<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Yo-kai	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
Y	I-Application
–	I-Application
Waiwai	I-Application
Gakuen	I-Application
Seikatsu	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2020	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Level-5	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
sees	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
Jinpei	O
Jiba	O
,	O
a	O
student	O
at	O
the	O
fictitious	O
Y	O
Academy	O
,	O
who	O
investigates	O
mysteries	O
occurring	O
in	O
the	O
academy	O
and	O
surrounding	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
was	O
received	O
positively	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
combat	O
system	O
and	O
environment	O
and	O
school	O
life	O
mode	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
routine	O
feeling	O
and	O
open	O
world-like	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
sees	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
Jinpei	O
Jiba	O
,	O
who	O
aims	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
kid	O
at	O
the	O
Y	O
Academy	O
,	O
an	O
elite	O
boarding	O
school	O
that	O
's	O
also	O
the	O
main	O
setting	O
of	O
the	O
Yo-kai	O
Academy	O
Y	O
anime	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
main	O
gameplay	O
occurs	O
during	O
"	O
school	O
life	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
at	O
the	O
Y	O
Academy	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
raise	O
their	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
previous	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
has	O
a	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
drastically	O
changed	O
from	O
mainline	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
games	O
,	O
with	O
battles	O
happening	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Level-5	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
most	O
other	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
:	O
Yo-kai	O
Academy	O
Y	O
:	O
Encounter	O
with	O
N	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
's	O
first	O
season	O
was	O
ongoing	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
was	O
prioritized	O
over	O
Inazuma	O
Eleven	O
:	O
Victory	O
Road	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Level-5	O
wanting	O
Victory	O
Road	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
a	O
hit	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
by	O
Level-5	O
CEO	O
Akihiro	O
Hino	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
official	O
announcement	O
later	O
being	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
March	O
2020	O
issue	O
of	O
CoroCoro	O
Comic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
release	O
following	O
on	O
October	O
29	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
combat	O
and	O
school	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akiru	O
Miyashita	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
4Gamer.net,	O
stated	O
that	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
was	O
his	O
favorite	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
series	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
open	O
world-like	O
environment	O
and	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
Miyashita	O
opined	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
good	O
tempo	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keiichi	O
Totsuka	O
of	O
Famitsu	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
combat	O
system	O
made	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
newcomers	O
of	O
the	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
series	O
to	O
get	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Blasters	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
sold	O
over	O
3	O
thousand	O
copies	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
its	O
first	O
three	O
days	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
25th	O
best-selling	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
August	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Yo-kai	B-Application
Watch	I-Application
Jam	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
have	O
sold	O
over	O
42	O
thousand	O
copies	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
