Kids can pretend to summon the crazy Yo-kai characters from the animated show by placing a Yo-kai Medal into the Yo-kai Watch Model Zero toy. The Yo-kai Watch Model Zero features Yo-Motion Technology which projects a short animation of each Yo-kai! Insert a Yo-Motion Medal into the watch to see a mini-animation of that Yo-kai appear on a nearby flat surface and hear summoning sounds, that character’s name, and some even play a tribe song! Fans can also scan Yo-Motion Medals with the Yo-kai Watch Land app for more fun and games.
- They’re everywhere, causing daily annoyances, and they’re invisible except to the characters who have befriended them.
- In Yo-kai Watch’s case, kids jam coins into a Yo-kai gashapon machine and get a medal that they can use to play Yo-kai arcade games.
- (book, pages and medals each sold separately, subject to availability).
- In Series 1 of the Yo-Motion Medal Mystery Bags, there are 30 Yo-kai character medals to collect (2 medals per bag, each bag sold separately, subject to availability).
Yo-kai Watch Land, available for iOS and Android, is part pokédex, part AR game, and entirely free, arriving on time for the launch of Yo-kai’s physical products in North America. It hinges on scanning QR codes on the Yo-kai medals that accompany each Yo-kai toy, and also are sold separately in blind bags of three. The toy packaging allows anyone to scan the front of the medal into their app without purchasing it. That QR code adds the particular creature to the index on the collector’s app. The back of the medal can only be scanned if the package is bought and opened. That code unlocks the Yo-kai — mystical gremlins who roam around our world unseen (according to Yo-kai Watch’s main concept) — in one of three minigames.
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Ask a parent before going online. Characters sometimes have those days where nothing goes right. They fart in a crowded elevator! Chances are, a Yo-kai is to blame. They’re everywhere, causing daily annoyances, and they’re invisible except to the characters who have befriended them.
The Yo-Motion Medal design activates a fun feature in the Yo-kai Watch Model Zero (sold separately)! There are two Yo-kai Yo-Motion Medals in every Yo-Motion Medal Mystery Bag, and it’s a surprise to see what’s inside. In Series 1 of the Yo-Motion Medal Mystery Bags, there are 30 Yo-kai character medals to collect (2 medals per bag, each bag sold separately, subject to availability).
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This approximates the Japanese arcade experience. These features are still unlockable for free in the app, but it takes a lot of grinding. There’s a photo booth, stickers, and other virtual toys players can use to personalize their Yo-kai bestiary. Gashapon are vending machines, getting their name onomatopoeically from the sound they make when they dispense capsules with goodies inside.
They want what they want on every device they own, whether it’s a mobile phone, a 3DS, or a video they’re watching on YouTube. Discover the wacky world of the Yo-kai by scanning the Yo-Motion medal with the Yo-kai Watch Land app. The toys-to-life aspect is a key differentiator, though the franchise has yet to show the same impact here as it has seen over the past three years in Japan. Updates may affect compatibility. Check yokaiwatch.hasbro.com for compatibility, availability and instructions.
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In Yo-kai Watch’s case, kids jam coins into a Yo-kai gashapon machine and get a medal that they can use to play Yo-kai arcade games. North America has next to no arcade culture remaining, so the challenge facing its stateside launch was how to replicate that part of the Yo-kai experience. Imagine summoning Yo-kai with the Yo-kai Watch! Insert a Yo-Motion medal into the Yo-kai Watch Model Zero to see an animation of that Yo-kai and hear the character’s name and other sounds! (Watch and medals each sold separately, subject to availability.) Most medals also play a tribe song.
- North America has next to no arcade culture remaining, so the challenge facing its stateside launch was how to replicate that part of the Yo-kai experience.
- Check yokaiwatch.hasbro.com for compatibility, availability and instructions.
- Updates may affect compatibility.
Collect and store Yo-Motion medals in the Yo-kai Medallium Collection Book. Learn more about each character with the Medallium Collection Book Pages and organize your collection! (book, pages and medals each sold separately, subject to availability). With Yo-kai Watch Land, Level-5 and co-developer Hasbro are banking on the idea that kids don’t really care about platforms.
