Yokai watch wasn't even released in the west was it? Looking at those adds, maybe they are soft rebooting the series with a new cast.

Yes it was, the first 2 games along with the anime made it over. YW3 will probably come over this fall.

SMTV has begun production. They showed screenshots not long ago iirc.  

The new anime looks great and will probably make for some great gameplay but we’re just now getting Busters (released 2015 in Japan) and Yokai Watch 3 (released 2016 in Japan). We’ll probably have to import YW4 if we want to play it before 2020.

I’d love to see them take a note from Ni No Kuni’s gameplay. It’ll be interesting to see how they move forward, especially if they manage to get Jibanyan in Smash.

Holding back would imply that it will be ready by 2018, which I highly doubt it is. I think Pokemon is 2019 or later no matter what.

Ya i highly doubt Nintendo would change their planned release of Pokemon based on Yokai, however i could see Level 5 discussing with Nintendo about Pokemon release to figure out the best time to release Yokai.

I can see that as well. It'd be very awfully tough for Yokai Watch to compete when it's up against its daddy.

Oh wow! Summer is Very close! I guess that proves that what ever Nintendo will announce at e3, you can expect it to still release this year.

If Yokai Wach releases in July, August or early september. Pokemon releasing in mid or late November seems fine. Especially if YW 4 is July

Ya thats true, i forgot all 3 Yokai games released in July.