Yo-kai Watch 3
| Yo-kai Watch 3 | |
|---|---|
North American cover art | |
| Developer | Level-5 |
| Publishers | |
| Director | Ken Motomura |
| Producer | Akihiro Hino |
| Designer | Tatsuya Shinkai |
| Programmers | Yuji Mori Tetsuo Mori |
| Artists | Takuzo Nagano Miho Tanaka |
| Writers | Akihiro Hino Keitaro Sato |
| Composer | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Series | Yo-kai Watch |
| Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | |
| Genres | Role-playing, Tactical role-playing |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yo-kai Watch 3 is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS and the third installment in the main series of Yo-kai Watch video games. It was initially released in two versions, Sushi and Tempura, in Japan in July 2016. A third version of the game, Sukiyaki, was released in Japan in December 2016, adding new content and enhancements on the original versions. An English version based on Sukiyaki published by Nintendo was released in PAL regions in December 2018 and in North America two months later.
The game follows the interconnected stories of dual protagonists Nathan "Nate" Adams, an 11-year-old boy who recently moved to the fictitious city of BBQ in the Southern United States, and Hailey Anne Thomas, a self-styled otaku "outcast" who opens a detective agency in the upstate city of Springdale and replaces Nate's love interest Katie Forester as the female protagonist. They both possess the Yo-kai Watches Model U Prototypes, allowing them to see, befriend and summon Yo-kai.
The game received generally positive reviews from critics, but was considered a commercial failure outside of Japan; to date, it is the last title in the series to be released internationally.