Dengeki Online held a christmas special stream on December 24, with some gameplay for various games, including Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja’s upcomingNioh 2. The gameplay sequence revealed the Battle of Anegawa stage and a new boss called Magara Naotaka.Nioh 2producer Fumihiko Yoshida was on stream and commented on the gameplay.
ThisNioh 2gameplay sequence also shows us the game had some menus and graphic user interface changes compared to the last beta testin November,which still used certain elements from the first game. The gameplay sequence most notably shows a boss battle against Mataka Naotora, a warrior who became an ice youkai. The whole Battle of Anegawa stage seen in the sequence is frozen because of that boss’s influence. During the battle we also see the world going monochrome at some points, that’s when the boss forces a transition into Tokoyami, the Dark Realm where youkai resides. This puts the player into a disadvantage unless they transform into their youkai form. This gameplay gimmick reminds me of Tokusatsu shows likeSharivanevery single time.
You can read more onNioh 2withour previous coverage,most notably how Koei Tecmoteased William might be back in the game.
The gameplay sequence is embedded below at the correct timestamp. The sequence was played by Shu, a Japanese game writer who knows his stuff aboutNioh. The whole stream was MCed byMami Yamashita, a seiyuu at Aoni Pro who mostly does these kinds of events and streams instead of voicing characters. She also participated in MissYakuza 5back in 2012, became the Sapporo representative and appeared in the game in the Food Reporter sidequest. Nowadays, Mami Yamashita most notably handles the monthlySakura Taisenstreams forProject Sakura Wars, which we’re doing atranslated playthrough of.
Nioh 2will be out onMarch 13, 2020,on PS4. you may preorder iton Amazon to support DualShockers.
