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Yo-kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain Game's Extended Trailer Reveals PS5, PC Releases

Level 5 announced during the Level 5 Vision 2026 II Dream livestream that Yōkai Watch 2: Haunted Domain, a new updated version of the Yōkai Watch 2 Nintendo 3DS game, will launch on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam in addition to the previously announced Nintendo Switch 2 version. The company streamed an extended version of the trailer that it debuted on Wednesday. The English-subtitled video shows Jibanyan, Whisper, and series' protagonist Nate (Keita in Japan). The trailer then previews gameplay and more Yo-kai, set to the Yōkai Watch 2: Psychic Specters game's theme song "Gerappo Dance Train" originally performed by King Cream Soda.

The company teased new Yo-kai for the game.

Yōkai Watch 1 for Switch, a Nintendo Switch port of the original Yōkai Watch Nintendo 3DS game, debuted in Japan in October 2019. The game is a remaster with HD graphics. The game did not get a release in the West.

The Yōkai Watch 2: Bony Spirits and Yōkai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls games launched for 3DS in Japan in July 2014, in North America in September 2016, and in Europe in April 2017. The Yōkai Watch 2: Psychic Specters game then shipped in Japan in December 2014 and in North America and Europe in September 2017.

Level 5 announced the Yōkai Watch franchise in 2011 with a game, manga, and anime already planned. The franchise's first game for 3DS debuted in Japan in July 2013, and the original anime premiered in January 2014.

Yōkai Watch 3, the last game in the series released in the West, launched for 3DS in two versions — Yōkai Watch 3: Sushi and Yōkai Watch 3: Tempura — in July 2016. The company later released a Yōkai Watch 3: Sukiyaki version in December 2016.

Yōkai Watch 4++, the enhanced version of the Yōkai Watch 4: Bokura wa Onaji Sora o Miageteiru (We Look Up Toward the Same Sky) Switch game, launched for PlayStation 4 and Switch in December 2019. The original game debuted for Switch in June 2019 after multiple delays.

Update: Updated name of theme song. Thanks, SleepyBat.

Source: Level 5 Vision 2026 II Dream livestream