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| Developer(s) | Level-5 |
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| Director(s) | Ken Motomura |
| Producer(s) | Akihiro Hino |
| Designer(s) | Tatsuya Shinkai |
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| Composer(s) | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Series | Yo-kai Watch |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits[a] and Yo-kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls[b] are a pair of 2014 role-playing video games developed and published by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS. The games are a sequel to 2013's Yo-kai Watch, and were released in July 2014 in Japan, in North America and Australia in late 2016, and Europe in 2017. Much like their predecessor, the games put players in an open world, befriending and battling various Yo-kai, which are ghosts and apparitions originating in Japanese folklore, that cause mischief in daily life. In the beginning of the story, the memories of the protagonists Nathan "Nate" Adams and Katie Forester are erased when their Yo-kai Watches is stolen by two evil Yo-kai, leaving them with no recollection of their past adventures. However, they soon stumble across their Yo-kai butler Whisper and Yo-Kai cat Jibanyan once again, revived their memories and their adventures resume.
Developed in the wake of the first game's rising popularity, Yo-kai Watch 2 became one of the most highly anticipated releases in Japan in 2014. The games were released to positive critical reception and an overwhelmingly successful commercial response, becoming two of the best-selling games on the Nintendo 3DS, boosted by the established popularity of the Yo-kai Watch anime series and various merchandising efforts. By February 2015, the games had sold 3.1 million copies. A third version of the game, Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters[c], was released in Japan in December 2014, which added content not present in original versions of the game. By June 2015, the third version had sold over 2.6 million copies. The game was released in English regions as Psychic Specters on September 29, 2017.
- ^ Dayus, Oscar (February 2, 2017). "Yo-kai Watch 2 Finally Coming To Europe". GameSpot. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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