Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch is an enhanced port version of the original 2013 Nintendo 3DS game with improved graphics, new controls (which forego the original additional camera controls and 3D function of the 3DS) and other changes:
- New and up-scaled/redrawn graphics with a more zoomed-out field of view.
- Discontinuation of the “Yo-kai Cam”, StreetPass feature and QR code scanning for special items due to lack of a camera on the Nintendo Switch.
- Reorganizing of the items/menu and screen display to accommodate the larger Switch screen.