There’s not much news yet, but based on what’s emerged since yesterday’s announcement, it seems Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Realmis a Nintendo Switch 2 game announced by Level-5 during the Direct. remake aim to understand Elements from all three previous versions.
The fact is that this series is not very easy to explain: between delays, different translations, different versions and new releases, it is not easy to position itself among the tier 5 cross-media franchises, but this has not stopped it from achieving considerable success.
The announcement of Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Realm sparked excitement at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, even though the trailer said little other than that development was confirmed.
Reworked and remixed versions
However, this seems to be a remake of “Yo-Kai Watch 2”, Graphics completely redone Take full advantage of the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware and remix content from all three previously released versions.
The second chapter of the series actually launched in 2016, releasing on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan and the West, but domestically it was released in three different versions: Bone soul, flesh soul and spiritual ghostselling more than 6 million copies.
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As such, Haunted Domain will take elements from all of these versions and give them greatly improved graphics and new contentboth in terms of stories and presentation of monsters, the number at that time exceeded 450.
The reference release will probably still be Psychic Specters, which is the most complete of these releases, but Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Realm will likely be more extensive. During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, we also saw a new trailer for Professor Layton and the New World on Steam.
