Happy Valentine’s Day! Boktai2′s Hidden Affinity Mechanic
In Boktai 2, there's a secret "affinity" mechanic where actions the player can take affects how much certain characters like Django. These actions range from inputting a boktai1 password to selecting certain dialogue choices.
In a vanilla playthrough, the only thing this affects is which character is standing beside Django in the epilogue. Eligible characters here being Lita, Violet, Lady, Zazie, and Sabata.
However, if you took a JP copy of Boktai 2 to a Nintendo Joy Spot during the month of February, you could receive some Valentines Day chocolate from the character you have the highest affinity with! Each character would give a brief bit of dialogue before gifting Django either a chocolate, a deluxe chocolate, or a choco banana.
(Despite giving you Valentines day chocolate, Sabata has no heart symbol prompt when you approach him. Must have left his heart emoji back at Carmilla’s place...)
While this event was Japan only, the English ROM still contains text referring to it. I have added both to a separate page, as well as a personal attempt at localizing the JP text to try and fish up some nuance that was lost in translation.
And that’s all there is to Boktai2′s affinity mechanic! I hope you all enjoyed reading about this obscure little Boktai2 mechanic. Also credit to Azulmagia for the Boktai2 vids where I pulled the eng screenshots from.
