I must admit that I’m very nostalgic for this game so I have a little bias towards it but you should just play the game for yourself and form your own opinion.
Yo Kai Watch is an alright game at best but I can’t help but love it.
For world exploration it’s small and quite limited but easy to navigate that way you won’t get lost.
As for its battle system there’s not a whole lot to be said since it’s automatic, the most you get to know is give yokai items and charge up their soultimates (special moves) with small mini games, just make sure your yokai aren’t under leveled and hope the CPU isn’t too dumb.
Time for the yokai themselves, a lot of the designs might be hit or miss but I can’t help but admire them for how experimentally wacky they can be.
Main story is slice of lifey with a lot of fetch quests A LOT OF FETCH QUESTS so hopefully you like those or you’re used to them by now, there’s also epilogue content including some secret bosses and a hidden area involving a boss rush so those are alright.
Yo Kai Watch is just an alright game but is it better than Pokemon? NAH quality wise both are the same.