Yokai Watch 3 is heading for the western markets! 3DS

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JRPGfan said:

Peh said:

What I mean is, it was released dec 2016 in Japan and it's coming winter 2018 for Europe and feb 2019 for the US.
They take way too long to localize the games. 

They havnt used all that time trying to localize it.
It was probably never supposed to get localised, but someone decided since they re doing a 4th one for the western markets, porting the 3rd would be a good idea.
I wouldnt be surprised if they only just started translateing it like a months ago.

They started localizing Busters in late Q3 of 2017 and Yokai Watch 3 in summer 2018. The delay came from a huge shake-up with the merchandise and anime. They fired the entire cast of the show and hired cheaper (and considerably worse) voice actors. Meanwhile, Hasbro practically dropped the series and stopped manufacturing the toyline, which was actually doing really well for the series. On top of that, the cult mobile game Yokai Watch Wib-Wob was shut down and the fans were forced to use the Japanese version called Puni Puni.

At this point, I’m just glad they’re continuing the franchise outside of Japan.