YO-KAI WATCH 2: Fleshy Souls

Critic reviews

• NNintendoLife

  Dave Letcavage · Oct 06, 2016

  6.0

  Instead of evolving, Yo-kai Watch 2 plays it safe by fusing new content – some good, some trivial, and some bad – onto a recycled frame, and the result is what we refer to as a sophomore slump. There's still a lot here to like, but we can't help but feel that this is an entry only diehard Yo-kai fans will be comfortable purchasing at full price. Some players will love it despite its issues, while others will feel cheated by the flagrant and numerous similarities to its predecessor, as well as become frustrated by its traversal-related blunders. Whichever is the case, it's obvious that this sequel could have been so much more.

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• GGameSpot

  Alexa Ray Corriea · Oct 05, 2016

  5.0

  Yo-kai Watch 2 does preserve the quirky tone and charming writing that made the first game so engaging, but its lack of iteration is problematic in that there aren't enough fresh ideas to color its monotonous gameplay. The game feels old hat, taking you through well-trod ground--albeit with a fresh coat of paint and a few new faces.

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• PPolygon

  Janine Hawkins · Oct 05, 2016

  7.5

  If Yo-kai Watch 2: Fleshy Spirits/Bony Souls aspired to do nothing more than keep the player busy, it wouldn’t be anything special. It would be one more video game world, one more endless stream of shallow quests and grindy battles and collectible checkboxes, one more way to kill a weekend or keep the kids quiet. But there is more here.

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• DDestructoid

  Jed Whitaker · Oct 03, 2016

  7.0

  Even with its failings, I still love Yo-Kai Watch 2. It may not be as tight of a package or have enough variety in its quests, but the additional multiplayer components and new Yokai make this worth picking up. If you never played the first one, you should, but it isn't required as you won't be missing out on much as you can't transfer Yokai between the two games, so this is a decent place to start.

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• IIGN

  Jonathon Dornbush · Sep 29, 2016

  5.5

  But what can be said about the original still holds for its sequel: the world can be fun to dive into, but actually playing Yo-kai Watch can shift from tedious to outright boring. For every new story idea or impressive blend of humor and pathos in its writing, Yo-kai Watch 2 fails to breathe life into the act of actually playing it, and until something’s done about all the issues with combat, no amount of delicious doughnuts can cover up its problems.

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• GIGame Informer

  Kyle Hilliard · Sep 28, 2016

  7.0

  The map changes are great, but the other aspects feel like modified retreads of the first game. Even with the story’s interesting attempts to look at the origin of the Yo-kai Watch, it plods along without ever rising up to something worth seeing to the end. Yo-kai Watch 2 still stands as a worthwhile Pokémon competitor, but its forward progression is only happening by small steps.

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