An incredibly charming game with pretty mediocre gameplay. The story, characters, and world are nice and simple in a way that taps into a feeling of childlike adventure by combining the supernatural elements with the contemporary setting. While the game’s really charming, the gameplay is kinda mediocre. You equip 6 Yokai to your team and they attack randomly, and while you have control over battles by rotating which Yokai are active, purifying them, and charging their soultimates, there’s barely any strategy involved. The only strategy comes from choosing which Yokai to use, but you can get away without much planning (unless you’re doing the postgame challenges) for most of the game. The bosses are definitely a high point, though, as they all have a special gimmick that adds a bit more thought to combat, and their unique designs make them exciting to fight. An enjoyable time, but not something I’ll go back to anytime soon.

a really cute game that pushed Pokemon to be better with its Gen 7 games even if their similarities begin and end with "monster collecting game with cute characters and an elementary school kid". the monster design is quirky and memorable and the world is bursting with things to do around every corner

I find this game to be a bit of a hard sell when its sequels exist and build on the game's concepts much better, but it's very good to play if you want a game-sized TV show. you might be in for a shock if you've only watched the anime though

anyways I will never forgive Hasbro for fucking this series over so bad that we'll never get Yokai Watch 4.

It's really cute and pretty unique. Feels too simplistic at first but the battle system demands more out of you as the game goes on. I wish befriending Yokai wasn't even more luck reliant than SMT Negotiations but getting one feels great.

This game really truly excels in its world. It really feels like you're a kid in a small town, a little nostalgic even. It's filled with these little details like taking your shoes off when you enter the house, or a jingle plays if you make sure the light is green before crossing an intersection with no other reward. Or how two of the final trials are 1. Are you a helpful person around town and 2. Always be honest. It's nice to encourage good morals like in this fun little game.

But it is very child-like, just going on a bunch of random adventures with these Yokai, you know in SPRINGDALE which is filled with YO-KAI in AMERICA. We could talk about how much of a marketing blunder it was in the west and how Level-5 can't maintain a hit franchise even in just Japan to save their lives, but I'd rather focus on the game.

I got to be a cute girl, the monsters are varied and unique (and again, were destined to never catch on outside Japan but boy did they try), music's good and battle system's fun. Once falsely labeled as a Pokemon killer (though Pokemon took the wrong notes from this game sadly), I consider Yo-Kai Watch a hidden gem that I recommend.

I played the demo. Don't plan on going further.

All I have to say: Yo-Kai Watch? More like Yo-wish-yo-was-pokemon

(Sorry I stole your joke, Chief)

This was a game I would constantly hear was a "Pokemon ripoff" and I only found out about it due to the Anime being shown on Disney XD. I can assure you that this game is very much its own thing and it's amazing. The story is great with some solid characters. The monster collecting system is as good as ever here. The gameplay is very fun and has a lot of depth to it. The music is really good and memorable. This game was a blast to play through and I only hope that Level 5 decide to port Yo-Kai Watch 4 to the west soon. The Yo-Kai Watch games are terribly underrated and I hope more people play this wonderful franchise.
9/10