Level-5 Vision 2015 live stream
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Level-5 Vision 2015 will begin at 5 AM ET / 2 AM PT (an hour from now). It should last around 90 minutes. Expect news on Fantasy Life 2, Yo-Kai Watch 2, Layton 7, and more.
You can watch a live stream for Level-5 Vision 2015 below. Depending on how things go, updates will appear in real time below as well.
– Well, so far this event is a bust for Nintendo fans! Layton 7 an Fantasy Life 2 appear to be mobile exclusives…
– Level-5 teaming up with Nintendo for Yo-Kai Watch in the west
Yo-Kai Watch Busters
– Busters comes in 2 versions
– Internet play, level up weapons, etc
– Expanded version of the Yo-Kai Watch 2 mini-game
– Coming to Japan on July 11
– Aka Neko-Dan, Shiro Inu-Tai. All Yo-Kai will be playable
– Over 25 bosses
– Yo-Kai Sangoku-shi is a new collaboration between Level-5 and Koei Tecmo; platforms not announced
– Yo-Kai Watch anime – second season begins in Japan in July
– Yo-Kai Watch U, the prototype watch shown for the anime; new and old characters
– New Yo-Kai Watch movie in December
Yo-Kai Watch 3
– Set in America
– Game will evolve over time with free updates
– Updates: Ver 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 planned for the future
– Set in the town of St. Peanutsburg in the United States of America
– New heroine named Inaho Misora as well as a new yo-kai named USA-Pyon
Yo-Kai Watch U Prototype (toy)
– New medals
– They tried to incorporate the feel of USA into the toys and themes etc.
– You can plug SD cards into the Yo-Kai Watch U Prototype to add new songs and data
– Comes out in August
– 4,200 yen
The Snack World
– Cross-media franchise
– 3DS, mobile
– TV, anime, movie, toys planned
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VIZ Media bringing Yo-Kai Watch manga to North America in September, anime and toys also coming
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments
Yo-Kai Watch’s manga is coming stateside in September, VIZ Media announced today. Anime and toys relating to the series are also expected “around the same time”.
VIZ Media intends to publish the Yo-Kai Watch manga under its kids-friendly Perfect Square imprint. Fans can look forward to new volumes every other month.
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Level-5 CEO talks about expanding Yo-Kai Watch in the west
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nikkei Trendy recently conducted an extensive interview with Akihiro Hino, CEO of Level-5. There was plenty of discussion about various topics, but some of Hino’s more interesting comments came about when he was asked about plans Level-5 has for Yo-Kai Watch aside from developing new installments.
Hino said:
Opening up to global market is a thing that is left to do. We are already refining the strategy of Yo-Kai Watch for global expansion. North America is the biggest market and we are starting to create a system which is required to realize the same cross media strategy (games, anime, toys etc.) as in Japan. When targeting overseas market for a big title like Yo-Kai Watch, we commit to that title 100% and create a powerful system which manages the brand and maximizes business opportunities.
Hino was next asked if North America is the main target of overseas expansion. To this, he responded:
We are spreading out to North America and Europe at the same time. About Asia, we have already started expansion in Korea. Toys have sold very well and the TV anime has higher ratings than other anime programs. As they have been a hit, we would like to bring a movie and other things, too. We are also steadily progressing in reaching out to other parts of Asia.
The first Yo-Kai Watch game launched in Japan back in July 2013. A sequel came out in July of last year. We’re still waiting on a Yo-Kai Watch title to arrive overseas… which hopefully will happen sooner rather than later!
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Level-5 ships over 6 million copies of Yo-Kai Watch 2 in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Level-5 has announced another significant milestone for its Yo-Kai Watch series. The franchise’s second entry, Yo-Kai Watch 2, has shipped over 6 million units in Japan. That’s across all three versions and includes both retail shipments and download sales.
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Level-5 Vision 2015 to be streamed on Ustream
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Level-5 has announced that its upcoming “Vision” press conference will be getting a live stream on Ustream.
Several new titles are expected to be shown at Level-5 Vision 2015, many of which will be on 3DS. The company will be revealing Yo-Kai Watch 3, Fantasy Life 2, Layton 7, and a new large-scale cross-media project. There will additionally be “announcements of big developments beyond games”.
Level-5 Vision 2015 will kick off on April 7 at 5 AM ET / 2 AM PT. It’s expected to last about 90 minutes.
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More Inazuma Eleven Go Chrono Stones footage
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VIZ Media to distribute Yo-Kai Watch anime in Europe
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VIZ Media will be distributing the Yo-Kai Watch anime in Europe, the company announced today. Specific details were not shared, but we’ll be hearing more “soon”.
VIZ Media wrote on Twitter:
Japan HIT anime Franchise : Yo-kai Watch … coming soon to Europe w/ #vizmediaeurope #yokaiwatch – More infos soon pic.twitter.com/j2jMr794BR
— VIZ Media Europe (@VIzMediaEurope) March 30, 2015
Of course, the big piece of the Yo-Kai Watch puzzle we’re missing is a localization announcement for the games. Hopefully that will happen soon!
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Youkai Watch now surpasses over 7 million units in sales
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Level-5 has just released some sales figures relating to Youkai Watch. The sales for the game retail as well as digital have now surpassed 7 million units. It would seem that the all things related to Youkai Watch are selling very well including having sold 10 million units of books including the manga as well as having grossed 7.6 Billion Yen for the first movie.
Level-5 also confirms their upcoming Vision 2015 event to be held in May.
