Yo-kai Cam

The is a feature in Yo-kai Watch and its sequel in which you take pictures of peoples' faces and find Yo-kai inspiriting them, be it in real life or over the Internet. Finding new Yo-kai in various numbers starting out until it reaches the multiples of 10 will unlock milestone rewards, which are redeemable at the Lambert Post Office in Uptown Springdale.

Registering Yo-kai via the Yo-kai Cam will be influenced by the distance, the lighting, and the quality of the picture.

There are also challenges where you have to find a certain tribe or rank of Yo-kai/Yo-kai that possesses certain traits, that changes in a, with a total of 64 challenges in all. Completing these challenges will unlock rewards.

In the first game, Yo-kai Cam is unlocked upon completing the first chapter. In the second game, Yo-kai Cam is unlocked during the start of the third chapter.

Tips for Inspiritment
When snapping a Yo-kai, the game will offer a "tip" for the person inspirited by that Yo-kai.

Trivia

 * During the localization of the first game, six challenges were cut from the English version of the game, as said challenges had to deal with the Japanese writing system.
 * It is possible to exploit the reward system of the Yo-kai Cam's challenges in the first game by changing the Time/Date settings of the Nintendo 3DS and bounce around two dates within the 64-day schedule of the Yo-kai Cam challenges. Doing this exploit is thusly inadvisable to players who frequently play games that heavily revolve around the 3DS' Date/Time setting, such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
 * Doing so will earn you the ire of Gargaros, who does not like tricksters. Doing this will make Terror Time happen fractionally more likely.
 * It is possible to lose your ability to claim a prize. All one has to do is close the suspended Yo-kai Watch software on the Nintendo 3DS without exiting out of the Yo-kai Cam.
 * Alternatively, you can lose the prize by not picking it up prior to midnight.
 * While the Gemnyans are capable of being found in Yo-kai Cam, it is not until the player has befriended one in their currently-used Journal.

In other languages
Yo-kai-Kamera
 * Italian: Fotocamera Yo-kai