Yo-kai Watch 2

Yo-kai Watch 2 is a role-playing game developed and published by Level-5 in Japan, and Nintendo worldwide. It's the second game of the Yo-kai Watch series. Initially released in two versions, called Fleshy Souls and Bony Spirits, and later the third version named Psychic Specters, which is an updated version of the game.

Plot
After losing their Yo-kai friends, their watch and their memories, the protagonist, Whisper and Jibanyan, with the help of Hovernyan decide to go 60 years to the past to make possible the creation of the Yo-kai Watch Model 0, made by the protagonist's grandfather Nathaniel/Kenny.

Why It Deserves Another Yo-kai Medal

 * 1) Even if the game has a more linear story, it still gives you enough freedom to do missions and get more Yo-kai friends.
 * 2) *The story is better than the previous entry.
 * 3) They added new Yo-kai in the game with new abilities and personalities that adds depth to the game's combat.
 * 4) *Various bosses like Wobblewok, Slimamander and Sproink are now befriendable, this also includes the Oni Yo-kai (Gargaros, Ogralus and Orcanos).
 * 5) * Depending if you choose the Spirit doughnut or the Soul doughnut, you get exclusive Yo-kai like Toadal Dude and Kyubi (Fleshy Souls) or Arachnus and Venoct (Bony Spirits)
 * 6) *3 new legendary Yo-kai were added, for the tribes that didn't receive them for the last game.
 * 7) * There is a new tribe called "Wicked Tribe", with 10 different Yo-kai.
 * 8) *They added a new variant of Yo-kai called "Classical Yo-kai", those being more similar with the spirit they are based on.
 * 9) * Now there are up to 350 different Yo-kai!
 * 10) With the Yo-kai Watch Model 0, you can activate a new Soultimate type called “Soultimate M (Moxie)”, that makes it even more powerful, with the cost of the close team members Yo-kai emptying their Soul Meter.
 * 11) The war between the Bony Spirits and the Fleshy Souls, while ridiculous, is pretty funny and memorable.
 * 12) Nathan/Katie, Whisper and Jibanyan are still great characters.
 * 13) *Hovernyan is a mature and serious cat Yo-kai based on Superman with the Darknyan incarnation being based on Batman.
 * 14) *Nathaniel/Kevin are a stubborn yet playful child, who are the protagonists grandfathers (Nathaniel in the case of Nate and Kevin in the case of Katie)
 * 15) *Spoiler: Dame Dedtime is a more compelling villain than McCracken, as she was a woman of the Sengoku period, waiting to get married but was imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit, making her slowly hate humans.
 * 16) *Spoiler: Even doe he was a boss on the previous game’s story, Dr. Maddiman gets a lot of development in this game, when he wants to remember parts of his past, as he was a normal doctor with a wife and a son that he really loved, to the point that he decided to take over the world by making an experiment with patients, but miscarriaged his family to the point they abandoned him. After that he continued working, to the point of loosing his mind and memories.
 * 17) The graphics are fantastic, especially in places like Harrisville and past Springdale.
 * 18) The soundtrack is fantastic, examples include Vs. Boss (Classical) Yo-kai, Vs. Dame Demona and Flatpot Plain.
 * 19) The voice acting is decent and nice to hear.
 * 20) The games added online trade, something that a lot of people asked.
 * 21) Various minigames, like various rhythm ones, bicycle races and pole climbing.
 * 22) The map is easier to navigate now.
 * 23) More than 100 quests and missions to complete.
 * 24) *Spoiler:The key quests are quests that are obligatory to do to complete the main story. The most memorable one is “Jibanyan’s secret”, when it’s revealed that Jibanyan died saving her old owner, Amy, from a truck, and she called herself useless because she didn’t save her cat Rudy (Jibanyan’s old name).
 * 25) Tons of Aftergame content, like Infinite Inferno and Divine Paradise.
 * 26) You can finally scan QR Codes from Japanese Medals into the game. (Unfortunately the QR Codes for the Japanese gray medals are still region locked)

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Tons of people disliked that the game was more linear than its predecessor.
 * 2) * Speaking of which, some people might find the game a bit similar to mh:greatestmovies:Back to the Future due to both having a kid going to the past and finding their old relative.
 * 3) The game has the reskin problem, and tons of Yo-kai like Robokoma and the fruit nyans are simple recolors of other Yo-kai.
 * 4) The train parts, while funny, can take a lot of time and be frustrating, especially if you want to go fast.
 * 5) Just 8 bosses in the main story. Fortunately, there are more than 20 bosses after the game.

Critical reception
Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls received positive reviews from users, but mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.

Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls
Both versions received a 72/100 based on 47 reviews on OpenCritic. Nintendo Life gave a 6/10. On Metacritic, Bony Spirits received 72/10, while Fleshy Souls received 70/100.

Psychic Specters
On OpenCritic, the game received 74/100 based on 21 reviews. Nintendo Life gave a 9/10. On Metacritic, the game received 73/100.

Commercial reception
Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls sold 3.10 million copies and Psychic Spirits 2.62 million in Japan. The three games together sold 5.72 million in Japan and 1.20 million worldwide, selling over 6.92 million in general, becoming the 10th best selling game on the Nintendo 3DS.

Trivia

 * This is the only video game in the series to be translated into Dutch and Russian languages, and was also the only Nintendo 3DS game released in 2017 to be translated in Russian.
 * This is the last Yo-kai Watch video game to have a demo.
 * Every cover changed in every place the games were ported.

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