Edit: presentation is available there, and here's the notes I took.
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Time is 6PM JST, which is 11AM GMT+2, 10AM UK Time, 5AM EST, 2AM PST. It will be 26 minutes long.
Trailer for the Direct itself (a first) : YouTube
Of course, it's Japan-only, as the game hasn't been announced for the West (and the first one isn't even getting a release outside Japan... yet).
Youkai Watch 2 Direct - 4.7.2014
What is Youkai Watch?
- Youkai hidden everywhere
- Youkai have an effect on people, make them do weird stuff
- Explain battle system
- make a wheel turn
- use touch screen to launch special attacks
- use it to revive Youkai too
- can make friends with Youkai
- Fuse medals to make new Youkai
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Sakura New Town
- explore the town, like as a child
- lots of places to go to, like forest and more
- fun things to do
- do stuff like in real life (crossing roads by pressing button, etc...)
YW2 new stuff
- same town as first game
- can take a train to go to some places
- Seaside town, with boats and a beach
- countryside town, with rice fileds, a farm, a river and more
- can take the bus too
- can get stamps of the various places by train
New Youkai showcase
- Matenshi : looks angry
- Onigirizamurai: looks like an onigiri, very powerful
- Nechikaeru : frog, use water attack
- lots of new Youkai
Jibanyan, real star of the show
- KO in one hit
- Bike racing, new mini-game
- Youkai blocking the view to annoy you
- Fox procession, mimic their movement so as to avoid getting spotted
- Billboard with quests
- secret tunnel which leads to unexpected places, change every day
- Player get a box, never open it. Fart all the time if you open it.
- can climb to poles
- get a great view
- you're not the only one doing it
- old man farts then drop down
This town looks different > go back in the past
- New trailer
- Dekanyan, has a mystery
- character which looks just like Keita
- fight to "defend the world"
Internet play
- youkai watch busters, playable with 4 players
- defeat Youkai in action game
2 different versions, with original quests, rare items, and some special Youkai
- special Jibanyan medal in the packaging
- download version too get special Youkai (Robot versions of Jibanyan)
- played YW1? Get Buchinyan
New trailer
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(Click the pic to get the to ND page)
Time is 6PM JST, which is 11AM GMT+2, 10AM UK Time, 5AM EST, 2AM PST. It will be 26 minutes long.
Trailer for the Direct itself (a first) : YouTube
Of course, it's Japan-only, as the game hasn't been announced for the West (and the first one isn't even getting a release outside Japan... yet).