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Played Yokai Watch 2 up to the beginning of the major story arc now. So far its an improvement over the first game in almost every way.

My two (very minor) gripes are that Whispers character is now closer to his anime counterpart, which means hes not as competent in his butler role as the first game. And Fumiakis (Fumika players counterpart for Keizou) English voice is kinda awful.

But other than that, the overall improvements are great. The town map now marks important locations such as shops and dungeons, and also displays waypoints for sidequests. Natural Yokai befriending rates are higher, and you can set any Yokai you have to follow you around in the overworld. The free story Yokai you get are more helpful (relative to your current story progress), too.

The game begins with a little recap of the first game without spoiling the bigger moments, then goes a few short story chapters before hopping into the major arc (adapted into the first movie). So with all the improvements and bigger story scale, Id actually recommend skipping the first game and going straight to Psychic Specters if youre getting into the series.