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Line 1: == Reception == The original ''Yo-kai Watch'' game received a score of 36/40 from Famitsu,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-10-05/yo-kai-watch-anime-gets-english-exercise-video/.93814\|title=Yo-kai Watch Anime Gets English Exercise Video\|work=Anime News Network\|date=June 23, 2023 }}</ref> with its sequel ''Yo-kai Watch 2'' also scoring 36/40.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/yo-kai-watch-ships-500000-copies-japan\|title=Yo-kai Watch Ships Over 500,000 Copies In Japan - Siliconera\|date=2014-02-19\|work=Siliconera\|access-date=2022-10-09\|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Yo-kai Watch 2'' won the Grand Prize in the Japan Game Awards. It also won 3 other awards: The Best Sales Award, and two Excellence Awards (for the 2nd game and its third version).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/yo-kai-watch-and-super-smash-bros-win-big-at-japan-game-awards-2015/\|title=Yo-Kai Watch And Super Smash Bros Win Big At Japan Game Awards 2015 - Siliconera\|date=September 18, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, ''Yo-kai Watch'''s manga in CoroCoro Comic won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best Children's Manga category.<ref name="siliconera.com1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/rise-fall-yo-kai-watch-boom-took-japan-storm/\|title=The Rise And Fall Of The Yo-kai Watch Boom That Took Japan By Storm - Siliconera\|date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> In the following year, it also was awarded the Best Children's manga at the 60th Shogakukan Manga Awards.<ref name="siliconera.com2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/this-week-in-sales-yo-kai-watch-2-invades-japan-again/\|title=This Week In Sales: Yo-kai Watch 2 Invades Japan (Again) - Siliconera\|date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> Line 6 ⟶ 31: When the anime first aired, in 2014, the franchise became popular in Japan. By February, the first game, which originally sold only 53,654 copies, was at over 500,000 shipped<ref name="auto"/> and the anime was surpassing Pokémon in the TV rankings; being compared to it<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/yo-kai-watch-popular-enough-japan-compared-pokemon/\|title=Yo-kai Watch Is Popular Enough In Japan To Be Compared To Pokémon - Siliconera\|date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> and being dubbed the "Pokémon Killer".<ref name="siliconera.com1"/> By the second game's release, the first game had sold 1,195,287 copies and the second game surpassed that at release at 1,316,707 copies. The third version also impressed, at 1,244,171 units.<ref name="siliconera.com2"/> Even Level-5's president, Akihiro Hino, was surprised by ~~Yo-kai~~the ~~Watch~~game's popularity. "While I did believe that it would get its break, honestly, to have it come this far, where the children of Japan would get so hopped-up on Yo-kai, to the point where all the goods would sell out, is something I didn't expect."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/even-level-5s-president-surprised-yo-kai-watchs-booming-popularity/\|title=Even Level-5's President Was Surprised About Yo-kai Watch's Booming Popularity - Siliconera\|date=2014-05-05\|work=Siliconera\|access-date=2022-10-09\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.siliconera.com/even-level-5s-president-surprised-yo-kai-watchs-booming-popularity/\|title=Even Level-5's President Was Surprised About Yo-kai Watch's Booming Popularity - Siliconera\|date=May 5, 2014}}</ref> They were the second most popular characters in Japan, in a survey by Video Research Ltd.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-11-06/mcdonald-now-fully-on-board-the-yo-kai-watch-bandwagon/.80727\|title=McDonald's Now Fully On Board the Yo-kai Watch Bandwagon\|website=Animenewsnetwork.com\|date=June 23, 2023 }}</ref> Explanations for its popularity ranged from catchy songs and dances,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-06-29/yo-kai-watch-displaces-long-time-favorite-anpanman-in-children-poll/.89834\|title=Yo-kai Watch Displaces Long-Time Favorite Anpanman in Children's Poll\|date=June 23, 2023 }}</ref> to being something parents and kids could enjoy together,<ref name="siliconera.com1"/> to "[[Otaku\|weird adults]]" not being interested in it.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/09/14/yo-kai-watch-is-losing-steam-in-japan/#326872cd6f13\|title='Yo-Kai Watch' Is Losing Steam In Japan\|first=Ollie\|last=Barder\|website=Forbes.com}}</ref> Hino himself said that it was the relatable characters and situations relatable to modern kids that made it popular.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://kotaku.com/how-yokai-watch-was-engineered-to-be-a-massive-hit-1602863085\|title=How Yokai Watch Was Engineered To Be A Massive Hit\|first=Toshi\|last=Nakamura\|website=Kotaku.com\|date=July 10, 2014 }}</ref> This also translated into toy sales, racking in 55.2 billion yen for [[Bandai Namco Holdings\|Namco Bandai]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/5338?entry_id=4684\|title=BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.: Consolidated Financial Results\|website=Bandainamco/co/jp\|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> Yo-kai Watch toys were frequently out of stock; people having to wait in lotteries to get a Yo-kai Watch and search hard for medals.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://kotaku.com/buying-japans-most-popular-toy-was-crazy-hard-1618115548\|title=Buying Japan's Most Popular Toy Was Crazy Hard\|first=Brian\|last=Ashcraft\|website=Kotaku.com\|date=August 8, 2014 }}</ref> Other merchandise had to wait longer because of the long licensing wait times.<ref name="auto1"/> This demand made it the second highest product in [[Nikkei Business Publications\|Nikkei Trendy]] that year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-03/frozen-yo-kai-watch-are-japan-top-products/.80611\|title=Frozen, Yo-kai Watch Are Japan's Top Products\|website=Animenewsnetwork.com\|date=June 23, 2023 }}</ref>

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