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The Game That's Not Just A Pokémon Clone - Yo-Kai Watch Retrospective 

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@friendlyneighborhoodnoob
@friendlyneighborhoodnoob Год назад
People seem to forget that Pokemon didn't start the "catching and befriending monsters" video game genre.... it popularized it. I hope Yo-Kai Watch returns on July 11th
@afox8050
@afox8050 Год назад
What started it
@juliannocartagena2007
@juliannocartagena2007 Год назад
@@afox8050 Shin Megami Tensei
@Mystic-Aidan
@Mystic-Aidan Год назад
@@afox8050The SMT series beat it by I think a few years.
@studioarentain3960
@studioarentain3960 Год назад
What's July 11th??
@ricardofernandes9207
@ricardofernandes9207 Год назад
I really don't get that point when Level-5 and Yo-Kai themselves did their marketing to appeal to Pokémon fans, even releasing the games in the same way, 2 versions 2 exclusives a 3rd game to tie everything up. You said it, Pokémon did not invent nothing BUT made something even greater, popularized a genre of gaming, that until now it's basically a monopoly, there is no series that can hold itself in this genre, their are either bad or just die quickly. In the case of Yo-Kai it died quickly because Level-5 as always decide to kill another franchise, and they love to do it, by not releasing games on the West.
@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan
@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Год назад
Yo-Kai Watch 3 is the biggest 3Ds game in terms of sheer content, and as a hardcore Yo-Kai fan, I recommend it the most out of all other main series Yo-Kai Watch games. Also Blasters is great
@JustEpic_Yt
@JustEpic_Yt Год назад
Too bad that game so expensive now
@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan
@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Год назад
@@JustEpic_Yt exactly. I'm glad I bought it digitally at launch so I have it tbh. Same with Red Cat Corp, and I got White Dog Squad before the EShop closed
@dinisb
@dinisb Год назад
@@JustEpic_Yt just pirate the 3ds at that point
@leonieschnieders190
@leonieschnieders190 Год назад
I have it in spanish and dutch because Englosh was not available... I don't speak spanish and Dutch makes my ears bleed
@KiMaDu
@KiMaDu Год назад
Now, I don't live in the States, but as far as I can tell the European versions of the games, inluding Psychic Specters which tends to be sold at the highest price, can still be bought for relatively cheap money. So, get a hold of the copies as long as they're still available if you're in the EU, but otherwise maybe think about modding your DS device if you don't.
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
Yo-kai watch saved me from permanent depression after my copy of ultra sun was stolen from me. That save file had 99% of the Pokedex completed. Thank you Yo-kai watch for saving me, you will be missed.
@Dawg347
@Dawg347 Год назад
Who tf steals a Pokémon game
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
@@Dawg347 apparently people who can't afford the game. I was in middle school at the time, and not many people had both copies of gen 7.
@mgreysanders
@mgreysanders Год назад
Yokai watch is more like digimon than pokemon imo, but the game is really fun and more like a simple version of cyber slueth. I only played the first game, but it was very fun and unique
@S_plush
@S_plush Год назад
Thinking about it, yeah I can see it being similar to digimon, but I wouldn't know if it plays like the digimon game as i've never played it. I just remember that the general consensus for Yo-kai Watch was that it was a "pokémon clone"
@JimfromWisconsin
@JimfromWisconsin Год назад
Tbh I too dumb as child to think Pokémon and yokai watch were even similar to each other and I thought yokai watch was completely different to Pokémon
@mgreysanders
@mgreysanders Год назад
@JimfromWisconsin sadly any franchise with monsters is considered a pokemon clone to some people. You have your digimon, but some people will go as far to say beyblade and Yugioh are pokemon clones. Safe to say they never watched either series though
@JimfromWisconsin
@JimfromWisconsin Год назад
@@mgreysanders who said I played Digimon?
@mgreysanders
@mgreysanders Год назад
@@JimfromWisconsin I was just using it as an example of "pokemon clone"
@Spaghetti48284
@Spaghetti48284 Год назад
I remember being too scared to play it because of terror time 😭
@Delta_N0VA
@Delta_N0VA Год назад
Real
@SazawaArt
@SazawaArt Год назад
I love Yo Kai Watch so much, I grew up on it alongside Pokémon but liked it a bit more. I love the story and I think it’s pretty cute. I loved the tunnel and Hazy Lane because it was kinda creepy. The movies were pretty neat and I have so many fond memories of these games.
@Gamedres95
@Gamedres95 Год назад
Yo Kai Watch 3 was my favourite game for a very long time
@atwistedb
@atwistedb Год назад
@@Gamedres95 Its still in my top ten, and the Ghoulfathers theme is my favorite final boss song ever.
@SazawaArt
@SazawaArt Год назад
I love the Vs. Kyubi and Venoct theme in ykw3 I always have it stuck in my head
@Scr4mbledM3ggs
@Scr4mbledM3ggs Год назад
I loved the infinite tunnel and the Hazy Lane. Also the sound track for the series just fit so well and would actively try to unlock all the songs in the game lol
@Fermin-hw5pd
@Fermin-hw5pd Год назад
Finally, people to talk about the infinite tunnel with, a mechanic that is very weird, makes little sense rationally, explains 0 things about why it is how it is (like, who was that ghost girl?), but I can't have enough of, it's creepy but I get attracted to it 3's version of it is even better, cause it's creepier, it's a field trail on the open, but has more weird crap going on, like that giant lobster...
@salmanalseemare9821
@salmanalseemare9821 Год назад
What ruined YoKaI is that they didn't establish a proper bases, they started well until around 3rd game, then Shadowside didn't appeal to many, they went in heavy with humour that it killed it's self trying to capture the spark of their beginning
@maniacgreen8609
@maniacgreen8609 Год назад
Yeah they tried to emulate the anime which they shouldn't have
@shellyvision9693
@shellyvision9693 Год назад
Yo-Kai Watch 3 is deadass a masterpiece and I wish this franchise did well outside of Japan.
@Whitesnake273
@Whitesnake273 Год назад
In my city it was almost impossible to find because it was almost always out of stock because many people bought it
@robertodesimone4191
@robertodesimone4191 Год назад
​@@Whitesnake273man, you sure live in my Heaven bruh💀
@kanishkpandey6068
@kanishkpandey6068 15 дней назад
Is it better than 1 and 2? I’m considering emulating it since I love YKW 1 and 2, but I do know that it is much different, not even taking place in Springdale
@shellyvision9693
@shellyvision9693 15 дней назад
@@kanishkpandey6068 yes absolutely
@kanishkpandey6068
@kanishkpandey6068 15 дней назад
@@shellyvision9693 alright, better than YKW 1 and 2, then I’ll definitely have a lot,of,fun
@donovanhadley2209
@donovanhadley2209 Год назад
It's always a good day when I can find a new video about this series, of any kind. Despite 11 year old me not even knowing what the term anime was or what Japan was(I was a dumb kid) I fell in love with the series from day one thanks to the anime. Never got the 3DS games but played wibble wobble(until it got shut down). Even to this day I still play puni puni. With Level-5 coming back with new games including a new Layton game, I hope we can finally get the 4th game.
@Woganog
@Woganog Год назад
A lot of people (including me haha) actually still make videos on this game to this day. Unfortunately, only the retrospectives ever get noticed
@Minty_shark
@Minty_shark Год назад
I wish I had the 4th game and blasters and the hard copy of the 3rd I hope I can find a cheep one soon
@genericexcuse4737
@genericexcuse4737 Год назад
Still hoping for a LBX remake or available sequel. *copium*
@mohammedal-mustafamirghani5010
If you feel the battles takes a long time, pressing X during a battle will speed up the pace of the battle, pressing it again disable it.(this also works in Yo-Kai Watch 2 & 3)
@eeeeggnog._.
@eeeeggnog._. Год назад
As a lifelong pokemon fan, i grew to love yo kai watch separately and have to say that Yokai watch 3 had more love put into it and more content than any main series pokemon game by a VERY large margin
@robertodesimone4191
@robertodesimone4191 Год назад
Unfortunatly, It didn't sell quite a lot in the west, and again, that's really unfortunate, because yeah, you're right, it Indeed got more effort into the programmation of the game than other Pokémon games now days.
@susana311071
@susana311071 Год назад
i thought i would never see in my whole entire life somebody talking about yo-kai watch ever again, as a guy that has more than 500+ hours in the game and somehow managed to make the game making me not possible to play it ever again i can say i am happy
@makogal7571
@makogal7571 Год назад
Just want to say thank you for making it very clear early on to people that Yo-Kai Watch isn't a Pokémon clone at all, I LOVE this series so much and it didn't deserve the hate it got, let alone so much it ended up dying out quickly (despite definitely not deserving THAT either.)
@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit
@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit Год назад
I started out being one of those people that called it a clone. Then I sometimes watched a few episodes of the anime because it was always being aired just when I came home and then my new nintendo 3ds broke and I got a 2ds bundled with the game. I very very quickly started to notice that I was extremely wrong. Like, even before starting the game because the anime was completely different from the pokémon anime(only similarity is kid befriend monster) which did not fit into the narrative that it was just a copy paste pokémon rip-off. I own every game released outside of japan now.
@pokemonlover4894
@pokemonlover4894 Год назад
​@@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit the mc of yo Kai watch does not befriends monters he befriends yokai way way different from monters
@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit
@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit Год назад
@@pokemonlover4894 I know, I played every game. I said "kid befriend monster", because both Pokémon and Yo-Kai Watch are part of the monster collecting JRPG video game genre. The "monster" part is less saying that they have to be monsters, it just stands for "powerful creature with special powers". If it literally meant monster, then most games in that genre would not be part of the genre. For example, the first big monster collecting JRPG, Shin Megami Tensei, would not fall under monster collecting, since you collect demons in those games. So no, I did not mean to say that Yo-Kai are monsters.
@pokemonlover4894
@pokemonlover4894 Год назад
@@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit oh ok sorry for the missunderstanding
@fawna_lariat
@fawna_lariat Год назад
Fucking THANK YOU. I hate that people are so convinced that Yokai Watch is a Pokemon clone, when it's a different game entirely and is actually a great franchise that's really underrated imo. I really hope that people will actually appreciate this gem of a series and revive it, cause it's one of my favorite game series.
@nii9931
@nii9931 Год назад
Oh boy a yo-kai watch retrospective! Opening sentence: “P O K E M O N”
@goldencyanrod64
@goldencyanrod64 Год назад
I grew up with this series, and I find it hilarious that the Soultimate moves are similar to Z-Moves yet Soultimate moves came first, both in 2013 in Japan and 2015 internationally. Ironically the "complaint" that its a pokemon clone is just as relevant when pokemon copied soultimates and it was worse in every way.
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
Yo-kai watch saved me from permanent depression after my copy of ultra sun was stolen from me. That save file had 99% of the Pokedex completed. Thank you Yo-kai watch for saving me, you will be missed.
@darkeneddaylight5422
@darkeneddaylight5422 Год назад
The way Pokemon is going right now, I wouldn't be surprised if people would start buying Yo-kai Watch games instead. They are one heck of a roller coaster, a fun one at that.
@Nameless_mixes
@Nameless_mixes Год назад
I wish that would happen. 1. YKW deserves it 2. I’ve been more satisfied with YKW than Pokemon when it comes to releases on the 3DS and the Switch. 3. Maybe some actual competition would inspire Pokemon to start putting the necessary time, energy, and resources into a game or else they’ll start losing revenue.
@darkeneddaylight5422
@darkeneddaylight5422 Год назад
@Nameless_mixes Yeah, exactly. 😄 And YKW's 10th anniversary is coming up, so- Something related to Yo-kai Watch coming out maybe?
@kanishkpandey6068
@kanishkpandey6068 15 дней назад
@@Nameless_mixesBased on
@LateBlossoming
@LateBlossoming Год назад
Yo-Kai watch holds such a special place in my heart, I was OBSESSED with it. Seeing someone make new content on it is amazing and I do hope we get to see it again in the west. I definitely think ppl seeing it as a “Pokemon clone” or the “Pokémon killer” damaged it in the long run especially since it has barley any similarities to Pokémon other than the befriending monsters concept (which has been around before Pokémon)
@notmithosis7350
@notmithosis7350 Год назад
This! It happens to any media that involves collecting monsters when Pokémon isn't even the first game that did that! I wish people could put that bias aside and actually pick up these games. Yokai Watch deserves more love
@DeterminedBlade
@DeterminedBlade Год назад
It was my first introduction to anime. Basically I was trying to find some thing to watch and just saw something call “Yo-Kai Watch” on Disney XD and thought, “ I’ll try that” ( it was the one about Baku in season 1) then I got hooked on the series. It will forever remain in my heart.
@Fermin-hw5pd
@Fermin-hw5pd Год назад
This was said in other comments but Shin Megami Tensei kinda started the monster catching genre, go SMT
@Splonton
@Splonton Год назад
Gero Gero Po goes way harder than it has any right to
@emilyfeeney7846
@emilyfeeney7846 Год назад
I agreed here's the different between pokemon and yo kai watch Pokemon protagonists: mute, emotionless, no personality. Yo kai watch protagonists: have dialogue, emotion, and personality. Pokemon: catch pokemon. Yo kai watch: befriended yo kai. Pokemon: pokemon talking in their own name (beside meowth). Yo kai watch: almost every yo kai can talk normally. Pokemon: almost everyone have Pokemon. Yo kai watch: don't know that yo kai exist. Pokemon: trainer battles. Yo kai watch: battling yo kai. That all i remembered
@kanishkpandey6068
@kanishkpandey6068 15 дней назад
Pokémon: Battle with the commands of trainers Yo Kai: Battle themselves (Other than soultimates and pinning enemies of course) Pokémon: Battles are mainly 1v1 or 2v2 Yo Kai watch: all battles are 3v3
@The_Exorcist
@The_Exorcist Год назад
Pokemon is all about befriending strange creatures and bonding with them over tough battles and challenges Yo-kai watch is all about reluctantly making friends with strange creatures and hoping they don't turn you into a war criminal
@slashermaster28
@slashermaster28 Год назад
I still remember back when I played the first game and within the first half-hour, I already spotted 5 major differences between Pokemon and Yo-Kai Watch. It was honestly painful how for so long, biased Pokemon fans gave this series more undeserved vitriol than they gave to Digimon. I think the only reason they've finally shut up about this title in recent years is because we didn't get the forth one in North America for whatever reason. But I've asked this many times before, why have so many Pokemon fans still not realized monster collection is a sub-genre? Sure, I've seen mentalities like this many times before. There was a time when FPS's were brand new and every single one was labeled a Doom clone. There was a time when Abridging was young and it was thought that only LittleKuriboh was allowed to do it. But you know one thing these mentalities had in common? They didn't last long. It took roughly 1-2 years for people to finally come to grips with the fact that these were trends and that there was nothing wrong with that, that expanding your interests and giving these other works a shot gave you more to enjoy. Yet even after 25+ years, a good chunk of the Pokemon fandom still hasn't come to grips with the fact that other monster collection titles exist. They still act as if the existence of any other monster collection title is hurting them. I guess after how much people were disappointed by the mainline Switch titles, they're starting to take interest in alternatives now, but the mentality is still there. Seriously, when is this going to end for good?
@angelinacamacho8575
@angelinacamacho8575 Год назад
Pokemon just has a certain appeal to it that sadly most other monster catching franchises just barely seem to be able to capture that spark or appeal. Also pokemon has the whole competitive aspect going for it too.
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
@@angelinacamacho8575Yo-Kai Watch had competitive aspects starting with the 2nd games. There was too much of a time gap between international releases so a competitive scene was never able to take root like it has with Pokémon. Especially since Pokémon hasn’t had any major time gaps between Japanese releases and international releases and tends to release same day “globally” since the 3DS era. Yo-Kai Watch has a surprisingly rich battle system that never got to shine because of the international delay.
@colbaltmind5696
@colbaltmind5696 Год назад
People really just let their laziness consume them when it comes to judging games at surface level. Pokemon has its strengths and weaknesses, like its friendliness to competition and more control, while yokai watch is more casual yet surprisingly more difficult in the sense that you have less control and are more supporting your yokai while they attack, so you have to plan ahead and think in the moment instead of just movesets and numbers. I enjoy the unpredictability of yokai watch battles because it feels more like im helping my sentient yokai buddies instead of just yelling orders and mashing buttons like in pokemon Tdlr; functionally theyre actually very different games with similar concepts so they're both enjoyable depending on your playstyle
@kanishkpandey6068
@kanishkpandey6068 15 дней назад
Plus, using items doesn’t feel very ‘Cheaty’ since there is a cooldown, and many strategies even rely on Talismans
@littlejimmy5524
@littlejimmy5524 10 месяцев назад
I've always liked how in the Yo Kai Watch anime it focuses around the shenanigans yo-kai cause to their environment.
@xen8112
@xen8112 Год назад
So glad to see people making content on Yo-kai Watch even after so many years of it getting no love outside of Japan!
@youwayo
@youwayo Год назад
Yo-Kai watch was pretty popular in Korea when it first came out. I remember seeing the second movie when I visited Korea.
@BitsTheBest
@BitsTheBest Год назад
Yokai Watch has to be my absolute favorite game franchise ever. I believe it is severely underrated. I got my 3DS around 2019, just barely missing everyone playing often and the release of Yokai Watch 3, Yokai Watch carried me throughout all of the 2020 lockdown. I've ended up getting every game, including variants, and I absolutely love every game. I really miss when people would give this game real recognition and wish I could've been there to play online with a lot of different people.
@hey.its.fine0115
@hey.its.fine0115 Год назад
If you time travel using the 3ds system clock gargaros will be very upset and turn off the crank a kai for a day or so and all daily things will be unavailable along with the increased terror time
@KiiboHasControversialOpinionss
I love yokai watch! I put way more time to it than Pokémon. Shame it got such a bad rep for being similar to Pokémon, because those games are amazing. Wish they were still being translated to English
@mothimas
@mothimas Год назад
57:02 Funny thing about Yo-kai Watch. Despite it being a kids game, the game only explains the bare minimum to go through the main story. They don’t explain where to find more powerful Yo-kai to make the slog fights go quicker, or the side quests that give you Yo-kai to cover some of the E/D ranks that are lagging behind at this point. Hell, it doesn’t even explain that some Yo-kai drop their evo items to fuse the one you have. It is still beatable with the minimum, but you’ll have a general rough time unless you go out there and find those side quests and explore the new sections to help clear the chapter quicker. On my first play through from this chapter, I had a Frostina who did some nice damage against that boss. Unfortunately, the side quests don’t get labeled on the map until the 2nd game, but it becomes very important to explore the unlocked map asap to find more Yo-kai to use to get through more slots like that. Otherwise you’ll be stuck with the barebones method.
@Crystre
@Crystre Год назад
I remember going through a phase where I liked yokai watched then hating it for a while. I had both one and flesh souls. Then a few months ago I picked up my old game and played it again and I realized how much fun it is. I actually bought boney spirits psychical and yokai watch 3 before the eshop shut down. I genuinely prefer yokai watch over Pokémon, it just has more charm to me and felt more unique.
@sunkfnf2406
@sunkfnf2406 Год назад
11:26 Finally, I figured out that I'm NOT alone whenever I pick the character's canonical names.
@tyler1017077
@tyler1017077 Год назад
As someone who shares the history of this game coming out while I was in high school as well and taking a chance on it as well. I completely agree with your sentiments. The fact that our stories about getting this game is so similar it’s just crazy. That just goes to show how special that time and the game is. It was a weird time for sure, but it literally shared the same charm as the game. So I believe it’s meant to have that charm
@bobatea8165
@bobatea8165 Год назад
Finally something about how Yo-Kai Watch wasn't a crappy Pokemon ripoff, especially with all the quantity-over-quality Pokemon games we've been getting. Yo-Kai Watch made so many more memories for my siblings and myself than Pokemon even though we all played the two franchises at the same age during our childhood. And I think this is because Pokemon always has the same end goal in every game, just with different characters and gameplay options. Meanwhile, Yo-Kai Watch always has a wacky story that sometimes doesn't make too much sense, but it's engaging to play along with the characters and see all the hidden secrets in every area. Like the Hazy Lane and Infinite Tunnel? HELLO???? Those places were unironically uncanny and even made me feel a little disturbed when I was like 10 years old. And the soundtrack of all the Yo-Kai Watch games remain consistent with their wacky-fun-time themes, but also sometimes ambient, and calming tracks. Okay this is getting to be a little long of a comment, but I just love Yo-Kai Watch so much more than Pokemon at this point. The characters are fun and have their own distinct personalities that are portrayed throughout the game. I also like how the Yo-Kai also have actual personalities and can communicate to humans who can see them, which makes for a much more interesting experience.
@ratman6754
@ratman6754 Год назад
Oh my god i think you just explained my entire thoughts on this series
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
I love Yo-Kai Watch and it’s my vacation from Pokémon series. My only gripe is too many Yo-Kai are color swaps or too similar to each other. So many Jibanyan’s that it makes Pikachu clones look amazing. And even the robot ones have clones. Goldenyan is just a glorified stronger version of Robonyan who was already a robotic version of Jibanyan. They do this with other characters too. They did it with Komasan, Komajiro, and Jibakoma. They did it with Cheek Squeak and Cuttin’ Cheese. They did it with the dancing seaweed trio. I still love the series but it has a problem with monster design. Also Kyubi and Frostail look similar except Kyubi is supposed to be a fox spirit while Frostail is supposed to be a dog spirit like an inugami.
@ericwijaya2119
@ericwijaya2119 Год назад
This game shaped my childhood before Pokémon did and I wasn't the same since
@luiswaverly5632
@luiswaverly5632 Год назад
I would have LOVED for this game to have been akin to Ni No Kuni's graphics, but I'm very happy with what we got
@aliteralbombong
@aliteralbombong Год назад
yo kai watch 4 has graphics similiar to ni no kuni but sadly it has never been localized
@SonicBahasa
@SonicBahasa Год назад
People seem to forget that Pokemon didn't start the "catching and befriending monsters" video game genre.... it popularized it. I hope Yo-Kai Watch returns on July 11th
@MissileDoctor
@MissileDoctor Год назад
Yokai watch is objectively superior to Pokémon. Yokai watch isn’t even close to a Pokémon clone. Yokai watch is my favorite family friendly game series. And basically the entirety of Japan thinks so too
@Chara_Dreemurr1
@Chara_Dreemurr1 Год назад
The beta design of Noko is adorable... YES NOKO IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE YO KAI. IT'S ADORABLE! LOOK AT DAT SMILE
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
what about Pandanoko? Do you like him?
@Chara_Dreemurr1
@Chara_Dreemurr1 Год назад
@@BlazingK9-uv6wx the cutest noko next to starry noko
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
@@Chara_Dreemurr1 I agree. If only he wasn't a pain to get.
@Chara_Dreemurr1
@Chara_Dreemurr1 Год назад
@@BlazingK9-uv6wx true.
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
@@BlazingK9-uv6wxI Street Pass myself for Panda Noko…
@ChaoticDoodle
@ChaoticDoodle Год назад
I’m so happy Yo-Kai is getting more recognition
@beniciobrenes2018
@beniciobrenes2018 Год назад
Yo, Kai watch is one of my favorite franchises when I was younger, and dumb cap was one of my favorites
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
Wazzat? (I joke because the Yo-Kai look alike)
@Keeby219
@Keeby219 Год назад
Im sure someone mentioned this already butt if they havent i will have to say you mention the Yo-kai auto attacking being frustrating, and while thats true you can better influence what their AI does by giving them books and changing their mood, for example if you want a yo-kai to phyiscally attack more, you can give them a book to make them Rough, this will make them do the attack you'd like way more often
@just_sonic
@just_sonic Год назад
I've honestly never wondered why I loved Yo-Kai Watch way more than Pokemon.
@tsohkurai
@tsohkurai Год назад
I've been a long time pokemon fan and I absolutely loved Yo-kai watch (I played the first and bony spirits) My big regret is not getting YKW3 localized version before they ran out of copies 😭 fortunately I was able to enjoy Abdallah's yo-kai watch playthroughs on another note: the yo-kai watch movies based on YKW4; shadowside and forever friends are suuuper good
@KeniQilin
@KeniQilin Год назад
To the person who posted this vid: Rate my YKWBMRC team Blandon, K'mon-K'mon, Singcada, Hungorge
@dinisb
@dinisb Год назад
Great video, just want to say that the franchise did well indeed in europe, atleast here in portugal it did. In fact a lot of Level 5 franchises are famous here, i think professor layton was famous in england and Inazuma eleven was famous in spain and portugal.
@silviamariposaroja
@silviamariposaroja Год назад
Yeah and in Spain too, here level 5 is really popular with layton yokai watch inazuma eleven and I don't know if fantasy life did good too but I also love that game
@creativenamee
@creativenamee Год назад
I miss yo kai watch so much man,i hope that level 5 decides to translate something to english again
@Eractiv25
@Eractiv25 Год назад
Finally someone is talking about this hidden gem and doing it justice. Always love it when people shed light onto these great games that are shadowed by their much better counterparts. I remember watching the anime on Netflix with my brothers. We would know the entire plot of an episode just from the first ten seconds or less. I really hope that an official translation for the switch version comes out but knowing the history of the games in america probably not.
@MrMcJohnsonII
@MrMcJohnsonII Год назад
I sincerely hope you cover the sequels, they're definite improvements over the first game
@MONKEGOD2000
@MONKEGOD2000 Год назад
as a kid i loved yo-kai watch i have a whole bunch of toys from my child hood
@EpicVideosNYAWAGON
@EpicVideosNYAWAGON Год назад
same
@sharebear2103
@sharebear2103 Год назад
same
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
I have a Jibanyan plush from 2015 Hasbro and a near master set of series 1 medals. Was missing Shogunyan but I did get a Japanese one at a Comic Con as it’s cheaper to get them from Japan as they made more than enough.
@EpicVideosNYAWAGON
@EpicVideosNYAWAGON Год назад
@@princesspikachu3915 I also still have a huge collection
@8chitox888
@8chitox888 Год назад
I remember telling my friend: "Nah, I won't buy Yokai Watch 2. I'm more excited for Pokémon Sun." Then again, I bought both of them (YW way later) and ended up having over 400+ in Yokai Watch lmaooo. Yokai Watch 3 is such a master piece. Damn, YW Blasters is so fun. YW deserves better.
@halfdraggy
@halfdraggy Год назад
As a fan of digimon pokemon and yokai they are all super unique digimon focuses on branching evolution and began as a sister series to tamagochi yokai watch took elements of both specifically the fusion from digimon where some digimon can fuse the massive roster from pokemon and the isometric style of the original game from pokemon while creating its own style with a super unique battle system and designs focusing on a silly series that is inspired by the Japanese yokai and as the series went on they improved more and more on the unique mechanics areas and fun elements were created
@princesspikachu3915
@princesspikachu3915 Год назад
Most Yo-Kai look like cats. Even if they’re supposed to be dogs they look like cats. To the point where when they made Jibakoma I realize it wasn’t just a fusion between two cats but is supposed to be a cat-dog. Komasan and Komajiro are supposed to be dog’s except they look like cats and it’s the Pokémon legendary beast debate all over again. Especially with Komasan being a “Lion dog” statue enthusiast. I’m now questioning Entei again…
@proximaeon
@proximaeon 8 месяцев назад
Considering that in the previous year Level-5 are doing their best to return to be open to the public outside Japan, is really intriguing if they decide to bring back Yo-Kai Watch too, like at least translating Yo-Kai Watch 4 and Y-Heroes.
@freshnightmares
@freshnightmares Год назад
yokai watch was a massive hyperfixation for me through high school. which was. hard to explain to my friends who only saw it as a pokeclone
@1983SpringBonnie
@1983SpringBonnie Год назад
Yo-Kai Watch deserved so much better as a franchise and frankly I wish I hadn't gotten rid of all my Yo-Kai merchandise :(
@agentomecha634
@agentomecha634 10 месяцев назад
31:45 Funnily enough, this piece of lore would later be retconned in the 2nd game as well as in the 1st movie as it would be established that Nate’s grandfather was the one who invented the Yo-Kai Watch. Yo-Kai Watch is one of my favorite franchises of all time and I actually got into it way before I got into Pokémon. It’s honestly quite different from Pokémon. Too bad not that many people gave it a chance or wrote it off as a Pokémon clone. Even reaching a point to where it’s lost popularity in Japan. It’s a shame too considering all of the games are really solid. My favorite being the 3rd game.
@Fermin-hw5pd
@Fermin-hw5pd Год назад
Info for the people who want to try out the game: PLEASE don't change the time system of the 3ds or whatever device you are emulating in to cheat the Crank a Kai, as far as I know if you do it multiple times it will be blocked off and you won't be able to use it, ever, it's convenient I know, but you will mess it up if you get greedy Also, I hate how this is not the first time I see that Blizzaria art at 42:45
@saxophonebuizel2458
@saxophonebuizel2458 Год назад
26:52 it does detect it but it warns you advising you to un do it but if you get 3 warnings it removes the ability to use the crank a kai and other daily actions
@dormyyy8779
@dormyyy8779 Год назад
Or, you could just get framed if you’re someone who actually remembers daylight savings.
@SophiaSanders61
@SophiaSanders61 Год назад
Just saw your community post and I was shocked to find out you had less then 300 subs before this. I really enjoyed listening to it on my walk home from work. Keep up the great work!
@maxsmith184
@maxsmith184 Год назад
I’ve been stuck on this Damm pig in a bath for almost a decade 💀
@wyldfirehydrant
@wyldfirehydrant Год назад
I lived in Singapore and I remember when the anime came to SEA on Disney XD. This was before Yokai Watch was brought over to the west for the American dub, the only thing I can remember between the two dubs is in SEA dub they didn’t change the Japanese names to English. I tried finding it on the internet but it was so obscure that it had become lost media
@Jaysussy
@Jaysussy Год назад
I feel like Yo Kai Watch really started getting good at around the 3rd game and it started to feel like, yeah this is what feels right for a game like this
@37Dayzzz
@37Dayzzz Год назад
YES. If you change your system clock to cheese the Crank-a-Kai funnily enough, Gargaros will appear and tell you off, saying something along the lines of "I, Gargaros, never forgive tricksters!" The first two times he just suspects it, but if you change it a third time, he'll full on accuse you, and block off Crank-a-Kai use for a couple days, along with other once-a-day challenges. This happens in the 2nd, 3rd, and Blasters game too, getting worse with each game. I played Yo-Kai Watch a bunch as a kid, it was my equivalent to Pokémon X and Y. My younger brother would change our clock occasionally and that would happen. If you change it back to the original date, Gargaros would register that as a change too.
@Bobbykattboi
@Bobbykattboi Год назад
Wow, I thought I was the only one who played this. Nice to know there are a decent amount of fans. I remember the Pig boss was so tough for me and that I was scared of the Surgeon boss.
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
Sproink, and Dr.Maddiman.
@BlazingK9-uv6wx
@BlazingK9-uv6wx Год назад
Yo-kai watch saved me from permanent depression after my copy of ultra sun was stolen from me. That save file had 99% of the Pokedex completed. Thank you Yo-kai watch for saving me, you will be missed.
@mrshinywillow
@mrshinywillow Год назад
i found yokai watch through the anime on disney xd and soon i just fell in love it, like before i was already a huge pokémon fan but yokai watch had it own charm to it and how much it’s basically different from pokémon. yokai watch will forever have that spot of nostalgia and childhood wonder in my heart
@ratman6754
@ratman6754 Год назад
I’m so sad that yokai watch 4 never got localized. It was amazing when I played it, just wish that I knew what they were saying lol
@rwkplay
@rwkplay Год назад
Knowing from experience, changing the 3DS clock is detected by all Yo-Kai Watch games! It prevents you from doing the Crank-a-Kai and a few other daily things in the later games
@theshinypeliper8813
@theshinypeliper8813 Год назад
Yokai watch is definitely more of a slice of life comedy in terms of “story” I guess… the stakes aren’t insanely high usually and it’s more lighthearted and cozy feeling imo
@pyrofobia1074
@pyrofobia1074 Год назад
My favorite rpg franchise, I remember when I was really young and I saw the Anime and after I saw that existed a game I was so excited to play but the years passed and yo kai watch just.... Disappeared, I'm from Portugal and I'm so happy to see that people still remember this franchise
@katiebugbu3
@katiebugbu3 Год назад
This series is such a comfort to me! This video talking about it has kinda inspired me to start working on my own Yo-kai watch series retrospective/Analysis
@atwistedb
@atwistedb Год назад
Yokai watch 3 is genuinely in my top 10 favorite games of all time. I'm so glad to see people still talking to it.
@potatoe972
@potatoe972 Год назад
3:14 wait hold on... That's literally exactly what Gutsy Bones looks like. Also Yokai Watch has to be home to my favorite line in any video game. “Chairman Squidillius McKraken and his political party” Its hilarious even in context.
@anotherxd5384
@anotherxd5384 Год назад
this franchise is the one ive played the most, with about 700 hours total and, while not finishing ANY medallium, i have 200 hours in yokai watch 3, and 2, and 300 hours in yokai watch 1, with loads of hours sunk into the spinoffs like wibble wobble and blasters, minus the switch games and busters 2, being only released in japan
@Homiecheese227
@Homiecheese227 Год назад
This show, Pokémon and beyblade at 9:00 am on a Saturday morning on Disney XD hit different…
@StafkiGTN
@StafkiGTN Год назад
A pretty good video! But.. can you stop reminding us that it's a kids game? Yes, we know.
@potatoemporer2174
@potatoemporer2174 Год назад
Great video! I allways wondered what this series was all about. You have made a yokai fan today
@KaiTheTyrant
@KaiTheTyrant Год назад
When I was a little kid, I started off thinking it was a clone (especially after watching digimon). I gave it a chance and ended up loving Yokai watch.
@Nex_2B
@Nex_2B Год назад
I used to be a big fan of the series I even begged for one of the watches at Walmart which I ended up getting. Edit: it's broken and lost now though.
@juliannocartagena2007
@juliannocartagena2007 Год назад
Here’s an interesting fact. Did you know you can move around the overworld using the stylus? Just like Inazuma Eleven. Oh and also STOP SAYING YO-KAIS! THE PLURAL IS JUST YO-KAI!
@Nameless_mixes
@Nameless_mixes Год назад
I’m so happy that I stumble upon great videos on YKW like this every once in a while! This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I think YKW, YKW 2, and YKW 3 are better than anything Pokemon has released on the 3DS or Switch. The story is more compelling, the characters have more personality (including the protagonist), they Yo Kai actually feel individualized and unique, the graphics/animations seem to be much smoother and work better, there’s a more active battling system (which some Pokemon fans have been asking for), the difficulty level feels slightly challenging throughout and rarely are there massive spikes if you’re leveling up your party as you go, there’s voice acting to give the game more life, the game is explorable and doesn’t feel like you’re stick in hallways, etc etc etc. I love Pokemon, but YKW just feels like it had the same heart, soul, and passion as Pokemon during Gens 1-5. I wish that the series could be more successful. It really fell off in the international market (mainly in the US/Canada) and it sometimes feels like the franchise is going to be abandoned. It really stinks because it feels like there’s still so much potential! Anyways, great job on the video! ❤️
@houraisheperd9721
@houraisheperd9721 Год назад
Something being for kids doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to bother with story. There’s a number of kid-focused games that manage to tell really compelling ones, like Megaman Star Force 1, or Pokémon S&M. I even got into JRPGs from a young age because they were the only genre concerned with writing a story at the time.
@thatnicyolo
@thatnicyolo Год назад
I always wanted to do a huge retrospective on this entire series but I never had the time to do it because it would basically involve me replaying 2(ish) games (because I remember that there was stuff in the second game's first two versions that you had to do to unlock stuff in the 3rd version), then playing the 3rd game for the first time and then watching someone play the 4th game. anyways, I loved this series growing up and I loved how unique and different they felt from something like pokemon and pokemon clones. I still love how this series has been going on for over 10 years in japan and still wish that the 4th game would get localized. Definitely one of my favorite game series growing up.
@BlixyBlix
@BlixyBlix Год назад
banger video 10/10 yo-kai watch deserves more recognition, this is coming from someone who enjoys both pokemon and yo-kai watch.
@jeremyetremblay6663
@jeremyetremblay6663 Год назад
I really hope that yo-kai watch comes back in the near future
@addiec8376
@addiec8376 Год назад
I love this series so much, and I grew up playing it. I miss it so much (my 3DS got busted) ! Thanks for this compilation on the first game! I would love to see more content about it if you find it interesting enough!
@crimson1194
@crimson1194 Год назад
Yokai Watch 2 is legit one of my favourite games ever
@spectrefriends3097
@spectrefriends3097 6 месяцев назад
Pokemon and yokai watch where my childhood I miss yokai watch
@timaeusdelpueblosecretodel6801
4:18 Why does noko look like that!? 😭😭😭
@atwistedb
@atwistedb Год назад
the beta designs went crazy
@timaeusdelpueblosecretodel6801
@atwistedb no, it’s awful.
@tabbycar6741
@tabbycar6741 Год назад
Cool to see this game show up on my feed again, as I had loved the series when it initially came out. I even got every manga when they came out. But this video came through and made me realize I have a Yo-Kai-Watch hole in my heart that I need to fill. Thanks for the reminder and thanks for telling more of the world about this awesome game!
@genericexcuse4737
@genericexcuse4737 Год назад
Yokai watch is a great game franchise, but can we take a moment to talk about how Level 5’s game quality goes beyond just Yokai Watch and Professor Layton. LBX is one of my favorite 3ds games, and it’s game structure was really similar to Yokai Watch.
@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819
@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Год назад
Hey, remember when this series was huge in Japan, and now nobody can recall it?
@queeeeeeenn
@queeeeeeenn Год назад
I’ve played Yo Kai Watch 3 so much and it’s genuinely one of my favorite Video Games out there. It’s a shame that not many people will get to play these games now due to the 3ds Eshop shutting down
@dylanhofften4047
@dylanhofften4047 Год назад
I remember when I got the very first yo kai watch, I was at the game store, saw it, and thought I would give it a try, and I loved it. I played all the time until the second and the third came out. I even played blasters and these game are some of the most important and fun games in my life and yet it it's sad that people never really cared for this game but it was still one of the most important things in my life
@insan3giraff39
@insan3giraff39 Год назад
Dude Yo-Kai Watch is literally my favorite franchise ever. It’s incredible.
@BlackdragonTheShadow
@BlackdragonTheShadow 8 месяцев назад
and for anyone who wants to play Yokai watch 1 in 2024 some advice there’s a Side quest in the City section of the game that gives you the B rank Yokai Frostina(who can become the S rank Blizzaria who happens to be my favorite along side her rare counterpart Damona) upon completion… do it
@afurhat4726
@afurhat4726 Год назад
Skill Issue, talismans that boost dmg are available near the start of the game, which can give immense buffs, if you can balance a usage of them and building a team that has a healer, buffer, fighter, and tank is strong
@KiiboHasControversialOpinionss
You can also easily gain mega exp orbs at the beginning of all of them, letting you just kill everything in sight for a while
@Content_deleted595
@Content_deleted595 Год назад
Underrated channel ;-;
@DestroybotUniverse
@DestroybotUniverse Год назад
Fr 🙏🔥🔥🔥
@terribleghoster7006
@terribleghoster7006 Год назад
Yo-kai watch has always been really good and more than just a Pokémon dupe, it actually has nothing in comparison with Pokémon besides befriending little creatures and being able to "catch them all". I prefer Yo-kai watch over Pokémon any day.
@epicmickeyfan5
@epicmickeyfan5 7 месяцев назад
i remember in elementry school a friend stopped being my friend bc they didnt like yo-kai watch and called it a "pokemon ripoff" f that b, i love both pokemon and yo-kai watch
@FallenDemonFly
@FallenDemonFly Год назад
I've been replaying yo-kai Watch: 2,3 and Blasters in the last few days and i can say for sure that these Games are Better than Anything the Pokemon franchise has pumped out in the last 7-8 years. If anyone wants to tell me that Ultra Sun/Moon , Sword/Schield or Crimson/Purple were better? Kudos for lying to my face.
@Nomadgammer
@Nomadgammer Год назад
Ah yo Kai watch the game where you beat up dead people fun for the whole family it even spawned it’s own tv show it was pretty decent mostly a comedy show with dark themes
@atwistedb
@atwistedb Год назад
Remember when Nate died? TWICE!
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