Yo-kai Watch 3 - tons of details about characters, battle system and more

Protagonists
Keita Amano (and Jibanyan)
- moves to the United States due to his father’s work
- some of the locations include: St. Peanutsburg, a Residential Area (Suburbs), Keita’s home, the Johnson Space Center Lab of the NASU (NASA spoof)

Misora Inaho (and USApyon)
- in Japon (actual name)
- locations include Sakura New Town (Springdale), Aobahara (Akihabara spoof), the NyaKB headquarters, and more

Characters in the Japon story
USA-Pyon (voiced by Shigemoto Kotori)
keeps pretending to be tough, but actually hates being alone in its shop
- adds “dani” at the end of its sentences
- was apparently the very first animal to be sent to space thanks to the NASU, which is where it met with Doctor Pyuri
- when he is angry, he activates Vader Mode

Misora Inaho (voiced by Yuuki Aoi)
- admits being a bit of an otaku
- quite a shy person, and doesn’t really talk much with others at school
- where she has a relatively tough time, even though she doesn’t really have a dark personality or anything
- avid TV watcher, loves sci-fi, and actually believes that everyone at school is being possessed by aliens
- little brother is called Riku
- together with USApyon, Misora Inaho runs a detective agency of some sort

Yuuka Ishinomori
- she’s Misora Inaho’s childhood friend, and together, they talk about a lot of things

Kirara Hoshikaze
- a rich girl always followed by two escorts

Battle system, Yo-kai and more
- you will get to control both characters, and you will switch from one to the other several times as the story progresses
- Yo-kai Watch 3 will also introduce a brand new battle system, which works in a 3×3 grid
- send three Yo-kai in battle, and you move their medals around in order to make formations, evade enemy attacks, and more
- battle system is quite different from the one found in the first two entries, though Soultimate moves are still present
- over 600  Yo-kai in the game
- umber includes all those from previous entries, new variants of previous Yo-kai, but also some brand new “Meriken/’murican” Yo-kai (american Yo-kai), new Legendary Yo-kai, and more
- Also new bosses to fight
- Examples of Yo-kai are Tomnyan, K-Koma, K-Jiro, Brookrin (Brooklyn), HungryG, Country Baaba, Robonyan USA, Obagett, Iballoon, Fuancan, Inchicken, Marunugget, Ashita Girl (Tomorrow Girl), Maikka (My Car), Dasokks (The Socks), Pintocorn, Nikuyaki (Meat + Barbecue), Android Yamada, Edison (Legendary Yo-kai) and Colombus (Legendary Yo-kai)
- early puchase retail version bonus: KK Brothers medal (Sushi) / medal of Tomnyan (Tempura)
- early puchase downloadable version bonus: Sushijiba (Sushi) / Tenkoma (Tempura)
- If you own Yo-kai Sangokushi, Yo-kai Watch Busters (both versions) or Yo-kai Watch 2 (all three versions), you can net yourself some special creatures
- Level-5 says the same will be updated multiple times