What genre is the original Yo-kai Watch video game listed under on Wikipedia?

The original Yo-kai Watch video game is listed under the role-playing genre. It was developed and published by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS and first released in Japan on July 11, 2013.

The game combines exploration, character progression, collecting, and combat. Players travel around Springdale, search for hidden Yo-kai, befriend them by offering preferred foods, and assemble a team for battles. Yo-kai can grow stronger, evolve, or change through combinations involving items or other creatures.

The game’s battle system is designed around the Nintendo 3DS touchscreen. Players use a spin dial to switch between Yo-kai during fights, while the team’s abilities and tribal strengths shape strategy. Wikipedia also lists “auto battler” as an additional genre, but “role-playing” is the principal genre named in the infobox and lead description.

It is not a racing, fighting, or platform game. Its story-driven exploration and progression systems place it firmly within the role-playing tradition, even though its real-time team management gives it some distinctive mechanics.