Yo-Kai Watch (Not a Sequel to Monkey Watch)

From this Nintendo Life article:

Level 5 President Akihiro Hino wrote:

In regards too [sic] foreign markets, we have been taking a look at it in regards to Yokai Watch. We are in development planning to release it sometime next year. We think it has a big appeal as a very Japanese-ish fantasy story. We already have support from a foreign toy maker company saying that it will be a definite success.

Are we finally getting this?  This series that has dominated the Japanese videogame markets for ages?  (Yes yes, sales figures, but the stranglehold it's kept over the charts has been quite impressive.)  Because I would be very much up for that.  Go, flaming cat!  Destroy cutesified tengu!

I'm interested to see why it's been dominating Japan and level-5 always seem to bring us decent games.

Yes, please - more Level-5 games in the West is always a good thing. The premise of it sounds calculated to appeal to me, too... fingers crossed for its arrival!

Enormous BUMP. I felt that this was one of the more positive sights of the Direct, with some brilliant voice-acting. Holiday 2015, eh? Yes please.

Tralier: https://youtu.be/DgFch8WV0dY

Can only agree Balla, this is the sort of thing I want to play on a handheld.

Still well up for this! My 3DS Most Wanted, only narrowly beating Zelda.

Balla, Mas, Zero, Balla, Mas, Zero... Your turn, Mas!

I've been umming and ahhing about getting this when it came out in Japan but now I think I'll wait for the English version

Shanks we had a good thing going.

And I'm not even sorry

I probably will be getting this, if for no other reason than my friend Kate likes it and I left her hanging with Fantasy Life last year.

I'll take this, I need a palette cleanser after yearly Pokémon. Glad that's getting some time off. I just hope this is challenging and not too easy.

Balladeer wrote:

Enormous BUMP.  I felt that this was one of the more positive sights of the Direct, with some brilliant voice-acting.  Holiday 2015, eh?  Yes please.

Tralier: https://youtu.be/DgFch8WV0dY

Holiday 2015 only for North America, sadly. It's 2016 here, but Little Battlers got moved forward from November to early September, so maybe NoE is making room for this?

I've started watching the anime and now even thinking about getting a jap version as a thing to do.. ( I'm tired and not sure what I'm trying to say exactly)

It'd make an ideal pre-Christmas game, that's for sure.

Bizarre American adverts? Yes please. Bloody European localisation, taking ages...

Incidentally, Wazzat makes Pokémon such as Trubbish look like paragons of excellent design. I know it's meant to be a tsukumogami (yokai-ified household object), but goodness me. Puntastic name, though.

Most of the names seem pretty poor, mind. "Tattletell" and such. But I want it. Right in my 3DS computer game system.

Honestly the game gives me too many bootleg Pokemon vibes to have any real interest. Plus those designs really are visually unappealing. At least Digimon nailed things.

Bar FE: Fates this is my most wanted 3DS game of 2016 but on the actual Yo-Kai. I just watched IGN's Top & Worst 5 and the Top 5 don't look that great and the bad ones are really bad but I like the ranking system the game has that you know this one is better then this one.

Athrun888 wrote:

Honestly the game gives me too many bootleg Pokemon vibes to have any real interest.  Plus those designs really are visually unappealing.  At least Digimon nailed things.  

You're not going to get a Pokémon every year - some times you've got to sample the other produce.  Also both you and Rum seem to have forgotten the glory that is...

Japanese names are better

If it weren't for Phanpy/Donphan, that'd make a good Pokemon, says I.

Ninty Life 7/10. Still getting it - the qualms aren't game-breakers for me.

Balladeer wrote:

You're not going to get a Pokémon every year - some times you've got to sample the other produce.  Also both you and Rum seem to have forgotten the glory that is...

Is that supposed to impress me or something?

Yes:

He's my new favourite thing.