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YOKAI WATCH

Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 25, 2016
New releases fill in the gaps in gaming
A necessary evil
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 6, 2016
How 'Yo-Kai Watch' beat 'Star Wars' at the box office in Japan
As 2015 came to a close, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was the movie on everyone's lips, with fans dressed up in costumes and camping out to buy tickets, and a social media presence bigger than the Jabba the Hutt. Yet, despite breaking all box-office records on its opening weekend in the United States, the new "Star Wars" ranked only No. 2 in Japan (with more than 800,000 viewers), beaten to the top spot by "Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan!," which had almost 1 million viewers. A week later, this cheap and chirpy big-screen version of a Japanese kids cartoon derived from a Nintendo game kicked Jedi butt again.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 28, 2015
Dance with yokai, go to a monster gym, then entrench yourself on the Star Wars' battlefront
Time to get into the groove with 'Yokai Watch Dance'
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jul 25, 2015
Yoshi gets knitted in his new woolly world
Yoshi gets knitted in his new woolly world
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2015
Toy industry rides video game megahit 'Yokai Watch' to record sales
Thanks to items related to megahit video game "Yokai Watch," the domestic toy market saw the best sales in a decade in fiscal 2014, the Japan Toy Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
McDonald's turns outlet into 'Yokai Watch' hamburger joint
McDonald's Co. (Japan) has decked out an outlet in Tokyo's Odaiba district to make it look like a hamburger shop that appears in the megahit "Yokai Watch" anime and game series.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 23, 2014
Gaming that looks good inside and out
Xbox keeps its cool for the summer

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