Streets of Rage 2
| Streets of Rage 2 | |
|---|---|
North American Genesis box art by Mick McGinty | |
| Developer | Sega |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Designers | Cadmix (main planner) Kataru Uchimura (system) Ayano Koshiro (main designer, planner) Mikito Ichikawa (planner) |
| Programmer | Akitoshi Kawano |
| Artist | Ayano Koshiro |
| Composers | Yuzo Koshiro Motohiro Kawashima |
| Series | Streets of Rage |
| Platforms | Genesis/Mega Drive, arcade, Game Gear, Master System, Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | |
| Genre | Beat 'em up |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Streets of Rage 2, known as Bare Knuckle II in Japan, is a 1992 beat 'em up video game developed 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: Sega, Ancient, Shout! Design Works, MNM 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. The game was programmed by the same team as the original.
Upon release, Streets of Rage 2 received critical acclaim and topped sales charts for months. The game is very highly regarded as, 1) the best entry of the series, 2) the greatest “beat 'em up” game for the Sega Genesis, 3) one of the best “beat 'em up” games in history, 4) one of the greatest and best-selling Sega Genesis games, and 5) is even considered one of the greatest video games of all time. The soundtrack for the game has also been considered one of the greatest of all time. Succeeded by Streets of Rage 3 (1994), Streets of Rage 2 has since been re-released on other platforms, and an expanded version named 3D Streets of Rage 2 (2015) was released for Nintendo 3DS.