Yo-Kai Watch 3 Announced for Japan, First Game in Series is Coming to US

Japanese game developer Level-5 held a press conference today, where they announced several new games, including Yo-Kai Warriors, which we covered in an earlier post. Also announced was a new RPG, Yo-kai Watch 3, which is set in the United States. Previous games in the series were set in a fictionalized version of Japan. The game is set for release on the Nintendo 3DS. 

The game is set to offer a new protagonist by the name of Inaho Misora, a Japanese girl, who travels with her own Yo-kai named USApyon. Weird, I know. 

Set in the fictional city of St. Peanutsburg, the main character must contend with her new surroundings, all the while meeting new Yo-kai. 

The studio also revealed that the first game in the series, Yo-Kai Watch, is finally coming to the US and the rest of the west. The game's main character, Keita Amano, sports a new name–Nathan Adams. It's about as generic as you can get, but hopefully the game itself won't be. 

Described as an "average kid," Nathan receives a device called the Yo-kai Watch from a mysterious entity known as Whisper, which allows him to see things that other people can't–Yo-Kai of all shapes and forms. It's like the Apple Watch, only useful. Together with Whisper, Nathan embarks on a supernatural adventure. 

We'll be getting the first game before the second or third games are released. With any luck, the sales of the first game will encourage Level-5 to localize the second and newly announced third title in the series for western audiences.