这款游戏最早在2011年10月15日的“将大家连在一起!!LEVEL-5世界2011盛典”活动中正式宣布,并于2013年7月11日发售。之后,Nintendo Switch移植版《妖怪手表1 for Nintendo Switch》于2019年10月10日发售,手机版《妖怪手表1 手机版》也于2021年7月10日开始配信。
"Yo-kai Watch" is a Nintendo 3DS role-playing game developed by LEVEL-5.
This game was first officially announced on October 15, 2011 at the "Connecting Everyone!! LEVEL-5 World 2011 Ceremony" event, and was released on July 11, 2013. Afterwards, the Nintendo Switch transplant version "Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch" was released on October 10, 2019, and the mobile version of "Yo-kai Watch 1 Mobile" was also released on July 10, 2021.
In the game, the player will play the role of a primary school student who unexpectedly meets a monster and starts a novel adventure. Players can use the watch to find more than 250 kinds of monsters and fight them. After defeating the monsters, there is a chance to become friends with them and complete the dictionary of monsters. This colorful game world has attracted the attention and love of many players.
The success of the game has not only been recognized by players, but also achieved great commercial success. According to a survey released by Famitsu on May 28, 2014, the game exceeded 1 million sales in 46 weeks after its release. As of December 28, 2020, the global sales of the "Yokai Watch" series of games have exceeded 16 million copies, which shows its popularity.