New character and additional language support

Sirlin Games :

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
SACRAMENTO, CA –June 12th, 2024 – Yomi 2, the sequel to the first “fighting card game” from Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Fantasy Strike lead designer David Sirlin, launches a brand-new character (Bal-Bas-Beta, the Clockwork Guardian) as well as additional language support for French, Chinese and Russian (with Japanese, Spanish and German coming later).  Yomi 2 is available in Early Access for PC, Mac, and Steam Deck via Steam and Epic Games Store.

In Yomi 2, choose a fighter from an expressive roster of 14 characters (16 with the expansion and with more to come), and learn each fighter’s individual playstyles and movelists. Draw a hand of fighting techniques and start strategizing before the round even starts. Interrupt slow overhead attacks with quick jabs, score a knockdown to set up an offensive as they stand back up, and open up their defenses with combinations of card plays leading to a cinematic, high-damage finisher.

Read opponents and play around their player habits with character-driven mechanics fueled by fighting game systems like combos, frame data, attack priority, special cancels, and much more — or simply pick a favorite character by virtue of them wielding a paintbrush for a weapon. Prevent opponents from spamming fireballs by closing the distance, be ever-mindful of the looming threat that is a grappler’s command grab and learn how to navigate around matchups to lean into character strengths for an easy win.

Augment special moves with one of six gems (eight with the Renegades expansion) and shift reality with a momentum-swinging assault to storm an opponent’s defenses in various ways. Master a character and improve with each fight offline in the single-player Career mode that pits players against hundreds of the most colorful personalities the city has to offer. Train in the lab to practice combos and test newfound tactics in one-off versus CPU battles.

Compete in a brand-new competitive environment built from the ground up to highlight the tension of real-time fighting games. Queue up to fight others via matchmaking in synchronous multiplayer modes, including both ranked and casual play, or enjoy locally with pass-and-play. Asynchronous multiplayer, allowing players to play multiple matches at once while waiting for their next turn, will launch later in Early Access.

Beyond serving as a way to finalize the digital game, Yomi 2’s Early Access period aims to develop and balance a future physical tabletop card game with the same rules and mechanics as its virtual counterpart.

“Feedback is critically important to us,” said David Sirlin, President and Founder, Sirlin Games. “We want to get Yomi 2 into the hands of its passionate playerbase now to help shape discussions of the future as you can’t really patch a physical card game post-launch. Our community deserves to be heard, and we’re so excited to balance the digital game in tandem with player feedback to fully realize the finalized, physical card game to come.”

Yomi 2 is available now in Early Access for PC, Mac, and Steam Deck via Steam and Epic Games Store for $24.99. For more information on Yomi 2, follow developer Sirlin Games on Twitter.