Sengoku 2
Sengoku 2 is a 1993 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by SNK, and it is the second game of the Sengoku series. It was first released for the Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD consoles. In 2009 the series was compiled on a CD titled Sengoku Anthology for the PlayStation 2 and Windows. The Neo Geo version was re-released on the Virtual Console for the Wii in Japan on November 8, 2012, and in the PAL region on February 7, 2013. In 2017, the game was re-released as part of the ACA [Neo Geo] series for the Xbox One, followed by the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows PCs via Steam the following year.
Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to Sengoku, except that the playable character is constantly armed with a sword for they which can initiate wide plane attacks and vertical slashes. Pressing both attack buttons together allows the character to block or dodge attacks. Another button combo gets the character to perform a special trick attack. The character can also jump and do jump attacks. Occasionally the character would be mounted on horseback and have to carefully hack and slash enemies during a canter.The player can change their character to one of three warriors assisting the protagonists, including the armour-clad wolf Kirimaru, the shuriken-throwing ninja Mike Walsh, and the staff-wielding Crow Tengu God for a limited time. Various collectible orbs heal the character's health or enhance the character's attack abilities and that of the different forms' capabilities.