LEVEL-5 Discord: discord.gg/PdDQ6FDfVE
It's strictly moderated to not be what I hate about the rest of Discord, so join to play if you can't find other fans.
mtwildwood.net: Complete Yo-kai Watch 1 + 2 Medallium. Not maintained anymore. May be updated with more games if LEVEL-5 starts localizing them again.
HOW TO GET YO-KAI WATCH 4 LOCALIZED
LEVEL-5 is giving the English market the biggest chance they ever had. Bigger than they were when localizing Yo-kai Watch; trust me.
Here's what needs to happen: Our community is pretty big.
If we do everything we can to boost LEVEL-5's games, they will localize Yo-kai Watch too!
Hinozall comes up with all these games and writes a lot of them himself, so give them a try!
ALGORITHMS AND LEVEL-5
LEVEL-5's social media accounts are new. They need our support.
Every LIKE, Share / Retweet, and Comment makes the posts be shown more to other people, even if you don't have any followers yourself. That's how it works now.
So ANY time LEVEL-5 posts something, we all need to come together and give it the attention it deserves.
HOW TO PLAY ARCHIVED GAMES
Computer or Android
Download 3DS Emulator: https://citra-emu.org/download/
Hack your 3DS
How to Hack your 3DS: https://3ds.hacks.guide/
Open FBI "Remote Install" "Scan QR Code"
To play on PC: Dump game (cartridge or digital) to SD Card using FBI
Q: "Wait, isn't Piracy bad?!"
A: There is only way to get anything archived in this resource: Paying 1000x the price from a second-hand scalper on Japanese auction websites.
When people spend $400 on Yo-kai Watch 3 on eBay, $0 of that goes to LEVEL-5.
LEVEL-5 is making a huge comeback worldwide, so this resource exists to archive past products while making current ones easier to get into.
Yo-kai Watch 4 didn't get localized because not enough people bought Yo-kai Watch Blasters and 3. There is a new Yo-kai Watch game confirmed in the works, so let's support Decapolice, Megaton Musashi Wired, Fantasy Life i, Inazuma Eleven, and Professor Layton and the World of Steam with everything we have to prove there's a market!
GAMES
Play in release order. Each game's story is linked sequentially.
1 → 2 → Busters → 3 → 4 → Y-School Heroes (Gakuen-Y)
Yo-kai Watch 1 Remake for iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch is the best way to play the first game.
-It polishes off all of the first-game-rust with a legion of gameplay and "Quality of Life" improvements, such as the removal of Stamina (a resource that limited sprinting).
-Unlike the original, Yo-kai Watch 1's Remake features online VS. battles with Ranked, just like Yo-kai Watch 2 and 3.
-It repaints every texture with detailed shading in 2x texture resolution. All models are high poly, with some being changed entirely.
-1080p instead of 240p is a huge difference. All of the character artworks are higher resolution drawings instead of looking nearly pixelated.
-Pandanoko no longer requires Streetpass!!! You get a few free tries a day. This is also how you get all of the Jewelnyan now.
Yo-kai Watch 1 Switch English Script Mod: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tpw-q2a9LnDlIraciEUBFsllLbDGHlX9/view
You'll need to mod your Switch to play it.
Using a modded Switch, you can create a legal dump of a Yo-kai Watch 1 Switch eShop download or game cartridge.
A legal dump of Yo-kai Watch 1 Switch can be played on a Switch Emulator for PC/Steam Deck, which makes using this Mod easy.
-Switch Emulator: https://ryujinx.org/download
-Prod Keys: https://prodkeys.net/
3DS games are unavailable for purchase due to the closure of the 3DS eShop and end of 3DS cartridge production, so unavailable games can be downloaded with archive links below.
Q: "I played 1/2/3 and didn't like it, but Yo-kai are cool / I like the anime / etc."
A: Play Busters. Its community is super active because it's Monster Hunter-lite with different movesets and skills attached to each character.
The story is widely loved, and completely disconnected from the main games because you play as Yo-kai instead of a human.
1 https://hshop.erista.me/t/2404
2 fs https://hshop.erista.me/t/20160
2 bs https://hshop.erista.me/t/20159
2 ps https://hshop.erista.me/t/20271
busters rc https://hshop.erista.me/t/20697
bws https://hshop.erista.me/t/20698
3 https://hshop.erista.me/t/20699
Gerapo Rhythm
Sangokushi
Just Dance
Busters 2
4
1 switch
y-school heroes
UPDATES
Fleshy Souls — Yo-kai Watch 2 v2.0
https://hshop.erista.me/t/2889
Bony Spirits — Yo-kai Watch 2 v2.0
https://hshop.erista.me/t/2888
White Dog Squad — Yo-kai Watch Blasters v2.4.0
Red Cat Corps — Yo-kai Watch Blasters v2.4.0
https://hshop.erista.me/t/2891
Q: "Do I NEED to download the updates to play the games?"
A: Yes. Most Yo-kai Watch updates have substantial content in them, so updating your game is essential.
How to Torrent for Bubble Blowin' Babies
You'll need to use "Torrent"-type downloads for anime. Here's how, simplified:
Download Tixati: https://www.tixati.com/download/windows64.html
No adware, etc. in this Torrent client.
Use all the default settings with everything checked etc.
When asked for Firewall/Network permission, check all boxes and grant access.
- Copy 1 of the "magnet:" Links below.
- Click the "+Add" Button near the top left of the window, below the Home button.
- Click the middle "Add Magnet Link" Tab at the top of the window that pops up.
- Paste the link and press the "Open" Button at the bottom left of the window.
That's all you need to do!
ANIME
#####Watch Order: Original/"OG" Episodes 1-25 Movie 1
#####Don't Skip: 1-11, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33,
These Episodes have plot relevance, characterize recurring characters, were written by Hinozall himself, and some are just exceptionally good. Watch these all the way through, normally, without skipping ahead.
#####Filler Skipping Notes: In most Episodes, the OG Series splits Episodes into 3 Segments. Some segments are in a short (4-6 Episodes) series with a unique story, often focusing on a single Yo-kai. The others are formulaic "Yo-kai of the Week" Segments.
#####Yo-kai XYZ is the Title formula for all of the "Yo-kai of the Week" Segments, so skip these if you don't care about the Yo-kai.
A lot of filler Episodes only feature the Yo-kai for a couple minutes, but those parts are always great.
Skip to the when the Yo-kai appears in its Segment if you want to watch a little, but don't care about sitting through filler with the 100th repetitive running joke. I promise the exposition for these Segments NEVER matters.
OFFICIAL (Animax) Movie 6 English Subtitles: Y-school Heroes: Can a Cat be a Hero?
OFFICIAL (Animax) Shadowside English Subtitles
Gakuen
Reborn
8th
Asian English Dub: An alternate "uncensored" dub with all the original Japanese names. If you thought the original English dub was bad, wait until you hear this. Archived for posterity and laughs.
Episodes 1-26: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:91cd5e39149ef55b09503c9c06c4b1a3dcb25499&dn=Yo-Kai%20Watch%20-%20001-026%20-%20Asian%20English%20dub%20%28triple%20audio%29%20%5B1080p%5D%5BNetflix%5D%5BATTKC%5D&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fnyaa.tracker.wf%3A7777%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.stealth.si%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce
TOYS
QR
.bin
MANGA
The main "Yo-kai Watch" Manga gets consistant up-to-date English Volumes pulished by VIZ, making them the only way to give English Yo-kai Watch your money right now. Manga Volume sales are a sign of international fans willing to spend money on Yo-kai Watch, and LEVEL-5 will take that seriously.
Amazon
Removed/Skipped Chapters
The rest of the Yo-kai Watch Manga series are Japanese-exclusive, so fan translations are linked below.
Manga-5
JP-only