Compared to this time last year, sales of Yo-Kai Watch merchandise in Japan are now a quarter of what they were. Prices have also been cut to help increase demand. Distribution issues are currently thought to be the problem but the issue may be more fundamental than that.
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The third Yo-Kai Watch movie beat out Star Wars at the Japanese box office – Destructoid
Yo-kai Watch 4 coming to PS4 - Gematsu
Japan's biggest selling game of 2014 wasn't Pokemon - Polygon
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So does anyone think we'll see a remake/remaster of Yo-kai Watch 2 on the Switch like Yo-kai Watch 1 did? : r/yokaiwatch
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