Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits

I’m still surprised that Nintendo ever thought that there would be an audience for Yo-Kai Watch 2 in the west, but boy am I glad that they did.

Yo-Kai Watch also goes to some real crazy places that Pokémon wouldn't dare to explore.

Quotation forthcoming.

Yo-kai Watch 2 is an iterative sequel that plays too safe too often, but, taken for what it is, also delivers a solid JRPG experience, enriched by almost two hundred new Yo-kai, online battles and new areas to explore. Your enjoyment of the first game and of the anime really is a factor here.

While it may not solidify the burgeoning franchise as an alternative to Pokémon, Yo-kai Watch 2 is nonetheless another solid RPG in 3DS's library, especially for younger gamers. [Issue #24 – November/December 2016, p.12M]

The arrival of Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits provides fans with a familiar experience that changes very, very little when compared to the first iteration of the series.

Yo-kai Watch has a great degree of potential, so it's tragic to see Level-5 squander it over fears of upsetting their massive cash cow. (In Japan, anyway.) This sequel carries the same sense of spooky whimsy as the first game, but unfortunately doesn't lose the underlying tedium. If you're looking for an alternative to Pokemon, you might want to see if the next game fixes Yo-kai Watch's woes—if it gets localized, that is.

Where do I began. This is probably my favorite game of all time. Everything was perfect. And after you were done with it, there would be much more you can do after words. Some of the side quest had there own little story, or it felt like a whole dlc to the game. But I wish you didn’t have to have all 3 yo ki watch 2 games. But I loved it so much that I went out my way to have all 3 to have every bit of post game content as possible. Thank you to Kai watch for making my childhood, and I wish for this series to come back on day -Christopher

The best 3DS game ever made. The Yo-kai watch series has some of the best games and it is way too underrated

Très bonne histoire. Mais le principe de séparé le jeu en 2 (fin 3 avec spectre psy) etait une mauvaise idée. Cependant le jeu reste meilleur que son collègue esprit farceur.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Yo-kai Watch 2 is very much a fan game. It looks like the first one, plays like the first one and, the story harkens back to the first one. I'd say if you liked the first one like I did, you'll like Yo-Kai Watch 2. If you didn't like the first one, then you wouldn't like this one. I just hope Yo-Kai Watch 3 adds variety, if it ever comes to the US...