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Yo-kai Watch 4 is a role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch developed by Level-5 and is the fourth main installment in the Yo-Kai Watch series.

Gameplay[]

This is a role-playing game where the player searches for Yo-Kai in a town. The battle system is way different from previous mainline installments taking a more Action RPG approach akin to the Blasters series. There's also a gimmick in which Yo-kai can either transform into their Great mode which is a general power boost or their Shadowside form. Both of these forms makes the Yo-kai able to perform their Soultimate but every human except Touma and Natsume with her Awakened form picked as her main Soultimate doesn't require to activate an extra form.

The befriending system was also changed. The player must know collect souls from Yo-kai obtained after defeating them. There's 3 tiers of souls, grey which is common, red which is uncommon and gold which is rare to obtain. After obtaining the amount the souls required to summon a Yo-kai. They can pay a fee to summon the Yo-kai. The main system of the Crank a kai is still retained from the previous games.

Plot[]

The Yo-kai are supernatural monsters that inhabit our world. The main characters Natsume, Nate, and Shin take on a journey that goes beyond the time and space.

Yo-Kai Watch 4 - Screenshot 02

Screenshot of gameplay.

Development[]

The October 10, 2018, Level-5 announced that the title would be delayed into 2019 spring for Japan with no slated release date.[1]

Gallery[]

  Main article: Yo-kai Watch 4/gallery

Trivia[]

  • It was the first mainline Yo-kai Watch game to be released on a home console.
  • A keychain of the game's box art was hand over at World Hobby Fair 2019, it was presumed to be the box art of the game.
Yo-Kai Watch 4 promotional card case

The Switch card case given out during World Hobby Fair 2019.

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