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Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin

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Platform Super Famicom Year 1992
Publisher Banpresto Developer Banpresto
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Action, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Licensed, Japan Only, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Gundam
Related SD The Great Battle: Aratanaru C... Great Battle III Great Battle IV 
Platform Super Famicom
Year 1992
Publisher Banpresto
Developer Banpresto
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Action, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Licensed, Japan Only, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Gundam
Related SD The Great Battle: Aratanaru C...Great Battle IIIGreat Battle IV

A side scrolling beat'em up with characters from the Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Gundam series. You can change characters anytime you want and can play with friends in cooperative multiplayer (with friendly fire).
 
Good Bad
  • Cute chibi art style
  • Nice cutscenes
  • Fun boss battles
  • Four characters to select
  • Characters shared between players
  • Multi leveled special attack
  • Cheerful music
  • Passwords are difficult to record
  • Long recovery time from taking a hit
  • Short range of attack
  • Kick is only useful when sliding
  • Running doesn't always trigger
  • Charge up uses energy even if no hit is done
  • Charge up attack auto shoots
  • Boss battles can be too easy
  • Characters only differ by special attack animation
  • Easy to die repeatedly to a pit
  • Friendly fire with other player
Good
  • Cute chibi art style
  • Nice cutscenes
  • Fun boss battles
  • Four characters to select
  • Characters shared between players
  • Multi leveled special attack
  • Cheerful music
 
Bad
  • Passwords are difficult to record
  • Long recovery time from taking a hit
  • Short range of attack
  • Kick is only useful when sliding
  • Running doesn't always trigger
  • Charge up uses energy even if no hit is done
  • Charge up attack auto shoots
  • Boss battles can be too easy
  • Characters only differ by special attack animation
  • Easy to die repeatedly to a pit
  • Friendly fire with other player
 
6 A decent beat'em up that is held back by a lack of differentiation between the characters and a move set where some abilities are not useful. Cooperative multiplayer is a nice addition but friendly fire can make it annoying.

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