December 5

Level-5 has shared what's next for Yo-Kai Watch: an expansion for the fourth game!

Due out on December 5, the content is called Yo-Kai Watch 4++, and will include "Fu??n elements such as new areas and new monsters in multiplayer." The expansion will be bundled in physical form for 6,480 yen (roughly $60) or as an upgrade for existing owners for 1650 yen (about $15). In a blink and you'll miss it moment, Level-5 also says that the DLC will arrive on PS4 at the same time as the Switch version, which all but confirms that the PS4 port is coming on or before that date.

Note that Yo-Kai Watch 4 still is?n't out in the west. Hell, it still doesn't even have a release date in the west! Once the "++" expansion is out though, we can likely expect a compilation with that included. Though, the whole PS4 thing might throw a wrench in Nintendo's localization plans, who have handled the entire series thus far in the west (on 3DS).

Yo-Kai Watch [Twitter]

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Is there an audience for this with Sony?

The Yo-kai Watch series has been Level-5's bread and butter for the past few years, securing solid releases on mobile and the Nintendo 3DS. While it was huge in Japan for quite some time, it never caught on in the west, even if Yo-kai Watch 3 is one of the mo?st charming titles of the year. Maybe it'll have better luck ;on PlayStation 4.

Just in time for Tokyo Game Show, Level-5 uploaded a new trailer to its YouTube page announcing a PlayStation 4 port of Yo-Kai Watch 4. The game, which was confirmed for a western release earlier this year, launched over the summer in Japan on Nintendo Switch. It's currently unknown if both or only one version will make it stateside, but the more people ?who get to try it out, ?the better.

Hopefully, we'll find out more on the western release before the year is over. With the recent ESRB rating of Snack World, a rumored new Layton, and Inazuma Eleven: Ares stil??l on the horizon, it looks like Level-5 might be gearing itself up for a big comeback.

Yo-Kai Watch 4 [Level-5]

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Now due on June 20

What was once due before the madness o??f E3, is now set to arrive afte??r.

The highly anticipated Yo-Kai Watch 4 ?was set to launch in Japan on June 6, but has now been quickly pushed to June 20 just weeks before release. This is one of severa?l delays for the first mainline console entry, with Level-5 stating repeatedly that the cause is quality related.

As I've talked about many times before, Level-5 is at a tipping point with Yo-Kai Watch 4. The series hasn't caught on as well as they'd hoped in the west, but a fully 3D Ni No Kuni-looking Switch RPG is their best bet for really hitting it big. Various Yo-Kai Watch media franchises have been course correcting several times recently (from an adorable humor-based anime series to edgy, back to humor) and it's clear Level-5 has been putting a lot of time into Yo-Kai Watch 4.

Whatever hap??pens, whenever this thing com??es out it'll severely impact where the series goes from here.

Yo-Kai Watch 4 [Level-5 via Gematsu]

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Check out the intro below

Yo-Kai Watch went into a different direction a few yea?rs ago and it didn't quite work out. Naturally, Level-5 is going back to their roots.

The intro to the Switch-exclusive Yo-Kai Watch 4 is basically a greatest hits of the series, showing off Nate and Hailey, two of the main protagonists of the original run, alongside of Shadowside characters. Shadowside, as you may recall, was Level-5's attempt to bring some edge into their universe to appeal to an aging demographic, but the company has since backpedaled from that concept. Not only are they introducing a new anime series with a more comical theme, but they're also leaning heavily into nostalgia with Yo-Kai Watch 4.

We'll see just how successful they are when it launches during E3 season in Japan on June 6. Western fans still don't have a ??release window, but Nintendo hasn't failed them yet, despite les??s than anticipated sales.

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You know that new sound you're looking for?

Yo-Kai Watch has fizzled a bit in recent yea??rs, and a lot of that is probably due to the fact that the 3DS isn't very big outside of Japan at the moment. That could all change as the series moves to the Switch: though for now it's only confirmed for Japan.

In a complete tonal shift Yo-Kai Watch 4 moves to the future, focusing on the daughter of Nate, the original hero of the series and Shin, an orphan that was featured in the latest Yo-Kai Watch&nb?sp;film (though Nate will get his own playable universe as well). Time traveling, a staple of the franchise, will be u?sed to bring them together.

You can get a glimpse into the Kingdom Hearts-esque universe trotting doors and some actual gameplay below now that the TGS trailer is out in the wild. Yo-Kai Watch 4 will launch in the east in spring of 2019. Originally it was slated for 2018, but perhaps the framerate issues you can clearl??y see in the below trailer were to blame.

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I want them all

Yo-Kai Watch has been battling series fatigue even in its home region of Japan, where it was attempting to outpace Pokemon just a few years ago. The anime has pivoted to a more mature a??udience with a new series, and in turn, the games have pivoted to the currently popular Nintendo Switch.

Level-5 has been pretty open about their decision to basically go all-in on the portable/console hybrid, and now we know that the previously announced Yo-Kai 4 is coming this year. By way of a new trailer the stage is set?? for Nastume, the daughter of Keita/Nate, the protagonist o??f the original game and anime series.

All of this is pretty exciting for folks who are still into the franchise, but what about the west? We still don't have Yo-Kai Watch 3. Hopefu?lly they'll find some way to work it out for everyone who decided ?to invest, assuming we'd get consistent localizations.

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