Yo-Kai Watch 4 Coming To The Nintendo Switch This Year In Japan

Switch will sell like hotcakes in Japan...

Oh yes!

Coming to Australia (of all places) and North America in 2019, Europe in 2024.

The 3DS games really pushed the system to its limits graphically, I'm excited to see how it will look on the Switch.

I am in theory. However I remember Nintendo Life’s reviews of YKW2 being really confusing, with two different reviewers giving the game 6/10 (calling it tedious) and 9/10 (calling it... generally great) to the point where I couldn’t work out whether the wandering was an actual problem. I ended up not buying it. Hopefully I can get a clearer idea about the merits of this one!

And Level-5 already starts delivering on its promise for all future main games.

The 3DS exclusives are coming

It was only a matter of time. But yeah, I'm down for some more Yokai Watch, I really enjoyed the 3DS ones.

Might check it out if they don't include english dub on the Japanese cart. English names like Nathan feels off ehen I'm capturing/befriendibg myhtological Japanese creatures.

@tobibra : Fair enough, but I also hate English dubs where they put no effort into pronouncing Japanese names/places correctly and they just say them in a typical valley girl-ish way (which isn't reflective of how most Americans speak either). But then, I feel like American voices in general are ill-suited for Japanese content, hence why I prefer the original audio.

The monotonous performances are also really annoying, especially as many Japanese vocal performances are theatrical to the point of farce (and the vast majority of anime/Japanese games are dubbed by a relatively small pool of actors, hence why so many of them sound so similar to one another).

Unfortunately other Western markets do not have the numbers to justify the licensing costs of dubbing anime themselves, otherwise I would much rather see games and anime dubbed in the U.K. for example.

The beginning of the end for the 3DS. I'm looking forward to it

@sillygostly I don't think I said anything about dubs other than I won't buy the game if it has one? I don't want a dub for Yōkai watch. I want them to speak Japanese, even if I can't read it.

@Fuz I see your point, but I’m not sure this was the best way to go about it. NL’s freelancers don’t always do a lot of reviews, so it’s hard to get to know individuals’ tastes (except in a few rare cases). You end up having to trust the reviewers to reflect some kind of NL consensus.

Furthermore, I remember reading the texts and coming away thinking I’d read about two completely different games. Review 2 never mentioned review 1! I’d expect them to have read the first piece at the very least.

Having a ‘second opinion’ segment in a given review might work better. I certainly think Psychic Spectres could have done with that, given the discrepancies in score and tone.

I wanted to buy Yo-kai Watch 2, but Level-5 tried to get us to buy 3 games to get all the content. Therefore I couldn't decide which one would be best, so I bought none, so their greed cost them getting a sale at all.

It's a shame, because I absolutely loved Yo-kai Watch 1.

Oh yeah, baby!!

L o c a l i z a t i o n please??? Like, soon? I may import this one if it's English compatible.

Yes! Level-5 is finally coming to Switch this year in full force with two games maybe 3 if Inafuma 11 makes it.

Took them long enough to realize how badly Switch needs a monster raising game in the absence of Pokemon. Could have been pretty big if they had it released in Japan early this year and late everywhere else, but this should do as long Pokemon for Switch ends up dropping in late 2019. Still not having any news about YW3 for the west is weird, though. Honestly, would have preferred an improved port on the Switch at this point, but I have no idea if the new battle system would be doable without touch-screen controls (assuming we want it to be fully functional when docked). Either way, it's good to hear that Level 5 keeps developing the franchise, looking forward to the new Yokai Watch games and the Shadow Side anime.

Wait, WHAT ?!
Oh, Pleeeease...
Yokai Watch 3 Sushi / Tempura / Sukiyaki English version !!

!!! Brilliant !!!
This is such an underrated series. The 3DS games are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see what Level 5 can do on Switch.

@sillygostly
And what’s wrong with Australia (of all places) and not North America (of all places) or Europe (of all places)? 🙃

Yes!!!!!!!!! I love Yokai Watch. This is a pre-order for me for sure. These games are amazing and filled with content.

@JJ286
"Yes! Level-5 is finally coming to Switch this year in full force with two games maybe 3 if INAFUMA 11 makes it."

Inafuma 11 or Inazuma 11 ?

@Fandabidozi Agree for sure, I can't wait to see what new Nyans and legendaries that they come up with. This is a day one pick up.

@Fandabidozi : The fact that Australia and New Zealand (of all places) would be among the first territories to get a localisation is quite unusual considering the size of our markets (which makes up only about 1-2% of total revenue).

I'm not complaining of course, but it's quite unusual, and Australia/NZ, unlike virtually all other 3DS releases, got Yokai Watch at the same time as the U.S. (technically before considering the difference in time zones).

The overwhelming majority of Australian 3DS releases are identical to the European versions (with the same release date), so Yokai Watch is quite an anomaly.

This is only the fourth one? I swear there’s been like 10.

Good on Level 5 for supporting the Switch! Looks like this will sell very well. Fingers crossed for a Fantasy Life Switch game next.

Is this Level-5's first game for the system?

Ben 10 with Japanese folklore still popular!

No surprise there, the real question is if it comes to Europe and NA. The Switch is at least region free though.

Meh...when's Fantasy Life Switch happening?

Alright Pokemon, your move.

@ALinkttPresent No, their first game for Switch would be The Snack World: Trejarers Gold (Japan release Apr 12, 2018)

Still waitin' on an official announcement for Yo-Kai Watch 3 on 3DS...I won't be content until I do!

Good to see L5 swiftly delivering on their promise of more support for Switch

July 2018 will be a busy month for Switch in Japan:
+Yokai Watch 4
+Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
+Octopath Traveler
+Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion
+Crash N'Sane Trilogy (though I doubt anybody will buy it)

Hear that? That's the sound of another nail in 3DS' coffin. It's done really well, but Switch will take off in a big way once it gets more of the "Nintendo handheld" type games that it's starting to get now. Can't wait for Switch to start getting the support 3DS got in its prime, which was excellent.

Good news! Yo-kai Watch has forced Pokemon to improve their presentation. After Yo-Kai watch blew up, when Sun and Moon released, they finally did away with the chibi look in the overworld. If Yo-Kai watch on Switch has good graphics or presentation, Pokemon will be forced to do better. More competition is a good thing!

@Preposterous Nintendo is aiming to get Pokémon released this year. Level 5's best bet is to get Yokai Watch 4 released in the summer.

@Anti-Matter yeah that.

This is the best thing about the Switch. All traditionally handheld games will now come to a home console/handheld. Can't wait to see how this, Inazuma Eleven, a Fantasy Life like game, Pokemon, Ace Attorney, Fire Emblem, etc all look on the tv.

@Alber-san Agreed. It's excellent for me because I haven't bought or considered a handheld ever since the PSP but the Switch became this medium where it can fit both of my itches - the handheld titles I've been missing out on all this time as well as supplying me with fresh home console games (namely Nintendo exclusives). It's amazing on a new level.

@the_beaver This might not be a system seller for Switch. There has been a decline in interest of Yo-Kai Watch in Japan over the last year or so. They've even shut a number of the Yo-Kai Watch stores. Which you then compare with the fact they seem to be open opening new Pokemon Centres every couple of months at the momment.

Also the new darker look of the anime (Created for when they had the collaboration film with GeGeGe no Kitaro) which I'm gonna guess mirrors the 4th games style is something that has pushed away a number of fans as well.

@Anti-Matter yeah we should get the 3rd games over here at some points. But the real shame is that we won't get any of the Busters games or Sangokushi

@the_beaver it already has been, because there they actually have a brain and realize with all these 3DS exclusives moving to Switch that Switch is 3DS's successor.

@IronMan28 shhh, common sense isn't allowed by Nintendo fanboys! They all keep saying the 3DS is thriving, and even still claim that the 3DS makes up 51% of Nintendo's business, despite their recent financial report saying Switch makes up 73%- so Nintendo has 124% of its company now????

@pika677 I don't understand why. Having a single Nintendo system, with every Nintendo franchise appearing on it, should appeal to fanboys the most!

I don't have a Switch...but I'm glad to hear that Yokai Watch 4 is getting a release on it. I'm a HUGE fan of the game series and the anime. The games are beautiful and fun to look at. I hope this new game becomes popular.

@GauBan Really? It's gotten unpopular? Man, that's upsetting...

@daiikon yeah the popularity of the series has dropped heavily in Japan. But unfortunately that was expected they pushed too many games in such a short period of time while also fighting the Pokemon revival that happened.

I would be nice for all the games to be released in the west but I feel the that there just isn't the following.

@GauBan Never thought that would happen- that seems very strange. Well, I'm still a huge fan and I hope that YW3 comes to the US and everywhere else, of course. :0 Yeah, seems like Pokemon will reign supreme with monster catching games (not saying this is a bad thing- but I wish Yokai Watch would've gotten that popular.) They really did push a lot of games. Sigh.

Same here! We can only hope for a miracle, I guess.

@daiikon i'very got all the Japanese games but also picked all the western releases to support the series.

@GauBan Cool! Is YW3 fun? It looks really interesting and I love all the new designs. Also that was nice of you to do.

@IronMan28 you'd think, but 3DS fanboys seem to hate calling Switch the 3DS's successor, especially on boards like this, and continue to believe that there's going to be some successor for it in the future, because their God Reggie keeps feeding them the lies that Nintendo's going to continue splitting development between Switch and 3DS, yet in Japan the 3DS is clearly saturated in the market, because during Golden Week it was down 60% from 2017's Golden Week. That should tell market observers, that despite what Nintendo continues to claim, clearly the market sees Switch as the 3DS's successor.

@pika677 true, but like everyone, they'll come around eventually. Probably when Pokemon hits Switch and they're basically forced to acknowledge that 3DS is done and Switch is replacing it.