I think what made yo kai watch so great for me was that it was super chill. Pokemon's setting is like '' ok kid you're in a supernatural fantasy setting where wild pokemon attack you out of nowhere and you gotta be the champion of the entire country '' and yo kai watch is like '' yo do you wanna do random stuff throughout your day? ''

As a pokemon fan for 10 plus years, yokai watch blew me away, the game is just insanely charming, detailed and well... great! I'm so glad this franchise exists as it surpasses pokemon in a lot of ways

This franchise as a whole was so unbelievably off the walls while maintaining it’s chill atmosphere. There was never a goal or overarching story line that Nate had to achieve. He started as some random dude and continued life as some random dude, only now he can interact with Yokai. There was never really an end game and that’s what made it great.

Yo-Kai Watch is one of my favorite game. It can be cool, and even really stressful, and I love it!

Great retrospective. I actually was introduced to Yo-Kai Watch before Pokémon. I have so much nostalgia for this series. While I may play Pokémon now, I will always prefer Yo-Kai Watch over it. I hope this series can make a comeback someday.

5:45 The intro song was made by Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh, creators of Phineas and Ferb. Hard to believe, I know.

This was great! Can’t wait to see the yokai watch 2 video!

Yokai watch will forever be in our Heart❤️

One heck of a retrospective!! I've recently been revisiting this series, too, it's awesome to see someone else doing the same and making content about it! I will be here for the whole series, you've got yourself a new sub! :D

Reggie was getting it lol. I respect everything in this video pretty spot on. Coming from someone that has played and 100% every yo kai game

Been into the series since late 2015, NEVER left :D

YKW1 always amazed me when I first played it with how good its animation is and how every monster had voice acting of some kind. It only gets better with 2 and 3 with story, content, challenge and more. 13:57 I strongly disagree with things like Cheeksqueak being a "miss". This part kinda feels like a bit of a culture clash because when you look into kind of scary and creepy things that actual Japanese youkai do, Cheeksqueak seems cute, funny, tame and even consistent to it. They are myths and legends of a very foreign nation, so of course alot of them are going to look strange or off-putting to Americans that are more familiar with European myth. The kappa youkai is known to steal people's souls by sticking their hands up the person's butt and the best way for a person to defend themselves from that is by farting in their face. There's also Shirime which is a youkai that just scares people by spreading its buttcheeks to show them it has an eyeball between them. Looking at the old paintings and art of how these things are portrayed, you start to appreciate how cute, colorful and cartoony even things like Cheeksqueak are in comparison. The ideas look weird to us cuz they're foreign, but to the Japanese, this kind of stuff is just normal myth and they love it. It's why Gegege no Kitaro (whose art style leans more towards the scary traditional youkai art) is such a beloved classic that even has statues erected of its characters and that series among dozens of others did a crossover with YKW.

This series deserved so much better. It had an anime that was pretty good and fun, 3 games (Blasters doesn’t count) that were pretty good all things considered, and a bunch of toys that kids and buy (heck even I bought some). I wish we got more things from Yo-Kai Watch in the states

“That day in the forest…was the day everything changed.” OOMPH, FEEL THAT NOSTALGIA.

In Yo Kai Watch 1, I used a pink coin and got Demona. She became one of my favorite Yokai. I used her a lot during the Infinite Inferno.

Happy 10 years Watch of Yo-Kai

Abandoned Tunnels Boss was so unfair they had to nerf him hard in the sequel (but man was it satisfying to nuke him postgame). The super tedious specific Bug catching for some key items and yo kai coins (wich i swear took me more time then beating the story) got reworked in the sequel too, with rarer bugs having a much bigger catch radius and bugs getting exchanged into currency that you can spent in the Bushbazaar)

Just randomly got this video in my recommended. Great to see people talk about yokai watch in 2022. Anyways, this was a fantastic video. It's a shame that the series had such horrible marketing and slow localization, because it really couldve (and shouldve) been a hit over here.

I needed this. Now all I need is Yokai Watch 4 to get localized

Such an amazing retrospective video you did! When I heard eShop was closing I was really considering buying this game, and now I'm sold

Yo-Kai Watch is such a fun series, it's a shame it got hit with the "Pokemon ripoff/clone" label early on... As a Digimon, Monster Rancher, *and* Pokemon fan, it's quite frustrating. XD One thing I love about the first game is Terror Time, as the rewards were usually worth the risk especially if you could get those rare gemstones to fuse onto broken jewelry to make epic equipment. I was very sad when 2 didn't bring those back... Also locking the crystalnyans behind a rare crank-a-kai that was random if you'd ever get one at all versus the optional battle to befriend it the old fashioned way (though to be fair, they're SUPER hard!). I will also say, the closest I can compare Yo-Kai Watch's battle system is a combination of Digimon World on PS1 (as your partner kinda does its own thing despite some minor commanding you can attempt) and Jade Cocoon 2 with the rotating wheel. Also another thing Yo-Kai Watch shares more in common with *is* Digimon, considering the pallet swap options, multiple versions of certain mascot monsters (ToyAgumon, Tsukaimon, and Psychemon to list a few), along with Fusion evolution that makes me think of the Shin Megami Tensei series... Maaan, Yo-Kai Watch has so many good elements to it~

my best friend and i always watched the cartoon toghether. best times of my life acting like nate. i then played the games and loved the franchise even more😊

I would’ve said this was a great retrospective BUT you dissed the intro song from yw1 and seeing as the song is objectively a BANGER, I can’t let that go 😔 In all seriousness tho I loved being able to look back through this game! It’s nice to know there’s a good chunk of us who will ride or die for this little, niche game! Great video!!

Man, I missed this series so much, I remember getting beaten by Sproink a bunch of times. Curious, who's your favorite Yo-kai?

I remember watching my cartoons and seeing Yo-Kai Watch during the ads on teletoon. I Never saw it as a “Pokémon clone” and enjoyed every second of it. Playing it now and really taking my time with it, I realized how absolutely charming and detailed the game truly is! I love this series and have been on the hunt ever since to purchase the 2nd and 3rd main instalments.

Great video! I love to see some people talk about Yo-Kai Watch, it's sadly very underappreciated.

Honestly I saw this for 5 dollars at five below a few times and looking back I seriously should've got it lol

Good review man

Oh god I remember the absolute fear that terror time would instill in little seven year old me. I was so freaking scared of that stupid ogre, and I genuinely don’t this I ever even tried to get any items during it, all I could think was “holy crap I’m gonna die get me out of here” Also hearing the stupid little song play when you summoned Shogunyan brought back so many memories of when I was little and me and all of my (2) friends were obsessed with the game and anime

I have no idea why people say that the English yo-kai watch theme song is trash, I kinda really like it, it does its job and its catchy

really love entertaining videos about a franchise i've been with since i was younger, seeing it in still have people who are interested in yo-kai watch like i am makes me real happy, hope the second retrospective comes out eventually, great video!

I loved playing the Yokai Watch series. I still have the games right now and I still plan to finish them since I barely had the time to play them.

Id say the biggest reason that yo-kai is so great is how all of them have a personality

I love this series so much it basically my whole childhood

Im glad there are other people that still enjoy yo-kai watch in 2022!

I have played yo kai watch for years and this was a great retrospective, sad that so many people wrote it off as a Pokemon clone because it was a really fun and charming game

I remember Terror Time was the scariest thing ever as a kid. I would always close the 3DS whenever it happened lol.

3:20 damn my favorite franchise came out on my b day

This video was just SO average. I am referring to the fact that Nate is on the thumbnail, and as we all know, he is average incarnate

Honestly I replayed Ykw1 on switch Really fucking good, I wanna be honest, the series is absolutely amazing and is a big part of my childhood and who I am today, but the use of localization and that STUPID SONG IN THE WEST most likely killed it. I swear to god if they kept the old intro, it’s be perfectly alright and the series would keep going. That being said, the game is on 3Ds and ITS SUCH HIGH QUALITY. Its fucking amazing.

As an Italian I remember yo-kai watch 2 coming out in 2017 or 2018

I found out about this series via the anime at the time. I enjoyed watching and would try to tune into days when new episodes aired. Very shortly I would find out that Level 5 made videos games to coexist with the anime. At the time, I never got into the games, I kind of brushed it off. Shame since I had a 3DS at the time, I could've persued the games if I wanted too. As for the anime series I was actively following the episodes as the years passed. It was until the faithful day when the channel provider at the time (Disney XD) stopped showing new episodes and only reruns. I was devastated. I believed I stopped at the season where they introduced the new female protagonist of the series (purple hair, wears glasses iirc and has an astronaut cat or bear looking yokai) I watched the first few episodes of the season. Fast forward to this year (2023) and I randomly remembered the show. I did some research and quickly found out that the series _did_ continue, but I think the series was no longer dubbed in English? I think at the time Level 5 had to axe their western division for whatever reason. Shame too because iirc, at that time the Professor Layton series wasn't selling like they used to and I was fond of those games. Thankfully, now that I have a laptop I think I will continue to binge watch the anime series till the end and since I still have my 3DS (now homebrewed) I can finally start to play the games.I really want to revisit the anime and perhaps play the games for the first time.

I loved this so much! YKW is such a great series in my opinion and I think that they do sooo many things better than Pokemon! Can’t wait to watch the other episodes after this! 🙌❤️

I can't wait for the next part! This was great.

I can already tell the longest video would be the 3rd installment of Yokai Watch my personal favorite in the series released in the west

I ate while watching this video truly the highest honor

You Kai watch is one of my favourite series of all time

Almost 2 years too late to be relevant but the visual issue at 8:37 can be fixed by launching the game out of full screen and leaving it that way. I've been replaying these games, love the video

Getting into this series hella late. Recently started playing the first one.

6:05 nate is canon while katy is a what if scenario which even has an anime special where katy uses a goldinyan (gold robonyan) instead of jibanyan as a main yokai

I never beat the wuzzat chapter when I was a kid and went right to the second game lol

This video was pretty cool! I remember that I started playing Yo-Kai Watch with the second one (bony spirits) and I feel like it's an awesome series and surely but sadly in some way better than Pokémon games of these days

I was playing it an hour ago. I still play it every day. One of my all time favorite games, 2nd to only Persona. I love it and hate it's fate but if no one else will play it I will

i love this series, (well, the first game, as its the only one ive played)

In my opinion yo kai watch is the best game series

I am going to try to play through 4 soon and wanted a reminder of the first game. This video did not disappoint! Good job man!

Not the nate slander in the beginning 😔

You are very underrated my dude

this is a great retrospective, I love Yo-kai watch, it's really nice to see people making in-depth retrospectives/reviews of the games

I really love the whole franquise, its just, pretty awesome, also, talkin' about the citra foutage. You can fix the graphical errors by disabling the "Accurate Multiplication" option on Graphics Config (It will cost you a little bit of performance tho)

I loved the first game and the anime so much! I never finished the second one but honestly I ought to

Amazing video keep up the good work

I've only just gotten YKW 2: Fleshy Souls. Kinda wish I'd given this title a go way earlier.

IT came out in America a month before my 12th birthday, and it was at a great start. The videogames had more action compared to the show itself tbh

SOMEONE NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOKAI WATCH! I’m glad you did.

5:49 I like the intro song.

This series is one of my favorite, and hope that more games get ported to the U.S.

you either fight eldritch beings or chill with friends both series are good, pokemon and ykw

I doubt you read the coments on a one year old video, but not only have you gained a sub, you've inspired me to make a similar series!

This game is my childhood

This game was a fun and entertaining series to play through. The music is also something is a awesome feature.

i love this game so much!!!!! i made a whole video about it so i reallly love this video

I loved these games the original was great and I enjoyed the sequal and the busters

I LOVE Yokai so much. I have 3 games on my 3ds and I’m praying every day for an English version of 4 of switch. If we don’t get it by the time they bring out the switch 2 or successor or whatever I’m modding my switch so I can get the fan translated version of 4.

I actually really like the YKW intro

Yo Kai Watch is a Fun Series

A cinematic masterpiece.

Thanks for shining light on this!

I play yo kai watch 2 bony spirits so this in my personal opinion can help a lot of beginners btw you forgot the wicked yo kai tribe

A new Layton Game got announced which means yo kai watch IS returning

I have the season 1 intro song the one that goes yo yo yokai watch yokai are everywhere etc. fully memorised for no reason

If I remember correctly cheeksqeek/cuttincheez was a create a yo kai competition winner similiar to wandroid Y.

I want a remaster off the 3 games and that blaster ghoul mode

thank you

My childhood finally recognized

I thought this game was ok. A few things that bugged me were that the recruit chance is way to low for my liking. I wish there was a negotiation system like in Shin Megami Tensei just my taste I guess. Also the combat could be better don’t much care for the guiding hand approach it lacks depth outside of postgame. Maybe I’m just spoiled by SMT and Persona. Great video will watch the rest.

Yo Kai watch is awesome

sometimes i wonder what woulld have happened with the third game if blasters t had a 4 on 4 pvp mode

8:23 190 years.

This game is so good, I wish Japan was real.

tho, some palette swaps were given some extra details, like Bananose, Komajiro, Rockabelly and Infour

I watched this one.

and to think pokemon fucked up Ash's face in sun and moon just because they were competing with this

Thank you being so kind help me and these to better understand you help God

17:06 remember, this

i was a yokai watch fan of jibanyan and whisper but i am currently a alan ituriel fan.

Yo Kai Watch is great and was one of my first 3DS games... I hope the series returns in the west because it means a lot to me and other fans. Also you know, It's been years so releasing the game here would hopefully get them that $$$

"Yo Kai Watch is a pokemon rip off" If you think that just stop

Nice video

3:01 spoilers: issue 23 is the final issue