Yo-kai Watch 4
Yo-kai Watch 4 (妖怪ウォッチ4 Yōkai Wotchi 4) is a role playing-game developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo Switch and the fourth main game of the Yo-kai Watch series. The game was announced in Famitsu with a release 2018 release date in Japan.
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| Developers | Level-5 |
| Publishers | Level-5 |
| Platforms | Nintendo Switch |
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| Website | Official website |
| Predecessor | Yo-kai Watch 3 |
Pre-release information
In April 2018, Level-5 announced the game in the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu and announced a 2018 release date in Japan. Information about Yo-kai Watch 4 was still light at the time, but they revealed that it would be featuring characters from the anime, which includes Touma Tsukinami, Natsume Amano, Keisuke Amano, and Akinori Arihoshi. Akihiro Hino, president and founder of Level-5 also said that the content is getting a super high-grade power up, including some things that will suprise everyone.
In June 2018, Level-5 revealed that they will release a new trailer on June 23, 2018. On that day, the official CoroCoro YouTube channel revealed a teaser trailer of Yo-kai Watch 4. The teaser trailer shows revealed that young Nathan as well the original version of Jibanyan and Whisper are making an appearance in the game, as well as the new character from the fifth film Yo-kai Watch Forever Friends, Shin and Nekomata. It as well shows Nathan's daughter Natsume. All three characters are coming from strange portals and are seen appearing on a rooftop. In CoroCoro Comic, several new detailed information came as there are seven new Yo-kai tribes in the game, which are listed as Goriki, Onnen, Mononoke, Tsukumono, Uwanosora, Omamori, and Mikakunin.
On July 14, 2018, Famitsu revealed on their website the first screenshot of the game. The screenshot of the game shows Touma heading towards Natsume and Jibanyan crossing on the middle of the street with on the left side of the street Komasan. It seems that Akinori tells Touma something, however, it shows that the player controles Touma. It also shows that the button on the right side of the Joy-con allows players to open the Yo-kai Watch and riding the bicycle with a well progressed map on the left side of the screen that shows the time and weather with on top of the screen a different navigation bar of East, West, North and South. Further information about the game did not show, however, images of Nathan, Jibanyan, Whisper, Natsume, Junior, Shin and Nekomata is shown.[1]
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Logo's
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Yo-kai Watch 4 Japanese logo.
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