The Youkai Watch 2 Nintendo Direct will be going live shortly! You can check it out below live and the story will be updated with information as it comes out (Thanks NintenDaan!)
- Direct was hosted by Level-5 president Akihiro Hino
- Explained a lot of the gameplay mechanics and concepts, many of which we’ve seen before
- Demonstrates a lot of the cross-media aspects relating to the anime, manga and other lines
- World appears to be more expansive than in the first game
- Riding the train in-game will bring you to new locations not available in the regular world (such as a beach or rural town)
- One of the new Youkai’s is an Onigiri Samurai
- The game features various mini-games such as bike racing
- Bosses can join your team, an example was shown in a bath house setting
- Multiplayer net-play is available for regular battles and the new Youkai Watch busters mode where you play as Youkai
- There are multiple version of Youkai Watch 2, preseumably with their own special Youkai
- DLC will be featured in the game but it appears to be free
- Special content available for those who owned the original
- A special version of the Youkai Jibanyan will be available depending on whether you download or buy the packaged copy of the game
And that’s a wrap! We’ve got the archive embedded below
