>>32106698Having played both, I don't feel it. The title cards for the Z-Moves are clearly inspired by Level-5 stuff, most egregiously Inazuma Eleven, but it ends there.
And while Yo-kai Watch is a big step down from past Level-5 titles for me--I can replay any Inazuma Eleven or Danball Senki title any day while I have no real desire to ever revisit the first two Yo-kai Watch games--I'd still say it's got a lot more to like in it than SM if you can get past the absolutely cancerous gacha mechanics.