Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 26 Comments

Nikkei Trendy published a new interview with Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino. There was plenty of talk about Yo-kai Watch, including the first game’s performance in North America, the next Yo-kai Watch movie, and Yo-kai Watch 3. He also shared a status update on Snack World and what lies ahead for the company.

Siliconera rounded up details from the interview, which we’ve summarized below. You can read their full article here.

Yo-kai Watch sales

– Anime has received favorable TV ratings
– Games are at around 400,000 copies sold in North America
– Hino says that looking at it from a Yo-kai Watch perspective, that’s not nearly enough.
– It takes time for things to start catching on in North America
– Level-5 is putting together a plan of having things bloom like a flower in half a year or a year from now
– Specifics weren’t shared
– Hino noted that the idea is to have North America get content that Japan has yet to see, or some content before Japan, or at the least at the same time Japan gets it

Yo-kai Watch movie

– Third film will have live action and anime parts
– Was originally planned as a full-CG film
– This would have taken two years, which would have been the case for a full live-action film as well
– Level-5 wants a new film each year and thought of ways to make that happen, including its whole story

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ICv2 put up a new interview this week with VIZ Media senior editorial director Beth Kawasaki. In it, Kawasaki discussed the success of Yo-kai Watch and also shared some information about The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition.

Continue on below for some excerpts from the interview. You can read the full piece here, which includes some talk about Pokemon (including a cookbook coming this year).

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Yo-Kai Watch will finally be released in Europe tomorrow – the game has been out in all other territories for a while. To further promote the title, Nintendo have published two new trailers, one about the game’s theme song and another more general trailer. Check them out below:

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As part of a new feature on Yo-kai Watch, MCV spoke with Nintendo UK product manager Remy van Leeuwen about the series.

First, van Leeuwen discussed Yo-kai Watch’s potential in the west. The Yo-kai themselves, their emotional abilities, and the comedy aspect could all help to connect with kids.

He said:

“It is difficult to say whether it will have the same impact in the West, but I definitely think that there is a lot of potential for it, especially working together with the likes of [toy company] Hasbro and [TV company] Turner. Everyone is going to back it to its fullest. Because of the nature of Yo-kai and their emotional abilities, it makes it quite easy for kids to relate to them. For instance, there is a Yo-kai called Cheeksqueek, which basically makes people fart. That’s been a hit with kids in our research.”

“One of the other key aspects that will definitely resonate with kids in the UK is the comedy aspect to it. The characters themselves are just funny, and they’re quite deep, too. We will be trying to bring that out in our campaign.”

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Nintendo has put out another Yo-kai Watch commercial showing how the collectible medals can be used with the actual game. Check it out below.

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Nintendo has pushed out a new update for Yo-kai Watch in North America. Version 1.2 is now available. After applying the update, it will be possible to play in Spanish or French by setting the system language to the respective language.

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Following today’s release date announced, Nintendo has revealed the European Yo-kai Watch boxart. We’ve posted it above.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

Nintendo has just announced that Yo-Kai Watch will be released in Europe on April 29th. With this, the game will finally be available in all regions.

If you’re in Europe and just can’t wait two more months, you can actually just import the game from Australia. Yo-Kai Watch was released there last year and Europe and Australia are part of the same region as far as games are concerned, so the 3DS’ region lock won’t affect it.

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The Yo-kai Watch anime now has a final premiere date in the UK. Cartoon Network will begin airing episodes on April 22, the series’ Twitter account confirms.

Here’s the tweet in full:

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