Gates of Whimsy

Gates of Whimsy (Japanese: きまぐれゲート, Kimagure Gēto) are mysterious doors that appear in Yo-kai Watch games. They're also unusual gateways to sub-dimensions that offer challenges to whoever steps through the doorway, as well as offering rewards for besting them.

Diana Gately is known to be a researcher, and tasks the player with finding a certain amount of Gate Globes to unlock the Big Gates.

Overview[]

Each Gates of Whimsy appears in a specific location around Springdale (except for Excellent Tower) or BBQ, and can be found when the Yo-kai Watch lenses react like when Yo-kai Spots are near by showing a question mark instead of the Yo-kai's Rank. They appear in a different location of a district once per in-game day when they're cleared or not.

Stepping into the Gates of Whimsy transports the player to the inside of a building or an alternate world, which sometimes contain Yo-kai that must be battled. The area is covered with a rainbow-like atmosphere, representing the illusive feel of it. Each room contains a Gate Globe, where they are required to be obtained to open another set of doors called the Big Gates.

There are four types of Rooms that are chosen at random when a player enters the Gates of Whimsy, which each have an objective. A Battle Room (Japanese: 戦の間, Sen no ma) is where the player must fight off all the Yo-kai to make the Gate Globe appear, while the Expert Room (Japanese: 修羅の間, Shura no ma) contains a single and strong Yo-kai of a higher rank or level. Other than fighting Yo-kai, there is also the Speed Room (Japanese: 疾走の間, Shissō no ma) where the player must escape it within the time limit and the Bizzare Room (Japanese: 奇妙の間, Kimyō no ma) which has unusual objectives for the player to fulfill.

After completing a room, a rainbow-covered orb called a Gate Globe appears for the player to collect. Exiting the Gates of Whimsy transports the player back to the real world, where they will come out of unusual entrances of the location they've first entered, like the inside of a manhole or under some shrubs. If the player's Yo-kai faint, they are taken outside of the Gates of Whimsy.

Big Gates[]

Main article: Big Gates

AE4368E5-2A68-44AB-A1A3-99CC82B7E7AD — The first Big Gate.

Big Gates are giant, fixed Gates of Whimsy located within the Gourd Pond Museum Vault, locked to the player unless they have enough Gate Globes to feed the doors.

The first of the Big Gates need 5 Gate Globes to unlock, which opens to a dimension with more Big Gates to feed, which increases in count from left to right. The leftmost door needs 10, the left 20, the right 30, and the rightmost 40. In the center, there is the largest of the Big Gates, but in order to access it, the player must clear the other Big Gates.

In the games[]

Yo-kai Watch 2[]

In Chapter 3, the player must meet Mrs. Gately to start the Key Request called The Gates of Whimsy. The player will be tasked by the researcher to find it, so the player can unlock the first Big Gate. Note that Gate's can only link to areas the player has unlocked in the story.

There are four big gates which require the biggest to be opened so the player can fight with Eyephoon.

The "Can-Kicking Zone" requires 10 gate globes to unlock. Here, the player must avoid obstacles and kick a can into the scoring area.

The "Traffic-Light Zone" requires 20 gate globes to unlock. Here, the player must toggle traffic lights on and off. If the player crosses a crosswalk with a red light, they are placed in a battle with Gargaros.

"Compunzer's Zone" requires 30 gate globes to unlock. The player must slide to the finish, avoiding Yo-Kai on the slide.

The "Quiz Room" requires 40 gate globes to unlock. Here, the player must solve a number of Baffle Boards, and befriend Yo-Kai in the room to unlock the next room.

Yo-kai Watch 3[]

Diana Gately has moved her research to St. Peanutsburg in BBQ.

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Gate Locations[]

Yo-kai Watch 2[]

Uptown Springdale[]

On the wall by the river below the north-western exit to Blossom Heights
In the parking lot above the florists in the west
Behind Everymart
By the houses to the east of Triangle Park
In the parking lot west of Piggleston Bank

Blossom Heights[]

Outside Springdale Hot Springs
Directly east of Everymart by the patch of water
On the eastern part of the wall below the apartments
Behind Shoten Temple
On the bend in the road north-east of Wayfarer Manor
On the thin diagonal walkway north of Wayfarer Manor

Shopper's Row[]

Outside Mary's Coin Laundry
In the grassy area north-west of the bridge and Everymart
West of the parking lot in the north-east
In the north of the bicycle parking lot in the southern centre
In the north-west segment of the outside of Nocturne Hospital

Downtown Springdale[]

In the far north-west by the river
Outside Frostia's Place
In the south-west in the northern-most place by the path by the sea
In the south-west below the south-western-most building
Directly west of the Sea Tunnel

Breezy Hills[]

Outside Gourd Pond Museum on the right
In the far south-west along the path by the river just above the stairs
On the south-western side of the square of houses directly north of the central entrance to Uptown Springdale
In the north-eastern apartments garden up the stairs
In the south of the segment south of Eddie's House by the stairs

Yo-kai Watch 3[]

Uptown Springdale[]

In the parking lot above the florists in the west
Behind Everymart
By the houses to the east of Triangle Park
In the parking lot west of Piggleston Bank
At the wall next to Mr. Crabbycat at the Riverbank

Blossom Heights[]

On the eastern part of the wall below the apartments
Behind Shoten Temple
On the thin diagonal walkway north of Wayfarer Manor
Directly north-east of Wayfarer Manor

Shopper's Row[]

Outside Mary's Coin Laundry
West of the parking lot in the north-east
In the north of the bicycle parking lot in the southern centre
South of Nocturne Hospital

Downtown Springdale[]

In the far north-west by the river
Outside Frostia's Place
In the south-west in the northern-most place by the path by the sea
Directly west of the Sea Tunnel

Breezy Hills[]

Outside Gourd Pond Museum on the right
In the far south-west along the path by the river just above the stairs
On the south-western side of the square of houses directly north of the central entrance to Uptown Springdale
In the north-eastern apartments garden up the stairs

Sparkopolis[]

North of the western section
On the path east of the Everymart
At the centre of the segment directly above the eastern pool of water

Southmond[]

West of the Police Station
On the western side of Acornia Bank
On the west of the front of Southmond School
Just below the north-western-most part of the north-eastern-most block of houses

Northbeech[]

On the street west of the boat yard
West of the Everymart
In the western part of the northern narrow street in the block of buildings west of Town Hall
In the western part of the narrow southern narrow street in the block of buildings east of Town Hall

East Pine[]

On the western side of the Church
On the back western side of Phantomart
In the garden of the houses just north-west of the Phantomart parking lot
In the south-eastern bend in the path in the south-western-most block of housing also where the Mirapo and Eyepo are situated

Gates[]

These are the known Gates of Whimsy.

Yo-kai Watch 2[]

Gate Location	Type of Gate	Area	Yo-kai	Reward	Rarity 1%-100%	Goal
Outside Gourd Pond Museum	Battle room	Banter Bakery	Dummkap, Peckpocket	Gate Globe	100% of the Gate (Absolutely Sure)	2 battles
Outside Gourd Pond Museum	Battle Room	Everymart Uptown	Hissfit, Pandle, Dummkap	3 Gate Globes	?%	3 Battles
Outside Gourd Pond Museum	Battle Room	Belly Buster Curry	Coughkoff, Suspicioni, Terrorpotta, Minochi	2 Gate Globes	?%	2 Battles
East of Triangle Park, Uptown Springdale	Expert Room	Mary's Coin Laundry	Skelebella	?	?	1 Battle
Hot Springs & Breezy Hills Estates - Near bridge to Uptown Springdale	Battle Room	Toys iZ We	Snaggly, Sandmeh, Lafalotta, Squeeky, Papa Windbag, Komajiro, Cutta-nah	2 Gate Globes	90% (-)	??
Outside Frostia's Place	Battle Room	Bernstein House - 1F	Pupsicle, Slush	2 Gate Globes	?% (-)	??
Next to the river by the entrance to Uptown Springdale	Battle Room	Breezy Hills	Buhu, Leggly, Nosirs	2 Gate Globes	20% of Gate (-)	??
Parking lot left of Blossom Heights Everymart	Bizarre Room	Timers & More	None	3 Gate Globes	??% (-)
By the Apartments and is on the right side of the building and inside the garden		Wisteria Gardens	Lie-in, Snotsolong, Ake	2 Gate Globes	40% of Gate (-)
Behind Wayfarer Manor on the thin, diagonal walkway.	Battle Room	Foundation Academy	Shmoopie, Shmoopie and Signibble Draggie, Draggie, Cutta-nah	2 Gate Globes	??% (-)	2 battles
Behind Wayfarer Manor on the thin, diagonal walkway.	Battle Room	Stone House	Dazzabel, Dazzabel and Ake Dazzabel, Dazzabel, Snaggly Dazzabel, Dazzabel, Snaggly	3 Gate Globes	?	3 battles
North of Shopper's Row Everymart, left of the large parking lot	Battle Room	Nom Burger	Terrorpotta, Wazzat, Shmoopie, Cutta-nah, Signibble	3 Gate Globes	?% (-)	??
Under the bridge in Uptown Springdale near the river connecting it to the north side of Blossom Heights	Battle Room	Bernstein House - 1F	Snotsolong	4 Gate Globes	50% (-)	4 Battles
In the lot of the Breezy Hill's Store	Battle Room	The Store of Breezy Hills	???	5 Gate Globes	5% of Gate (-)	5 Battles
Breezy Hills Estates - Near bridge to Uptown Springdale	Bizarre Room	Adams/Forester House	None	2 Gate Globes	?%	Make all girls/boys leave Nate/Katie's house
Breezy Hills Estates - Near bridge to Uptown Springdale	Expert Room	Chloro-Phil Good	Slacka-slash		?%	1 Battle
Blossom Heights, next to the Springdale Hot Springs.	Expert Room	Chloro-Phil Good	Slacka-slash	4 Gate Globes	?%	1 Battle
Breezy Hills Estates - Near bridge to Uptown Springdale	Bizarre Room	Adams/Forester House	None	2 Gate Globes	?%	Make all girls/boys leave Nate/Katie's house
West of Shopper's Row Everymart, below Coin Wash	Bizzare Room	Timers & More	None	3 Gate Globes	?%	Take a 3 Question Yo-kai Quiz
Central car park, Shopper's Row	Battle Room	Superior Style	Enerfly, Enerfly, Minochi Leggly, Leggly, Sandmeh	2 Gate Globes	?%	2 Battles

Arcadia Arcade[]

Yo-kai		Rank	Allies	Level	Time	Weather	Rate
	Cupistol			6, 40-43	Anytime	Any	?%
	Shmoopie			6, 40-43	Anytime	Any	?%

Yo-kai Watch 3[]

Battle Rooms[]

Area		Gate Globes given
Piggleston Bank	Brokenbrella	3
	Skranny
	Skranny
Seabreeze Tunnel	Dulluma	3
	Nagatha
	Nagatha
Whatta Find	Manjimutt	2
Whatta Find	Ake	2
Tempura Tempest	Grubsnitch	2
Tempura Tempest	Grubsnitch	2
Anime Chum	Treetter	3
	T-Wrecks
	Soloman

Challenge Rooms[]

In the anime[]

The Gates of Whimsy make a brief appearance at the end of EP161, where it was actually created by an illusion fused with Failian, Elder Bloom and Illoo's powers.

Trivia[]

There is an earlier artwork of Nathan Adams, where his Yo-kai Watch strangely resembles the Gate Globes found in the Gates of Whimsy.
It is unknown how the Gates of Whimsy are created, but in the Yo-kai Watch anime series they are implied to be created from Yo-kai with intense illusion-bending powers.
In Yo-kai Watch 3, using the Gates of Whimsy in BBQ can transport them to locations in Springdale (Region) before they complete the main story.

In other languages[]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	きまぐれゲート Kimagure Gēto
Spanish	Portal Místico
French	Portail mystère
Italian	Portali Bizzarri
German	Portal der Launen
Dutch	Grillige Poorten
Korean	신기한 문 Singihan mun
Russian	Врата причуд Vrata prichud