>>55964949You have to put yourself in their shoes to fully understand how the panic was
>be GF 2013, Japan>you're done releasing XY and working on ORAS final touches>suddenly this Yo-kai Watch showed up, breaking sale records in Japan>WTF feeling is setting in>double WTF when you realize a big anniversary is coming up>loyal western audiences? WHO THE FUCK CARE ABOUT THOSE FILTHY GAIJIN PIGS? THE JAPANESE AUIDANCE IS NUMBA ONE FOR US!!!>the whole 2015 and 21016 shitshow took place, the anime had to adapt that freaky ass art style and make Rotom of all things = Whisper and so on>the panic affected them slightly: the fucking logo was leaked ~two days prior to the announcement, the final starters evolutions leaked MONTHS in advance, the entire database was found in the demo...etc>few years later.... they figured out Level 5 was actually run by bunch of retards; it did not take long before shooting themselves in the foot Ten times>Crisis averted>no need to talk about it especially non-Japanese never knew what the fuck YW was anyway