Yokai Watch 4 announced for Switch. Coming this Year

Level-5 has announced that the latest entry of the yo-kai collecting series with Yo-kai Watch 4 will release for Nintendo Switch in this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine.

While information remains light for the time being, it’s been confirmed for a 2018 release window. It’ll feature characters from the anime including Touma Tsukinami, Natsume Amano, Keisuke Amano, and Akinori Arihoshi.


Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino commented that “its content is getting a super high-grade power up, including some things that will surprise everyone.”

Yo-kai Watch 4 releases in Japan in 2018 for Nintendo Switch. The previous main entry Yo-kai Watch 3 released in Japan in July 2016 for Nintendo 3DS in Sushi and Tempura versions, followed by a third version called Sukiyaki that released in December 2016.

Update: Here is the magazine scan announcing Yo-kai Watch 4