my all-time-favorite games.

We need Yo-Kai Watch 2 first

Erm... Europe is getting the first version at the end of the month. Why are we getting it nearly six months after the states? C'mon... What exactly is the reasoning for such a long wait? It's not like the language difference would be that big between America and Europe. So what gives? I've played the demo over and over, but there's only so much you can take before you get cranky.

I am still waiting on the first...I LOVED THE DEMO <3

btw they ruined their chances of it becoming the next Pokemon by waiting so long to release it in Europe... It would've had more hype if the US and EU got it on the same day.

I haven't played Yokai Watch 2 yet (own the Platinum equivalent in Japanese) but I've heard it's a far better game than the first, and is when the franchise got REALLY popular in Japan.
(for those who don't know, YW2 was the first to follow the Pokemon model with two versions, and then a third several months later)

I have Yo-Kai Watch, but haven't played it yet as it's stuck in the backlog; I have seen some gameplay footage that looks enjoyable. Busters looks kind of meh, but I hope they localize the second games soon (preferably Shin'uchi).

I have watched the anime, and it's definitely worth seeing, imo. (Despite some minor censorship, there are a couple of references for an older audience).

I really liked the first, waiting to see if we'll get any more. I think the main problem is it was branded as the next pokemon and that puts people off. The two franchises are totally different with a completely different feel to them.

I'm still waiting for the first game to be available here in Europe.

@MrKenta Yokai Watch 2 is set in America.

I was pretty interested in the games, since it looked unique in many ways, but the demo really failed to impress me. Kind of lost interest

@Seacliff Right, I forgot ^^". Especially with the US cat etc...

@Trinexx What kind of references? To older anime/manga ? Or is it something implemented only in the americanized version?

@Rei At least you guys got the first and second Inazuma Eleven Go.

We Americans only got the remakes of the first 3 games, years later than the rest of the world. As eShop titles.

@Rei: A thousand apologies, I was looking through old YW articles and never saw that you'd replied to me! I normally get email notifications, but somehow I missed it back then.

Some of the references are Americanized. For example, there's an episode involving Dandoodle where some of the characters blurt out spoofed names of real-life famous people. What I found more entertaining though is that Level-5 references its own properties in the anime (such as the game "YOLO Watch" or a Season 2 episode that is a clear nod towards Professor Layton).

There's also a bit of a risqué rhyme clearly meant to amuse an older audience in Season 1 Episode 26.