Jibanyan the Charm Yo-Kai for DLC! (Move to the new discussion thread in NintenZone subforum!)

[k-ta]

Get ready for tons of localization, most of which doesn't make sense. They already changed Keita's name to Nate. You know, because Japanese names are bad, right?

That honestly makes me way more excited for Yo-Kai Watch 3, only to see the series enter Ace Attorney levels of hilarious localization edits.
Nate, an average American boy in Sunnydale now moves to the foreign lands of...America?!

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

That honestly makes me way more excited for Yo-Kai Watch 3, only to see the series enter Ace Attorney levels of hilarious localization edits.
Nate, an average American boy in Sunnydale now moves to the foreign lands of...America?!

And now I'm officially dead from laughter. I can't wait to see how they'll pull this off in the future.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Just wanna say, this will always be the best moment in the anime

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

You know what I'd be totally fine with, the kid you play as becoming playable and he uses the different Yokai (mainly Jibanyan) for his attacks.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Just wanna say, this will always be the best moment in the anime

Even an Inazuma Eleven reference? This show just keeps sounding good and I really need to get my hands one of these games soon (hopefully my girlfriend actually have it on her 3DS).

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Even an Inazuma Eleven reference? This show just keeps sounding good and I really need to get my hands one of these games soon (hopefully my girlfriend actually have it on her 3DS).

The fact that you used have instead of has irks me way more than grammar sho

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

The fact that you used have instead of has irks me way more than grammar sho

If she has niche games like Hyperdimension Neptunia and Suikoden, then I'm sure that she might have at least one game in her possession. She even keep her more expensive or sacred games well hidden so that it's night impossible for them to be lost. That's how I was able to see her mostly complete Namco Museum PS1 collection.

 

[BluePikmin11]

http://gonintendo.com/stories/237074-ign-reggie-on-the-importance-of-yo-kai-watch-nintendo-quite-in

A portion of an IGN interview with Reggie Fils-Aime...

IGN: Let’s talk about Yo-Kai Watch. Nintendo took Pokemon, a game that a lot of people thought was too Japanese and could possibly not do well in the US, and turned it into a success. There are a lot of parallels between Pokemon and Yo-Kai Watch, so what’s Nintendo’s strategy this time around? How involved is Nintendo in helping it succeed?

Reggie Fils-Aime: Nintendo is quite involved. This is a game that literally sold millions in Japan, and it helped drive a lot of hardware especially with younger kids. So we view this as a very strategic title for us. The team at Level 5 is driving a lot of the localization. We’re playing a bit of a consultation role, but we’ve had a lot of deep conversations around the need for the anime to be out in the marketplace, and to establish the importance of key partnerships in the toy space.

We believe this game could be a very strong hardware driver for us, especially with younger consumers. We think the pairing of this game, especially with our 2DS business, can be quite strong. And we’re very excited about it coming this holiday.

IGN: So you are working on timing for all of it to come out together?

Fils-Aime: We’re working on the timing. I would not say that it’s all going to happen together. The toys especially are a long lead-time. That’s something that has challenges from a timing standpoint. But the goal is to sequence the anime on broad scale TV, the game, and the toys as a one, two, three-type of implementation.

IGN: Will Yo-Kai Watch remain exclusive to Nintendo 3DS? Have you locked this thing down for the next five to ten years?

Fils-Aime: The partnership is very strong with Level 5. I think the Level 5 team has seen how Nintendo creates the handhelds of choice, especially for younger consumers. I think for both companies there’s a clear belief that this has the potential to be a strong, long-term relationship much like we’ve done with Pokemon.

IGN: But how do you convince Level 5 to keep this franchise on Nintendo’s platforms versus smartphones?

Fils-Aime: Here’s the reality: There’s not a lot of five to seven year-olds walking around with smartphones. Even in the tablet space, mom and dad might hand over their tablet for short periods of time. But with this game, much like with any battle-trade-share type of game, the kid consumer is going to spend a lot of hours. The benefit of doing that on a dedicated device is very strong.

http://gonintendo.com/stories/237178-japan-poll-shows-yo-kai-watch-as-the-most-popular-animated-char

The follow are results from a Bandai Entertainment poll of adults with children between zero and 12 years old. Eight hundred people participated in the poll. The poll was asking for the most popular animated characters for children.

1. Yokai Watch: 19.9 percent
2. Anpanman: 12.9 percent
3. Frozen: 5.3 percent

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Wanted to bring this thread back to relevancy, so here's some cool music

 

[BluePikmin11]

We should talk about the articles I posted above.
Reggie seems very keen on Yokai Watch being a real hit.
I don't know exactly what we could do to rally support.

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

If Yokai Watch becomes a hit, we need to have a Pokemon x Yokai Watch.

 

[slambros]

We should talk about the articles I posted above.
Reggie seems very keen on Yokai Watch being a real hit.
I don't know exactly what we could do to rally support.

Reggie gave some good points. Young kids are a big demographic, the kind of demographic that really isn't old enough for a smartphone. Hopefully Nintendo and Level-5 can pull this thing off in America, because as seen with Dragon Quest, popular in Japan unfortunately doesn't necessarily equal popular in America.

I think this franchise might go all the way. I really do. The higher ups at both Nintendo and Disney think so, so I should feel safe predicting that as well.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Wasn't it a similar situation with Tomodachi Life too? Not a lot of people are hyped for the game as I would've hoped for the E3 reveal. Maybe because of the Digital Event in general. Nintendo needs to pull out its advertising levels to a high so they can succeed.

 

[Elin]

If the game's first or second party, then I could see him having about as much as a chance as the Inklings. But that's just me.

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

If the game's first or second party, then I could see him having about as much as a chance as the Inklings. But that's just me.

Its third party. The series is owned by Level 5 (honestly imo a much better option than Layton).

 

[Elin]

Its third party. The series is owned by Level 5 (honestly imo a much better option than Layton).

Then I think the best you guys can do is hope.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Then I think the best you guys can do is hope.

Hoping and voting are pretty much the only thing anyone can do for any character

 

[Elin]

Hoping and voting are pretty much the only thing anyone can do for any character

True.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Thankfully Jibanyan has a huge load of votes in Japan.

 

[BluePikmin11]

They are seriously pushing this IP, Hasbro is proving it even more.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

http://nintendoeverything.com/media...-watch-busters-the-great-ace-attorney-debuts/

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 693,538 / NEW
2. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 135,690 / NEW
3. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 46,101 / NEW
4. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 29,682 / 345,253
5. [WIU] Splatoon – 26,136 / 408,312
6. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 24,650 / 325,844
7. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 13,571 / NEW
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,898 / 243,428
9. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,708 / 1,060,442
10. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 4,642 / 110,087
11. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,608 / 2,657,661
12. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night – 4,449 / 111,513
13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,232 / 3,996,960
14. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 2,891 / 164,436
15. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 2,847 / 128,414
16. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 2,772 / 50,017
17. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 2,757 / 63,524
18. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 2,746 / 2,256,326
19. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 2,218 / 653,783
20. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 1,901 / 274,678

The new Yo-Kai Watch spin off game is doing great and it just came out. It almost broke 700,000 in just a few days. And it's just a spin off

 

[BluePikmin11]

Hey @ BandanaWaddleDee , have you managed to find episode 55 english-subbed?
I can't find it anywhere, the subs kinda stop after episode 54.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Hey @ BandanaWaddleDee , have you managed to find episode 55 english-subbed?
I can't find it anywhere, the subs kinda stop after episode 54.

Whoever is subbing it is taking a while. Episode 54 came out subbed 2 or 3 days ago. You just gotta wait.

 

[BluePikmin11]

What my friend from Japan is going to import to me:

This is more than I can ask for as a Yokai Watch fan, I am so thankful of her for doing this.
Embarrass

 

[BluePikmin11]

My package has arrived, holy crap the figures were bigger than I expected. o.0

 

[slambros]

Yokai Watch might actually be a hit in America. It might actually go all the way. It's beginning to seem more and more like it'll happen.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Who wants to bet that the next direct will discuss details about Yokai Watch?
I'm pretty confident it will happen IMO.

 

[k-ta]

I think they will give the game a big push to get the word out about the game around the holiday season since that's when it comes out and that could make Yo-Kai Watch easily grab a child's limited attention/interest and make for an easy holiday gift from their parents (at least I HOPE that's what they'll do if they want the game to be successful).

 

[BluePikmin11]

http://gonintendo.com/stories/240150-japan-top-20-best-selling-3ds-titles-life-to-date

01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 4.472.004
02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 4.359.607
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) - 3.556.119
04. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.968) - 3.155.841
05. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 2.831.984
06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) - 2.612.075
07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) - 2.559.913
08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 2.423.837
09. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 2.361.349
10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) - 2.348.419
11. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 2.046.089
12. [3DS] Tomodachi Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) - 1.759.390
13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 1.589.804
14. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) - 1.466.227
15. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) - 1.294.133
16. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} (¥6.090) - 1.238.660
17. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) - 1.044.341
18. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) - 921.310
19. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) - 751.587
20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) - 741.10101. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 4.472.004

This combined with recent sales of Yokai Watch Busters:

http://gonintendo.com/stories/239925-japanese-hardware-software-sales-july-27th-to-aug-2nd-2015

02./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) - 107.945 / 1.117.850 (+13%)

Has sold the franchise to 8,179,899 in game sales total.
Yokai Watch is near 10,000,000. Let's see if N/A and Europe can do the same.

 

[Mega Hawlucha]

Im totally on board with this game.

But is it coming to Europe? Having trouble finding information saying yes.

Either way, I like this little guy. Add me to the supporters list.

 

[dezeray112]

Put me on the support list as well.

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

I can't wait for Yokai Watch to come out. When is it coming out again, December?

 

[BluePikmin11]

Holiday 2015 we might see a November release. :O

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

Holiday 2015 we might see a November release. :O

Hopefully its November because I don't want to spend to much during December (getting Xenoblade Chronicles X and all)

 

[BluePikmin11]

Xenoblade X, I forgot about that.mThere goes my life. ;-;

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

Xenoblade X, I forgot about that.mThere goes my life. ;-;

Same lol.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Wow are you kidding me:
http://gonintendo.com/stories/240292-just-dance-yo-kai-watch-special-edition-coming-to-wii-u

Now this is just proving its high popularity. Yokai Watch is finally getting a Wii U release.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

Yo-Kai Watch for Wii U confirmed.

http://nintendoeverything.com/just-dance-yo-kai-watch-game-revealed-for-wii-u/

As a just dance game...

 

[POKEMANSPIKA]

Yo-Kai Watch for Wii U confirmed.

http://nintendoeverything.com/just-dance-yo-kai-watch-game-revealed-for-wii-u/

As a just dance game...

Honestly even though I hate the Just Dance games, they are pretty fun when fooling around with your friends.

 

[dezeray112]

Just wanna say, this will always be the best moment in the anime

Was that a reference to Inazuma Eleven I see?