In Sengoku 2, a warrior from the future is summoned by a prophetic princess to feudal Japan, where an evil monarch has gained supernatural powers to control the dead. The player must battle through armies of reanimated souls to restore peace to a land where the weak have fallen prey to the strong. The story given by SNK is as follows: "A time of Sengoku, it's the weak becoming the victims of the strong. It began when a monarch got evil powers. He awakened peacefully sleeping souls and used his power to control them. But there was hope for those who has everything taken away by the monarch. A princess looked into the future and predicted an evil monarch would be born and she knew a strong soldier would appear in the future. The princess called to the soldier with her whole spirit..!!"
FightingHack and slash/Beat 'em upArcadeActiondigital distributionwii virtual consoleArcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo MVS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Neo Geo CD
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Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo MVS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Neo Geo CD
- Developer
- SNK
- Publisher
- SNK, SNK
- Released
- January 9, 1993
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 14 ratings.
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