Yo-kai Watch 3

Yo-kai Watch 3 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Level-5 in Japan, and Nintendo worldwide for the Nintendo 3DS. It's the third main instalment of the Yo-kai Watch series and the tenth game of the whole franchise. Initially released in two versions, branded Sushi and Tempura in July 2016 in Japan. A third version of the game, branded Sukiyaki, was released in Japan in December 2016, adding minor enhancements upon the original versions of the game. An English version based on Sukiyaki was released in PAL regions in December 2018, and in North America two months later.

Plot
The game follows the interconnected stories of two protagonists who both possess watches allowing them to see, befriend, and summon Japanese mythical spirits called yo-kai: Nathan Adams, a boy who recently moved to the fictitious Southern United States city of St. Peanutsburg, and Hailey Anne Thomas, a self-styled otaku "outcast" who deals with yo-kai in the upstate city of Springdale.

Why It Deserves Yet Another Yo-Kai Medal

 * 1) The story is more present that the first game, but gives you more freedom that the second one.
 * 2) *Talking about it, the story is in two parts, half for Nathan and half for Hailey, which is new for the franchise.
 * 3) The graphics and art-style are good like the prior games, especially BBQ looks.
 * 4) The voice acting, in all languages, is nice to hear.
 * 5) The soundtrack is still pretty strong, especially Vs. 'Merican Yo-kai and Vs. Don Spiracy.
 * 6) The Battle has changed, were now your Yo-kai fight in a 3 x 3 zone, where you choose how to strategize for avoiding attacks, picking items and change the Soultimate's effectiveness.
 * 7) Like always, Nathan, Whisper and Jibanyan are likeable characters.
 * 8) * Hailey Anne and Usapyon are fantastic new protagonists. Their personalities are so different and that balance their interactions.
 * 9) * Buck starts as an unlikable and annoying character, but with time he becames more likable and helpful, and great part of his actions become justified.
 * 10) * Similar to Dame Dedtime, the Ghoulfather is a compelling villain, as he was a boy who saw an alien abduction, and for telling that to his family they exiled him, making him to want that everyone sees that he was right.
 * 11) New Yo-kai appear on this game. And like always, great part of their character designs are fantastic.
 * 12) *Because half of the game takes place in BBQ, they added a new variant of Yo-kai called 'Merican Yo-kai, those being inspired of the USA culture.
 * 13) *There is a new tribe called Wandroid tribe, even if there is only one Yo-kai.
 * 14) * Four legendary Yo-kai are added in the for normal Yo-kai, and two new variants called 'Merican Legendaries adding eight legendaries and Legendary Pioneer Yo-kai with three Yo-kai.
 * 15) * You can use the Build-a-Nyan to create your original cat Yo-kai.
 * 16) *Now you can get more that 600 Yo-kai!
 * 17) The game has 13 original bosses, and like previous games every one of them has their weak points and weaknesses.
 * 18) *Similar to Yo-kai Watch 2, some bosses of the prior game can be befriended, like Gusty Bones, Hinozall and Kabuking.
 * 19) The humor is still fantastic and hilarious.
 * 20) Like Yo-kai Watch 2, the game has minigames, like Zombie Night, Next HarMEOWny Dancing and Rafting Adventure.
 * 21) A lot of missions and side quests that you can complete.
 * 22) Online battle and trading are available, like Yo-kai Watch 2.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Meganyan and Dr. Maddiman, while good bosses and characters, they are fought in the story mode even if they where bosses in the previous games.
 * 2) * You fight Hoaxy-Coaxy two times in the same chapter and Agent X four times in the whole game, which can come out as lazy.
 * 3) The game still has the reskins problem, meaning that certain Yo-kai like the Koma Knomads are simple reskins of Komasan and Komajiro.
 * 4) *This also happens with the 'Merican Legendary Yo-kai, all of them being redesigns of the last Legendary Yo-kai, like Gentlemutt being the redesign of Dandoodle.
 * 5) The gameplay, while pretty good and refreshing,  it can be frustrating for new players, specially with the Dream Watch.
 * 6) The game has a problem in the American version of the game. Because the first games took place in USA, rather that Japan, the character move to another state, which makes the question here is, why Yo-kai of that part of the country are different that the others, if they have similar cultures?
 * 7) Some features were cut from the English release of the game such as the Dream Bet feature for the Dream Roulette. This is because of Dream Medals not being released in America due to Hasbro discontinuing the English Yo-kai Watch toyline. (You can still scan in QR Codes for the English medals into the game). Thankfully you can still scan QR Codes from the Japanese Yo-kai Medals (except the original gray ones) in the game.

Critical reception
Yo-kai Watch 3 was positively reviewed by critics and gamers alike. On Metacritic, the game received 80/100. Nintendo Life gave a 9/10. On OpenCritic, the game received 80/100 based on 19 reviews.

Commercial reception
Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi and Tempura sold a total of 632,135 copies in Japan in its first week, which a big decrease in sales compared to the previous entry. It eventually sold a total of 1.3 million copies, placing the sales just over the original Yo-kai Watch video game.

Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki sold 337,979 copies in the first week, and eventually 653,000 copies, making it the first Yo-kai Watch video game to sell under a million copies in total. The combined sales of the three versions totals up to nearly 2 million copies sold, which is a third of Yo-kai Watch 2's total sales. Despite the average sales, it has still managed to surpass 10 million copies sold for the franchise itself.

Trivia

 * Yo-kai like Terminyanator, Deadcool and the Ghoulfather are obvious references to movies (The Terminator, Deadpool and The Godfather, respectably).
 * This is the only game in the main franchise where Katie is not a protagonist.
 * Yo-kai Watch 3 is the first mainline Yo-kai Watch game not to be localized in Korea.

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