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There’s a new Professor Layton in development, reports Famitsu. The game, which is apparently part of the mainline series, doesn’t seem as though it will star Layton as its protagonist. Details are scant and more will be revealed next month at the Level-5 Vision event in Japan.

“Basically, from here on out, we want to make our games totally compatible with smart phones,” Level-5 founder Akihiro Hino recently told Nikkei Trendy. Hino also said it was necessary to bring console versions over, adding that recently children have been playing games on the smartphone.

Yokai Watch 3 will be released in Japan on July 16. There will be two versions of the 3DS title: Yokai Watch 3 Sushi and Yokai Watch 3 Tempura.

Nintendo says that the first Yokai Watch game for the West—developed by Professor Layton creators Level-5 and spinning out of the extremely popular Japanese anime/game series—will hit the 3DS on November 6. Read more

Level 5’s super popular ghost catching series, Yokai Watch, series is finally leaving Japan, and Nintendo said it’s arriving “holiday 2015.”

Level-5’s next big thing is Snack World. There will be a manga, anime, and games. But we’ll have to wait and see if this catches on like Yokai Watch has in Japan.

Yokai Watch 3 will be set in the U.S. The previous entries in the huge-in-Japan franchise were set in, well, Japan.

Nintendo’s going to be publishing a Yokai Watch title—based off the extremely popular Japanese anime/game series—for the 3DS in the U.S. Developed by Professor Layton creators Level-5, the latest game in the series is pretty good. Read more