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Yo-Kai Watch 3 and two spin-offs announced for Japan

Yo-Kai Watch is still growing.

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Yo-kai Watch is finally coming west thanks to Nintendo, but in Japan it's already a major best-selling transmedia franchise, with two best-selling 3DS games as well as an anime, manga, toys and much more.

Developer Level-5 has dropped first details on the third entry in the series, which will be set in the US, according to Destructoid.

There are also two spin-offs in the works.

Yo-kai Watch: Three Kingdoms is a collaboration with Koei Tecmo, perhaps something similar to Pokemon Conquest.

Yo-Kai Watch Busters is an action game based on the mini-game of the same name in the core games. As the name suggests, it's a nod to Ghostbusters; yo-kai is a Japanese word meaning ghosts, monsters and spirits.

The Yo-Kai Watch phenomenon should not be under-estimated. If it does anywhere near as well in the west as it has in Japan, we can expect all these other games to turn up, too - sooner rather than later.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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