Artwork of Jibanyan using his original Soultimate Move, Paws of Fury.
Soultimate Moves (Japanese: ひっさつわざ Hissatsu Waza) are special techniques that are unique to each Yo-kai which can be activated when their Soul Meter is full. They can have different effects, from straight-up damage that either targets a singular opposing Yo-kai or all of them, healing or increasing stats, with some of the offensive Soultimates having the possibility to utilize Attribute-based damage.
They have different effects depending on the video game, that have different ways of combat.
Overview[]
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. The charging minigame can be canceled at any time before it's completed, and doing so will not deplete the Soul Meter.
In the games[]
Main series games[]
In Yo-kai Watch 2 only, Soultimates can be upgraded into a M (Moxie) (Japanese: Ｇ （ガッツ） Gattsu) 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.
For Boss Yo-kai, their Soultimate Moves can only be determined when they started charging their attacks, and in Yo-kai Watch 3, Soultimate Moves are defined as a red speech box with a large exclamation mark behind the moveset name. In Yo-kai Watch 4, since all attack names use identical notice boxes, they cannot be distinguished at all unless checking the Ukiukipedia.
Spin-off series games[]
Yo-kai Watch Blasters, similar to 3, has Soultimates that can hit within a range, mostly when the user is facing the target, though unlike 3 the range isn't restricted to a grid. Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble incorporates Soultimate Moves as special attacks that can be accessed via filling their Soul Meter gauge by popping their Wib Wob. The introduction of Goku Orochi saw the return of M Soultimates, where certain SSS Rank or higher Yo-kai can have their Soul meters filled beyond the maximum partially and unleash a stronger attack.
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Charging Soultimate Moves[]
Spinning: Spin a wheel using the touch screen or circle pad.
Line Drawing: Trace a shape that is on the touch screen.There is 3 of them
Clock Hand: Point the hand toward the glowing number.
Not to be confused with Inspirit
Dot Popping: pop the dots that float on the touch screen.
Line Connecting:Connect lines that form patterns. Don't connect the spikes.
List of Soultimate Moves[]
- Main article: List of Soultimate Moves
In the anime[]
Though not seen all of the time, Soultimate Moves have made several appearances in the Yo-kai Watch anime series. The most notable example is Jibanyan's Paws of Fury attack, which he uses in the form of combat, usually towards passerby trucks or under the orders of Nathan Adams.
Trivia[]
- The word "soultimate" is a combination of soul and ultimate.
- "Amultime" is a portmanteau of "âme" (soul) and "ultime" (ultimate).
- Jibanyan is the only Yo-kai to be voiced when enacting his Soultimate Move.
- In Yo-kai Watch 2 and Yo-kai Watch 3, some Soultimates based on elemental affinities show a background akin to their respective elements.
- In Yo-kai Watch and Yo-kai Watch 2 Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls only, due to the way turn order works when a Soultimate move is used, Soultimate moves can be exploited to mess up the turn order and allow multiple actions in a row by starting the minigame and canceling it with a super-strict timing, that may change depending on the Yo-kai. If performed correctly, the Yo-kai whose Soultimate got canceled can be instantly allowed to act again; if this is done repeatedly with frame-perfect timing each time, the player can get virtually unlimited actions due to the other Yo-kai being unable to move. This works also on the Nintendo Switch port of the first game, but was fixed in Psychic Specters.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 French
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Amultime | From âme (soul) and ultime (ultimate). |
 German
|
Ultiseelschlag | |
 Italian
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Energimax | |
 Japanese
|
必殺技 Hissatsu Waza | |
 Spanish
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Animáximun | From ánima (soul) and maximum |
| More Languages | ||
 Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Supralmacia | |
See Also[]
- List of Soultimate Moves in other languages