Yo-kai Watch Busters 2

is an sequel of the three-part Yo-kai Watch Busters series for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was announced in an August 2017 issue of with a Winter 2017 release date.

The titles were formally announced in the September 2017 issue of CoroCoro Comics as and, with a release date of December 7, 2017.

Level-5 announced in November that the games would be pushed back from their original December 7 release date to December 16 in order to apply last-minute quality improvements to the games.

Gameplay
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 is an expansion on the Oni-Busters gameplay that was first introduced in Yo-kai Watch 2. The game is an that is somewhat set in an  environment. The game takes up to four players that will face up against other Yo-kai and Boss Yo-kai, which in the game the player will play as a different Yo-kai and go around town in a beat 'em up action style fashion. Players will team up to form groups of four to take on all Yo-kai, including some bosses. It is known that the game will support multiplayer, where your friends and their respective Yo-kai can help the player out.

However, Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 differs than it predeseccor Yo-kai Watch Busters, but the style of the game remains the same. The game takes place on a different location and it can be considered that the T-Buster Pack of Yo-kai Watch 3 plays a huge influence on its design and ideology.

Pre-release information
Level-5 revealed through the August 2017 issue of CoroCoro Comics that Yo-kai Watch Busters will receive a sequel, first known as Yo-kai Watch Busters 2. However, only the title of the game was revealed with and winter 2017 release date, but there was no further information in that issue. A week later, Level-5 created an official website of the upcoming game revealing its story, as well that the game will be Nintendo 3DS exclusive.

Level-5 streamed a trailer of the game in September after the revelations of the game titles in the September 2017 issue of CoroCoro Comics. The trailer confirmed a release date of December 7, 2017. However, since December 2017, the video has been removed from Level-5 YouTube channel.

Level-5 streamed new trailers of the game on December 6, 2017 with the announcement that the game has pushed back until December 16, 2017.

Release infomation
During its first week, Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 sold 208,540 copies in Japan reaching the top spot of the sales chart. Known during the first sales week that Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Sword outselling Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Magnum with 100,118 units sold, whereas Magnum sold 95,794 copies. Known is is that Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 sold 45% of its shipment during its first week.

Trivia

 * Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 release date coincides with the movie Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King. Both media project will release on the same day, December 16, 2017.
 * This is the final Yo-kai Watch game that was released for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console.
 * Digital Works Entertainment Inc. was handeling the 3DS sources of the game, and eventually helped with the development of the game.
 * Level-5 released an initial video were they were revealing the previous release date of the game, but removed it and re-uploaded the movie with the correct date.