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Today, Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo published an announcement on Twitter that Nioh 2 has gone gold, well ahead of its release on March 13 for the PlayStation 4 (via Gematsu).
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Nioh 2 features a customisable character who is a half-human, half-Yokai hybrid. This state will let the character take on monstrous power from the form of one of the numerous demons that plague Japan. When players best an enemy yokai, they pick up a Soul Core, which lets them use that yokai’s abilities in battle. These Soul Cores are upgradeable and swappable, riffing off of the customisable combat in Nioh, as well as the encompassing range of weapons and attack stances. Bosses include Kamaitachi, a weasel seemingly forged from steel and as fast as the wind, and Yatsu-no-Kami, a serpent god that poisons the player with its horn. The enemies are able to pull the character into the Dark Realm of the Yokai, which increases their strength as well as the strength of the demons, for a serious power struggle.
That’s not to say friendly Yokai don’t exist, like the Sunekosuri, a cat that roly-polys around and gets in people’s way. Sort of like a normal cat, I guess. However, in Nioh 2, these will follow the player and refill their yokai meter when petted. Nioh 2 is also getting three DLCs that precede the events of the game, and offer several campaign quests, some side-quests, and “new weapons, new combat abilities and new characters.” They’ll be bundled as a Season Pass, which is purchasable through the Digital Deluxe Edition, and this also comes with premium in-game items like the Demon Horde armor set and Kodama Netsuke Charm.
Nioh 2 will be released on March 13 for the PlayStation 4.