On May 22, Level-5 announcedYo-kai Watch Jam - Yo-kai Academy Y: Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsuis a “large-scale download game with regular updates”. A physical version and the game’s price are currently TBA.Yo-kai Academy Yis scheduled to launch in Summer 2020 in Japan, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.Yo-kai Academy Yis described by Level-5 as a “student life RPG”, where players aim to become a cool kid at school by making friends, resolving incidents, and solving the school’s secrets. Level-5 plans to regularly release free updates for the game about once per month. The playable content of the game will steadily increase.
As explained in the schematic above, players will only be able to play alone at first. However, a multiplayer mode will be added via a free update sometime after release.
Yo-kai Academy,judging from what scarce information was revealed so far,seems to be an action RPG where you most notably need to impress the gallery as you fight. You get Likes if you fight in a cool way, but other students stop watching you and leave if you don’t fight with style.
Yo-kai Academy Ywas announced by Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino on Twitteron July 30, 2025, with an in-development screenshot. Akihiro Hino mentioned back then the game would have a “different system thanYo-kai Watch”. Now we know what he meant.
Simultaneously with Level-5’s new announcement, Akihiro Hino tweeted : “Yo-kai Gakuen Y ~ Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu ~will be our first large-scale download game with regular updates. it’s a game that will keep evolving and can be played for a long time, so please look forward to it.”
New screenshots forYo-kai Academy Yhave also been published and can be found below.
An anime,Yo-kai Gakuen Y: N to no SÅgÅ«,is also airing in Japan since December 2019. This new game is linked to the anime.
The latest releasedYo-kai Watchgame isYo-kai Watch 4 ++,available on PS4 and Switch in Japan.It’s the enhanced version ofYo-Kai Watch 4, first launched on Switch. It’s available as DLC for those with the base game.
Yo-kai Watch 4 ++is the firstYo-kai Watchgame ever releasing outside Nintendo consoles, showing Level-5 is switching its strategy after the huge decline theYo-kai Watchfranchise suffered from.Yo-kai Watchas a media mix project launched in 2012 and wasPokemon’s direct rival in the early 2010s, however the series greatly reclined in popularity starting 2016 or so.
Yo-kai Watch 4was announced in thewest with no release date.Yo-kai Gakuen Ywasn’t announced in the west yet.
