The Return of Yo-kai Watch 

I miss this franchise…

Pokémon: I thought you were dead.. Yo-kai watch: My death was greatly exaggerated.

I would pay extra for yokai 4 in english, i wish they would see this and see all of us in the comments missing the game, we dont WANT to emulate it, we dont WANT to have to mod our switch. :< Like i know SOME japanese but not enough to translate a whole game for myself lol

As a big fan of the 3 mainline Yokai Watch games, there's two big reasons why the series dropped off as hard as it did: Advertising and Release Schedule. Yokai Watch's advertising wasn't really the best, a lot of the Japanese overeccentric humor doesn't really jell well with American demographics, so it probably floundered a bit in that department, but the games were overall pretty solid and the games built a cult following because of it. Now, the bigger issue was how they handled release schedules: Yokai watch 1 came out in North America on November 6th, 2015, according to wikipedia. Yokai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls and Bony Spirits came out September 30th, 2016, 329 days after the first game came out. Then, instead of releasing Yokai Watch 3, they instead released Yokai Watch 2: Psychic Specters on September 29th, 2017, 364 days after the base version of YW2 came out. 2017 was also a big year since that is the same year the Nintendo Switch released into the world, and that was going to spell the end of the 3DS since that fulfilled the mobile gaming niche as well as the home console niche. So, instead of releasing YW3 again, they decided to throw the spinoff game Blasters into the mix on September 7th, 2018, 343 days after psychic specters, and then on February 8th, 2019, 154 days after blasters, we finally got YW3. For comparison, when Yokai Watch 3 finally came stateside, the switch was just a month shy of 2 years on the market, the 3DS was just a faint memory of the past at that point, which was a shame since we got a lot of good titles at the end of the lifespan. The fact that Level-5 wasn't being aggressive enough with their release schedule was probably what killed it in the long run since they stuck with the yearly release schedule almost until the end where they realized they had to rush whatever they could out the door before Nintendo Axe'd the 3DS line in 2020. When these games were coming out, people were clamoring for more, the second game delivered just that, but then they took a year to effectively release a content patch that only had a 5-month turnaround time for the Japanese release. Blasters also probably shouldn't have came out in the states, as they probably should've just gunned down getting both Psychic Specters out in like 6 months, and then follow that up 6 months later with Yokai Watch 3, as that would've at least came out while the 3DS still had some relevancy. It's such a shame, too, I really loved the series playing it at the tail end of Middle School up until I graduated in High School.

I think the anime's lackluster reception added to them not localizing the game, which is fair sibce while I liked Shadowside they REALLY lost what made thr yokais so good when they made them more "darker". Sadly this meant Nate never met Jibanyan and Co again in the future and we don't know what happened that led to him forgetting them

10:29 There's also a Mark Orckerberg who took over Yopple after Steve Jaws was exposed because Steve didn't originally invent the Yo-Kai Watch Model Zero, Nate's (full given name Nathan) grandfather Nathaniel Adams did. Hidabat actually founded the Yo-Kai version of Amazon from Nate's closet (his Japanese name is literally just Hikikōmori, an extreme shut-in) before he eventually sold it too because he was already the second richest Yo-Kai at the time after Steve Jaws and owned a whole bunch of other businesses across Springdale, some of which were human buisnesses.

BRO YO KAI IS COMING BACK I have to watched it since 2019

I legit thought this was an April Fools joke 😭😭

Yo Kai watch is truly an underrated franchise, hopefully Level-5 revives the franchises. Now that their kinda back in the West

I forgot, Nintendo Treehouse gradually took over localization and they localized the third game entirely themselves. Level-5 Abbey going into maintenance mode had nothing to do with it. Besides, we are getting localizations of a couple of upcoming Level-5 games without Abbey anyway.

Man anyone else who loved Mo’s videos when they were kids, feel like they were about to tear up watching this video. I swear kid me had the best taste in “favorite RU-vidr”

You were a huge reason I got into this franchise with the first game and I’ve loved it since. Thank you so much and welcome back to the franchise!

This was my favorite game as a kid. All the characters had so much personality and dynamic in each series and it only got better during the sequels. I hope this makes a comeback, Im literally getting 4 on Ryujinx now

I played this game for so many hours in the unlocalized JP version, it was a struggle to understand but it was still an amazing game that is probably the best game I have played in the genre, this series is so underrated and hopefully the stars align one day

12:08 Well they're like this in the anime too. Though in the anime, Yopple has been known for selling various models and as a parody of Apple, of course their tech is incredibly trendy and popular. Not sure what the deal here is though.

Honestly, Shadowside probably isn't even the most confusing thing coming from post-YKW3 Yo-Kai Watch. The anime that came after Shadowside is a school themed anime (a complete 180 from Shadowside's slightly more mature nature) about reincarnated human Jibanyan (the grandson of Jibanyan's owner).

Please continue this series if possible, It’s so sad we never got this game so it would be cool if we could experience it in some way

"We get sent on a life-changing quest... to buy some ice cream." What is this, The Simpsons: Hit & Run? Lol!

Wibble Wobble was treated very poorly as well. I want that game back too!

The Digimon World games also have a similar battling system if you were looking for something else similar.

Oh my god I swear I keep my 3ds on life support for yokai watch alone

Genuinely don’t know a single person who was sad when this franchised died in the west like they threw out a bunch of games in a short period with some toys and an anime me and my friends just saw it as a Pokémon clone and we honestly just forgot it

The legend returns to the legendary franchise

11:51 These are Bakus Edit: I only noticed later when they gave the Medal, my Info is useless now

I loved your original series, hell I even come back to watch it sometimes, and I'm so glad you revisited it, you should def play 3 at some point

I really miss yo kai watch i should go get my 3ds and played it again my yo kai team was Dracunyan Slimamander Don-Chan Jibakoma Jibanyan S Buchinyan

THEY MADE INAZUMA 11?! THAT WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW

Man being a Yokai Watch fan, this really made me so happy to watch

I first started watching your content with the Yo-Kai Watch play through, and I am very happy that it’s coming back

EVERYONE, BUY THE JIBANYAN DLC FOR Megaton MUSASHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS OUR CHANCE TO GET 4 IN ENGLSIH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss yo kai

I believe if you actually read the manga their most recent and last one they dropped it might explain who the two at the beginning were.

April huh

Yessssss! This is my whole childhood coming back

If Inazuma Eleven somehow managed to come back im sure Yokai Watch's return is bound to happen.

Maye ghost craft is like Shadowside where's they a yokai but with different form 🫣

Hyped for ghost crafters

We’re so back

They better start localizing again...

Please play through this in a series, I would love to see you play Yo-Kai Watch again.

I hate game when u just stand there and choose an attack

FUCK YEAH, I LOVE YO-KAI WATCH

This was a fun video!! 🌟 I love Yo Kai Watch!! ❤ It’s awesome we get to see the 4th installment through you!! Your set up is immaculate btw!! 👌

I started playing Yo-kai Watch back on Christmas 2015

Munching orange and Abdallah was my childhood.

I was playing Yo Kai Watch 3 today still surprised I have one of the rarest 3ds games of all time ⌚️

big, loved this series a lot

I remember watching munchingorange play yo-kai watch yeaaaaars ago, then I got the game myself and i fell in love with it! I still have my old save file and even though I stopped following the franchise, I sometimes open my game and seeing all my old yo-kai 💝

Would love to get ports on the switch and the 4th here in the west

The thumbnail is soooo bad 😭 but the video is really good great work

I bought yokai watch 4 for the PlayStation for 70$ at like the end of summer in 2023 i cant read Japanese but im slowly making progress

The first intro after the song of the yokai the half yokai half human my brother found out that we can watch the movie with with American titles of everything except for the voices and my brother played it his computer and he gave me yo-kai watch 1 2 3 I love the American yokai yes it does American yokai one is just beef

seeing this really made me jump lol, you’re series on these games were my favorite to watch and I hope you continue Yo-Kai Watch 2 one day!

0:36 NI NO KUNI??? IN MY 2024

Went to Japan recently and saw no yokai watch stuff. I remember back when I went in 2016 it was everywhere in Japan, but nowadays it’s nowhere to be seen like before

3:07 I got the same 3ds lol

Well here's some more spin offs Yokaiwatch busters 2 sword and magnum (the last yokaiwatch 3ds game) Also there's yokaiwatch just dance for the wiiU wich includes songs from all yokaiwatch titles Yokaiwatch Y jam wich is based off yokaiwatch Y jam wich is further in the future then yokaiwatch shadowside

man, i remember seeing this game for the switch and getting excited to play. thanks for digging it up lol

I still play these games to this day I’ve even played all the Japanese exclusives

the ps4 version of yo kai watch 4++ 💀

I wish theill release it outsider of japan

I really hope Yo-kai Watch comes back. I played it so much and lovid it soooooooo much. I played all 4 games. They are incredible.

Wait, i haven't finished Yo-Kai 3 and why is Nate back in Springdale

I LOVE YO KAI

wow, commenting again, look at me. anyway, Yo-Kai Watch's most recent mainline game isnt actually 4! its a game called Yo-Kai Watch jam!: Y-Gakuen

great vid but no one gona talk about how that mom dawged on the kid

The fact I not only played Yo-Kai Watch back in 2016 and watched the anime, but I'm nostalgic for it which makes me feel completely old at age 20 💀💀

Yo Kai watch has better modern games then pokemon

Im still holding out hope for Yokai Watch 4 being officially localized, but Im glad there is at least still some way to play it.

Our hearts are still out there for Jibbs. What did they do to my poor boy?

Yo Kai Watch was actually an incredible series. I'd love to play more of it

As one of the few people with an English, physical copy of Yo-kai Watch 3- This is genuinely one of the best game series EVER made. Any of the games coming to Switch in English would be the best moment of my life. I say this with 100% sincerity: Yo-Kai Watch 3 is my favorite game of all time.

Oh my God Nate can actually fight yo kai in the fourth game...... He's becoming an SMT protagonist I'm so proud of him. Also I got around to playing the second game and I'm having a blast with it.

WE BACK BABY

I remember coming back from school, powering my 3ds and playing Yo-kai watch 2 all while watching your playthrough. Brings back memories ❤

yo kai watch was peak

7:50 Yo-Kai Watch 4: Homie Side and Yo-Kai Watch 4: Man's Laughter. Releasing world wide on June 9th 2069.

That intro.. it’s beautiful. I’ve missed that melody so much.

1:27 Not shutting down but reducing to a skeleton crew, at least one person has been keeping the lights on over there.

Fun fact - yo kai watch 4 did get released outside of Japan, but it is now exclusive to both Japan and China.

Something you probably might not know about is that level 5 NA stated that all future releases, including Yokai watch will have an international release, this means that Yokai watch and the Professor Layton series, even newer titles like Deca-Police will be officially coming back to the west.

Yokai Watch 4 is the Ni no Kuni 2 game a lot of people probably wanted.

Thanks for making this video! It was serendipitously timed with my own purchase of Yo-Kai Watch 1 for switch and 4++! I was a little nervous about the prospect of modding my switch for the fan translation, but you made it look pretty easy.

I used to watch yo Kay watch all the time The fact it’s coming back is making me sooo nostalgic

growing up i had a love hate relationship with this franchise (Tbh it was mostly love i just was a dumb kid who pretended to hate it because i didn't want to be "disloyal" to pokémon) but nowadays i have grown to love this franchise what makes it hurts so much more that it's gone everywhere but Japan

HECK so the yokai detective are actually from the Yokai Shadowside series, and the weird Yokai like the hungramps one are also related to that. There’s a whole anime on it.

Currently a Yokai Watch event happening in FFXIV. Can get alot of the characters as pets and Jibanyan as a mount 😃 Active until July

WE MAKIN OUR SOCKS GO MISSING IN THE DRYER WIT DIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

hi dude, thanks for the video you can actually dodge with A button, but it will cost stamina, hold B will enter running mode even during battle so remember using those to dodge holding R with enter yoki absorb for you to use yokai Mana skills, L+ A (i think) will be the pin for party AI to attack on the same enemy. looking forward for new vids cuz i'm in love with the franchise and glad there's big youtuber making a video

I used to watch you, abdallahsmash, and johneawsome when I was a kid and I just found you!!

Cool to see you're playing Yo-kai Watch 4! Fun fact: this combat system is actually taken from the Yo-kai Watch Blasters series of games, which is both a series of sub-games in each mainline game, and its own spin-off series where you can play as the Yo-kai! The ability to play as Nate and the others was added in this game. Also, there is actually another Yo-kai Watch game on Switch that released afterwards in 2020, called Yo-kai Gakuen Y. It has a COMPLETELY different premise, but has a combat system that is similar and even better than this one! You should check it out! Happy Yo-kai Watching, and hope you enjoy!

Yo kai watch 4 seems like a Ni No Kuni, Yo kai Watch crossover fever dream. As cool as it looks. I personally want more games in the old top-down style.

I love this franchise so much, I'd be overjoyed to see it come back

Fun fact: Shadowside Jibanyan is voiced by Takaya Kuroda, known mostly for voicing Kazuma Kiryu in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series.

YES YO-KAI WATCH IS THE BEST

I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO COME BACK!! PLZ I WANT YO KAI WATCH BACK

*SIGH* guess im buying a "funny" switch just to play this game

I LOVED the games, played the first one and both versions of the second one. I was not fortunate enough to get the 3rd game :( but after coming back to play the 2nd game again after about 4 years Im tempted to try my luck and get my hands on the 3rd part. I fucking miss this game series SO much. At some points it was way more fun than any Pokemon game

Yo-Kai Watch was pretty interesting

Munch back on Yo-kai watch aint no way- omg