Streets of Rage 2
1992 video game
Streets of Rage 2, known as Bare Knuckle II in Japan, is a 1992 beat 'em up video game developed by Ancient and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The sequel to Streets of Rage (1991), the characters Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding return while the game also introduces two new characters: Max Thunder, and Eddie "Skate" Hunter, the younger brother of Adam Hunter from the first game.
Streets of Rage 2 was developed by an ad hoc team of several companies: Ancient, Shout! Design Works, M.N.M Software, and H.I.C. Ancient's Ayano Koshiro was the lead graphic designer and one of the game design planners, while her brother Yuzo Koshiro composed the music.
Upon release, Streets of Rage 2 received critical acclaim and successful sales. The game developed a strong fandom, and ended up on several lists ranking the greatest video games of all time. It was succeeded by Streets of Rage 3 (1994), Streets of Rage 2 has since been re-released on other platforms.
Gameplay
Like the previous game, Streets of Rage 2 is a side-scrolling beat-em-up in which one or two players fight against waves of enemies while picking up weapons and items along the way. Along with returning characters Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding, the game introduces two new characters; Max Thunder, a slow-moving but powerful wrestler, and Eddie "Skate" Hunter (known as Sammy Hunter in the Japanese release), the brother of previous game's Adam Hunter who can move around quickly with his rollerblades. In addition to standard attacks, which have been expanded from the previous game, each character can perform a unique Blitz Attack by double tapping a direction before attacking.
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