Is Yo-kai Watch gaining popularity in Japan?

while the latest version of Yokai Watch has sold only 695,806 copies. The sales of the last week is more for Pokemon than Yokai Watch (9046 vs 3642). The previous game of Yokai Watch sold 2,636,935 copies by February 2016 so the sales are slowing down. read more

I think that understates its popularity quite a bit. Digimon may be bigger in Japan than it is in the west, but it's never been that big, where as Yo-kai Watch achieved a level of success that Pokemon did back in the day, it's everywhere. read more

The first movie, Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, was released in Japan on December 20, 2014, The second movie, Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, was released in Japan on December 19, 2015, and the third movie, Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!, an anime and live action movie was released in Japan on December 17, 2016 A fourth film, Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu, opened in Japan on December 16, 2017. read more