Level-5 has announced a special Vision 2024 showcase to provide updates for its latest games. Here, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time will get a much-desired release window update, following its indefinite delay. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam will also get a new update, hopefully providing a firmer release window.
Additionally, there will be new looks at Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Decapolice, and Megaton Musashi W: Wired – but the bigger news is that Level-5 lists two mystery games amongst its Featured Titles for Vision 2024.
In past events, Level-5 has revealed ample glimpses at its biggest upcoming titles, providing a slew of updates for its global audience. The potential reveal of two new games also presents some tantalising mysteries.
Level-5 has a range of excellent, fan-favourite franchises under its belt, and sequels or spin-offs for any of them would be most appreciated. The team could be working on something new – Level-5 has always experimented well with new adventures – but should something like a new Yo-kai Watch or a Ni No Kuni pop up, there’s no doubt there would be a raucous response.
Read: A new Yo-kai Watch game is in development
In mid-2023, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino actually confirmed the next Yo-kai Watch was in active development, and while it was too early for a formal announcement at the time of this statement, it has been more than a year since then. Should that be enough time for significant developments, we could be seeing something of Yo-kai Watch, even if it’s just a teaser.
All that said, it would be a bittersweet moment for Yo-kai Watch fans in the West – particularly given this region has missed out on several generations of new Yo-kai Watch games since the launch of Yo-kai Watch 3. Yo-kai Watch Busters 2, Yo-kai Watch 4, and Yo-kai Watch for
Should a new game be announced, and as part of Level-5’s strategy to release more games in the West, there would be plenty of catching up for Western audiences to do. Whether a new release would mean we finally get to see Yo-kai Watch 4 and/or its spin-offs remains to be seen, but there is slim hope, at least.
Of course, the games set to be announced could also be something else entirely – so it’s best to keep expectations in check ahead of the upcoming showcase.
Level-5 Vision 2024 showcase: Time zones
As announced, the Level-5 Vision 2024 presentation takes place on 24 September 2024 at 9:00 pm JST. Here’s when you can tune in based on local time zones:
- Australia – 10:00 pm AEST | 9:30 pm ACST | 8:00 pm AWST (24 September)
- New Zealand – 12:00 am NZST (25 September)
- United States – 5:00 am PT | 8:00 am ET (24 September)
- United Kingdom – 1:00 pm BST | 12:00 pm GMT (24 September)
The show will be available to watch on YouTube and Niconico. Stay tuned for the latest news and announcements from the event.
