Yo-Kai Watch 2 on 3DS, enriched sequel with a journey to the past. More Yo-Kai, a deeper story and a Meiji-era Sakura town to explore. The Yo-Kai Watch saga increases in quality and ambition.
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Category
RPG4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Nate and Jibanyan travel to the past to uncover Yo-Kai history and stop the Onimaro threat in the Honke version. Published by Level-5, released in Japan in July 2014. Honke-exclusive bonus Yo-Kai, time travel, hundreds of Yo-Kai to recruit, online modes. Japanese Honke version.
Youkai Watch 2 - Honke review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
The mascot cat serves as punctuation for the whole game. His expressions, some twenty exaggerated faces from delight to disgruntlement, appear as a thumbnail in the menus, above dialogue, during loading, at the end of a fight, and often replace the sentence another game would have written. That lexicon of grimaces, entirely drawn by hand, works as a common language.
The creatures' cries are tuned and placed on the beat. Miaows, growls, sighs and exclamations are not left to chance: each is set at a pitch compatible with the piece in progress and triggered preferably on a strong beat, so that a party of four ends up forming a small vocal section. The device is discreet and yet it holds together scenes that are extremely talkative.
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"
Travelling back in time to uncover the Yokai's history unfolds an even broader collecting RPG, rich in creatures to recruit. The fleshed-out main quest, exploring new neighbourhoods and numerous challenges hold you for long hours. That generosity of content and humour, the series' own, offers a lifespan dear to fans.
Technical info
💾1,7 GB📅10/07/2014
Published by Level-5
Youkai Watch 2 - Honke (3DS) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Is Youkai Watch 2 - Honke still worth playing in 2026?
Released in twin versions with exclusive Yokai, Yo-Kai Watch 2 fixes the first game's flaws with a wider map, time travel and noticeably richer content. The collecting, recruiting and wheel based battles gain variety, while the writing keeps its tender humour and its roots in Japanese folklore. This is the best entry point of the series, balanced and generous. For a fan of monster RPGs or someone curious about Yokai style worlds, the title keeps a solid, lasting appeal.
