Board Thread:Off-topic/@comment-26967247-20161109195936/@comment-26268426-20161208201627

Force Bender83 wrote: I ban you all because Yokai Watch is a pokemon rip-off. I ban you because sure there may be battles against monsters with your own, there are significant differences in the Yo-kai watch game's battle system and Pokemon's battle system.

1: Moves.

Similarities: Pokemon and yo kai can learn up to 4 total moves and you battle your pokemon agains enemy pokemon. You battle yo-kai against other yo-kai

Differences: In Pokemon you have complete control over what you do and the moves are made in a turn-based fashion. In Yo-kai watch you have no control over what moves your Yo-kai uses aside from soultimate moves and the combat is more like freelance.

Also, there are no trainer battles except for Umbane, who is the leader of Kaima/The Wicked.

Why? Because you cannot see the yo-kai without yo kai watch/family trait and even if you do have the family trait Yo-kai medals are useless(Except for summoning legendaries) without the watch.

But boss yo-kai(Which in those battles you only battle one yo-kai, and that's the boss) make up for the lack of gym leaders as required battles that are needed to progress through the game.

Similarities: Pokemon and yo kai have a trait that effects the battle or opponent.

Differences: Pokemon's abilities are more like passive skills that may not effect an opponent. Yo-kai inspirits can always take effect on a target unless it has an uncommon passivie skill that makes it immune to enemy inspirits.

3: Evolution

Similarites: Some Yo-kai and Pokemon need to be either be effected by an object or gain a certain level to evolve.

Differences: Yo-kai rarely share an evolution item [EG: Pikachu and Eevee both need a thunderstone. However, You may be able to use a general's soul on Rignoggin(Who resembles a stag beetle samurai) to evolve it, but it will not work on Beetler(Which resembles a pincher beetle ninja)] And some yo-kai need to be fused with other yo-kai to evolve. [EG: Mirapo + Epsy=Miradox]

4: Origins

Similarities: Almost none.

Differences: Pokemon are living and are presumably born, but yo-kai, As I said before, are the souls of the dead returning to the overworld.

5: Noticing

Differences: Yo kai cannot be seen without the yo kai watch(Unless you have a rare family genetic trait) but Pokemon can be seen by anyone unless they use a certain move or skill.

6: Legendaries

Differences: In pokemon you need to meet certain conditions to encounter legendaries, but in Yo-kai watch you need to collect certain Yo-kai medals that will allow the legendaries to be summoned. You cannot encounter them like normal yo-kai.

7: Befriending

Differences: In Pokemon you use a pokeball to befreind a pokemon, and every pokeball CAN be used on ANY pokemon. If the pokeball succeeds, you will get it on your side. If you defeat a pokemon you cannot get it on your side. In Yo kai watch, You start out with a chance of befriending a yo-kai, but the better the yo-kai the slimmer the chances. You can use specific types of treats to increase those chances, but you can only use the right type of treat type or it will have no effect or negative effect. Legendary Yo-kai are befriended once you summon them(Why would you have to risk it battling them if you had to go through the trouble of getting those yo-kai medals?)

So all in all, Both of the games have similarites, but there are very significant differences that become visible once you study the game or play them. Other than that, you cannot make the assumption one is a rip-off the other.