Bushiroad and FuRyu have not shied away from the controversy. The original Dear Days launched at $69.99 USD, a price that excluded many potential players. For Dear Days 2 , the strategy appears more nuanced. The base game is rumored to be $49.99, with a “Deluxe Edition” at $79.99 that includes the first three DLC booster sets and a set of exclusive “Legacy Anime” sleeves. Most importantly, the developers have promised a transparent roadmap: four major DLC packs per year, each containing 120+ cards and a short story chapter, priced at $14.99 individually or as part of a $39.99 annual season pass. It’s still a premium model, but one that feels more respectful of the player’s wallet than the original.
Furthermore, a new “Legacy Ladder” online mode will rotate between different Vanguard formats every week: Standard (current rules), V-Premium (using the original V series mechanics), and even a special “Anime Simulator” mode where you can only use decks that directly mirror those used by anime characters in specific episodes. For the first time, a digital Vanguard game truly feels like a museum and a tournament ground combined. Cardfight Vanguard Dear Days 2
The original Dear Days launched with a solid foundation but suffered from a delayed rollout of new booster sets. Dear Days 2 aims to solve this with a bold promise: the base game will include every main booster set from overDress Season 1 all the way through the then-current DivineZ arc, totaling over 3,000 unique cards at launch. This includes fan-favorite nations like Dragon Empire, Dark States, Keter Sanctuary, and Stoicheia, as well as the newly introduced “Lyrical Monasterio” and “Brandt Gate” support. Bushiroad and FuRyu have not shied away from the controversy
Dear Days 2 runs on a new engine, eliminating the occasional frame drops seen on the Switch version during complex skill chains. Card art is rendered in native 4K on PC/PS5, with dynamic 2D animations that make trigger checks and drive checks feel explosive. The soundtrack features remixes of classic Vanguard anime themes (including “Vanguard” by JAM Project and “Lead the Way” by Aironically) alongside a new electronic-fusion score composed by Yuki Hayashi (known for My Hero Academia ). Dual audio is standard: English dub with the current overDress cast and Japanese dub with original seiyuu for legacy characters. The base game is rumored to be $49
The original Dear Days introduced players to the world of Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress and will+Dress through the lens of a custom protagonist at Kanazawa Card Capital. The narrative, while serviceable, often felt like an extended tutorial for the game’s more complex systems. Dear Days 2 promises a significant narrative leap. Leaks and early promotional material suggest a time skip, placing players in a new, unnamed city where the “Uniformers” phenomenon—a digital consciousness that threatened to overwrite Vanguard fighters’ identities—has evolved.
This time, the threat isn’t just a rogue AI but a fractured multiverse. The new antagonist, a shadowy organization known only as “The Glendios Code,” has begun pulling legendary fighters from different Vanguard eras into the same timeline. Imagine facing off against Aichi Sendou from the original Cardfight!! Vanguard series, only to have Chrono Shindou from G NEXT appear as an unexpected ally. The story mode in Dear Days 2 is rumored to feature over 80 scripted fights, branching dialogue paths that affect your relationship with key characters, and—for the first time—fully voiced dramatic cutscenes for major plot beats. This is no longer just a card game with a story attached; it’s a visual novel where every duel advances a mystery spanning decades of Vanguard lore.