>>56532279>I'm still baffled as to why Gamefreak went into panic over itIt wasn't just Gamefreak, it was the entire Japanese kid franchise world as a whole. Yokai Watch got absurdly popular so quick that shareholders everywhere collectively shat their pants and demanded the franchises they had invested on made changes to be more like that super lucrative stuff kids clearly are into these days.
Here's what they did to Duel Masters.
