“King of the Monsters 2”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

3 years after the events of the first game, only three monsters have survived what is known in history books as the KING OF THE MONSTERS massacre. They have become more advanced and dangerous than ever before. But now in 1999, a powerful alien monster and his wave of minions threaten to conquer the Earth. The surviving monsters must defeat the alien menace and once again prove who is the King of the Monsters.^[3]

Gameplay

Players choose one of 3 monsters for battle, and two players can join forces to fight the monsters together. Unlike the previous game this game features side scrolling levels in areas around the world which ends in a boss battle. During the boss battle the same kind of button mashing that was featured in the first game to win grapples returns.

The game consists of 7 total levels which takes place in areas around the World. The game begins in American City followed by French City, Grand Canyon, Desert, Sea Bed, Lava Zone and ends in Enemy Hideout. After the player(s) clear the first 6 levels, they then enter the final stage where they must fight all the bosses again before encountering the final boss of the game. After the final boss is defeated the player(s) must destroy his small remnants within a time limit. If the player(s) fail to do so, the game has a "bad ending", but if the remnants are destroyed within the time limit the player(s) receive the "good ending".

Outside of the levels the game features 2 bonus stages as well as a ranking at the end of the level according to how well the player performed such as "Miraculous", "That's Strong" "Nice Going" "Very Good" etc. This will correlate with the number of points the players receive as the end level bonus.

Characters

Playable Characters

Three of the previous game's characters return with modified bodies, powers, and names.^[4]

Boss Characters

Ports

The game was released for the Neo Geo AES on June 1, 1992 and was ported to the Neo Geo CD (in Japan only) on September 9, 1994 (as a launch title).

The game was ported to the SNES^[6] on December 22, 1993, and Sega Genesis exclusively in North America on 1994 by Takara. The Genesis version was developed by Betop and differs significantly from the original version of the game. Rather than being a side scrolling beat 'em up, this version plays like a one on one fighting game. This version also gives the player the ability to play as the various boss monsters. All characters (excluding Famardy) are playable and have all been given special attacks executed using standard fighting game motions. Players must destroy all other monsters, one after the other, without any of the scrolling stages in the Neo-Geo version and then defeat a clone of the player's monster to win the game. This version of the game also takes place in 3 extra cities in Kyoto City, Tokyo City, and Osaka City.

Other appearances

In 2005, Cyber-Woo, Super Geon and Atomic Guy were featured in the SNK Playmore game NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, a fighting game featuring many of the company's popular characters. These characters also appeared as character cards in the DS game SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS.

In 2018, the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch Shop by Hamster. The port features two extra features in a High Score Mode and Caravan Mode.^[7]

Notes

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=869&page=3#18380|title=SNK NeoGeo MVS Hardware (SNK)|website=system16.com|accessdate=2018-10-30}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/king-of-the-monsters-2-the-next-thing/3030-9432/|title=The sequel to SNK's original kaiju-themed fighting game brings a new beat-'em-up campaign as three large monsters must defend their dominance of Earth from an alien invasion.|date=November 25, 2018|accessdate=November 25, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/kom2/kom2.html|title=King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.defunctgames.com/review/46/king-of-the-monsters-2|title=King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing Review}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_SNES/manual/Formated/King_of_the_Monsters_2-_The_Next_Thing_-_1993_-_TAKARA_Co.,_Ltd..pdf|title=King of the Monsters 2 SNES Manual}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://rvgfanatic.com/wordpress/index.php/king-of-the-monsters-2/|title=King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/king-of-the-monsters-2-returns-to-stomp-all-over-modern-platforms-532390.phtml|title=King of the Monsters 2 returns to stomp all over modern platforms|date=November 24, 2018|accessdate=November 25, 2018}}

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