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The latest Yo-kai Watch trailer comes from Nintendo’s Australian division. We’ve posted the new video below.

The first Yo-kai Watch game is heading to North America next month. But of course, Japan already received the sequel long ago, which is actually comprised of three different versions.

Level-5 is now thinking about how to approach Yo-kai Watch 2’s western release. Speaking with Nintendo World Report at the New York Comic-Con, chief operating officer Yukari Hayakawa said:

“One is called Ganzo, Honke, and Shinuchi so there’s actually three titles and we are still kind of, we haven’t made the decision on which one to release in the U.S., whether it’s all three or just one, whether it’s all physical or digital.”

Hayakawa also said that amiibo support for the Yo-kai Watch series is a possibility.

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Yo-kai Watch is launching earlier than expected in Australia and New Zealand. In these two territories, the RPG is due out on December 5.


Yo-kai Watch is coming to North America on November 6. The European release is still scheduled for 2016.

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Game developer Level-5 and advertising / PR company Dentsu have teamed up and created Level-5 abby Inc., which is described as a “multi-media entertainment company”. The company’s name was formed by taking the “a” from “all” or “anything” and the “bby” from “hobby”.

The company’s purpose is to bring Level-5’s various franchises to a worldwide audience in a variety of forms, such as games, toys, animation, comics and more. The company states that its three “tentpole” franchises are Yo-Kai Watch, Little Battlers eXperience and Snack World. The company is headed up by CEO Akihiro Hino, who is the founder and president of Level-5, and COO Yukari Hayakawa.

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In the Japanese version of Yo-Kai Watch, a number of the Yokai names feature puns. That’s made things slightly difficult to localize. However, Level-5 (handling the localization instead of Nintendo) has still managed to come up with a ton of puns for the English release for the different characters. Take a look at Polygon’s video below for a few examples.

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Extensive gameplay from the English version of Yo-kai Watch is now available. Take a look at the video below for off-screen footage with audio.

After enjoying tremendous success in Japan, Yo-Kai Watch will soon arrive in the West as well. The official website for the cross-media project, called Yo-Kai World, is now open. From there, you can access all kinds of information about the franchise’s various aspects (such as the games, which links to Nintendo’s website).

A new trailer for the English version of the anime has also been published. Check it out below:

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Level-5 have announced that Yo-Kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version will be released in Japan on December 5th.

You will be able to purchase either the regular edition with just the game for 4,662 yen or the Wii Remote Plus Set, which comes with a Wii Remote Plus, for 7,236 yen. Both version of the game will include a Captain Bully Song Medal, which can be scanned via the Wii U GamePad.

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Nintendo has opened the official North American Yo-kai Watch website. Access it here. You’ll find a trailer, information about the game, and various screenshots.

LBX: Little Battlers eXperience launched in North America last Friday, and it’s due out in Europe on September 4. Those opting for the download version may be interested to hear that the game is 14,495 blocks (about 1812MB).

We also have two more hours of footage from LBX as well as the opening cinematic and a customization trailer below. This will likely be our final bit of coverage for the title.


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