In Yo-kai Watch 3, Nate moves to the American-inspired town of BBQ. His family leaves Springdale because of his father's job, sending Nate into a new setting modeled on the American South.
BBQ is presented as a fictional town rather than a real U.S. location. Nate's adventures there include St. Peanutsburg, encounters with “Merican” Yo-kai, and investigations involving Buck Hazeltine and the FBY. The game's localization uses BBQ to give Nate a culture-shock story distinct from Hailey Anne Thomas's storyline in Springdale.
A common mix-up is calling BBQ a country or treating it as the name of the entire American region. The game’s presentation can blur that distinction, but the town itself is BBQ. Nate eventually shares the larger adventure with Hailey, and the two storylines converge around the Ghoulfather's plan to alter reality.