History VideoGame / NightsOfAzure2BrideOfTheNewMoon

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (Yoru No Nai Kuni 2 in Japan) is a [=JRPG=] created by Gust Co. Ltd. for the Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and [=PC=] and is the [[{{Sequel}} sequel]] to ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure''. The game was released on August 31, 2017 in Japan and on October 24, 2017 in North America.

Soon after, Aluche awakes and is surprised to find out that she has been turned into a [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Demon]] by a brilliant doctor named Camilla. Camilla fills Aluche in on what has transpired since her death and she tells the latter that they have been ordered by the Curia to find Liliana, who has gone missing, and proceed with the plan of sacrificing her to the Moon Queen. The two of them head back to Aluche and Liliana's childhood home of Eurulm in order to search for clues for Liliana's whereabouts. During this time, they are joined once again by Ruenheid who is surprised yet happy to see Aluche alive and well. However, despite this joyous reunion, Aluche is plagued by a nightmare of an Azure Moon bringing about the Eternal Night, and she is shocked to find out that the Azure Moon has appeared in the sky over Eurulm as well. Aluche's mission to find Liliana now becomes a race against time to prevent the Azure Moon from becoming a new moon and bringing about the Night. As she progresses further with her quest, Aluche finds evidence regarding Malvasia's true motives as well as signs indicating that the [[LegendaryInTheSequel legendary half-demon Arnice]] is around...and she's not happy.

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (Yoru No Nai Kuni 2 in Japan) is a [=JRPG=] created by Gust Co. Ltd. for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and [=PC=] and is the [[{{Sequel}} sequel]] to ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure''. The game was released on August 31, 2017 in Japan and on October 24, 2017 in North America.

!! Nights of Azure 2/Yoru No Nai Kuni 2 contains examples of:

* VersionExclusiveContent: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita versions received costume DLC based on [[VideoGame/{{Deception}} Millennia]]; the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port had a costume based on [[VideoGame/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater Yuri Kozutaka]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: The smallest movement sends the characters' rather sizable assets bouncing.

* AnAxeToGrind: Once again, not a usable weapon but it is an item that can be equipped to certain characters in order to increase their attack potential.

* StandardStatusEffects: Just like the first game, both the player's party and the enemies can be afflicted by status effects. The effects present in this game are charm, poison, burn, shock, freeze, and stun. Muveil's sidequests involve inflicting these on enemies.

* SequelDifficultySpike: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While the game is as simple as the first game, the removal of Servans with Healing Bursts forces players to play more carefully lest they end up back at Hotel Eterna early, thus wasting the night. On the other hand, prior to the 1.01 patch, Aluche's time limit did ''not'' disappear during boss fights, forcing players to deal as much damage as they can possibly dish out before Aluche is forced to retreat back to the Hotel Eterna.

* DifficultySpike: Similar to the first game, the majority of the game is simple enough. However, the fight against Moon Queen Malvasia at the end of the game is a sequential boss fight and her third form can shred through Aluche's party quickly. And unlike in the first game, there are no Servans with healing Bursts anymore.

* MostCommonSuperpower: The only member of the party who isn't stacked is Eleanor, who is younger than everyone else.

* RelationshipValues: Lilies gain more abilities as their relationship with Aluche progresses.

* VersionExclusiveContent: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita versions received costume DLC based on [[VideoGame/Deception Millennia]]; the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port had a costume based on [[VideoGame/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater Yuri Kozutaka]].

'''WARNING: LATE ARRIVAL SPOILERS FROM THE FIRST GAME ARE UNMARKED'''

* HopelessBossBattle: The first fight against the Moon Queen is impossible to win - the consequences of Aluche losing the fight set the rest of the game in motion.

** [[spoiler:Arnice]] is revealed to be going on a journey eastward [[spoiler:to search for [[LoveInterest Lilysse]]]] with [[spoiler:Christophorus]] accompanying her.

* AllYoutPowersCombined: In the true ending, [[spoiler:Aluche drinks Liliana's blood, gaining her ability to alter the flow of time, and combines it with the power to get energy from emotion that she received from drinking Ruenheid's blood earlier. Then she seals herself, Liliana and Malvasia in a bubble of slowed time. Because of those combined powers, so long as Aluche and Liliana love each other, they will have the power they need to maintain the bubble of slowed time, keeping Malvasia imprisoned.]]

* BloodKnight: Muveil enjoys fighting strong opponents and her Lily sidequests involve helping her deal with demons that issue challenges to her.

* DevelopersForesight: A few examples:

* HumansAreBastards: Still present as one of the themes in the game. In fact, none of the events of the game would've happened had [[spoiler:humanity simply been more tolerant of the relationship between Malvasia and Alstromeria. Had they simply accepted the love between a demon and a human, Alstromeria wouldn't have killed herself and Malvasia wouldn't have followed in the old Nightlord's footsteps and decide to bring about the [[TheNightThatNeverEnds Eternal Night]] again]].

* OfficialCouple: This game reveals that the GoldenEnding from the first game is the canon one, meaning that Arnice and Lilysse get together. Christophorus further [[spoiler:reveals to Aluche that Arnice and Lilysse are/were explicitly lovers, and Arnice herself refers to Lilysse as her "beloved" and "the most important person to [her]". Arnice even gave Lilysse a ring with the engraving "From A, to L"]].

* DownerEnding: Alstromeria's story as revealed by Christophorus. In official records, Alstromeria was a Knight honored by humanity for her bravery and for striking down a demon in one blow. Chris reveals that the truth is something else: Alstromeria [[spoiler:was in fact the lover of the demon she struck down and she didn't want to kill the demon to begin with but was forced to because of pressure from her fellow humans. Alstromeria planned for a murder-suicide but that failed and she was instead celebrated as a hero. Losing all hope, Alstromeria [[DrivenToSuicide hung herself]] soon after, leaving her demon lover alone. This event is what turned Alstromeria's lover, Malvasia, into the coldhearted Moon Queen that she is in the game.]]

** In the default ending, [[spoiler:Aluche dies during her fight against the Moon Queen but the Moon Queen is ultimately stopped. However, Liliana, Ruenheid, Camilla, and the others are all mourning Aluche's untimely demise by the game's end]].

* TimedMission: On two levels. First, after the prologue Aluche is only capable of exploring dungeons for a certain amount of time before needing to return to Hotel Eterna. On the second level, the party can only leave the hotel so many times before the new moon in any given chapter, providing a deadline to complete the chapter. The second limit tends to be more constraining than the first - after a while Aluche gains enough levels and skills to increase the mission time to the point where you can explore 100% of a dungeon, kill everything, and still have time to spare, but as the chapters go on, there are more sidequests than there are nights to complete them, many of them mutually exclusive even if they take place in the same dungeon ("Go to point A in dungeon B with character X" cannot be done on the same night as "Go to point C in dungeon B with character Y", because Lilies cannot be swapped without returning to Hotel Eterna and ending the night).

* StandardStatusEffects: Just like the first game, both the player's party and the enemies can be afflicted by status effects. The effects present in this game are charm, poison, burn, shock, freeze, and stun.

** TakeYourTime: Since there is no bonus for completing a level or chapter early, it is in the player's best interests to search as much of a level as possible on each visit even if all allowable quests have been completed, and to spend most of the chapter completing sidequests and only complete the final stage of the main mission at the last possible day.

* JustInTime: Since there is no bonus for completing a chapter early, it is in the player's best interests to complete chapters on the last night possible, and use the extra nights for grinding and completing sidequests.

* DevelopersForesight: In Chapter 6, if you bring any other companion apart from [[spoiler:Ruenheid]] during the fight against the chapter boss, the post-battle cutscene will show [[spoiler:Ruenheid being kidnapped at Hotel Eterna]]. If you decide to bring [[spoiler:Ruenheid]] with you during the boss fight, a scene will play after the battle showing [[spoiler:Vallderossa grabbing Ruenheid in the boss arena and then teleporting away with her to the Eclipse Palace]].
* DifficultySpike: Similar to the first game, the majority of the game is simple enough. However, the fight against Moon Queen Malvasia at the end of the game is a sequential boss fight and her third form can shred through Aluche's party quickly. And unlike in the first game, there are no Servans with healing Servan Bursts anymore.

* {{Tsundere}}: Ruenheid when it comes to Aluche.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: