Yo-Kai Sangokushi

Yo-Kai Sangokushi is a Tactical RPG game developed by Koei Tecmo Games for the  Nintendo 3DS. It was released exclusively in Japan on April 02, 2016. The game is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo’s video game series Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Level-5’s multi-media franchise Yo-kai Watch and sees the player controlling military commanders who aim to unify the world. While exploring the library of the Springdale Elementary School, Jibanyan, Komasan, and Usapyon find a book titled Yo-kai Sangokushi, which they are teleported into.

During the beginning of the game, the player chooses either Jibanyan, Komasan, or Usapyon, and the plot of the game centers around the Yo-kai the player picked. Inside the book, the three Yo-kai are separated and turned into military leaders. They later find out that they need to find eight jewels to return to the real world, which becomes the focus of the game. Yo-kai Sangokushi sees the player battling enemies in multiple different areas in a turn-based format.

The player navigates areas in battle by moving the characters through squared tiles, however, characters have a limited amount of tiles they can travel during their turn. The player controls a team of up to six Yo-kai during one battle, with the Yo-kai being dependent on the player’s team. During battles, Yo-kai have 6 different actions they can perform: attack (which only be performed when close to an enemy), inspirit (which will affect another Yo-kai, which can be positive or negative depending on if the inspirited is a teammate or not), end turn (which will end the Yo-kai’s turn).

Item (which will allow the player to use an item on the playing Yo-kai), and an elemental attack option (which will make the playing Yo-kai use an elemental attack on enemies). Each Yo-kai also has a unique “Soultimate”, a more powerful move that, depending on the user, can either be offensive or give positive effects to teammates. Unlike other moves, the Soultimate can only be performed once a Yo-kai’s “soul gage” is full, which is increased when a Yo-kai attacks an enemy. 

All performable actions can vary on the Yo-kai, with each Yo-kai having a unique set of attacks. When two enemies of the same team have a Yo-kai of the other team in between them, a more powerful attack can be performed on the middle Yo-kai. When a Yo-kai attacks an enemy, a “warlord attachment battle” minigame may occur in which the player must press the A button at the same time they collide with their enemy. Enemies, who are controlled by the AI, have the same general actions as playable characters.