I wish people gave this game a chance. YW is far from what people think 'a pokemon clone'. I've played all the games for hundreds of hours, the story, the mechanics, I'd say it's better than the other monster collecting games. Lets hope this franchise will live on so we can play the games in japanes if we must.
I'm going to learn Japanese to play 4. Just for that. You know I think Pokemon fans are salty that YW got success. Pokemon didn't coin the whole monster collecting thing but they say because it's the same genre it's a copy so they never gave it a chance and wrote it off way too quickly Fine. Any platformer is a copy of Mario. See how stupid it is when you simplify it? I remember when the game first came out and the watch accessory toy came out. I was in 5th grade at the time and was bullied when people found out I had it. Called it a baby watch and just made fun of the game. Im in 11th grade now. I just played 3 and Kirby this morning on my 3ds and I'm going to later as well. Fuck the haters and fuck the people who ignore Yokai Watch for being in the same genre as another popular game
One thing about Yo Kai Watch 3 I remembered is that the game does show you that enemies won't just stand there as you do Soultimates, A and S (With some B ranks as well) will actually walk out of your Soultimate areas, so the game actually teaches you to bait movement by having higher rank enemies attempt to avoid them. It's honestly kinda fun how Level 5 does help teach you more advanced stuff as you go on even in just story/regular encounters.
Holy crap I’ve played about 1000 hours of this series and I still learned a couple things this video is incredible well done and also have you ever thought of opening a discord server?
They played the beginning only where battles are expected to ease the player in but if they want to get beaten like scrubs, they can still do that in the beginning with things like Snartle lol.
@@DrCoeloCephalo I defeated the main game in 2 and some of those battles are pretty challenging and take longer to complete. That Kin and Gin boss fight was very challenging since I only had Jibanyan who was capable of hitting both. Dame Demona is also pretty hard even when I battled her again using Vacuumory since she can cancel Soultimate moves. Definitely takes skill especially during the post game. The normal battles are easy but dang those boss battles. I hadn’t had a challenge like that since the old Pokémon DS games.
Now I really want to play 3 competitively. It sucks that the game lacks many people playing but it looks like fun to play. 3 was even my favorite entry so I wouldn't mind playing competitively
@@nowheregiirl8115 There were only about 4,000 copies made in NA market and the game had a huge file size that needed a large SD/MicroSD to download it from the eShop. Now that the eShop is closed most people are priced out. Game is rare and has its fans.
@@YomakaiResidentials Maybe 4 will finally get localized in English. My Switch is starting to collect dust because I have returned to my 3DS and the solitude of playing Fleshy Souls by my lonesome. I want the series to return in general.
@@Quazawe It really isn’t though. YW 4 was released on both Switch and PS4 and didn’t sell well. They closed down all of the Yo-Kai Watch themed stores and that was happening before the lockdown. It’s not even in the top 10 anime characters over there anymore. It was so saturated in the Japanese market that they became overwhelmed by all the Yo-Kai being everywhere and then the demand ended up taking a nose dive. It really is a good series though. And I’m glad I was able to experience what I could of the series.
34:53 wow, I've played ykw3 for 400+ hours and I didn't know that, this video is really good for understanding the competitive part of Yo-kai watch games, both for people who don't know much about the games, and those who do
I actually didn't know about the Distance mechanic either until a friend pointed it out and I looked through the tutorial materials again. So happy I was able to use any research point I could!
Now this is the kind of content I was looking for when I was getting started with the game. You did a great job explaining the unusual concept of yokai watch's battle system.
One note about Pokemon VGC: There are limitations in place as to how many legendary Pokemon you can use. Certain legendaries are only allowed two per team. Some are flat out banned. And certain items like Soul Dew are also banned as it overpowers Latios and Latias. So, draft leagues aren’t the only place you’ll see restrictions on teams. That being said, this isn’t anywhere near as restrictive as draft leagues or YKW competitive rules. But yeah, it’s not a free for all where you can stack your game up with as many overpowered Pokemon as you’d like. And the clip used was from 2016. So far, 2016, 2019, and 2022 are the only years where certain legendaries were allowed. Otherwise, they’re also banned. Obviously, this wasn’t a major point. Just wanted to make that distinction in case anyone got the wrong impression of how competitive Pokemon is formatted. Aside from that, this was such an amazing video! I love how you went in depth on everything! Great job!
I heard Yokai Watch 3 was not worth playing (from an at the time high profile Yokai Watch fan) but now I see a lot of the changes they made to the combat helped contribute to the gameplay scheme rather than detract from what came before. Glad to have listened to this nuance.
This is the absolute greatest piece of Yo-Kai Watch fan media that exists on RUclips. Found this while looking for a Piano cover of the YKW 1 Final Battle Theme. Found something so much better. I would say I went searching for silver and found gold, but this is moreover a bar of platinum. The world has done a great service to make you exist. You rule!
few years back i tried to get into yo kai watch competitive but could only find very scarce resources but seeing this whole underground meta game hidden away from me made me happy it at least is getting more love than i thought
Even though I didn't get super into the game itself, Yokai watch is living on in the special place in my brain reserved for quirky Japanese kids media like Taiko no Tatsujin, and Doraemon. Aka stuff that didn't get nearly half as popular in the US but is everywhere in Japan (yes even Yokai watch had stuff in a lot of the stores I was there). But honestly calling the series a pokemon rip off, to me, implies someone hasn't played it. It was a hard game for me because everything was so unique from other games but I loved that. As for the lore itself I found it fascinating and actually a pretty good way to explain a significant part of Japanese culture (this is the first place I've heard of yokai/youkai aside from touhou). The show also got me weirdly emotional for some reason, especially with the Jibanyan back story episode. Props to the localization team for not actually changing the songs that much. I heard a rap and initially assumed it was a 4kids style type of thing, but nope, it was always a rap/funk (and I think the pun was supposed to be soul singing). But yeah I wish this stayed popular for longer cause I remember it being a very big thing for a small amount of time but I feel like it had so much potential.
Gosh I miss this franchise. I hope it comes back to the states one day. Also, great video. I had no idea how many in depth mechanics there were in this game. Well done.
I remember my former best friend and I obsessively played this game, and we would always go against each other, where whoever won was just the person who was further in the game at the time.
Yokai Watch 2 was one of the best games I ever played, sunk like 500 hours into Psychic Specters and maxed out everything, stopped playing since I got into other things and didnt play Yokai Watch 3. Seems like the Yokai watch game series now is a lot more like the busters gamemode in Yokai watch 2, not too into that, much more preferred the open-world game that Yokai Watch 2 was and the combat. I remember as a kid collecting all the different jibanyan yokai there was and the fact that they were really in plain-sight and you just had to explore was really cool.
Could've really done without all the passive aggressive shade throwing at pokemon, but other than that this was a great video. I never played YW put this made me want to look into YW3.
I'm sure the multibillion dollar company will easily be able to cry themslves to sleep at night on their piles of money despite me criticizing their badly balanced competitive formats.
I lost my physical copy of yokai watch 3 but I'm get a digital version Christmas. Hope I have fun all over again. Merry Christmas and have a great new year.
i used to play this game as a kid and I remember just putting all the best rank characters together with no other thought and I had a blast, I still have the game in a drawer in my room yet my 3ds isnt charged and i cant find my charger anywhere so I might just buy one
Most everyone just seem to only play YKW1 and then for whatever reason assume the other games are the same. Meanwhile, they will play every Pokemon generation and act like it is a new experience. They don't seem to realize they may as well just play Pokemon Red version and nothing else of they were actually gonna try to be fair discussing YKW games which is funny because unlike Pokemon games, YKW actually is a new experience between entries with how different the battle system is between them.
Honestly I just liked collecting all the Yokai in the game. I couldn’t understand anything about difficulty or optimizing a team in elementary so I just ran around looking for anything that looked cool. I even got a book for all the Yokai in the game. Unlocking all the legendary Yokai through collection was really fun. I even have a watch and a few medals. I’m thinking of trying to find a way to play it again.
I have some of the series 1 medals but none of the other accessories. Actually I have all of the series 1 medals except I’m missing one of the rares. And I have a Jibanyan plushie that I’ve had since December 2015 when the merchandise originally came out in the US.
Man, I used to play the crap out of Yo Kai Watch when I was younger and wishing more people knew about it. I have fond memories of watching AbdallahSmash playing it and using his guides. Great video and you are very underrated!
I have played yo kai watch for years and I never really put much thought into stuff like trading and competitive this series of videos was really good and informal videos
I've been searching for a vid like this I knew it existed Yokai watch deserved more it wasn't just a clone if anything the only remote similarities are "collect cool critters" but give items to change attitude fusion sprits crank-a-kai Ykw busters I felt it should be remembered as one of the easy to recognize greats not fade away like it did but I'll sing it's greatness to the rooftops 👻🐱🔥 😤😭
When i got Yo Kai watch 2 a fex years ago, I was so interested to see if there was a competitive battling community (because I was into competitive Pokemon battling at this point). However I didn't find anything and I eventually gave up.
I've been getting back into playing YW3 and this video's been a real eye-opener for my team compositions! Love some of the humour too, mainly the Valve game references. It's absolutely tragic, however, that with Nintendo's announcement of the 3DS' & Wii U's online features shutdown, I'll most likely never 100% the Medallium and Trophies (as some involve online battles).
I remember playing a bit of the online though I didn't know there was competitive. My main squad in YW2 was Shogunyan, Elder Bloom, Orcanos, Shadow Venoct, Sgt Burly, and Swosh.
What an amazing video! I've been a long time Yo-kai Watch fan and its battle system and overall gameplay really clicked with me despite it being so unsual for an RPG. I have hundreds of hours in the games and keep on thinking about if certain aspects are well designed or not (and if they aren't, how to fix them), so it's really fun seeing someone (finally) talk about these games in great detail. I do think that Yo-kai Watch's battle system has its flaws and doesn't use certain things to its full potential, but I think it's very well thought out and this video showed me even more depth I didn't know about. Yo-kai Watch has a very unique take on RPG battles, mixing turn based mechanics with the feel of an action game and although it's not for everyone, it felt like it was perfect for me, being simple enough to pick up and play and complex enough to build strategies. I dream of making a game that takes inspiration from Yo-kai Watch and refines it (simmilar to what Bug Fables did with Paper Mario or Hollow Knight with Metroid) and I really wanna see something like that become a reality (do it, indie developers!)
This is one of the games I REALLY hope gets Pretendo Support. This was my therapy game back in College for my first year, and I never touched PVP. I’d love to give this a shot via Pretendo online in the future!
I’ve been a Yo-kai watch fan for AGES. I got into it around… 2017? I got Psychic Specters for christmas that year. Then, in 2019, I got 3 for my birthday (It was actually released on my birthday) I bought the first game recently though.
I still play a bit of competitive Yo-Kai Watch 2 from time to time and I find it quite funny and miraculous that more than 60 people are still playing its online all these years later.
Can we just have a moment to remember Yo-Kai Watch? I miss it, it was my favorite game. I used to spend so much time watching videos, looking for Yo-Kai, and just having fun. R.I.P Yo-Kai Watch
I love this series though I’m priced out of ever playing 3. However I do have the original game and Yo-Kai Watch 2 Fleshy Souls. I wish the series wasn’t mishandled by Disney like it was. I wish it was marketed better. And I learned that there was a competitive scene outside of Japan. Also my favorite Yo-Kai is Shmoopie.
I literally had a discussion with my friend about the franchise and (even tho we grew up with pokemon and Gen5 are our favorite games oat) we came to the conclusion that YW is just better as a game series Such a great franchise, it's a shame the new games just stopped getting released outside Japan
I'm in the same boat. I've loved Pokemon ever sice Red, Blue and Yellow with Emerald and BW being my favorites but being as fair and objective as possible, Yo-Kai Watch is just better. I'm glad we got such good games to begin with since it gives me alot of notes to work with for good game design as I learn to develop and code.
@@DrCoeloCephalo I'm gonna get all the games, or pirate them with an english patch if there's a japanese exclusive title. You also seemed to have played SMT a bit, so i trust your word on the quality of the rpg.
@@shenronblacksmoke2217 A friend got me into SMT through 4 Apocalypse which I love the gameplay of but understand why the story is so heavily criticized.
One thing in yo kai watch that is disappointing are negative inspirits, as you usually will be able to just kill your opponent easily without them, and bosses are unaffected by them
Actually negative Inspirits are among the strongest team archetype in YKW3 cuz of Dr.Nocturne. Also debuffs are actually super important 2 but that's more because of Poking. Still, making bosses immune to debuffs is kinda weird and they're kinda hardto rely on in most ingame battles. Busters makes especially grateful to strong debuffs.
I never played this game but was curious about it, i felt like doing a course, like i should take notes and study lol Great video, thanks for the lessons!
And to think this motivation to explain Yo-kai Watch in-depth because some a-hole said misleading information about Yo-kai Watch's competitive gaming is weaker than Pokemons. You really showed whoever said that clearly didn't even play the gamse. Great work man, I learned a few things that I didn't realized. There's something I did took note you didn't mentioned; for Yo-kai Watch 1 on 3DS (I'm not sure if the Switch remake version has the same mechanics) the SPD stat was completely changed in the sequels. Instead of just mainly a turn order the Yo-kai will instead have up to 1-3 sequences of attacking depending on how high their SPD is. For example; Bloominoko with over 200 SPD will become a boss killer even for the final boss, especially as a Slippery Tribe member he can resist inspirits without much worry. Also, may or may not be important, but there's a *very rare* POKE function in YW2, if your lucky you'll do 999 damage to the enemy. I had done that before in my many hours of playthrough, but I don't remember if POKE can be done in online play.
Not sure how one "looks like a Pokemon clone" when having a more distinct artstyle. Especially considering the fact so many Pokemon designs in the "original" Red, Blue and Yellow are easily just clones of Dragon Quest monster designs under a different artstyle.
A question, what is the difference between a brainy and tender personality for a healer? Since tender will make a yo Kai heal their team. But considering a brainy personality makes a yo Kai use their technique. Which, for a healer, that technique is a heal. I can’t really tell why anyone would pick one over the other. Since they seemingly do the same
Very few Heler Yo-Kai can have a Brainy Attitude like Mee2 and Alpina. As far as I know, Tender will make them use Inspirits that heal more often when everyone is at full HP and healing isn't needed.
Loved the video, saw you on Twitter and followed you here I’m surprised you didn’t go more in depth for slimamander’s transition from 2 to 3 in particular, poor bastard got gutted with not only an increased rank but also a change in his ability which made his technique hit all three yo-kai but with 1/3 of the power rather than the full power in 2. Level5 really must’ve not wanted what happened in 2 to happen in 3.
I didn't realize they nerfed the power of his AOE Technique but I don't blame them for that. When you think about it, most Yo-Kai can only hit 3 enemies at once by using a Soultimate which they are forced to charge up and can be avoided while Slimamander just has to wait its turn. You can still build teams around it, it's just way harder to do. Seeing all the team variety in 3 makes me smile while seeing how easy it is to exploit a full Slimanander team is annoying but funny.
Yeah love the variety in 3 pre-enma meta (still varied compared to 2), just love originyan so much It opens so many possibilities for teams, there are a ton of shady, brave, etc. attackers but not many supporters and originyans access of gold thundpurr and paradise with whichever ability it pleases makes team specifics much more viable, it’s fun to make full tribe teams and with originyan being the Jack of all trades that could pick up where the other teams left off They’re also a godsend for those unity bonuses especially with the nerf of needing 3 yo-kai of the same tribe meaning double unity bonuses are easier to accomplish
After more than 300 hours in YW2 and more than 150 in YW3 I must say, god damn there were a lot of mechanichs I didn't know in each game, really wish the God Enmas weren't in YW3 I would have played competitive a lot more
Random question out of curiosity: If you have a yokai who is immune to being inspirited, and a yokai who will always succeed in inspiriting their opponent, which skill wins?
Guaranteed inspiriting takes priority, hence Yo-Kai like Awevil, Wobblewok and Snottle can get past Skills of things like Betterfly, Pepillon, Mermaidyn, etc.
I am quite litterally watching this video because someone in the comments randomly compared yokai 3s mechanics with pokemon... saying it's a lot more thought out.
Yes it is. Pokemon is a game you can mash the A button to win when playing casually and its competitive metagame rewards more thoughtless luck over skill and samey team compositions with little variety. You can't say that about Yo-Kai Watch cuz casual ingame bosses beat down bad players and the competitive format is fast paced and rewards active thinking.
Legendary Yokai are not all S - Ranks Whisper Kongming, a A - Rank Commander Yokai, is considered a Legendary Yokai, due to the unique border and the summoning song being Busho Rejendo (lit. Warlord Legend)
Honestly after this vid i find yokai watch pvp more excting than Pokémon simply becuz its not about finding the meta (after yokai watch 1 with goldenyan) its all about finding a set up that you like since every yokai had a fair chance to be used and see if you can outplay your opponent
Pokemon dropping same games each year or the newest bare bones rushed violet plays like its on a game boy while yokai watch every game had love the franchise wasn’t just a cash grab unlike pokemon nowadays
I love yokai so so much. I have all 3 games and busters. I really hope they finally bring yokai 4 to the west. And I really hate when ppl compare it to Pokémon !! It’s NOTHING like Pokémon! People just assume.
I only compare it to Pokemon to point out Pokemon's many game design flaws. The World Pokemon Champion Wolfey uses examples like Monopoly and Mario Kart for examples on why he thinks random crits are good, so it seems fair I actually use better monster collector to make my points. Yeah, the systems are handled different and by different, I mean BETTER lol.
@@DrCoeloCephalo I agree! Pokémon is ok. But it’s the same thing game after game. Yokai is so different and fresh. I feel like more people need to get hip to it!
I wish people gave this game a chance. YW is far from what people think 'a pokemon clone'. I've played all the games for hundreds of hours, the story, the mechanics, I'd say it's better than the other monster collecting games. Lets hope this franchise will live on so we can play the games in japanes if we must.
rip level 5 and bandai milked it wayy to hard and it died off
@@cirrxcirrx783 it made 3 mainlines and 5 spinoffs, it wasnt milked
Years ago.. level 5 dead, but i still playing
I'm going to learn Japanese to play 4. Just for that.
You know I think Pokemon fans are salty that YW got success. Pokemon didn't coin the whole monster collecting thing but they say because it's the same genre it's a copy so they never gave it a chance and wrote it off way too quickly
Fine. Any platformer is a copy of Mario. See how stupid it is when you simplify it?
I remember when the game first came out and the watch accessory toy came out. I was in 5th grade at the time and was bullied when people found out I had it. Called it a baby watch and just made fun of the game. Im in 11th grade now. I just played 3 and Kirby this morning on my 3ds and I'm going to later as well. Fuck the haters and fuck the people who ignore Yokai Watch for being in the same genre as another popular game
@@waltwarner733 It made 4 but even I forget that 4 was never released in the west
One thing about Yo Kai Watch 3 I remembered is that the game does show you that enemies won't just stand there as you do Soultimates, A and S (With some B ranks as well) will actually walk out of your Soultimate areas, so the game actually teaches you to bait movement by having higher rank enemies attempt to avoid them. It's honestly kinda fun how Level 5 does help teach you more advanced stuff as you go on even in just story/regular encounters.
Holy crap I’ve played about 1000 hours of this series and I still learned a couple things this video is incredible well done and also have you ever thought of opening a discord server?
I have one but for friends only. Sorry.
@@DrCoeloCephalo do ya have discord, because I respect your love for you Kai watch,I am a long time fan of the series,I been a fan since 2015
I feel the same, a bit ashamed I didn’t know that as a yo kai watch fan. But also glad I now know this.
@@jackotraptheinterdimension7076 nah bro,you join youtube at 2019
@@pilottutorial2318 that's when I made my channel,you realize people can be fans of something before they made there channels right
I did not think Yokai watch’s competitive scene would be so complex. Great video!
I don’t get how people say 1-2 have a boring battle system with stuff like this. Great video
They played the beginning only where battles are expected to ease the player in but if they want to get beaten like scrubs, they can still do that in the beginning with things like Snartle lol.
@@DrCoeloCephalo yeah if you decide to take the chance you can also get the reward of recruiting him early game heh heh hehehe
@@DrCoeloCephalo I defeated the main game in 2 and some of those battles are pretty challenging and take longer to complete. That Kin and Gin boss fight was very challenging since I only had Jibanyan who was capable of hitting both. Dame Demona is also pretty hard even when I battled her again using Vacuumory since she can cancel Soultimate moves. Definitely takes skill especially during the post game. The normal battles are easy but dang those boss battles. I hadn’t had a challenge like that since the old Pokémon DS games.
@@ultimapower6950 Doesn’t Snartle like meat?
@@princesspikachu3915he does.
Now I really want to play 3 competitively. It sucks that the game lacks many people playing but it looks like fun to play. 3 was even my favorite entry so I wouldn't mind playing competitively
Ik right I just picked it up recently and have no one to battle even though I’m finished everything
Even around the American launch date there was barely anyone online.
@@nowheregiirl8115 There were only about 4,000 copies made in NA market and the game had a huge file size that needed a large SD/MicroSD to download it from the eShop. Now that the eShop is closed most people are priced out. Game is rare and has its fans.
@@nowheregiirl8115there weren't that many copies produced for the US when it came to 3, like 9000 if I recall right?
@@jameshoppe1417 idk, i just got one at my local GameStop, and there was only one there
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I read Slugger's skill as "Big Hitler" and that had me rolling on the floor
I Pray yo-kai watch will be revived and get the respec it deserves.
great video, even after 5 YEARS of playing yo-kai watch you taught me something.
Level 5 is looking to make a return to the west, reviving the franchises along with it!
@@YomakaiResidentials Maybe 4 will finally get localized in English. My Switch is starting to collect dust because I have returned to my 3DS and the solitude of playing Fleshy Souls by my lonesome. I want the series to return in general.
@@princesspikachu3915 honestly true, same for me but with bony spirits lol
@@YomakaiResidentials one of their ips got a english game recently the guy with a top hat im guessing maybe yo kai watch 5 might get a adaptation
this series was literally a gem, its decline in popularity was and still is so shocking. the games are godly.
it's still super popular in Japan which is cool
@@Quazawe It really isn’t though. YW 4 was released on both Switch and PS4 and didn’t sell well. They closed down all of the Yo-Kai Watch themed stores and that was happening before the lockdown. It’s not even in the top 10 anime characters over there anymore. It was so saturated in the Japanese market that they became overwhelmed by all the Yo-Kai being everywhere and then the demand ended up taking a nose dive. It really is a good series though. And I’m glad I was able to experience what I could of the series.
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wow, I've played ykw3 for 400+ hours and I didn't know that, this video is really good for understanding the competitive part of Yo-kai watch games, both for people who don't know much about the games, and those who do
I actually didn't know about the Distance mechanic either until a friend pointed it out and I looked through the tutorial materials again. So happy I was able to use any research point I could!
I’ve put hundreds of hours into this series, Level 5 needs to bring it back.
i had no clue that yo ki watch competitive was this complicated i just played the story and the post game man this is awesome
Now this is the kind of content I was looking for when I was getting started with the game. You did a great job explaining the unusual concept of yokai watch's battle system.
Thanks so much! I'm happy to hear people say I've done a great job putting this together! All that effort was worth it!
One note about Pokemon VGC: There are limitations in place as to how many legendary Pokemon you can use. Certain legendaries are only allowed two per team. Some are flat out banned. And certain items like Soul Dew are also banned as it overpowers Latios and Latias.
So, draft leagues aren’t the only place you’ll see restrictions on teams. That being said, this isn’t anywhere near as restrictive as draft leagues or YKW competitive rules.
But yeah, it’s not a free for all where you can stack your game up with as many overpowered Pokemon as you’d like. And the clip used was from 2016. So far, 2016, 2019, and 2022 are the only years where certain legendaries were allowed. Otherwise, they’re also banned.
Obviously, this wasn’t a major point. Just wanted to make that distinction in case anyone got the wrong impression of how competitive Pokemon is formatted.
Aside from that, this was such an amazing video! I love how you went in depth on everything! Great job!
I heard Yokai Watch 3 was not worth playing (from an at the time high profile Yokai Watch fan) but now I see a lot of the changes they made to the combat helped contribute to the gameplay scheme rather than detract from what came before. Glad to have listened to this nuance.
It’s worth it for the sheer amount of content alone
This is the absolute greatest piece of Yo-Kai Watch fan media that exists on RUclips. Found this while looking for a Piano cover of the YKW 1 Final Battle Theme. Found something so much better. I would say I went searching for silver and found gold, but this is moreover a bar of platinum. The world has done a great service to make you exist. You rule!
few years back i tried to get into yo kai watch competitive but could only find very scarce resources but seeing this whole underground meta game hidden away from me made me happy it at least is getting more love than i thought
Even though I didn't get super into the game itself, Yokai watch is living on in the special place in my brain reserved for quirky Japanese kids media like Taiko no Tatsujin, and Doraemon. Aka stuff that didn't get nearly half as popular in the US but is everywhere in Japan (yes even Yokai watch had stuff in a lot of the stores I was there). But honestly calling the series a pokemon rip off, to me, implies someone hasn't played it. It was a hard game for me because everything was so unique from other games but I loved that. As for the lore itself I found it fascinating and actually a pretty good way to explain a significant part of Japanese culture (this is the first place I've heard of yokai/youkai aside from touhou). The show also got me weirdly emotional for some reason, especially with the Jibanyan back story episode. Props to the localization team for not actually changing the songs that much. I heard a rap and initially assumed it was a 4kids style type of thing, but nope, it was always a rap/funk (and I think the pun was supposed to be soul singing). But yeah I wish this stayed popular for longer cause I remember it being a very big thing for a small amount of time but I feel like it had so much potential.
Great Video! Yo-kai Watch is an underrated series, and seeing content that goes in-depth on stuff like this is great to see!
I love your Yo Kai Watch videos, you’re giving the series the attention it deserves, and hopefully these videos will grow and attract new fans !
Gosh I miss this franchise. I hope it comes back to the states one day.
Also, great video. I had no idea how many in depth mechanics there were in this game. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember my former best friend and I obsessively played this game, and we would always go against each other, where whoever won was just the person who was further in the game at the time.
i love finding some random people's hobby and getting whipped learning about it 🥺
I just love seeing more people talk about this series.
I wish there is a Pokemon Showdown Simulator for Yo Kai watch. I want to start a competitive journey as well
This video has been really helpful in reminding me of all the mechanics for my nuzlocke of YKW1. Amazing video!
I love yo Kai watch but never really played it competitively. Fun fact: I play the English and Japanese versions!!
Good video!
I will never play this game seriously but I feel smarter, thanks stranger on the internet with interesting interest
Yokai Watch 2 was one of the best games I ever played, sunk like 500 hours into Psychic Specters and maxed out everything, stopped playing since I got into other things and didnt play Yokai Watch 3. Seems like the Yokai watch game series now is a lot more like the busters gamemode in Yokai watch 2, not too into that, much more preferred the open-world game that Yokai Watch 2 was and the combat. I remember as a kid collecting all the different jibanyan yokai there was and the fact that they were really in plain-sight and you just had to explore was really cool.
IMO Yo-kai Watch 3 is the peak of the franchise's battle mechanics
Indeed
Could've really done without all the passive aggressive shade throwing at pokemon, but other than that this was a great video. I never played YW put this made me want to look into YW3.
I'm sure the multibillion dollar company will easily be able to cry themslves to sleep at night on their piles of money despite me criticizing their badly balanced competitive formats.
I lost my physical copy of yokai watch 3 but I'm get a digital version Christmas. Hope I have fun all over again. Merry Christmas and have a great new year.
Thanks. You too, friend!
Great video man. I even learned a few new things as well. Im glad there is still a dedicated fanbase to this series despite it dying out in America.
29:51 If you speed up the names of the Yo-Kai being called then it sounds like Yo-Kai's version of the pokerap.
i used to play this game as a kid and I remember just putting all the best rank characters together with no other thought and I had a blast, I still have the game in a drawer in my room yet my 3ds isnt charged and i cant find my charger anywhere so I might just buy one
I’m really glad you included Yo-Kai watch 2 and 3. Most people don’t even acknowledge it!
Most everyone just seem to only play YKW1 and then for whatever reason assume the other games are the same. Meanwhile, they will play every Pokemon generation and act like it is a new experience. They don't seem to realize they may as well just play Pokemon Red version and nothing else of they were actually gonna try to be fair discussing YKW games which is funny because unlike Pokemon games, YKW actually is a new experience between entries with how different the battle system is between them.
omfg I love yo-kai watch to DEATH finally a single person talking about it!
your channel deserves way more views, love the analytics
Honestly I just liked collecting all the Yokai in the game. I couldn’t understand anything about difficulty or optimizing a team in elementary so I just ran around looking for anything that looked cool. I even got a book for all the Yokai in the game. Unlocking all the legendary Yokai through collection was really fun. I even have a watch and a few medals. I’m thinking of trying to find a way to play it again.
I have some of the series 1 medals but none of the other accessories. Actually I have all of the series 1 medals except I’m missing one of the rares. And I have a Jibanyan plushie that I’ve had since December 2015 when the merchandise originally came out in the US.
Man, I used to play the crap out of Yo Kai Watch when I was younger and wishing more people knew about it. I have fond memories of watching AbdallahSmash playing it and using his guides. Great video and you are very underrated!
I have played yo kai watch for years and I never really put much thought into stuff like trading and competitive this series of videos was really good and informal videos
Oooh, this video was recommended to me a year later. You bet I’m gonna binge the entire thing in one sitting!! I wish Yo kai watch was more popular..
I've been searching for a vid like this I knew it existed
Yokai watch deserved more it wasn't just a clone if anything the only remote similarities are "collect cool critters" but give items to change attitude fusion sprits crank-a-kai Ykw busters
I felt it should be remembered as one of the easy to recognize greats not fade away like it did but I'll sing it's greatness to the rooftops 👻🐱🔥 😤😭
You and me both.
I love doing two playthroughs in Yo-kai Watch; one where I use coins to get OP Yo-kai and one where I get Yo-kai the good ol' fashioned way.
I do summin similar but instead of not using coins I only use the ones I find on the ground
39:55 Oh, look! It's TOMnyan!
When i got Yo Kai watch 2 a fex years ago, I was so interested to see if there was a competitive battling community (because I was into competitive Pokemon battling at this point). However I didn't find anything and I eventually gave up.
My favorite video yet.
I've been getting back into playing YW3 and this video's been a real eye-opener for my team compositions! Love some of the humour too, mainly the Valve game references.
It's absolutely tragic, however, that with Nintendo's announcement of the 3DS' & Wii U's online features shutdown, I'll most likely never 100% the Medallium and Trophies (as some involve online battles).
There are efforts to preserve the online functions via Pretendo.
I remember playing a bit of the online though I didn't know there was competitive. My main squad in YW2 was Shogunyan, Elder Bloom, Orcanos, Shadow Venoct, Sgt Burly, and Swosh.
What an amazing video! I've been a long time Yo-kai Watch fan and its battle system and overall gameplay really clicked with me despite it being so unsual for an RPG. I have hundreds of hours in the games and keep on thinking about if certain aspects are well designed or not (and if they aren't, how to fix them), so it's really fun seeing someone (finally) talk about these games in great detail.
I do think that Yo-kai Watch's battle system has its flaws and doesn't use certain things to its full potential, but I think it's very well thought out and this video showed me even more depth I didn't know about.
Yo-kai Watch has a very unique take on RPG battles, mixing turn based mechanics with the feel of an action game and although it's not for everyone, it felt like it was perfect for me, being simple enough to pick up and play and complex enough to build strategies. I dream of making a game that takes inspiration from Yo-kai Watch and refines it (simmilar to what Bug Fables did with Paper Mario or Hollow Knight with Metroid) and I really wanna see something like that become a reality (do it, indie developers!)
damn I really liked the combat system from this game but I didn't realize it was that in depth
This is one of the games I REALLY hope gets Pretendo Support. This was my therapy game back in College for my first year, and I never touched PVP. I’d love to give this a shot via Pretendo online in the future!
I’ve been a Yo-kai watch fan for AGES. I got into it around… 2017? I got Psychic Specters for christmas that year. Then, in 2019, I got 3 for my birthday (It was actually released on my birthday) I bought the first game recently though.
This game was my main way to pass the time as a kid with nothing but time and a 3DS
I am of the opinion that Toadal Dude is the greatest Chad in all of media
Level 5 is so great at making intricate detailed beautifully complex worlds, fantasy life, give it a try
a video that mentions monster sanctuary is always a good one
Monster Sanctuary is good as gold.
The YKW2 Meta section aged like milk
I still play a bit of competitive Yo-Kai Watch 2 from time to time and I find it quite funny and miraculous that more than 60 people are still playing its online all these years later.
Why do I keep coming back to this video... This is the 4th time I've watched this since it was released. Must be a sign.
Can we just have a moment to remember Yo-Kai Watch? I miss it, it was my favorite game. I used to spend so much time watching videos, looking for Yo-Kai, and just having fun. R.I.P Yo-Kai Watch
It still gets content and episodes. It hasn't really gone anywhere.
I love this series though I’m priced out of ever playing 3. However I do have the original game and Yo-Kai Watch 2 Fleshy Souls. I wish the series wasn’t mishandled by Disney like it was. I wish it was marketed better. And I learned that there was a competitive scene outside of Japan. Also my favorite Yo-Kai is Shmoopie.
Shmoopie is pretty cute.
Im happy That Yo kai watch still has a fandom
"You can't just fill your team with broken high stat monsters and get away with it"
Pokemon legendary spammers:
"Or can i"
Pepole with actual strategy
“Yes…but actually no.”
People who know how to strategize with legendaries: “but how about we turn that into a yes?”
I literally had a discussion with my friend about the franchise and (even tho we grew up with pokemon and Gen5 are our favorite games oat) we came to the conclusion that YW is just better as a game series
Such a great franchise, it's a shame the new games just stopped getting released outside Japan
I'm in the same boat. I've loved Pokemon ever sice Red, Blue and Yellow with Emerald and BW being my favorites but being as fair and objective as possible, Yo-Kai Watch is just better. I'm glad we got such good games to begin with since it gives me alot of notes to work with for good game design as I learn to develop and code.
Stumbling across this video has made me consider giving yokai watch a chance, thanks.
Play Busters or 3 and have fun!
@@DrCoeloCephalo I'm gonna get all the games, or pirate them with an english patch if there's a japanese exclusive title. You also seemed to have played SMT a bit, so i trust your word on the quality of the rpg.
@@shenronblacksmoke2217 A friend got me into SMT through 4 Apocalypse which I love the gameplay of but understand why the story is so heavily criticized.
@@DrCoeloCephalo Apocalypse is the epitomy of godtier gameplay and peepee poopoo story, same as Final Fantasy X-2
One thing in yo kai watch that is disappointing are negative inspirits, as you usually will be able to just kill your opponent easily without them, and bosses are unaffected by them
Although cheesing snartle with paralyze inspirits to stall him is funny
Actually negative Inspirits are among the strongest team archetype in YKW3 cuz of Dr.Nocturne. Also debuffs are actually super important 2 but that's more because of Poking. Still, making bosses immune to debuffs is kinda weird and they're kinda hardto rely on in most ingame battles. Busters makes especially grateful to strong debuffs.
I never played this game but was curious about it, i felt like doing a course, like i should take notes and study lol
Great video, thanks for the lessons!
Amazing video! In YKW2 I was always running Burly x 2 Machonyan it was so fun.....when you found a match 💀
And to think this motivation to explain Yo-kai Watch in-depth because some a-hole said misleading information about Yo-kai Watch's competitive gaming is weaker than Pokemons. You really showed whoever said that clearly didn't even play the gamse. Great work man, I learned a few things that I didn't realized.
There's something I did took note you didn't mentioned; for Yo-kai Watch 1 on 3DS (I'm not sure if the Switch remake version has the same mechanics) the SPD stat was completely changed in the sequels. Instead of just mainly a turn order the Yo-kai will instead have up to 1-3 sequences of attacking depending on how high their SPD is. For example; Bloominoko with over 200 SPD will become a boss killer even for the final boss, especially as a Slippery Tribe member he can resist inspirits without much worry.
Also, may or may not be important, but there's a *very rare* POKE function in YW2, if your lucky you'll do 999 damage to the enemy. I had done that before in my many hours of playthrough, but I don't remember if POKE can be done in online play.
Someone actually got footage of that Poke thing happening.
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@@DrCoeloCephalo lol, yup, that's exactly how I remembered the process. Glad someone was able to do it.
One thing a I hated about the poke is there a low chance to get a instant kill which was really annoying
I've had an instant kill on tanbo once, I'd go to poke him, and the damage was 300 or something
7:53 MEDIC!
This is very well made, love the video
I have 700 hours on yo Kai watch 2, I don’t regret it
It's kinda like digimon where it looks like a pokemon clone while being completely different
Not sure how one "looks like a Pokemon clone" when having a more distinct artstyle. Especially considering the fact so many Pokemon designs in the "original" Red, Blue and Yellow are easily just clones of Dragon Quest monster designs under a different artstyle.
I should get the third game someday.
A question, what is the difference between a brainy and tender personality for a healer?
Since tender will make a yo Kai heal their team. But considering a brainy personality makes a yo Kai use their technique. Which, for a healer, that technique is a heal. I can’t really tell why anyone would pick one over the other. Since they seemingly do the same
Very few Heler Yo-Kai can have a Brainy Attitude like Mee2 and Alpina. As far as I know, Tender will make them use Inspirits that heal more often when everyone is at full HP and healing isn't needed.
@@DrCoeloCephalo okay. Thank you for taking the time to answer
great video!!
Loved the video, saw you on Twitter and followed you here
I’m surprised you didn’t go more in depth for slimamander’s transition from 2 to 3 in particular, poor bastard got gutted with not only an increased rank but also a change in his ability which made his technique hit all three yo-kai but with 1/3 of the power rather than the full power in 2. Level5 really must’ve not wanted what happened in 2 to happen in 3.
I didn't realize they nerfed the power of his AOE Technique but I don't blame them for that. When you think about it, most Yo-Kai can only hit 3 enemies at once by using a Soultimate which they are forced to charge up and can be avoided while Slimamander just has to wait its turn. You can still build teams around it, it's just way harder to do. Seeing all the team variety in 3 makes me smile while seeing how easy it is to exploit a full Slimanander team is annoying but funny.
Yeah love the variety in 3 pre-enma meta (still varied compared to 2), just love originyan so much
It opens so many possibilities for teams, there are a ton of shady, brave, etc. attackers but not many supporters and originyans access of gold thundpurr and paradise with whichever ability it pleases makes team specifics much more viable, it’s fun to make full tribe teams and with originyan being the Jack of all trades that could pick up where the other teams left off
They’re also a godsend for those unity bonuses especially with the nerf of needing 3 yo-kai of the same tribe meaning double unity bonuses are easier to accomplish
After more than 300 hours in YW2 and more than 150 in YW3 I must say, god damn there were a lot of mechanichs I didn't know in each game, really wish the God Enmas weren't in YW3 I would have played competitive a lot more
Man I miss this game. It is so nostalgic for me.
To summarise: Yo-kai Watch good
Just a correction, Roughraff is an E rank, not a D rank. :)
Whoops lol.
Random question out of curiosity: If you have a yokai who is immune to being inspirited, and a yokai who will always succeed in inspiriting their opponent, which skill wins?
Guaranteed inspiriting takes priority, hence Yo-Kai like Awevil, Wobblewok and Snottle can get past Skills of things like Betterfly, Pepillon, Mermaidyn, etc.
Does that mean cuttincheez's skill sense of smell ignores the skill pomdapour or whatever?
Honestly The Eerie Theme Hits Different, It Is The Best Theme And I Will Not Be Convened Otherways
Excellent video
Great video!
i love how one of them is literally just named... "drizzelda". like just a grizelda pun
For once... you put something good on my recommended.
I figured increasing the soultimate level would increase the damage.
What do ya mean "for once"? Lol.
Sometimesit does. I think it depends on the Yo-Kai and game. The main thing is the charge time tho.
@@DrCoeloCephalo Ive played these games for so long.
Bruh, I really thought I was tripping when I saw Roughraff as a D-rank Yo-kai, he is an E-rank.
Yeah. My mistake lol.
@@DrCoeloCephalo No, it's gotta be the work of a Yo-kai.
I am quite litterally watching this video because someone in the comments randomly compared yokai 3s mechanics with pokemon... saying it's a lot more thought out.
Yes it is. Pokemon is a game you can mash the A button to win when playing casually and its competitive metagame rewards more thoughtless luck over skill and samey team compositions with little variety.
You can't say that about Yo-Kai Watch cuz casual ingame bosses beat down bad players and the competitive format is fast paced and rewards active thinking.
Yo-Kai Watch: Game of Life and Monopoly Jr.?
Maybe someday.
Legendary Yokai are not all S - Ranks
Whisper Kongming, a A - Rank Commander Yokai, is considered a Legendary Yokai, due to the unique border and the summoning song being Busho Rejendo (lit. Warlord Legend)
Honestly after this vid i find yokai watch pvp more excting than Pokémon simply becuz its not about finding the meta (after yokai watch 1 with goldenyan) its all about finding a set up that you like since every yokai had a fair chance to be used and see if you can outplay your opponent
I have gotten rid of my religion to pray to you, my Lord.
17:48 WHY SI NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT TRIPLE CRIT
Shogunyan will do that to ya lol.
Ye I'm ykw2 he was deadly in online battles
"I would like to once again, thank Shogunyan for carrying my team"
There is a reason one why he is post game only in YKW3
Pokemon dropping same games each year or the newest bare bones rushed violet plays like its on a game boy while yokai watch every game had love the franchise wasn’t just a cash grab unlike pokemon nowadays
I love yokai so so much. I have all 3 games and busters. I really hope they finally bring yokai 4 to the west. And I really hate when ppl compare it to Pokémon !! It’s NOTHING like Pokémon! People just assume.
I only compare it to Pokemon to point out Pokemon's many game design flaws.
The World Pokemon Champion Wolfey uses examples like Monopoly and Mario Kart for examples on why he thinks random crits are good, so it seems fair I actually use better monster collector to make my points. Yeah, the systems are handled different and by different, I mean BETTER lol.
@@DrCoeloCephalo I agree! Pokémon is ok. But it’s the same thing game after game. Yokai is so different and fresh. I feel like more people need to get hip to it!
wow!