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 ...

The world of Yo-kai Watch has always been one I've admired from afar. I've viewed a few episodes of the anime and dabbled in the first few games of the series, but nothing so far has planted the seed of fandom inside of me. For many ye...

Apple has Tweeted out that Professor Layton and the Curious Village will be heading to the Western app store soon. While not giving any other details, this is likely to be a localization of the Japanese mobile release from earlier in the ye...

Previously known as Yo-Kai Watch Busters, Yo-Kai Watch Blasters is arriving west on September 7 on 3DS. Just like the original release it'll come in two flavors -- Red Cat Corps and White Dog Squad. If you haven't seen this subseries b...

Yo-Kai Watch has been battling series fatigue even in its home region of Japan, where it was attempting to outpace Pokemon just a few years ago. The anime has pivoted to a more mature audience with a new series, and in turn, the games have ...

Ding Dong Dell just got a little more dangerous. Developer Level-5 has finally implemented the long-awaited difficulty settings to Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. Nearly three months to the day since its March release, Ni no Kuni II ...

A scant few days after its announcement, Professor Layton and the Curious Village EXHD has received a trailer and it looks great. While the game perfectly mimics the Nintendo DS' dual screen setup on larger displays, I'm mostly in awe of th...

The Professor Layton series is no stranger to mobile devices, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the first game in the series is now getting ported to smartphones. Dubbed Professor Layton and the Curious Village EXHD, this port...

Wayo Records have announced that they will be releasing the official soundtrack to whimsical RPG Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, which launches earlier this year courtesy of Bandai Namco.The release will feature over 30 tracks from the Lev...

As written in the latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu, Level-5's 3DS adventure Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy is coming to the Nintendo Switch in Japan on August 9.Originally launching for 3DS ...

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino is one of the most open studio leads out there, and recently he spoke to Nikkei Trendy to sort of lay out his company's plans for the rest of the year and going forward. First off, Hino plainly states: "Basically, i...

Well this one was a head-scratcher at first. Speaking to Dengeki PlayStation, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino explained the creative process behind Ni No Kuni II a bit, noting that it was a western game first and foremost, despite the fa...

I vividly remember reading magazine previews for Level-5's True Fantasy Live Online, Level-5's ambitious Xbox MMO that was canceled in 2004. I even had a crew ready and waiting with our party planned out, but it just never came to be, and I...