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General: By now, SNK was gaining popularity and trying it's best to keep up with Capcom's ever evolving Street Fighter 2 series, now with CE and Turbo versions dominating the arcades. SNK decided not to join the trend of "re-making" the game, but instead; they actually made a sequel, "re-drawing" all of the character sprites, something Capcom wasn't doing.
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AOF2 was very similar to the first AOF in many ways, but failed as a sequel to truly capture the interest of the 2D fighting game crowd overflowing the arcades. Fans of the original should have been pleased by the gameplay tweaks and new features. The sequel brings back all of the fighters from the firstAOF, (except for Todo... poor Todo) and changes a few of their looks as well, while adding only a few new characters. Best of all, now all characters were selectable in the regular arcade / story mode, which allowed for a more diverse story and great character interactions! Character to character dialouge for every character was definitely a plus, and something that no other 2D fighting games were really doing.
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Manufacturer: SNK
Platforms: Neo
Geo
Release: 1994
Characters:
Ryo,
Robert,
Jack,
Lee,
King,
Mickey,
John,
Mr.
Big, Takuma,
Yuri,
Temjin,
Eiji,
Geese
Related Games:
Art
of Fighting, Art of Fighting 3
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Closing Comment: AOF2 wasn't a bad effort from SNK at the time. The gameplay was still a bit on the sluggish side, especially when compared to the likes of Street Fighter 2: Turbo, a fan favorite in the arcades. Super Street Fighter 2 also came out the same year as AOF2, so any success that AOF2 may have had was quckly diverted to yet another new version of SF2... *sigh* Capcom knew how to keep them coming back in the day. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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