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Yo-kai Gakuen Y Wai Wai Gakuen Seikatsu Game Launches for Switch, PS4 in Summer
posted on by Jennifer Sherman & Crystalyn Hodgkins
This year's April issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine revealed a new game in the Yo-kai Watch franchise on Saturday. The new game, titled Yo-kai Gakuen Y Wai Wai Gakuen Seikatsu (Yo-Kai Academy Y: Lively Academy Life), will launch for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 this summer.
In the "school life RPG," players will enroll at Yo-kai Gakuen Y and transform into a "Yo-kai Hero." Characters will use the "YSP Watch" (Yo-kai Special Power) to transform and fight against vengeful ghosts.
Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino revealed in December a screenshot (seen right) of a game inspired by Yo-kai Gakuen Y: N to no Sōgū (Yo-Kai Academy Y: An Encounter With N), the new Yo-kai Watch anime series.
The anime series premiered on December 27 and is airing on Fridays at 6:25 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.
The Eiga Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y - Neko wa Hero ni Nareru ka anime film opened in Japan on December 13.
The television anime centers on protagonist Jinpei Jiba, who can transform into yo-kai hero Benimaru Kengō. The series is set in the same high school academy setting as Eiga Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y - Neko wa Hero ni Nareru ka (Yo-kai Watch Jam the Movie: Yo-Kai Academy Y - Can a Cat be a Hero?), the sixth film in the series, and continues the film's story. The series also introduces new characters and items.
Sources: Coro Coro Comics April issue, Yo-kai Gakuen Y Wai Wai Gakuen Seikatsu game's website, Famitsu.com
