If you're not familiar with the Yo-Kai Watch series, it exploded in popularity in Japan a few years ago generating not only (to date) two sequels with a third on the way for the Switch, an entire toy line, and an anime series. The hook to these games is similar to the Pokemon series. Your protagonist of choice uses a special watch to capture "yo-kai" and goes around their town helping people by battling the evil spirits that haunt them. The yo-kai you capture can level up and evolve into stronger versions of their previous forms, and the sequels even introduced two versions of the game with unique yo-kai in each version that could be traded to friends.

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