Yo-kai Watch 4
| Yo-kai Watch 4 | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Level-5 |
| Publisher | Level-5 |
| Director | Ken Motomura |
| Producer | Akihiro Hino |
| Writer | Akihiro Hino |
| Composer | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Series | Yo-kai Watch |
| Platforms | |
| Release | Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
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| Genre | Action role-playing |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yo-kai Watch 4 is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Level-5 for the Nintendo Switch. As indicated by the name, it is the fourth and final game of the main series of Yo-kai Watch video games; unlike the preceding Yo-kai Watch 3, 4 was initially released only as a single version in Japan in June 2019. An enhanced version titled Yo-kai Watch 4++ was released for the Switch and PlayStation 4 in Japan in December 2019. Its full name is Yo-kai Watch 4: We're Looking Up At The Same Sky, translated from "妖怪ウォッチ4: ぼくらは同じ空を見上げている".
As with the other games in the series, the protagonist possesses the eponymous Yo-kai Watch, a device that allows them to see, befriend, and summon creatures called Yo-kai. Yo-kai Watch 4 is set in three distinct time periods. Characters from the first three main video games, including Keita "Keta" Amano and Fumika "Fumi-chan" Kodama, are in one time period. Another time period is set 30 years after the first three main video games, using characters from Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu and Yo-kai Watch Shadowside, including Natsume Amano, the daughter of Keita and Fumika. The final time period is set in the 1960s, approximately 60 years prior to the first three main video games, with characters from Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends, including Shin Shimomachi.