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NEWS: Yo-Kai Watch 4 Nintendo Switch Game Revealed in Video

OK, so, Yo-kai Watch 3, which was released in Japan two years ago was not yet announced to be released outside of Japan, yet in Japan they are already announcing Yo-kai Watch 4? Why do I see here a very typical pattern for Japanese game-based franchises, especially those from Level 5 (but it's not exclusive to them) to stop caring about international markets after a few released games from said franchises and release the rest exclusively in Japan? Very sad policy that made me harder and harder to trust franchises from these companies and these companies as a whole. I don't want to be attached to something only to be disappointed later that I will not be able to continue supporting my favourite franchise. It only makes your customers more vary to your franchises in future.

And that's exactly what I am talking about. Slow localisation will lead to less sales and less sales will lead to even slower, and eventually none at all, localisation. It's what we here in my country call magical circle situation. And until Level 5 will realise what they are doing wrong and cut the circle, things will only be worse for them. But instead of realising it, they are doing everything in their powers to kill the franchise in west thanks to many bad decisions including (but not limited to) the anime recast controversy, which will also not help the franchise's popularity in English speaking countries. Bad business decisions through and though
They already did the same with LBX and Inazuma Eleven franchises before, so one should expect it, but it's still sad to see it happening again, especially with a franchise with such a great potential Yo-kai watch has.

I talked about this with a friend on Facebook a couple of years ago. How does a franchise like Pokémon do so well (both have similar concepts, but different executions), yet Yo-kai Watch ends up being a complete and total disaster in the US? It's how you handle it competently. Not to mention Pokémon and Nintendo as a whole both came at the right place at the right time. Especially the latter with the NES, which came during the video game crash of 1983.

Level-5 is perhaps the most incompetent company in the history of gaming (at least in my opinion). Had they not handled Yo-kai Watch so poorly, it could have been the next big thing. I'm surprised they haven't filed for bankruptcy.

Or maybe Yokai Watch is seen by most as nothing but a Pokemon ripoff. The exact same reason as to why Digimon isn't as successful as Pokemon.

CurseTheSky wrote:

Or maybe Yokai Watch is seen by most as nothing but a Pokemon ripoff. The exact same reason as to why Digimon isn't as successful as Pokemon.

Which continues to be a real testament to Nintendo's marketing, considering that the Digimon franchise hit American toy stores in Summer 1997, whereas the Pokemon franchise didn't show up on TV or in stores until Fall 1998!

Nintendo are masters at marketing their product, that's for sure. Even when they were poorly marketing their Wii U, they realized they weren't clear about what the product could do. The Switch on the other hand is another story. From the first trailer, you could tell what the Switch was aiming to be... a home gaming console you can transform into a handheld. It's definitely a really cool device.

And that's exactly what I am talking about. Slow localisation will lead to less sales and less sales will lead to even slower, and eventually none at all, localisation.

It's what we here in my country call magical circle situation. And until Level 5 will realise what they are doing wrong and cut the circle, things will only be worse for them. But instead of realising it, they are doing everything in their powers to kill the franchise in west thanks to many bad decisions including (but not limited to) the anime recast controversy, which will also not help the franchise's popularity in English speaking countries.

Bad business decisions through and though
They already did the same with LBX and Inazuma Eleven franchises before,

Didn't effect Final Fantasy (too much) or Pokemon which it may be hard to believe nowadays but were released over a specific period of time after the Japanese versions instead of the worldwide/near simultaneous worldwide releases we get now.

Pokemon also did this years ago still on TV in the U.S.

Don't know how the Inazuma franchise was treated in Europe but in America that never had much potential of catching on at least not here.

still remember the number of (really bad) English translated bootleg ROMs of Pokémon Crystal. Can you tell me it didn't affect sales of Pokémon Crystal when they were officially released in English?

But even worse situation was in Europe, where the games where released months after North America.

especially since there are better games for Switch.

Statistics say that football in USA is played by more people than American football.