The Yo-kai Watch Blasters (Japanese: 妖怪ウォッチバスターズ Yōkai Wotchi Basutāzu) mode is a new minigame in Yo-kai Watch 2 that expands the Terror Time feature of the Yo-kai Watch video game. It is unlocked in the game after experiencing Terror Time for the first time, and supports four players only via wireless communications.
The player takes control of a Yo-kai they've befriended in the game, with each of them having a pre-determined role and a set of moves that apply. The objective of this game is to collect many Oni Orbs as possible that appear in the location and comes from defeating enemies or bosses that spawn on every red clock tick.
Overview[]
Artwork of the Yo-kai fighting against Gargaros.
The combat in this mode drastically differs from the turn-based fighting genre, with instead taking more of an action-RPG approach. The player moves around in the overworld of any location of Springdale, with moves giving the ability for them to fight against enemies.
Roles[]
Each Yo-kai has a pre-determined Role out of four assigned for Blasters. As well as this, each Yo-kai has different stats and two moves for playing Blasters: a basic attack with the A button and a special attack by pressing or holding the X button. These stats and moves may not necessarily reflect it's actual stats, moves or attributes. HP in Blasters increases with Level, but whether or not any other stats do is harder to measure.
- A Fighter (Japanese: アタッカー Atakkā) is revolved around Yo-kai that provide offense moves towards the enemy, with the majority of the Yo-kai belonging to that role. Yo-kai in this Role also have a variety of elemental attacks at their disposal, which consist of Fire, Blaze, Torrent, Rapids, Whirlwind, Tornado, Shock, Lightning, Hail, Frost, Pebble, Rockslide, and Drain. They also tend to try and deal as much damage to the enemies as quick as possible.
- A Tank (Japanese: タンク Tanku) Yo-kai focus on having a unique guarding technique fit for this role and do not have any other moves. While it is active, damage taken is decreased and the opposing Yo-kai will focus it's attacks on the Tank. The target of this role is to support the other Yo-kai in the party by making the enemies target the Tank while handling all the damage. Due to this, they are likely to need a Healer at some point.
- A Healer (Japanese: ヒーラー Hīrā) centers around healing damage done to Yo-kai on the team, using one of three different techniques which are Restore, Circle Restore and Paradise. Restore heals the HP of any Yo-kai it targets, Circle Restore heals the HP of any Yo-kai within the circle, and Paradise heals more HP than Restore, but takes longer to charge. Yo-kai of this role must be careful to manage their heals for the right time, as they don't want to be charging when they really need to be healing.
- A Ranger (Japanese: レーンジャー Rēnjā) has diverse techniques that make use of them in order to create alternative methods of fighting the enemies, or to provide support for their teammates. Their unique technique is Explosion, which places a bomb (which isn't as powerful as the Blaze Bomb item) that can deal damage to any Yo-kai or enemy in it's radius. This Role also has the Strengthen and Heat-Haze Attack techniques. Strengthen will boost the targeted Yo-kai's attack for a short time, while Heat-Haze Attack helps a Yo-kai dodge physical attacks.
List of Moves[]
Each Yo-kai in Blasters has two moves: an "Attack" with the A button and a "Technique" with the X button. Most Yo-kai have a basic attack for the A button, but rarely, some Yo-kai may have it replaced with an elemental attack. Oni can be weak to certain elements.
| Move | Button | Attribute | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | A | - | - |
| All-Out Attack | X | - | Unleashes a strong short-range attack. |
| Fire | X / A | Fire | Burns faraway enemies with a blast of flame. |
| Blaze |
(Charge) X |
Fire | Strikes far-off enemies with strong fire magic. |
| Torrent | X / A | Water | Attacks far-off enemies with a stream of water. |
| Rapids | (Charge) X | Water | Attacks far-off enemies with stronger water. |
| Shock | X / A | Lightning | Shocks far-off enemies with electric current. |
| Lightning | (Charge) X | Lightning | Shocks far-off enemies with strong electricity. |
| Pebble | X / A | Earth | Drops a pile of rocks on faraway enemies. |
| Rockslide | (Charge) X | Earth | Attacks far-off enemies with earth magic. |
| Hail | X / A | Ice | |
| Frost | (Charge) X | Ice | Strikes far-off enemies with powerful ice magic. |
| Whirlwind | X / A | Wind | Attacks far-off enemies with a strong whirlwind. |
| Tornado | (Charge) X | Wind | Attacks far-off enemies with strong wind magic. |
| Drain | X | Drain | Drains enemy HP and gives it to you. |
| Restore | (Charge) X | Restoration | Restores one Yo-kai's HP. Can be charged. |
| Paradise | X | Restoration | Restores lots of HP to a Yo-kai. Charges slowly. |
| Circle Restore | (Charge) X | Restoration | Restores HP to one or more Yo-kai if charged. |
| Guard | X | - | Grants you the ability to guard by pressing Ⓧ. |
| Explosion | X | - | Detonates a bomb that hits friends and foes. |
| Strengthen | X | - | Boosts one Yo-kai's attack power for a bit. |
| Heat-Haze Attack | X | - | Helps you avoid all physical attacks. |
Fighting Oni[]
The main goal of Blasters is to defeat the Oni and earn more Oni Orbs than players may normally. There are three Oni that may spawn during a round of Blasters: Gargaros, Ogralus and Orcanos. Each one is stronger than the last, so powerful Yo-kai and a good strategy is essential to taking them down. Each Oni has slightly different behavior, and may be weak to certain elemental attacks. One Oni will spawn when the round begins, and two more can spawn over the rest of the round, for a chance to defeat three Oni each round. Defeating an Oni will drop an Oni Orb worth 50, 100, or 200 orbs, depending on the Oni. The player can earn a Bronze trophy each time the player defeats each Oni for the first time, and a Silver trophy each time the player defeats each Oni 50 times. Collecting 600 Oni Orbs will also earn the player a Silver trophy.
Oni Misfortunes[]
Pulling a Bronze Misfortune from the Oni Misfortunes.
Once per day in real time, the player can play Oni Misfortunes (Japanese: 地獄おみくじ Jigoku Omikuji) from the Blasters application to pull out a tag. They come in three types which are Bronze, Silver and Gold. When setting up a session of Blasters, they can choose to use one of the tags for a Bronze, Silver or Gold Adventure that has a better chance of the player winning rare items from the Oni Crank-a-kai if the player succeeds.
Tags can also be found in-game or through the Battle Point Shop. An easy way for a player to acquire Gold Tags is to keep washing their hands at the sink in-game, until a Washogun appears who will drop one if defeated (he cannot be befriended in this encounter). This can be repeated as many times as the player wishes by sleeping in-game.
Oni Crank-a-Kai[]
- Main article: Oni Crank-a-kai
A view of the Oni Crank-a-kai.
If the player survive Blasters (or Terror Time), their collected Oni Orbs will be absorbed into an Oni Coin the player can use to spin the Oni Crank-a-Kai. If the player were on a team, each team member will get a spin using the full amount of collected orbs. Players who fainted can use only some of the orbs.
Any prize can be received from any course with any amount of orbs, though higher courses and orbs may have a higher chance for rare prizes.
It is also the only way to recieve specific fusion items such as the Holy Blade, Ageless Powder, Snowstorm Cloak, and Shard of Evil fusion items for Gleam, Everfore, Chilhuahua, and Beelzebold.
Psychic Blasters[]
Artwork of Psychic Blasters, featuring the new Big Bosses that can be fought.
In the Oni Evolution update and Psychic Specters, the feature was expanded as Psychic Blasters (Japanese: 真・妖怪ウォッチバスターズ Shin Yōkai Wotchi Basutāzu), which includes new bosses to fight other than Oni.
For new bosses to be unlocked, certain requirements till have to be met like collecting a certain amount of Oni Orb or by defeating bosses a certain number of times.
| Boss | Machine | level |
|---|---|---|
| Gargaros | Gourmet | 15+ |
| Sproink | Savvy | 20+ |
| Slimamander | Shinies | 30+ |
| SV Snaggerjag | Vitality | 30+ |
| Ogralus | Enigma | 40+ |
| McKraken | Tentacle | 45+ |
| Demuncher | Pound | 50+ |
| Orcanos | Iron | 55+ |
| Dame Dedtime | Gloom | 55+ |
| Wobblewok | Tragedy | 60+ |
| Hinozall | Ultimate | 90+ |
| Triple Boss Rush | Destiny | ??? |
Successors[]
Yo-kai Watch Blasters video game[]
- Main article: Yo-kai Watch Blasters (video game)
The mode was made into it's own spin-off game called Yo-kai Watch Blasters, which expands on the mode, featuring missions and Yo-kai that can be recruited.
Blasters T[]
- Main article: Blasters T
PuraPura Blasters[]
- Main article: PuraPura Blasters
Gallery[]
In-game Tips[]
Trivia[]
- The initial Yo-kai Watch Blasters combat would be used for Level-5's other IP The Snack World, except that it's focused more towards collecting resources.
In other languages[]
- Italian: Yo-kai Watch Blasters