Just a few weeks ago the original Yo-Kai Watch was announced for Switch by way of a strange YouTube cartoon promotion; but now everything is officially official, complete with a website and release date and everything. Level-5 is bringing 2...

Amid less-than-stellar sales (compared to their past conquests), Level-5 is looking to re-invent the Yo-Kai Watch series. The 3DS, which the franchise has predominantly hitched its wagon to, is on its way out, and the Switch is the new...

[Update: Oh, Level-5 confirmed it's actually coming west today at Anime Expo! Literally no info is available on timing or much at all really, outside of the fact that it will have an English dub, and bits and pieces will require context fro...

Late last year, Level-5 announced that it would be porting the second Layton game, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, to mobile phones in Japan. Much like how the first title made its way west, Diabolical Box is now available in...

Rounding out the trio of Bandai Namco E3 2019 leaks, we have Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered – coming to PC and PS4 – and a separate Nintendo Switch version, all due out this fall. Level-5's whimsical action-RPG ...

The gaming industry is no stranger to acquisitions and mergers. Whether it's Activision and Blizzard joining forces to become the biggest company in the industry or Microsoft buying up the very best AA developers, ownership of companies cha...

What was once due before the madness of E3, is now set to arrive after. The highly anticipated Yo-Kai Watch 4 was set to launch in Japan on June 6, but has now been quickly pushed to June 20 just weeks before release. This is one of se...

You probably haven't heard of Snack World yet unless you follow the Japanese game industry closely, but given how hard Level-5 pushes their wares, you will, if it comes west. All signs point to it being a go, but it still hasn't happened si...

Yo-Kai Watch went into a different direction a few years ago and it didn't quite work out. Naturally, Level-5 is going back to their roots. The intro to the Switch-exclusive Yo-Kai Watch 4 is basically a greatest hits of the serie...

Yo-Kai Watch 4 was going through some growing pains last year, but after a seasonal delay it seems like the game is back on track. Box art is locked in, it's still a Switch exclusive, and it's set for a June 6 release, just in time for E3 e...

I've talked at length recently about how important Yo-Kai Watch 4 is for the franchise, and this week during their annual Yo-Kai Watch event, Level-5 seemed to stress the same thing while sharing plans for where the series is goin...

There's a lot riding on Yo-Kai Watch 4. As I explained in my lengthy takedown of the series, Level-5 has witnessed the appeal of the series wane over time and is now throwing a Hail Mary at the Nintendo Switch. Still due sometime this ...

With the recent western launch of Yo-Kai Watch 3 I've had a lot of people asking me if it's worth getting into the series. Short answer? "Yes." Although its popularity has waned outside of Japan, for all intents and purposes the f...

Yo-Kai Watch isn't quite as prevalent as it once was. I mean just this week the flagship store for the series announced its closure in Japan. Despite its slow decline in public interest, the series is just as lively six years in. I'll take ...

Warner Bros. Japan is teaming up with developer Level-5 to create an anime film adaptation of the Ni no Kuni games. Featuring character designs by Yoshiyuki Momose and a score composed by Joe Hisaishi, the film is set for a summer 2019 rele...

While it's not the end of Yo-Kai Watch, it's the end of an era: Japan's flagship Yoroz Mart (originally called Yo-Kai Watch Yoroz Mart) is closing later this month on February 24. Known as the "Yoroz Mart Fukuoka Main Store," it was the ori...

Nintendo is continuing to assist Level-5 in publishing the Yo-Kai Watch series outside of Japan, and the latest game, Yo-Kai Watch 3, is about to hit US shores on February 8. To help facilitate any missed story beats the Big N just rel...

Announced just a few days ago, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is heading to mobile devices in Japan next month. We now have a trailer to show us how it will look and I'm super jealous. Is it too much to ask Level-5 to port these to...

Earlier this year, the first Professor Layton game came to Japanese smartphones as an HD port before heading West a few months later. Now, the second game in the series, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (or the much cooler internatio...

Level-5 began its life as a studio on October 28, 1998: it's their 20th anniversary this week! While sharing a vague promise of providing a "variety of entertainment for the future," the company also gave us a killer new piece of art, showc...

Level-5 is a storied, 20-year-old company with a lot of properties under its belt. A lot of folks don't know that they actually created the Dark Cloud series, as well as memorable games like Jeanne d'Arc and Rogue Galaxy. Before they shifte...

Yo-Kai Watch has fizzled a bit in recent years, and a lot of that is probably due to the fact that the 3DS isn't very big outside of Japan at the moment. That could all change as the series moves to the Switch: though for now it's only conf...

We learned about the existence of Megaton Musashi earlier this year, and (godspeed) Level-5 is making it yet another "cross-media" project. Translation: it's also getting a ton of non-game things like toys and an anime. You know, the things...

Although it's not nearly as prevalent as it once was, I'm still very much attached to the Yo-Kai Watch series. The cartoon is a great way to relax, Level-5 has pivoted into several different directions with it, the toys are cute, and t...

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is now available for mobile devices. Just a few weeks after announcing intentions to bring the Japanese HD mobile port West, the game is now available on the App and Google Play stores for $9.99 USD ...