Level-5 Provides Game Updates

Developer Level-5 posted its Level-5 Vision 2026 II presentation today. The fifty-minute video, which features significant use of AI-generated visuals, featured a variety of updates on upcoming titles from the studio. The RPG-related updates were:

Yo-kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain is confirmed to be coming to PC and PlayStation 5 in addition to Nintendo Switch 2. The game is a remake of the second entry in its Yo-kai Watch series with enhanced graphics and additional content. Yo-kai Watch 2 originally released in Japan in 2014 before coming to North America in 2016 and Europe in 2017. A sequel to the original Yo-kai Watch, the game sees players befriending and battling with various Yo-kai spirits. Players control Nate or Katie, who embark on new adventures dealing with supernatural phenomena in their everyday lives after their memories are briefly erased.

“Crime-suspense RPG” Decapolice is now planned for release in 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game is set in a future where Decasim is a virtual world created as a copy of reality. However, the virtual copy also holds memories of past crimes, and clues found in Decasim can help solve crimes in the real world. When confronting criminals, there is a chance that they turn into embodiments of malice called Crime Beasts that players need to subdue with futuristic gadgets.

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is getting new paid DLC, The Celestial Express. It will include new life ranks, new crafting features, an upgradable mount, a new flying companion, new decorations, new monsters, and new gatherable items. Currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, and Android, Fantasy Life i sees players drifting onto an island that was previously home to a prosperous civilisation. Players develop the island through quests and crafting before being able to time travel back into the past, where they can learn secrets about the island and potentially rewrite history. The game includes fourteen different roles, or Lives, for players to freely change between as they build up their town, as well as online co-op for up to four players.

Snack World: Reloaded received a new trailer. The game is a remake of Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold, which released for Nintendo Switch, itself an enhanced version of Japan-only Nintendo 3DS title Snack World: Trejarers. The game is set on the eponymous Snack World, as the evil Sultan Vinegar attempts to resurrect the Deodragon Smörg Åsbord. Players create their own character to join treasure hunters Chup, Mayonna, and more in a comedic quest featuring procedurally-generated dungeons. The Reloaded version is stated to include improved gameplay, controls, and story, as well as a new mode where players can play as Chup. It is planned for release in 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2.

Holy Horror Mansion also received a new trailer and 2027 release window for PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2. Billed as the next concept for the Yo-kai Watch franchise, the game is described as a “ghost craft” RPG and follows a young hero who lives in a mansion on top of an apartment building owned by his grandmother. After finding a camera in a locked room, he encounters a ghost and ends up caught in various adventures.

Football RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is getting a sequel. The game is called Inazuma Eleven: Bold Revolution and will feature a new protagonist, Shane Starfall (Nagi Furuhoshi in Japan). No other details have been revealed at this stage.