Yo-Kai Watch Finally Coming to the West

Be prepped: It's Tamagotchi-mania all over again...

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Exciting Yo-Kai Watch news has filtered out of Level-5 today: Yo-Kai are finally making their way out of Japan.

Launching in 2016, Yo-Kai will be arriving not only on your 3DS, but also on the shelves of toy stores, with a partnership between Hasbro and Level-5 also announced. Don’t expect a same-day launch for the Japanese and English versions of the game, though. Yo-Kai Watch Busters will hit Japanese shelves in July, with the game launching worldwide throughout 2016.

In a bizzare twist, the first Yo-Kai game set outside of Japan was not the game announced for international release. Go figure. Set in North America, it will continue the formula of the successful franchise with a new lead.

Also: Yo-Kai battling it out in Ancient China. That’s a thing.

Time will only tell if that’s making it’s way to our shores too.

Yo-Kai Watch is HUGE in Japan, and with a big name like Hasbro looking to get it into your hands, it’s undoubtedly going to be the same here. Are you ready for it? Excited for it, even? Let us know below.

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Lachlan MD

Known around the traps as mystery_editor. I love video game culture and follow the speedrunning community closely. I also stream things on the Vooks channel on Twitch, and sometimes on my channel too.

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