Yo-Kai Watch 2 – Psychic Specters

Yo-Kai Watch 2 – Psychic Specters is an updated version of Yo-Kai Watch 2 – Bony Spirits and Yo-Kai Watch 2 – Fleshy Souls. It was released in Japan and North America, Europe and South Korea. The game brings some exclusive new Yo-kai as well as making the stronger Wicked tribe Yo-kai befriendable. It was released on December 13, 2014 in Japan and on September 29, 2017 in North America and Europe.

New Features

• An Oni Blasters Mode was introduced, allowing four players to each choose a Yo-kai and fight against Oni Yo-kai.
  • This was included in the Western release of Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls under the name “Yo-kai Watch Blasters”
• Exclusive new quests.
• The game contains 19 new types of Yo-kai as well as new bosses.
• Yo-kai of the Wicked tribe can be befriended. Their Yo-kai Medals were not obtainable in the original Yo-kai Watch 2 releases.

Much like its predecessor, Yo-kai Watch 2 is an open world role-playing video game, where the player controls player character Nathan Adams or Katie Forester. Players navigate around the open world, using the Nintendo 3DS’ touchscreen to find and befriend various Yo-kai scattered across the overworld. Players can give enemy Yo-kai a food item that they like before or during battle to have a chance at befriending them after winning the battle. After the battle, any of the enemy Yo-kai may approach the player character and give them its Yo-kai Medal, allowing it to be used in the player’s team.

A new feature in battles is using the Yo-kai Watch Model Zero to use “G Soultimate” moves, which are more powerful Soultimate moves that consume the Soul meters of all adjacent Yo-kai. While the protagonist is sleeping, two Yo-kai steal the Yo-kai Watch and erase their memories of Yo-kai. The next morning, their parents argue over two donut brands: Spirit and Soul Doughnuts. The protagonist went to the Memory Shop, where they re-obtain the watch and their memories, and reunites with Whisper and Jibanyan. A few days later, the protagonist goes to Springdale Elementary and discovers the Gashadokuro Yo-kai Gutsy Bones there, whom they defeat.

The next day, the protagonist encounters a large cat Yo-kai who hypnotizes them into traveling to Harrisville, where their grandmother lives. There, they encounter a dispute between two Yo-kai factions: the Bony Spirits and the Fleshy Souls. The following day, they encounter the large Yo-kai again, who turns out to be Hovernyan, a cat Yo-kai from 60 years ago who grew drastically after absorbing soul energy over time. Hovernyan tells them that their grandfather needs their help and transports them 60 years in the past using the Time Stone.