Yo-Kai Watch 4 Will No Longer Be A Nintendo Switch Exclusive

I don't dislike this. But this is certainly a surprise given that all YKW games have been Nintendo-exclusive up until now. Oh well, more people can play it now. But if only other companies were willing to do the same with longtime PS games so Nintendo players could experience them...hmmmmm...

Well, we got Disgaea 5 at least!

No reason to be upset with this sort of thing. I am all in favor of games being on more consoles. If it were previously a multi-platform title and a company like Sony or Nintendo forced it to be exclusive, then it would be a problem.

I fully think giving players more choice is only a good thing.

I was kinda under the impression it already came out for the PS4, not quite sure why...

No big deal. Nintendo has all their first party exclusives. It’s Pokemon’s job to be the big monster collecting RPG for Nintendo. Besides, YW will benefit immensely from multi platform; it’s no longer directly competing against Pokémon. Good move for Level-5.

Nino Kuni to Switch. Yo-kai watch to PS4. Gaming world is a better place with more Level5

The game isn't out in the west... this isn't that big of a deal. Who cares, The PS4 has ton a lost of console exclusives to the Switch.

Good on them, all for third party games being multiplatform. (Give Switch owners Persona 5, Atlus!)

Coolio! Always room for more sales-I hope for their success!

@Spudtendo
Hahaha! They're giving us the Warriors clone duh! That's perfectly reasonable!

/s

Still getting it on Switch, but goods news for PlayStation owners.

lol if they do this with Astral Chain, I'll have a good laugh.

It is a big franchise that was always a Nintendo exclusive.... what happened?

I’m not bothered but I feel like this isn’t really going to boost sales. Were people screaming for the series on PlayStation before?

Very cool. Glad more people get a chance to play it.

@Mr_Muscle

Platinum Games is a different situation, but I still wouldn't be against it even though it's very unlikely.

@Mr_Muscle that won’t happened, Astral Chain is completely owned by Nintendo
The ip and the game itself

There's an actual audience for the game on PS4? Well, you learn something new every day, I suppose...

PS4 library games is getting better on this year if i admitted....
But Nintendo Switch still has better library games.
Btw, i was surprised to see Yokai Watch on Sony machine.

I don’t think I like it, but in the end it doesn’t bother me much anyway.

I don’t see this game selling much on PlayStation but, who knows, maybe it’s a big hit.

@Tantani That's why I made the joke about Astral Chain, 'cause the developer was so adamant about it not appearing on another console. For all we know, it's another "timed exclusive." Only people on the inside of Nintendo know for sure!

If that was the plan all along, does that explain the framerate problems the game had on Switch ?
(I especially remember how it was before release)

I didn't mind the first two Yokai games on 3DS but to be honest I'm more interested in The Snack World then Yokai 4.

To be honest i never played this game.
Is it worth buying? Similar to pokemon?

The series also had mobile games (as does everything nowadays), so it was never 100% exclusive to Nintendo. The reason the main series was on the 3ds all this time was probably due to touch screen controls playing a major role in it's controls and needing to take extra time to polish the 3d models and such.

With that being said, kinda glad it's coming to the PS4, now my sister who's into Yokai Watch and mostly stays in her room can play the game on the PS4 in her room instead of taking the Switch to her room and probably not return it for awhile.

@Mr_Muscle Astral Chain was commissioned by Nintendo. They have ownership of the IP along with Platinum. It's not going anywhere else.

@spinzaku97 Can't believe we still have to explain that, especially after already explaining this 100 times for Bayonetta 2.

Bravo for taking your time saying it a 101 time

If Nintendo is publishing YO-KAI Watch in the West as usual, I’m assuming that the PS4 version won’t be released over here or swept very heavily under the rug.

Huh, neat. I kinda figured this was a situation where the series would be Nintendo exclusive for no real reason. Other people get to enjoy the series now at least, so that's good.

Never took off outside of Japan and its Japanese popularity isnt as high as it once was in the days of hour long queues for the Mcdonalds Happy Meal toys.

Wish it the best in its new venture in adding the Sony audience to its fanbase, but like other Pokemon "killers" before it, its probably going to just do "okay" from this point on unless it has a Pokemon Go sized resurgence but I doubt it will outside of Japan.

Yo-Kai watch games have had their day as massive sellers so I doubt Nintendo would mind this latest game coming out on the Ps4 as well, even more so considering Pokemon sword and shield are coming out soon.

That's okay, we got a lot of other games that were developed originally for the "bigger consoles", let's give something back 😊. Can't wait for the release of 1 on the switch, didn't finish it on the 3ds. I hope the Japanese version supports English, then I don't have to wait that long 😊.

But didn’t Level-5 put the original Yokai Watch on smartphones in Japan? And back during its development phase, its original trailer and gameplay was shown running on a Ps3 before it was repurposed to the 3DS exclusively. So, by that logic, it long since lost that exclusivity.

The game badly underperformed on Switch, and it will mega-flop on PS4.

But still, this is good for the Yokai Watch fans who own a PS4 and not a Switch. All 5 of them.

Who actually cares..?

Platform exclusivity only harms the gamer. From a business point-of-view it makes perfect sense, but as a consumer it sucks

Meh...Yo-Kai Watch's target audience was always just behind the core target for Pokémon, thus slightly younger. Apart from the arcade medals, the whole franchise hasn't gone beyond 14 year olds so I don't see a lot of 12 year olds with a PS4 as opposed to the number that own a 3DS/2DS or even a Switch. Also the disappointing sales probably mean that the hype is winding down and needs to gain second wind so what better by moving the franchise to another console?

I never really saw it as a Nintendo exclusive, more like a game that would work best in the 3DS and wouldn’t work on the PS4. I always thought they were capitalising in Pokemon and when they actually got a decent following, then they could move onto a larger install base.

I'm just sad that we've 'lost' an exclusive but I don't hate that Yokai Watch 4 will be available to PS4 owners. It's their right to distribute the game on whichever system they want and the more people that play it means Level 5 get more money for it. So it's great. I guess I'll just miss the fact that when talking about reasons to specifically own a Switch, Yokai Watch 4 won't be one of them.

Just release it Level 5, hope "eventually" doesn't mean years again.
Btw disappointing sales is due to the management of Yo-Kai brand itself. I am Yo-Kai fan for years and they kinda mess up their own brand with the dark side series.

Again Steam is dismissed grrrr wuff wuff. I'm barking to that company. You released already so many lately and can't release this one?

It would be nice if the series got more recognition. I could see this happening with Playstation-oriented media portraying YW4 as "the real monster catching game" in opposition to Pokemon on Switch (which would be actually true), but I'm not holding my breath.

AAAAAAAAAGH! runs towards PS4 fans clutching a grenade

If it means better chance of localisation and western release dates for 4 and the remake, go for it. I'd still play it on Switch rather than PS4.

Hmmm... I wonder which platform it will sell better on?

My thoughts are unchanged: PS4 can get Breath of the Wild for all I care.

Really don't see a problem at all. I have a couple on the 3DS & really enjoy them so the more the merrier in my opinion.

While it makes sense I would have waited until the ps5 and xbox scarlet were out to go multi platform. Still maybe an collection for those systems would have bin better

You see, I don't necessarily have anything against this, but what pisses me off, is the fact, that this is almost always happening in only one direction.🙄
Where is Shenmue? Where is Resident Evil 7? Where is Tekken 7? Where is this new Dragonball game? Where are a bunch of other games on the Switch?

Was looking forward to this on the switch but this news has made me change my mind and get it on ps4 instead purely just for the trophies

That's cool. No reason to be salty

The.more people play this the better it is.

Maybe this is what’s taking the localization so long; they probably want the West to have the Switch and PS4 versions simultaneously.

Being sad because an exclusive game is no longer exclusive is not necessarily fanboyism, exclusive games means more consoles sold, and more consoles sold means more games overall.

It's thanks to exclusive games that the Nintendo Switch became a huge success, it wouldn't have sold that well if it wasn't for Nintendo's classic games like Mario and Zelda, and the opposite is also true, thanks to the Switch selling well, it got even more games that were dreams years ago.

But Yo-Kai Watch needs to come to PS4, and PC as well, maybe even XONE, Level-5 is not doing very well, and if they are not careful, the company may go bankrupt or be sold to another bigger company.

@playstation_king
Funny im still getting this game and many other multiplat games for the switch mostly for the purpose of not having trophies.

Goes and review Bombs the Ps4 port. Take that jealous toxic sony fanboys.

@KnightWolf what can I say. I love having achievements and trophies etc, multi play games I tend to get on my ps4 for that reason alone with the odd exception such as fifa and la noire I got on my switch

translation: game sold terribly on switch

Interesting before PlayStation fans and Nintendo haters get excited pushsquare says the ps4 port is japan only and theres no mention of a ps4 port coming west yet ? Hmmm.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/09/pokemon-like_monster_battling_rpg_yo-kai_watch_4_is_heading_to_ps4

Good choice, the install base is massively larger.

Cya
Raziel-chan

Makes sense.
Makes a lot of sense

I'm surprised it's coming to PS4, I always thought this was a Nintendo series. It's cool more are going to get to play Yo-Kai Watch now. I've been playing the 3DS original (the first entry) myself, and like it a lot. Hopefully PS4 players will feel the same way too.

It's third party so it can be on whatever it wants, I guess...

I can see how this could be beneficial for Level-5, though. I don't think the franchise took off the way they'd hoped, at least not in the west. The PS4 is big in the west however, so they might get more exposure there.

Either way I see no harm in this being multiplat.

Why should this matter to us... Switch couldn't save YW and PS4 definitely wont be able to. It's the brand, not the platform, that's fallen short (not to say it's a bad game, but its heyday is over).

Ni No Kuni is coming to Switch, and I bet Ni No Kuni 2 will also. Snack World is Switch exclusive. Inazuma Eleven is coming to Switch. Professor Layton...

I care about what's coming to Switch, not what's coming to some other console (which btw, may even be Japan-only anyways since Nintendo historically publishes in the west).

Not a big deal... as long as both console releases come out at the same time or don’t make each other delay the game

Seems like a weird choice, only in that Yokai never really took off outside Japan, inside Japan nobody, and especially not the target demographic cares about Playstation at all, and outside Japan, I can't really imagine the Playstation audience is going to care much about Yokai at all... I was kind of under the impression the series had run its course already. On the up side that means normal controls should work (hopefully), and the touch screen stylus thing is the one thing that made me really not get into Yokai.

Plus, Jibanyan may be a bit too revealing for SCEAs tastes...they may have to censor it and put a loin cloth or something over it.

Welp I really wanted to play it.

Well, there goes the only point to my life.

Given the game's performance on the Switch leaves a bit to be desired, it kind of needs this.

It's a great game though, glad more people can play it.

Quickly everyone go and review bomb some PS4 exclusive game.

@YANDMAN I get the joke, but is that necessary? I mean Switch is getting what was once a PlayStation exclusive. Ni No Kuni will do wonders on Switch. Yokai 4 isn't really a good trade off of an exclusive game comparable to Ni No Kuni, but still welcomed.

@Rafie You clearly don't understand sarcasm. It was a joke and in reference to the review bombing of Astral Chain last week.

@YANDMAN Did you even read the first part of my post? I clearly said I get the joke. You wasted your time explaining that to me. I know where the reference came from. I just said was it necessary. Besides, plenty of people on this thread has made the joke already.

If you get the joke why did you come back with an opinion of the joke? that's literally ridiculous. I don't waste my time by reading every single comment in a thread. Even if i did i would of still typed it because that was already in my head and i will go with what i think not retract because someone else may of already said it.

Good, make all your games multiplat Level-5.

@YANDMAN What's ridiculous about having an opinion about something, even if it's a joke?! People do it all the time. Anyway, I was making conversation. My post wasn't even argumentative. It's cool tho. No need to further converse about it.

@The-Chosen-one
It's worth buying but I wouldn't say it's all that similar to Pokemon.

That's it, summon Peckpocket so Ni no Kuni II comes to Switch too!

@Rafie Of course opinion isn't ridiculous. You were asking is 'it was necessary' , i was the one making a joke, so your comment was actually asking is humour necessary. There never was any need to converse about it at all. I simply made a joke, you misunderstood it and started commenting.

@Deanster101 That's a pretty hostile response. I thought franchises going multiplatform were supposed to be consumer-beneficial

You sound like you could make a living working at ATLUS Japan