>>34830299>>34830385>>34831139it's less "haha my frranchise is better than us" and more than Level 5 and all their license holders were babbling about being the next big thing and overtake pokemon at every chance
They were so greedy and desperate they made Yokai Watch 3 all based around American culture with absolutely atrocious designs, made a pokemon style dual release and then just 5 months later released the third version, and it bombed so hard the franchise is getting a movie reboot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-kai_Watch_Shadowside:_Oni-ō_no_FukkatsuThey deserve to be laughed at.