History YMMV / YokaiWatch

** Shogun Waitington’s sprite animation can be seen as him pulling up his pants. It’s not surprising because his pants are huge. And on top of that, if you just look at the animation, you can see his pants coming up, while his hands are around his hips.

** Whisper's relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, or Shogun Waitington in the English dub (as told by the Whistory Lesson sidequests from Psychic Specters and the Whisper's Secret Past episode of the anime) can come off as having a romantic slant to it. When Waitington first compliments Whisper on his skill as a tactician, Whisper responds by ''blushing heavily and swooning in embarrassment''. Later, Kin and Gin, while attempting to convince Whisper to change the future, refer to Waitington as "''your beloved'' Shogun Waitington". And when Waitington [[spoiler:accepts his fate to die in battle]], he makes sure to tell Whisper how his service and companionship made him a better person before leaving, causing Whisper to break down in tears. Sure, it's probably meant to show how much Whisper respects the Shogun and how honored he feels about assisting him, but it's easy for it to come off...a bit differently.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The series is a semi-flop in the West despite being a CashCowFranchise in Japan due to this, as the game goes into the concept of Yokai everywhere, even in a mundane modern city. Since "Yokai" is a very Japanese concept difficult to culturally translate, players outside that cultural sphere cannot see the appeal.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When it was revealed that the entire English dub cast for the anime was being replaced, many fans were worried this would be carried into the games as well. It was later revealed that the original cast would continue to reprise their roles for the games would ease concerns of many. They also provided the vocals for the summoning songs so a piece of them would remain throughout season 3.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** A number of fans think Hailey is a better romance option for Nate than Katie, whom he [[Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside canonically ends up with.]] They spend more time interacting, and Hailey has Yo-kai friends. Katie only gets to have (canon) friends in the various side-series/alternate universes.
** Katie/Eddie is this to Katie/Nate, especially in the games. Many fans find Nate too bland compared to Eddie.

** [[{{Kitsune}} Kyubi's]] human form is adorable and thus he's quite popular. His fox form is also popular, especially with kemono and furry fans.

* FandomSpecificPlot: A large chunk of fanfics are about an AlternateUniverse where Katie got the yo-kai watch instead of Nate. If not that, then they take place in a 'verse where a second watch appears and Katie obtains it.

* HoYay: Whisper's relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, or Shogun Waitington in the English dub (as told by the Whistory Lesson sidequests from Psychic Specters and the Whisper's Secret Past episode of the anime) can come off as having a romantic slant to it. When Waitington first compliments Whisper on his skill as a tactician, Whisper responds by ''blushing heavily and swooning in embarrassment''. Later, Kin and Gin, while attempting to convince Whisper to change the future, refer to Waitington as "''your beloved'' Shogun Waitington". And when Waitington [[spoiler:accepts his fate to die in battle]], he makes sure to tell Whisper how his service and companionship made him a better person before leaving, causing Whisper to break down in tears. Sure, it's probably meant to show how much Whisper respects the Shogun and how honored he feels about assisting him, but it's easy for it to come off...a bit differently.

** Image edits involving Maruder's[[labelnote:*]]The series's [[Series/TheXFiles Mulder]] {{Expy}}[[/labelnote]] face are very popular among Japanese fans.

** While this franchise is ''huge'' back in Japan, a majority of American consumers have responded with little to no interest, though both the games and anime have still gained a small but incredibly loyal fanbase there. First, there's indifference from the fact that it deals with the childish aspects of Myth/JapaneseMythology (which, while popular among certain niches in the US, [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore a number of them prefer the darker and bloodier side of it]], while some [[LostInTranslation don't get the specific references]]). Then, there's the seething hatred caused by a massive FandomRivalry with {{Franchise/Pokemon}} (which already exists in Japan, but not to the extent of the US's), due to Creator/{{Nintendo}} being the licensor outside of Japan, people calling it a "Pokemon killer" judging by the Japanese sales (Ignoring the gaming culture differences between the US and Japan), and trying to [[AdoredByTheNetwork promote]] the heck out of the game, leading to some HypeBacklash. With the release of ''Yo-kai Watch 2'', most of the hate seems to have died down. However, some have turned to ''Yokai Watch'' as a scapegoat (alongside ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'') due to the perceived dumbing down of the Mainline ''Pokemon'' games. This came to a boil after ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''‘s release and when the [[VideoGame/YokaiWatch4 fourth game's]] trailer for the Switch. Because ''Yokai Watch'''s popularity in Japan has (supposedly) influenced the direction of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' Anime to a more school SliceOfLife style as opposed to the more adventure driven previous seasons, some have assumed that ''Let's Go's'' design changes and LighterAndSofter nature are attributed to an attempt to appeal to ''Yokai Watch'' fans. (Never mind that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the manga has always run in a magazine targeted at grade-schoolers]])

* HoYay: Whisper's relationship with Shogun Waitington (as told by the Whistory Lesson sidequests from Psychic Specters and the Whisper's Secret Past episode of the anime) can come off as having a romantic slant to it. When Waitington first compliments Whisper on his skill as a tactician, Whisper responds by ''blushing heavily and swooning in embarrassment''. Later, Kin and Gin, while attempting to convince Whisper to change the future, refer to Waitington as "''your beloved'' Shogun Waitington". And when Waitington [[spoiler:accepts his fate to die in battle]], he makes sure to tell Whisper how his service and companionship made him a better person before leaving, causing Whisper to break down in tears. Sure, it's probably meant to show how much Whisper respects the Shogun and how honored he feels about assisting him, but it's easy for it to come off...a bit differently.

* MemeticBadass: While Ledballoon is an obscure yo-kai of little significance throughout the series, there is a small subset of fans who like to claim he's the strongest yo-kai in the series. Just look at his muscles. Dude's jacked.

** The Black Oni Orcanos is infamous for being one of the hardest bosses in every game for a variety of reasons. In the Original, he is a Level 99 Boss who can defeat most yokai in two hits, has no elemental weakness and is extremely fast and missable aswell as having a powerful Soultimate that can essentially one-shot any enemy. In Yokai Watch 2, he is made even harder by being [[spoiler:the final boss of the hardest Boss Rush]]. This means you can't use items this time and without a good healer, there is no method of reviving allies. In Yo-Kai Watch 3, he was finally given new powers. With bombs in different patterns, a powerful AoE and strong new attacks which will lock on to one of your Yokai or cover some of the tiles to black, preventing you from seeing the patterns for his special attacks properly.

* VindicatedByHistory: On the Western side, the franchise has always struggled with being compared to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' ever since the beginning, and [[AmericansHateTingle was scrutinized for it as a result]]. Then one day on Website/Twitter, a hashtag for #SaveYoKaiWatch popped up, as a way to keep awareness for the franchise alive due to popularity waning at the time. Suddenly, a bunch of Western fans made themselves known talking about how much they love the series and don't want it to fade away, to the point where it was trending.

** While this franchise is ''huge'' back in Japan, a majority of American consumers have responded with little to no interest, though both the games and anime have still gained a small but incredibly loyal fanbase there. First, there's indifference from the fact that it deals with the childish aspects of Myth/JapaneseMythology (which, while popular among certain niches in the US, [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore a number of them prefer the darker and bloodier side of it]], while some [[LostInTranslation don't get the specific references]]). Then, theres the seething hatred caused by a massive FandomRivalry with {{Franchise/Pokemon}} (which already exists in Japan, but not to the extent of the US's), due to Creator/{{Nintendo}} being the licensor outside of Japan, people calling it a "Pokemon killer" judging by the Japanese sales (Ignoring the gaming culture differences between the US and Japan), and trying to [[AdoredByTheNetwork promote]] the heck out of the game, leading to some HypeBacklash. With the release of ''Yo-kai Watch 2'', most of the hate seems to have died down. However, some have turned to ''Yokai Watch'' as a scapegoat (alongside ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'') due to the perceived dumbing down of the Mainline ''Pokemon'' games. This came to a boil after ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''‘s release and when the [[VideoGame/YokaiWatch4 fourth game's]] trailer for the Switch. Because ''Yokai Watch'''s popularity in Japan has (supposedly) influenced the direction of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' Anime to a more school SliceOfLife style as opposed to the more adventure driven previous seasons, some have assumed that ''Let's Go's'' design changes and LighterAndSofter nature are attributed to an attempt to appeal to ''Yokai Watch'' fans. (Never mind that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the manga has always run in a magazine targeted at grade-schoolers]])

* ThatOneBoss: Sproink is this for plenty of players due to them falling for his [[SchmuckBait unique method]] of charging up his Soultimate.

* TheScrappy: Jerry in the anime. He is a borderline EthnicScrappy, who seems to embody some of the worse of the non-patriotic American stereotypes: an idiot, addicted to sweets, loud fat and obnoxious, NoSenseOfPersonalSpace, and an uncaring collector. Not only that, he is a walking KarmaHoudini that’s practically a CreatorsPet at this point due to being a menace to all Yo-kai he’s met, having a habit of eating any Yo-kai based on sweets or the like, physically harass Yo-kai for their Medals just because he can (this has gotten to the point where most Yo-Kai would give their Medals away to make him leave them alone as opposed to actually befriending him), uses the ''horribly'' outdated original Yo-kai Watch because he likes the sound bite of when you insert any medal in the wrong way and was actually ''disappointed'' upon learning the right way to do things and the actual gimmick to the Watches. Jerry also has a habit of being a source of BlackComedy, which can come off as unfunny because typically the only thing many of the Yo-kai did wrong was inspirit someone Nate knew, and he can appear with little warning.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** From "Yo-Kai Spenp," the aesop seems to be "it's okay to waste your money on frivolous stuff, because you'll be able to get what you really want after you win the lottery."
** More generally, the entire premise of the show seems to be "anything bad that happens or anything someone does wrong is always a yo-kai's fault." So basically, unless you have a yo-kai watch you'll never overcome your problems - just give up and hope the yo-kai gets bored of you. And if somebody else is being a jerk, don't hold them accountable for it, because it's just a yo-kai inspiriting them.

** Befriending Yo-kai is basically all up to luck. You can give a Yo-kai their favorite food but they're not guaranteed to join you. A Yo-kai can also approach you even if you don't give it food, or you can give food to one Yo-kai only to have another one join you instead. Even with the many changes ''Yo-Kai Watch 2'' brought in to make befriending less of a headache, RNG still has a presence in the mechanics.