Yo-Kai Watch probably isn't a Pokémon killer

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In Yo-Kai Watch, jaywalking is punishable by boss battle.
I remember being naive to that fact. As with any other game where traffic is not an actual health hazard, I ran my ponytailed avatar through the streets of her town without concern for trivialities like pedestrian crossings. Occasionally, Whisper, my apparitional companion, would warn me against my felonious habits. But I shrugged it off. It's a kid's game, I thought. What's the worst that could happen?
Spoiler: bad, bad things. The boss completely annihilated my team. In a strange twist, however, that proved less a problem than you'd imagine. I wasn't sent back to a distant save point. I was quickly returned to full health and warned against repeating my earlier transgressions. Like a stern but loving parent, the game only wanted to educate me, not hurt me irreparably. Which makes sense, really, because again: kid's game.
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