Yo-kai Watch Spin-Off Y School Heroes Trademarked in the West

You know what name we haven’t said much around here lately? Yo-kai Watch.

This is partly because I still haven’t played Yo-kai Watch 2 or 3, but also because there’s still no sign of Yo-kai Watch 4 localization, the Switch port of the first game was never localized, and the big anniversary news turned out to just be a mobile port.

But there’s still hope for the series here after all!

Sometime after Yo-kai Watch 4, in 2020, Level-5 released a spin-off called Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu, based on their Yo-kai Academy Y anime and follows a student investigating mysteries at the academy.

It seemed unlikely that they’d localized Yo-kai Academy Y ahead of Yo-kai Watch 4, but Level-5 apparently referred to Yo-kai Academy Y by the localized title of Y School Heroes: Bustlin’ School Life during its TGS 2020 presentation, although I wasn’t able to find a video of the presentation itself. That’s beside the point, though, because now we have even more cause for hope.

The other day, fans noticed a new trademark registered by Level-5 for “Y School Heroes” in the west.

Level-5 hasn’t localized anything in a long time, and there were reports of its North American branch being shut down, so a sudden Yo-kai Watch trademark in the west is quite a surprise. Of course, a trademark doesn’t always lead to an announcement (I’m still waiting on Baten Kaitos news), but it’s a good sign. Here’s hoping we’ll not only get Y School Heroes, but eventually Yo-kai Watch 4 as well!

Do you think this trademark news means anything?

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