Soultimate Move

Soultimate Moves (Japanese:, Hissatsu Waza, far more often written in hiragana format) are special techniques that are unique to each Yo-kai. Like most Yo-kai techniques, they can have different effects, from straight up damage that either targets a single enemy Yo-kai or all of them on the current field, to either allies or enemies, to healing and increasing stats, with some of the offensive Soultimates having the possibility to utilize attribute-based damage.

To perform a Soultimate, a Yo-kai needs to have their Soul Meter full, then select the upper left button while in battle, and play a little mini-game to charge up the Soultimate until it is complete.

In Yo-kai Watch 2, Soultimates can be upgraded into a variant, which involves adjacent Yo-kai in the field to fuel their Soul Meter's contents into the Soultimate Charge of the Yo-kai charging up their Soultimate to boost the effectiveness of the pre-existing Soultimate attack.

In Yo-kai Watch 3, due to combat now taking place on a 3x3 square grid, most Soultimates now have a range of effectiveness, ranging from a random pattern, a single column, etc. The range of the Soultimates are noted by flashing red panels.

Trivia

 * The word "soultimate" is a combination of soul and ultimate.
 * "Amultime" is a portmanteau of "âme" (soul) and "ultime" (ultimate).
 * While in the first Yo-kai Watch game most -if not all- Soultimates shared the same background. In Yo-kai Watch 2, some Soultimates based on elemental affinities show a background akin to their respective elements; for example:
 * Swelterrier's Heat Wave has a volcanic area-like background.
 * Mermaidyn's Beach Wave has a stormy sea-like background.
 * Pallysol's Umbrella Gust has a typhoon-like background. There is also a certain gag where Whisper can be seen flying in the background of wind soultimates, such as Pallysol's and Brokenbrella's soultimate moves.
 * Sir Berus' Stygian Slingshot has a mountains background.
 * Other Yo-kai's Soultimates have an unique background, for example:
 * Arachnus's Earth Style Technique has a spider background.
 * Toadal Dude's Charging Technique has a toad background.

In other languages

 * Italian: Energimax
 * French : Amultime
 * Portuguese (Brazil): Supralmacia
 * German: Ultiseelschlag