Crank-a-kai

The Crank-A-Kai appears to be an ancient Capsule Machine that appears at the base of the great tree located behind the Wildwood Shrine. Instead of the normal prizes, the capsules within the Crank-A-Kai contain various imprisoned Yokai as well as other random items.

History
The Yokai trapped within the Crank-A-Kai were sealed within over two-hundred years ago by a priest. It was also said that an Innocent Yokai was imprisoned along with them. It remained behind a series of physical barriers behind the Wildwoond Shrine.

In the Present Day, Nathan Adams ignores the barriers blocking the Crank-A-Kai in search of a rare bug and finds the machine. He capitulates to the machine after it vocally demands he insert a coin and winds up freeing Whisper, who gives him the Yokai Watch, beginning the series proper.

Function
The Crank-A-Kai is a prison which holds several dangerous Yokai within it. In the game, the Player can revisit the Crank-A-Kai up to three times per day and operate it with special coins, which come in one color for each Yokai Tribe, as well as some more elusive coin types.

What the player will get from the Crank-A-Kai is predetermined when the game is first started, one cannot simply reset and try again if they find their results lacking, though one can still mess with the internal clock to gain additional draws.