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  • Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
  • This video was created because all of the Yo Kai Watch love in the comments of my last video! Thank you so much everyone for the support!
    Outro Artwork by Lydia Parker, you can see her work here - lydiaparker.com/

КОМЕНТАРІ • 212

  • @creativenamee
    @creativenamee 3 місяці тому +218

    Yo-Kai Watch didnt even want to take over pokemon and nearly became more popular than pokemon itself, thats why i love it, its genuinely such a fun time

    • @creativenamee
      @creativenamee 3 місяці тому +10

      also my favourite yokai has gotta be either wydeawake or komajiro lol

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +17

      That’s why I think that era was so cool. It was kind of just in the right place at the right time! Also those are great Yo Kai picks for your favs!!

    • @creativenamee
      @creativenamee 3 місяці тому +8

      @@readitandweeb exactly, as much as i love gen 5 and 6 of pokemon, people needed a breath of fresh air and yokai watch came out perfectly, level 5 geniuses

    • @ZefoniusLinestraf
      @ZefoniusLinestraf 2 місяці тому +3

      Yokai watch 2 was wonderful even as a pokemon fan

    • @joshharris6083
      @joshharris6083 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@readitandweebDo you know Yo-Kai Watch anime has 2 English Dubs?

  • @GeoSage1137
    @GeoSage1137 3 місяці тому +122

    To me, I love Yo Kai Watch because of the detail that goes into their games. I hope it comes back one day

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +6

      We can only hope 🙏

    • @bigman4487
      @bigman4487 2 місяці тому +3

      Level 5 vision to the worlds children will have ykw stuff

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal 2 місяці тому +1

      You are aware that Nintendo would just turn it into a gatcha game.

    • @GeoSage1137
      @GeoSage1137 2 місяці тому +2

      @aliastheabnormal ?
      One, it's not owned by Nintendo.
      Two, Nintendo doesn't really do Gatcha games. Only one that comes to mind is FE Heroes, which hasn't negatively impacted the mainstream FE games at all

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal 2 місяці тому

      @@GeoSage1137 Neither is Bayonetta and her franchise has is now considered a part of Nintendo.
      Also have you played Yokai watch? With all of its RNG bullshit it would make the perfect microtransaction game.
      Also Pokemon is owned by Gamefreak. But Nintendo has a controlling interest, promotes the franchise, and is an exclusive to Nintendo just like Yo-Kai watch. It is hypocritical to say that Nintendo didn't make it. And if you believe that then neither Star Fox or modern Donkey Kong are Nintendo properties,

  • @guineamasterlove1756
    @guineamasterlove1756 2 місяці тому +53

    Yo-Kai watch was the definition of a unbothered chad who didn’t try to copy pokemon exactly

  • @username_taken250
    @username_taken250 2 місяці тому +53

    I love Yo-Kai Watch so much, I REALLY hope it can make a comeback at some point

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому +3

      Me too!

    • @Bousefff
      @Bousefff 2 місяці тому

      i'm pretty sure they are, we got a trailer for the level 5 vision. And it has a clip of a yo kai watch like figure in it, so my hopes are high for there coming a new game.

  • @porkupine9083
    @porkupine9083 3 місяці тому +45

    Never be ashamed to admit the size of your medal collection
    and dang now I know why sun and moon were my favourite games 😭

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +4

      It’s more so that I aged myself by saying I worked at Toys R Us before the bankruptcy LOLL

  • @Dany-rx7rs
    @Dany-rx7rs 2 місяці тому +24

    And dancing when doing z-moves like Yo-kais dancing when summoned.

    • @chopper3875
      @chopper3875 2 місяці тому

      also the ending theme of pokemon sm is like the dance along of ykw

  • @user-ku9jc1xb4x
    @user-ku9jc1xb4x 2 місяці тому +22

    I find it bizarre that the yo-kai watch games, whilst they were still beign produced, were consistently improving with every entry, whereas pokemon's titels continued to degrade in quality. This might be an example of how priority affects the end product, as both prioritized different things. Yo-Kai watch is like Terraria, in of that they decided to can any ambitious ideas (I.E. Terraria Otherworld and Global launch YKW games) to focus on its main market/title, fleshing it out to become the best version it could possibly be, like a fire ant colony, before being made available to the public. Pokeon is like Minecraft, where as they started shifting focus away from the main game series to spin-offs and merchandisables, it had been to the detriment of the main meat and potatoes of their respective franchises, with Minecraft acquiring a series of lackluster and dissapointing updates post-1.16, and Pokemon posting atrocities like SWSH and SV, knowing they would sell. The difference beteween the two is that for both franchises, there is a corporate entity that doesn't care if people protest or fully boycott the game; those franchises had grown so large, that they began to render themselves unwise, making decisions which actively hamper the main draws to said franchises in the first place.

  • @davidemilianomartinezcasti7104
    @davidemilianomartinezcasti7104 3 місяці тому +22

    Recently yo kai watch has been getting some love (mostly through the memes) and im happy for it, it'll be cool if we could enjoy both franchises without conflict.
    Also my favorite yo-kai as of now is shadow side jibanyan

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      Shadowside Jibanyan is sooo cool great choice!

  • @kirby_on_crack
    @kirby_on_crack 2 місяці тому +12

    it would have been hillarious if this ended up similar to the mario and sonic rivalry and they both become extremely iconic with crossover games and fandoms trying to argue whats better. its a shame level 5 went bankrupt

  • @KelShock
    @KelShock 2 місяці тому +11

    Damn, I’ve played the YoKai Watch games and really loved the franchise as a whole. Super whimsical in its writing and despite of being a monster collecting rpg game, it did just enough and more to be its own thing. Also favorite YoKai is Venoct, super cool design and character overall

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому

      Venoct is a based choice!
      I agree with it being whimsical, they did a very good job at making the Yo Kai have really strong personalities!

  • @Snt1_
    @Snt1_ 3 місяці тому +19

    I feel so sad for YKW. Its an amazing game, I really wanna replay them
    Also I want to say that Gen 5 had pretty good designs
    Also my fav Yo kai is Bandinyan because he is cracked and saved me in YKW1

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      Gen 5 is actually one of my favorite gens, it’s just at the time it got so much hate for 0 reason 😭

  • @DrCoeloCephalo
    @DrCoeloCephalo 2 місяці тому +9

    Yo-Kai watch games are just full of a ton of good game design that Pokemon lacks.
    Almost any complaint you hear about Pokemon games especially the Switch titles are practically non-existant in Yo-Kai Watch 3 from good animation, tons of free DLC, a competitive format that rewards creative teambuilds, the desire for real tkme anime esque action battles via Busters-T and more.
    I appreciate you bringing up how Alola clearly took a ton of notes from Yo-Kai Watch stuff.
    My personal favorite Yo-Kai is hard to pick cuz I love just about all of them but if I had to narrow it down, maybe Moolinda, Quagmira, Putasockinit and Draaagin.

  • @yoshifu9329
    @yoshifu9329 2 місяці тому +3

    Hey Yokai Watch still exists even though its presence in the West has largely disappeared. It even has a Nintendo switch title called Yokai Watch 4 that can be found in Japan. I don't know if there's an English translation, but the series is still kicking. I really hope the series comes back to the west. I miss Jibanyan...

    • @gamingadventures8716
      @gamingadventures8716 6 днів тому

      There’s an English translation mod for emulators or homebrew it

  • @Whispense
    @Whispense 2 місяці тому +4

    i’ve been hearing a lot more about yokai watch lately, it’s genuinely giving me hope that it could have a chance, even if it’s in vain

    • @Whispense
      @Whispense 2 місяці тому

      also my fave is whisper because he’s just so cute and he’s always there for ewe🥺

  • @Hasaki777
    @Hasaki777 2 місяці тому +5

    I hope that Yokai Watch can make a comeback in America soon! I've spent many hours on 1, 2, and 3! It's one of the few game series I actually felt like replaying! The series is so charming and felt so different every game! My favorite Yokai have to be any Komasan variant, Tomnyan, and Illuminoct!

  • @gaitadefoles
    @gaitadefoles 3 місяці тому +8

    I recently sold my yo kai watch 3 to buy a 2ds might have been the saddest thing related to games that has happened to me

  • @mudkipprophet
    @mudkipprophet 3 місяці тому +15

    Damn been awhile since I've seen someone talk about yokai watch.(shogunyan army rise up once more)

  • @juliannocartagena2007
    @juliannocartagena2007 2 місяці тому +3

    This video was actually really cool, I never noticed the similarities between Gen 7 and Yo-kai Watch! Oh and also my favorite Yo-kai are Usapyon and Komane. Oh and by the way, Yo-kai Watch itself even has some similarities to Ni no Kuni 1, as both are made by LEVEL-5 and both share a director, Ken Motomura.

  • @desertpillow1
    @desertpillow1 2 місяці тому +4

    i used to always watch the yo kai watch anime with my brother
    it was so good

  • @AvgDsUser
    @AvgDsUser Місяць тому

    Recently youtube has been suggesting me some modern videos that talk about Yo-Kai Watch and seeing its little throwback is like drinking fresh water for a long time fan like me. Great video dude 👊

  • @vantage11
    @vantage11 2 місяці тому +4

    I always felt gen 7 was one of the more hollow generations in terms of post games. Yo-kai watch didn’t make me fall in love with it when I played it either but i was a big fan of the gen 7 anime

    • @T_kats
      @T_kats 2 місяці тому

      SM’s post game was solid and USUM’s can rival that of B2W2???

    • @vantage11
      @vantage11 2 місяці тому

      @@T_kats USUM IS a solid improvement, but sm’s postgame consisted of battle tree and a few ultrabeasts. I personally really liked aspects of gen 7 like the Ultra Necrozma battle and going through the wormholes and the team rainbow rocket thing, but that’s all USUM content

    • @toekneemart5597
      @toekneemart5597 2 місяці тому +1

      Which is especially strange if they're borrowing from yo-kai watch because yo-kai watch is known as one of those games that truly start during the post-game

  • @Guy54makesmemes
    @Guy54makesmemes 2 місяці тому +1

    You know it was all from that sound track it hits hard on another level

  • @Dany-rx7rs
    @Dany-rx7rs 2 місяці тому +5

    Please make more videos like this, monster collecting/taming genre.

  • @Keeby219
    @Keeby219 Місяць тому

    the story i have with this series holds a place in my heart ill never forget, i remeber getting the game for christmas in 2015 and going in not expecting much but came out loving it!
    also my favorite yo-kai are damona and komasan

  • @dokusokaiju
    @dokusokaiju 2 місяці тому +1

    I DONT WANT A REBOOT I WANT YO-KAI WATCH

  • @jessesmith915
    @jessesmith915 2 місяці тому +2

    yo kai watch was honestly such a cool series, thankfully there are still hopes for ykw4's localization since they announced its localization in china last year. Been a fan of the series ever since it came to the west, I remember being so excited after getting a 2DS with ykw1 pre-installed and proceeded to beat it in a week. Hard to believe I've been a fan of it for nearly over a decade now, that it's been around for nearly a decade, which also lets me realize that I'm old.

  • @themaskedraff
    @themaskedraff 3 місяці тому +7

    didnt realize this video didnt have like 100k 😭

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      One day we will make it there 🫡
      Thanks for watching!

    • @themaskedraff
      @themaskedraff 3 місяці тому

      @@readitandweeb great video :)

  • @thesailormercury2
    @thesailormercury2 2 місяці тому +2

    yo kai watch :I am going take over
    Pokemon:I am very scared
    (few years later)
    digimon help. Pokemon to be get mega evolutions
    Pokemon: I am back now you are dead
    yo Kai watch : you and what army
    Pokemon: (throw. PokeBall) this army.

  • @senflyer-
    @senflyer- 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you so much for making this video! I have a lengthy comment to make as someone who is an older fan of pokemon and yokai watch. (and digimon etc.) I've been waiting awhile for someone to really talk about this.
    My situation is a bit unusual as I wasn't in the target demographic when the game came out. I was almost 20 when yo-kai watch first came out (with a younger sibling in the target range). I had always wondered how adults viewed pokemon when it started, but this is probably as close as I'll get. I am and always have been a big weeb/otaku. When the anime first came out, I overlooked it as there had been tons of people trying to claim the pokemon crown. However in late 2014, I had heard that yokai watch and it's toys had been the number 1 buzz of the year in Japan. So I got curious and gave the anime another shot. I was instantly hooked, and I understood why it had hooked so many in Japan. It reminded me of how I felt during gen 5 of pokemon where it came out in Japan before the US.
    I was still a pokemon fan at the time, but I was starting to grow distant. I played gen 6 and liked it enough, but felt like that wow factor from earlier gens was missing. This was before pokemon go blew up (which I also enjoyed as it's own thing). So yokai watch felt like it came at the perfect time. The mascots were adorable and had unique personalities, the anime was silly and charming but occasionally serious and heartfelt. Over time my memory of the anime faded as it's been hard to find anything of yokai watch anymore, but that opinion still holds.
    So when it came to the west in 2015, I was ready and excited! I thought Hasbro would be great for marketing after having gotten into MLP G4, Nintendo seemed like they wanted to push it, I thought "maybe it won't be as big as Japan, but it could still be healthy competition like Digimon sometimes is". Woo boy, was I wrong. I felt that the western toys lacked the appeal of the Japanese ones. They felt cheaper and more rushed, and a lot of cross-media abilities that made the original soar were removed or planned but never done. There was merch IRL not on the website, and merch on the website not IRL. You had to grab merch fast because anything outside of the first wave was very hard to find. I knew a friend who bought YW3 on physical, gamestop had 1 copy in the whole region, not store, region. That bad. I enjoyed Wibble Wobble for the whole year or so it existed. Following the anime dub got harder with time. Basically, it was getting harder to be a fan in the US as everything was just not working out. In Japan it wasn't much better, things were getting burnt out after 3, and when I finally played 4 in Japanese I'm like "there's no way the western fans would even get this because half of this content isn't out here!". And then, silence. Yes there was a spinoff here and there, but the golden era was over. I really hope the future is better.
    Now pokemon fans, I have a bone to pick with. Yes it was cocky to claim yokai watch could kill pokemon in the west, but the way they treated the franchise never stood right with me. They never even gave it a chance. Pokemon fans often instantly bash the competition, then complain that pokemon has no competition! I noticed the influence gen 7 took from yokai watch, and it felt like no one else cared. Even the anime switched up it's designs and format! But for a long time it was radio silence online, until younger fans started talking about how they missed it. I miss it too! I miss the anime, and the silly medals, and the games, I miss what made yokai watch great. Pokemon is once again back in the state where it got too comfy, and now they are making more moves that sour fans. I hope that people finally give the monster tamer and mon collecter genre room to grow into more than pokemon competitors. I still love this genre and am happy to see others do too.
    Edit: My fav yokai are probably Jibanyan and Komasan. I loved them so much in the anime. and Hidabat my beloved spirit animal!

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      Wow thank you for taking time to make this comment! I really resonate a lot with what you said here!
      I am hoping this supposed Ghost Craft game actually is something Yo Kai Watch related. It died far too soon and we need more 🤞

    • @senflyer-
      @senflyer- 3 місяці тому +1

      @@readitandweeb No problem! I had stumbled across your channel with the Persona video and was really happy to hear you mention yokai watch.
      There was one or two big names I remember from the original yokai watch fandom, but I felt like I hadn't really seen that interest reflected on UA-cam until recently. I think a lot of people are hoping Ghost Craft turns out well!
      I had been wanting to get back into things for awhile, but after 4 came out and the west plans fell apart, I was seriously worried that it might not come back. I understand that from a company POV it wasn't as big as they wanted it to be, but I also think the scene has changed a lot since 2015. Pokemon is bigger than ever, and PalWorld really shocked me with how well it sold. I think that if they take their time and market it well that there is potential for a revival. Digimon had it's own dark years where not much was going on, and even if it had to milk some gen 1 nostalgia to do so, it's now back and doing a lot more in the west than back then.
      Who knows, depending on how things go maybe I'll eventually do my own content about it. I know YW isn't super popular among older adults, but I feel like it did more than merely copy pokemon. I remember reading an interview where they mentioned some of the ideas of the franchise, and I think something I like from Japan mascots is the idea of giving things a personality, in a similar but different way that Pixar used to. Sanrio and San-X have done similar imo. (I also feel like it took some influence from Doraemon, which also had a Disney XD dub at the time) There's this new Sanrio character called Hanamaruobake, where it's pitch concept is something like "a ghost that shows up to people and gives them a hanamaru symbol, which in Japan means you did a good job!", and I swooned. That's such a yokai watch idea to do, and I love that! I loved the idea of these little yokai being around and secretly having influence on the world. And I liked how that each one felt like an individual character in the anime, in the same way early pokemon did with it's characters. Like you see Hungramps' design and think "a hungry grandpa? what's so special about that?", but then you hear his back story and man it still makes me tear up. lol
      Yokai watch has a lot of heart, and I think it's something that pokemon needs to embrace more. I miss that in pokemon too, before it became the marketing machine it is today. (I am technically a gen 1 fan of pokemon, but I am not a gen wunner. I will always give the new stuff a chance.)

    • @princesspikachu3915
      @princesspikachu3915 2 місяці тому

      @@senflyer-I’m an older Pokémon fan who has loved Pokémon since 1998. I embraced the Yo-Kai Watch series as soon as it debuted. I was going to buy the game at launch back in 2015 but ended up getting a very early copy of Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon instead. I eventually got a new copy of Yo-Kai Watch for $5 clearance back in 2020 and I rode out Covid-19 with Jibanyan, Whisper, and the other Yo-Kai Watch characters. Still haven’t 100% it but I finished the main story and some post game.
      Then last year I found a cheap sealed copy of Fleshy Souls at my local pawnshop and it has made my old 3DS more loved than my Switch which my daughter plays Let’s Go Eevee and Bluey on.
      I really wish they would localize the Yo-Kai Watch switch games. I wanna play the remake and 4. 😭
      Edit: I can think of one big content creator. AbdullahSmash.
      Edit 2: I’m an older adult. 36 years old and married with a kid and I LOVE Yo-Kai Watch and the monster collection genre.

  • @currentlybeingremade9706
    @currentlybeingremade9706 2 місяці тому +2

    Admittedly - I think something like Digimon is its own thing. It does its own stuff since its a tamagotchi sibling and such
    But as for my beloved Yokai watch, god - if it wasn’t for sun and moon copying soultimates, then Ykw would be far ahead of Pokemon. Sadly, once Ykw shrank, the quality became so.. so much worse for pokemon. Ykw got better (After the train wreck of busters 2)

  • @yo-Jordiewatch4
    @yo-Jordiewatch4 2 місяці тому +7

    I love how to this day yo Kai watch is still better then Pokémon

    • @abaddon1503
      @abaddon1503 2 місяці тому

      Bar’s in hell tbh.
      You can point to a random monster collecting game and you’d still be right if you called it better than modern Pokémon. Cassette Beasts, SMT, Fossil Fighters, Pokémon spin-offs, Dragon Quest V, Palworld…someone’s agreeing with you.

    • @yo-Jordiewatch4
      @yo-Jordiewatch4 2 місяці тому +1

      @@abaddon1503 I actually feel like fossil fighters is pretty underrated in all honesty

  • @Catohat52
    @Catohat52 2 місяці тому +1

    My love for yo Kai watch will never go away also my favorite yo Kai is thornyan

  • @heartless2147
    @heartless2147 2 місяці тому +5

    0:26 Don't throw shade at Palworld, that game has more fun in it's beta stage then Scarlet and Violet has post release. Pokemon needs to shape up it's games.

  • @theodoresupremacy
    @theodoresupremacy 2 місяці тому +2

    I love the Yo-Kai Watch games, it's so sad that nobody plays these anymore. The anime is not that great and I dislike that the Pokemon anime changed because of the Yo-Kai Watch anime, but the games are just amazing. I'm still obsessed with Komasan, Jibanyan, Whisper, Wobblewok, Melonyan and Master Enma. All the secrets and details in the game's huge world are great. I would pay my entire life savings just to get another Yo-kai Watch 3 and maybe some sort of "Yo-Kai Bank" so you can keep your Yokai in later games. The vibes in those games always manage to cheer me up whenever i replay one of them

  • @franckcrdraws
    @franckcrdraws 2 місяці тому +3

    I saw the title and immediately thought Palworld (thank goodness that trend died down, I didn't like it) but Yo-Kai Watch?! This'll be interesting :o

    • @Sonario648
      @Sonario648 2 місяці тому +1

      Thank fuck that trend died. I haven't even seen it mentioned on Twitter these days.

    • @franckcrdraws
      @franckcrdraws 2 місяці тому

      @Sonario648 I know right. It was such an obvious Pokémon ripoff that even the walk cycles, I noticed, had similarities.

  • @christofell
    @christofell 2 місяці тому

    someone talking about Yo-Kai Watch in 2024? Hell yeah!! I'm really salty that this doesn't get the amount of love as Pokemon especially when the game is so much better

  • @princesspikachu3915
    @princesspikachu3915 2 місяці тому +1

    I like Yo-Kai Watch. I have the first game and Fleshy Souls.
    I have a small collection of the series 1 medals.
    And I have a Jibanyan plushie.

  • @dementorsfirstkiss7289
    @dementorsfirstkiss7289 2 місяці тому +2

    Yokai yokai yokai yokai are out so I’m staying in
    Yokai yokai yokai yokai yokai wont you be my friend
    Let’s go with the flow we can shake it and fro spending time with me
    Yokai Yokaiiiii yokaiiiiiiiii
    Wa chi chi
    Kai kai kei kei koi koi kei kei come on let’s go wa chi chi

  • @goikyflavor
    @goikyflavor Місяць тому

    I'm a month late, but my favorite yo-kai are Tomnyan & Shogunyan.
    Yo-Kai Watch had it's own charm, & I really loved the 3rd game & blasters. I really hope the fourth game gets localized soon, because I really want to see Nate, Whisper, & Jibanyan again.

  • @littenflame85
    @littenflame85 3 місяці тому +6

    Robonyan is the greatest yo kai to ever be conceived prove me wrong

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      I raise you, Leggly, because he is funny

    • @littenflame85
      @littenflame85 3 місяці тому +1

      @@readitandweeb ok those legs are nice but robonyan can turn into leggly and have nice legs too

    • @robomanredstone
      @robomanredstone 2 місяці тому +1

      Agreed! Robonyan is easily my favorite design!

    • @littenflame85
      @littenflame85 2 місяці тому

      @@robomanredstone 🤝

    • @princesspikachu3915
      @princesspikachu3915 2 місяці тому

      Cheeksqueek is best Yo-Kai!
      Who wants to pinch his cheeks first? 🙃

  • @AlexanderVick-fs8qz
    @AlexanderVick-fs8qz 2 місяці тому

    I remember watching the Yo Kai Watch show when I was little, and I feel like I might re watch it sometime, but I'm still a bigger fan of Pokemon.

  • @Zeno11Salazar
    @Zeno11Salazar 2 місяці тому

    I never got into yokai watch or know how it represents yokai, but one of my favorite yokai have been spider related ones, tengu, and oni.

  • @ElectroBlastLuigi
    @ElectroBlastLuigi 2 місяці тому

    Yokai Watch was trying to be different and it worked which is why it was beloved by fans. What you said at 8:35 was why the franchise has sadly died.
    Pokemon is still going not just because of new fans getting into it themselves or by older fans and how widespread it is, but also GameFreak was keeping up with the momentum of consoles. It's more obvious when we look at the jump from the Ultra games to Let's Go games. They learned their mistakes with gen 1 and 2 including transferring pokemon if we know their development history. If YKW 3 got released on the Switch, YKW would've likely still be around.

  • @bogart707
    @bogart707 2 місяці тому +1

    Yo-kai watch was close to defeating Pokemon😮😮😮

  • @KyashiTran-san
    @KyashiTran-san 2 місяці тому

    I was just from my childhood through teenage years

  • @peakaboomz
    @peakaboomz 2 місяці тому

    Damn ur favourite Yo-kai is legly, that’s a wild take my man 😅

  • @jessegartung294
    @jessegartung294 2 місяці тому +3

    Remember when Temtem claimed it was better than Pokémon? It tried to take things from other games and Pokémon

    • @princesspikachu3915
      @princesspikachu3915 2 місяці тому +2

      Did that game ever get released? I remember hearing about it but then nothing.

    • @abaddon1503
      @abaddon1503 2 місяці тому +3

      I completely forgot Temtem existed oof

  • @Squawks7
    @Squawks7 2 місяці тому

    6:36 they got rid of EX's long before gen 5, back in the diamond and pearl era

  • @Bass-mx3iw
    @Bass-mx3iw 3 місяці тому +2

    My favorite is hornaplenty, got him in the first game and he’s my ace. Such a powerhouse helping me so often.
    Tho my favorite Yokai medal is infour it’s so funny

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому +1

      That medal is really funny omg I never really paid much attention to that one LOL

  • @smileybtw2577
    @smileybtw2577 3 місяці тому +3

    Woah! I had no clue, and I love Pokemon! Thanks for sharing.

  • @BoringShadow850
    @BoringShadow850 3 місяці тому +4

    My favorite Yo-Kai are Robonyan(both original and type F) and Komasan

  • @crashban4t.f.s.b783
    @crashban4t.f.s.b783 2 місяці тому

    I hope Palworld keeps making more and more games.

  • @consumingkazoos
    @consumingkazoos 2 місяці тому +1

    THE WAY I KNEW JUST FROM THE EAR CHUNK IT WAS JIBANYAN...

  • @cheesetherat5018
    @cheesetherat5018 2 місяці тому

    I loved the yokai watch anime as a small kid and it’s genuinely a great anime

  • @helplessAnimator
    @helplessAnimator 2 місяці тому +1

    Yo-Kai Watch 1 best game ever, fight me

  • @secretshadow9515
    @secretshadow9515 2 місяці тому

    4:01 Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between. We have the man who has successfully befriended every Yo-kai in existence in the USA. He has became a Yo-kai Watch master! You my good sir have dropped this.
    *my Yo-kai medal*

  • @JAVOTI
    @JAVOTI 2 місяці тому

    If Yo-kai ever came back to The U.S. I guaranteed it'll succeed again.
    Also my favorites are Draggie and Kyubi!

  • @crashban4t.f.s.b783
    @crashban4t.f.s.b783 2 місяці тому

    Gen 5 deserved better. They put so much effort into it.

  • @capucinccino
    @capucinccino 2 місяці тому

    I loved playing yokai watch while I had my 3ds, I remember having shmoopie on my teams always, she was totally my favourite!

    • @princesspikachu3915
      @princesspikachu3915 2 місяці тому

      Shmoopie is my number 1 favorite. Darknyan is my 2nd favorite.

  • @captainmartin1801
    @captainmartin1801 2 місяці тому

    I thought he was about to say brick bronz

  • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
    @nicholaslienandjaja1815 2 місяці тому +1

    If Yo-kai Watch returns, they should make Jibanyan as a newcomer for Super Smash Bros. 6 in the future.

    • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
      @nicholaslienandjaja1815 2 місяці тому

      And speaking of Digimon, would also like to see Agumon as another Smash 6 newcomer (since Digimon first started as virtual pets (a “boy’s version” of Tamagotchi) and the virtual pet genre hasn’t been represented by a fighter in Super Smash Bros. yet, plus it’s another Bandai Namco franchise, just like Pac-Man and Tekken).

  • @pinkphilly3464
    @pinkphilly3464 3 місяці тому +2

    Sort of a basic choice for yo kai watch fans but my favorite yo kai is king Enma or Unkaind for a more obscure choice

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому

      If anyone calls you out for being basic just know I stand with you 🫵

  • @SuperEliasboi64
    @SuperEliasboi64 2 місяці тому

    Gen 7 are my favorite games, so I might check out Yo Kai Watch

  • @MetalJ_Playz
    @MetalJ_Playz 2 місяці тому

    Yokai watch pog, underrated franchise tbh.

  • @toekneemart5597
    @toekneemart5597 2 місяці тому

    I don't mind yo-kai watch being silent for a bit level-5 it's a AA studio with a lot of IP's and alot on their plates and so many of these had to just sit around and wait while yo-kai watch took all of level-5's attention so I'm perfectly fine being the one waiting now while they finally give other projects since love(have you tried megaton musashi its great)
    In contrast to my profile picture my favorite yo-kai is actually shmoopie. Too many memories with that cutie to ever pick anybody else but thornyan's a pretty close second

  • @lorenzocapone2562
    @lorenzocapone2562 2 місяці тому

    how do you only have 880 subs you deserve much more tbh

  • @Alanis1337
    @Alanis1337 2 місяці тому +1

    Said it before and I'll say it again. Level 5 had the fumble of the century for not localizing ykw4 during the controversy of sword and shield.

  • @zephyrias
    @zephyrias 2 місяці тому +1

    My fave yokai is Snartle! I got him early in YW1 carried my team~ 🎉
    Also Venoct and Smhoopie. most of all In-tune lvl 99 with cracked equipment for YWBlasters

  • @gamingcrossroad2011
    @gamingcrossroad2011 2 місяці тому +1

    I have never played the game but when it came out I was definitely interested in it. Still never played it.

  • @recboydoesvr1233
    @recboydoesvr1233 2 місяці тому

    jibanyan is my favourite but theres a reason, i never had the full version of yo-kai and yo-kai 2 and was limited to the demo versions, while playing the only character i liked was that 2 tailed red cat that is jibanyan
    i want to play the newer games but i dont think i woud be able to anymore 😢😢

  • @IsaacDeanda-vo3lc
    @IsaacDeanda-vo3lc 2 місяці тому

    Damn people are still talking about yo Kai watch that makes me so happy 😢 I hope ghost Craft is yo Kai watch because im gonna cry for you bro

  • @robertahope3421
    @robertahope3421 3 місяці тому +3

    I miss yo-Kai Watch I just want to play them without having to use a emulator

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому

      Luckily I kept my 3DS and I have YKW 1, 2, and 3 physically!
      YKW3 prices are ridiculous you basically have to mod a 3DS to play it

    • @ClareHehe
      @ClareHehe 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@readitandweebwe'll luckily "it's surprisingly easy to mod a 3ds"

  • @henryellatoysandvideogames8019
    @henryellatoysandvideogames8019 2 місяці тому

    My favorite Yokai would either be Jibanyan or USApyon.

  • @theorangeninjagames
    @theorangeninjagames 2 місяці тому

    I grew up loving Pokémon but my littlest brother loved yokai watch but grew out of it and I’m surprised it actually scared the Pokémon company because they always seem untouchable when new games similar to them come out

  • @cameronjensen4581
    @cameronjensen4581 2 місяці тому

    I bought YKW4 from Japan outta desperation for more. I understood next to nothing and needed a translator, but it was pretty cool, and had a lot of fun mechanics and characters.

    • @juliannocartagena2007
      @juliannocartagena2007 2 місяці тому

      There’s a fan translation but you probably need to hack your Switch to play that one.

  • @fsu7482
    @fsu7482 2 місяці тому +3

    Gen 6 was fantastic but waaayyy too easy

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому

      Yeah I personally think all pokemon generations are good, but I think Gen 6 is for sure lower on my list

  • @jaydenmichael5188
    @jaydenmichael5188 2 місяці тому

    I adore Pokemon, but to this day I still love Yo-Kai Watch more.
    PS: My favorite Yo-Kai are Robonyan and Illuminoct

  • @fralalalalala
    @fralalalalala 2 місяці тому

    The only way I know about yo kai watch is because I watched the series on Netflix before they REMOVED it for some reason.

  • @minakohiashi8882
    @minakohiashi8882 2 місяці тому +1

    I got the Watch from a antique store. the Watch with Japan Cat and Buttler Ghost is kind of lame. im probably not going to find any new coins in 2024

  • @alphamarigi
    @alphamarigi 2 місяці тому +2

    6:07 "Works cited: crack pipe"

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому

      Junichi Masuda did blog posts on Gamefreak’s website and said this in 2006, I apologize though I should’ve mentioned that!

    • @alphamarigi
      @alphamarigi 2 місяці тому

      @@readitandweeb he should have known Nintendo shareholders wouldn't let the series end at that point. If he really thought he could end things with DP he's an idiot. They already made a whole company devoted to milking Pokémon forever

  • @LewtwoYT
    @LewtwoYT 2 місяці тому +2

    Is there any actual confirmation that things were inspired by Yokai Watch because everything here is just asserted as if it were fact? G4 also wasn't the last planned Generation for Pokemon??

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  2 місяці тому

      Have you played the Yo Kai Watch games? It is pretty clear if you have played them, and I don’t think Pokémon would ever come out and say “we were inspired by our competition”. Also, as I mentioned, inspiration is a good thing!
      As for the Gen 4 comment, I will admit this was an error on my part. There is a blog from before the release of D/P talking about how they wanted it to be the ultimate version of Pokémon and some translations of that article used words that implied that it was the last one. However on Game Freak’s blog site, it says the ULTIMATE Pokémon game.

    • @LewtwoYT
      @LewtwoYT 2 місяці тому +2

      @@readitandweeb the problem isnt that there are similarities between YW and Pokemon, its that the similarities between the two are asserted to be intentional when the Pokemon staff have never said so- especially unusual when most past interviews with GAME FREAK staff talk about their inspirations ad nauseum

  • @pinkywinky.4693
    @pinkywinky.4693 2 місяці тому

    My favorite Yo-Kai is Usabyon.☺️

  • @theonewarrior0
    @theonewarrior0 Місяць тому

    my favorite yokai is any of the nokos. all peak. i also like shogunyan and last nyanmurai. oh and the classic yokai. oh, blizzaria shadow side is cool too. cadable is also neat.
    yokai watch is awesome bruh

  • @Jelly_shy_guy_man
    @Jelly_shy_guy_man 2 місяці тому +5

    It’s yo Kai watch

  • @anomalocaris_man
    @anomalocaris_man 2 місяці тому

    I LOVE YO KAI WATCH!!!

  • @EtzioShinx1
    @EtzioShinx1 2 місяці тому

    You mean the cat from yo kay watch almost wonned 2024 wow i like the show on Netflix of them congrats yo kay

  • @NyamuraiRCX
    @NyamuraiRCX 2 місяці тому

    I think it's a shame that Yo-kai Watch never got the love it deserved in the West.

    • @NyamuraiRCX
      @NyamuraiRCX 2 місяці тому

      My fav Yo-kai is The Last Nyamurai obviously

  • @e2011ugdia
    @e2011ugdia 2 місяці тому

    1:00 what is that meme called? (I have been trying to search for it for ages)

  • @Deathriderfun
    @Deathriderfun 2 місяці тому

    my favorite yo kai was buchinyan

  • @crashban4t.f.s.b783
    @crashban4t.f.s.b783 2 місяці тому

    I wish it did

  • @AStarStudios
    @AStarStudios 2 місяці тому

    I remember the anime.

  • @EllislovesCrossovers
    @EllislovesCrossovers 2 місяці тому

    I kinda like both personality UwU

  • @Sydanny.
    @Sydanny. 2 місяці тому

    I miss yokai watch :(

  • @KayLubbVids
    @KayLubbVids 3 місяці тому +2

    I like Chummer and Tunatic

  • @KookieTheDog37
    @KookieTheDog37 2 місяці тому

    correction: palworld almost did
    and no one even knows there any games that are not pokemon go or pokemon home

  • @frozenarticuno685
    @frozenarticuno685 3 місяці тому +1

    i love Gen 5 Pokemon so much its still in my top 3 best games from pokemon!

    • @readitandweeb
      @readitandweeb  3 місяці тому +1

      Gen 5 is great! Weird it got so much hate back then

    • @frozenarticuno685
      @frozenarticuno685 3 місяці тому

      @@readitandweeb absolutely! just like what you said so many Pokefans got stuck in Gen 4 that anything after that was bad or even terrible because of how high of entertainment was put into Gen 4
      and theres still fans to this day that say Gen 4 was best!

  • @Cinderpelt2036
    @Cinderpelt2036 Місяць тому

    Pokemon legends arceus is youkai watch inspired game

  • @LuwiigiMaster
    @LuwiigiMaster 2 місяці тому

    Yokai watch was a Nintendo exclusive series, so if anything it would've been an Obama putting a medal on Obama moment. It'd be more worrisome if it was Sony or Microsoft who had this game.

    • @boymilk
      @boymilk 2 місяці тому

      Yokai watch is not a nintendo exclusive series, nor ever was
      It's only that the western localised 3DS games were published by Nintendo, that's all.
      there's multiple Yokai Watch games on playstation consoles and other platforms, even on BANDAI home consoles like the Karaoke ranking party system.

  • @widdybug
    @widdybug 3 місяці тому +2

    the thumbnail is soooooo good wehhh

  • @teamrocketgrunt5017
    @teamrocketgrunt5017 2 місяці тому

    Fossil Fighters review when?