History VideoGame / Nioh2

* MixAndMatchWeapon: The new Omnoyo weapon, the switchglaive, is a weapon that combines a huge Scythe, a glaive,and a ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''-esque saw.

* MixAndMatchWeapon: The new Omnoyo weapon, the switchglaive, is a weapon that combines a huge Scythe, a glaive,and a ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}-esque saw.

* StealthSequel: An unusual example. [[spoiler:The game is presented as a prequel, but the final act takes place after the events of the first game, making ''Nioh 2'' a prequel/sequel hybrid of sorts.]]

This character, half yokai and half human, or "Shiftling" as its called in game, meets up with the likes of Tokichirou Kinoshita during a mission to hunt Yokai. After he saves the player from going berserk due to their Yokai powers, they both go on an adventure to peddle spirit stones, and help change the course of the age of the Warring states.

* StealthSequel: An unusual example. [[spoiler:The game is presented as a prequel, but the final act takes place after the events of the first game, making ''Nioh 2'' a prequel/sequel hybrid of sorts.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: As opposed to most of his portrayals that got him as an incompetent buffoon, UsefulNotes/ImagawaYoshimoto is a much more competent individual for a first boss. He's seen waiting for his 'next meal' (read: victims to be cut down by him), fights not with silly weapons like [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors kemari ball]] or [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara disco ball and fan]] but being a MultiMeleeMaster (and a bow) and possesses a six-tusked elephant Guardian Spirit that shoots out lightning. He also speaks with a more precise, non-silly voice, provided by Creator/RyuseiNakao, better known in in voice acting business as the voice of [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]]. Overall, this is far truer to history than most depictions of him.

* OldSaveBonus: Having save data from the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} first game]] gives you a [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo William Adams]] transformation.

* TookALevelInBadass: As opposed to most of his portrayals that got him as an incompetent buffoon, UsefulNotes/ImagawaYoshimoto is a much more competent individual for a first boss. He's seen waiting for his 'next meal' (read: victims to be cut down by him), fights not with silly weapons like [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors kemari ball]] or [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara disco ball and fan]] but being a MultiMeleeMaster (and a bow) and possesses a six-tusked elephant Guardian Spirit that shoots out lightning. He also speaks with a more precise, non-silly voice, provided by Creator/RyuseiNakao, better known in in voice acting business as the voice of [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]].

''Nioh 2'' is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on March 13, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customizable protagonist.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tokichiro meets the protagonist at the start of the game. [[spoiler:Knowing that he would go on to be known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi later in life, it hints towards the connection between the two characters is much deeper then it seems.]]

* StealthSequel: An unusual example. [[spoiler:The game is presented as a prequel, but the final act takes place after the events of the first game, making ''Nioh 2'' a prequel/sequel hybrid of sorts.]]

''Nioh 2'' is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on March 13, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customiazable protagonist.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Averted with the female protagonist's yokai form, which is just as monstrous as her male counterpart's. Played straight with the protagonist's mother, who is a [[HornedHumanoid horned]] (and very attractive) [[HornedHumanoid humanoid]].

* CuteMonsterGirl: Averted with the female protagonist's yokai form, which is just as monstrous as her male counterpart's.

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:William is seen in the ending visiting a young boy who is clearly of mixed race and who possesses Okatsu's Guardian Spirit, Gyukuto, heavily implying that William and Okatsu resolved the ShipTease between them in the first game. Nothing completely concrete is stated however.]]

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: William from the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} First game]] returns to help unseal the protagonist after they seal themselves away to keep Kashin Koji from misusing the spirit stones. After a brief scuffle with him as the penultimate boss fight, he joins you and help take down both Lady Maria and Otakemaru, the demon that Kashin Koji is an incarnation of.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Protagonist is half human, half yokai. [[spoiler: Their father is Saito Dosan, the father of the woman who would later marry Nobunaga, Nou-Hime.]]

* DemonSlaying: The protagonist's main targets are yokai.

This character, half yokai and half human, or Shiftling" as its called in game, meets up with the likes of Tokichirou Kinoshita during a mission to hunt Yokai. After he saves the player from going berserk due to their Yokai powers, they both go on an adventure to peddle spirit stones, and help change the course of the age of the Warring states.

''Nioh 2'' is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the PlayStation4 on March 13, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customiazable protagonist.

Nioh 2 is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the PlayStation4 on March 13, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customiazable protagonist.

[[caption-width-right:273:The [[UsefulNotes/{{Yokai}} Yokai]] Within]]

Nioh 2 is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the PS4 on March 13, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customiazable protagonist.

This character, half yokai and half human, or Shiftling" as its called in game, meets up with the likes of Tokichirou Kinoshita during a mission to hunt Yokai. After He saves the player from going berserk due to their Yokai powers, they both go on an adventure to peddle spirit stones, and help change the course of the age of the Warring states.

* Foreshadowing: Tokichiro meets the protagonist at the start of the game. [[spoiler: Knowing that he would go on to be known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi later in life, it hints towards the connection between the two characters is much deeper then it seems.]]

Nioh 2 is a prequel to the original [[VideoGame/{{Nioh}} original game]], released on the PS4 on March 14, 2020. Taking place around 20 years before the original game, instead of a preset character like William Adams, you instead play as a customiazable protagonist.

[[caption-width-right:273:The [[UsefulNotes/Yokai Yokai]] Within]]

[[caption-width-right:273:The [[UsefulNote/Yokai Yokai]] Within]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:273:The [[UsefulNote/Yokai Yokai]] Within]]