Yo-kai Watch

Youkai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) is an RPG developed and published by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on July 11, 2013. Two manga adaptations have been produced, and an anime television series began airing in Japan from January 2014. Level-5 has announced that the game will be translated into English and released abroad.

In the game the player searches around Sakura New Town for Yo-Kai using the 3DS' touchscreen. Players befriend Youkai by giving them a food that they like before beginning battle, and after defeating the Youkai it approaches the player character and gives him or her its Youkai Medal, allowing it to be summoned at will. Youkai can also be acquired through an in game Gasha Machine by collecting in-game coins or using Play Coins. Certain Youkai are necessary for completing the game's main quest, and special rare Youkai are acquired through various subquests.

Youkai have the capability to evolve into more powerful versions of themselves if they reach a certain level, or they can evolve by combining with particular items or other Youkai. The Youkai are divided amongst eight different classes, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. There are also Legend Youkai that can only be obtained by collecting a particular set of Youkai listed in the Youkai Dictionary, a compendium of the different Yo-Kai the player has encountered or befriended, and also Boss Youkai that cannot be befriended.

When the player encounters a Youkai, he enters into battle with it using six Youkai that the player has befriended previously. The touchscreen is used during battles to rotate amongst the player's Youkai in battle at will. It is also used either to clear up status effects on the player's Youkai or to charge up the Youkai's special abilities.

Story
One day, whilst searching for bugs in the woods in Sakura New Town, a boy named Keita Amano (or alternatively a girl named Fumika Kodama) comes across a peculiar capsule machine next to a sacred tree. When he opens one of the capsules up, it brings forth a Youkai (a ghost or a spirit) named Whisper, who gives Keita a device known as the Youkai Watch. Using this, Keita is able to identify and see various different Youkai that are haunting people and causing mischief. Together, Keita and Whisper start making friends with all sorts of Youkai, which he can summon to battle against more ill-intentioned Youkai that happen to live in his town, haunting the residents and causing terrible trouble.