Yo-kai Watch 3

is the third game of the Yo-kai Watch franchise. It was first announced during the Level-5 Vision 2015.

Story
As the story takes place in America, Nathan and his family move to St. Peanutsburg for business.

Yo-kai
The game debuts new Yo-kai, known as Merican Yo-kai that are wandering in the places of St. Peanutsburg.

Yo-kai Watch U
Yo-kai Watch U is a new watch that has the ability to see both American and Classic Yo-kai. The watch will also be compatible with Classic Yo-kai Medals, Z Yo-kai medals and the newly introduced Merican Yo-kai Medals.

Announcements
At first, the game was announced during an issue in the Japanese magazine CoroCoro. Level-5 announced that more information will be showed during their annual Level-5 Vision 2015 event. During the Level-5 Vision 2015, the company showed a trailer and revealed that the game will take place in America. They also revealed a new protagonist alongside Nathan, which the new protagonist is revealed to be named Inaho Misora and her own Yo-kai USApyon.

Further, it has revealed that the game takes place in St. Peanutsburg, USA, where the player can encounter new Yo-kai that are commonly known in the western world. It is known that the game takes place in both America and Japan.

Level-5 announced that the game will be released somewhere during the summer of 2016 in Japan.

Trivia

 * Yo-kai Watch 3 is the first Yo-kai Watch game in the series that takes place in a different country rather than in Japan.