Yo-Kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters on 3DS, definitive version of YW2 with exclusive Yo-Kai and additional story. More content than the Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls versions. The version to own for fans.
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Category
RPG4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Enriched version of Yo-Kai Watch 2 adding new exclusive Yo-Kai, a new chapter and additional features in the Psychic Specters edition. Published by Nintendo, released in Australia in September 2017. Psychic Specters exclusive Yo-Kai, extra chapter, hundreds of Yo-Kai. Australian edition.
Yo-Kai Watch 2 - Psychic Specters review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Traveling back in time, widening the town and tracking down a myriad of new Yo-Kai to befriend reignites the medallium hunt on a grander scale, with more quests. Evolving your friends and combing every corner stretches out the adventure. The battle system stays loose on control, but this teeming collection and its endearing humor hold you in a stubborn grip.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
An enriched version of the adventure, this entry adds exclusive Yokai, an extra chapter and new features to an already abundant formula. Completing your collection, combing the neighbourhoods and taking on the challenges fills very long hours. That surplus of content, grafted onto the series' addictive loop, makes it the most complete cut.
The NTSC release of Yo-Kai Watch 2 Psychic Specters is the last main Yo-Kai Watch boxed appearance in the US. A relatively modest Nintendo of America print and a quick commercial end: the franchise did not find its US audience, which paradoxically protects the collector value of remaining complete copies.
Better with friends
A ghost-filled adventure where you link your console to friends' to take on tough spirits together or face off in a duel. Cooperation shines in group battles, where coordinating your creatures and trading off on healing makes the difference, while competition spices up the showdowns. Gathering every Yo-kai pushes you to trade, and each shared session feeds a joyfully contagious collecting bug.
Is Yo-Kai Watch 2 - Psychic Specters still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2014 in Japan then in the West on 3DS, Level-5's project extends the capture RPG that became a craze in Japan, where you befriend Yo-Kai, mischievous spirits hidden in daily life, to call them into battle. The semi automatic combat system, built on rotating a wheel of allies and tactile cleansing of bad spirits, mixes accessibility and management. The exploration of a living town, the time travel and the offbeat humour make for an endearing world. The repetition and the time consuming collection divide. An excellent family RPG, recommended for fans of creature capture and of humour.
