Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch is an enhanced port of the original 3DS game, with several adjustments and improvements such as online battling, more Crank-a-kai chances, upscaled and washed out graphics, and other stuff... but has downsides such as Crank-a-kai autosaving, using real-life overpriced Yo-kai Keystones to get otherwise unobtainable Yo-kai, and the removal of the Yo-kai Cam. Overall, it's regarded as either superior or inferior to the original game, depending on who you ask.
This version would be the basis of the mobile port.
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Changes from the Original#
Audio Changes#
Some of the Yo-kai voices were changed.
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Robonyan's voice was changed to be more in line with how he sounds in the anime and later entries.
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Jibanyan now shouts out his Soultimate Move when he performs it.
Unused Graphics#
Character Talk Portraits#
Eyepo#
A completely unused portrait for the Eyepo save points, where the texture sheet is completely new to this port.
Debug Textures#
Unlike the original game, this version has a debug folder full of leftovers, prototype screenshots, and... developer faces?
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Leftover images of cutscenes from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stones.
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Images of the Yo-kai Medallium mockup.
- The first image lists a near-final Medallium Biography for the Yo-kai, except with placeholder text. Jibanyan is also listed as 002.
- The second image appears to be an earlier Yo-kai Medallium pages summoning using (from clockwise) Pandle, D'wanna, Dulluma, Blizzaria, Rollen, Ake, Peckpocket, and Noko. It seems to match up with Shogunyan's Medallium pages in the final.
- The third image appears to match that of the WHF Winter 2013 build of the game, as the maps match.
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A couple of unseen images.
- The first image of a boss battle against Slimamander. The models for Jibanyan, Walkappa, and Tattletell appear to be in a very early state, hence why they were redesigned from their initial revelation. The Boss Yo-kai health is also horizonal rather than vertical and the fight took place on a clear day rather than a stormy day.
- The second image appears to be in a mockup state rather than an unseen image due to exactly matching the same pose as seen in an earlier image. Strangely, Whisper is also marked as a playable Yo-kai with the Slippery Tribe (hence the Tribe Boost with Noko).
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What seem to be images of an early results screen, done in four different variants.
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Nintendo 3DS |
Yo-kai Watch (Prototype) • Yo-kai Watch 2 • Yo-kai Watch 3 |
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Wii U |
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Nintendo Switch |
Yo-kai Watch 4 • Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch • Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y - Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu |
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PlayStation 4 |
Yo-kai Watch 4 • Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y - Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu |
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iOS, Android |
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