Bubsy II

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Bubsy II

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Accolade

Developer: Accolade

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR), Consumer Electronics (ZA)

Sound driver: Accolade sound driver

Genre: Action/Platform

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-10-15^[1]		T-119136
EU	1994-10-21		T-119136-50
PT	199x
UK	1994-10-28^[2]	£39.9939.99^[3]^[4]	T-119136-50
GR	199x
AU	1994	$109.95109.95^[5]	FBUB03SMC
BR	1994		046610
ZA	199x

Non-Sega versions

ESRA

Bubsy II is a platform video game released in 1994 by Accolade and is the sequel to Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. It was released on the Sega Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, and Game Boy, and offers numerous improvements over the first game.

During development, the game was subtitled as Bubsy 2: Still No Pants!^[6]. A port to the Sega Game Gear was worked on, but was not released.

Story

The corrupt entrepreneur Oinker P. Hamm has created a new theme park called the Amazatorium. Bubsy Bobcat, his sidekick Arnold Armadillo, and his twin niece and nephew are excited. Fearing that the place might get too crowded, the twins decide to break into the theme park on the eve of its opening day and discover that Oinker P. Hamm is using his Wompum device to steal the world's history for his park.

Gameplay

Gift Shop

The game is side-scrolling platformer. It plays similarly to its predecessor but adds some special abilities and hub levels for choosing the next level. Bubsy moves with and and crouches with . He jumps with (and jumps higher if the button is held for longer). He can glide in midair or from a running start by holding . If he is standing, pressing causes him to jump a short amount and glide. He defeats enemies by landing on top of them from a jump or glide. He enters passageways or activates switches by pressing while standing in front of them.

Bubsy has an assortment of special usable items, including a Nerf Ballzooka gun that he can fire at enemies. Items are selected with + and used with . Trading Cards are found in the levels and also be acquired by defeating enemies with the Ballzooka gun or playing mini-games. After completing a level, the player can exchange cards in the Gift Shop for more usable items.

Some levels are played with Bubsy piloting a rocket or a biplane. These levels play similarly to a shoot-'em-up. Bubsy moves in any direction using the D-Pad. He turns around with or . He shoots his Ballzooka forwards with and drops pies downwards with . Both weapons have unlimited ammunition.

Bubsy now has three hit points and loses a life if he loses all of them. His health is depicted by his portrait in the corner of the screen, which grows increasingly despondent as he is injured. Some hazards, such as falling in water, still cause him to lose a life instantly. Levels are timed, so Bubsy also loses a life if time runs out. The game ends if Bubsy runs out of lives, but it can be continued as long as the player has continues remaining.

There are two two-player modes: "Friendly" and "Feisty." In both modes, the second player controls one of the Bubsy's twin relatives, who flies and follows Bubsy. In Friendly mode, the second player can pick up items for Bubsy, throw bananas at enemies, and flip switches to help him. In Feisty mode, the second player can throw bananas at Bubsy to make him slide or flip switches to activate hazards. The twin moves in any direction with the D-Pad and throws or drops bananas with .

Items

	Marbles
	Award bonus points.
	Bag o' Marbles
	Worth 50 marbles.
	Marble Crate
	Worth 100 marbles.
	Patch-Up
	Recovers Bubsy's hit points.
	Trading Card
	Exchange for usable items in the Gift Shop after completing a level.
	Nerf Ballzooka
	Gives Bubsy 15 more rounds of Nerf Ballzooka ammo (up to a maximum of 99). Bubsy can buy one round of ammunition for the Ballzooka per card in the Gift Shop.
	Smart Bomb
	Gives Bubsy another Smart Bomb usable item. Costs 25 cards in the Gift Shop.
	Diving Suit
	Gives Bubsy another Diving Suit usable item. Costs 10 cards in the Gift Shop.
	Portable Hole
	Gives Bubsy another Portable Hole usable item. Costs 5 cards in the Gift Shop.
	Bubble
	Collect for bonus points in the Liquid Lunacy mini-game.
	Super Marble
	Worth 10 Trading Cards. Found in the Liquid Lunacy mini-game.
	Numbered T-Shirt
	Gives the player one or two extra lives. One extra life costs 25 cards in the Gift Shop.
	Continue
	Gives the player a continue.
	Mid-Level Marker
	Checkpoint where Bubsy is revived after losing a life.
	End-of-Level Marker
	Goal at the end of the level.

Usable items

Usable items are selected with + and used with . They can be replenished by finding them in levels or purchasing more in the Gift Shop.

	Nerf Ballzooka
	Shoots a projectile attack at enemies.
	Smart Bomb
	Explodes and turns visible enemies into marbles. In Feisty two-player games, setting off a bomb stuns the other player.
	Diving Suit
	Bubsy can jump into water to enter the Liquid Lunacy mini-game if he has a Diving Suit. Water is only found in the Egypt levels.
	Portable Hole
	Bubsy can use the Portable Hole to return back to the hub level.

Levels

Wing and floor select

The amusement park has two "wings," an East Wing and a West Wing, with three "floors" of increasing difficulty. Each floor contains a hub level containing one level for each of the five worlds (Egypt, Music, Space, Medieval, and Aerial), which can be played in any order, and a boss room that unlocks when every level is completed. The boss fights are the same for both wings. Levels on the same floor can be replayed after they are completed.

The player can choose either wing and either a specific floor or the "Grand Tour" (all three floors for a total of 15 levels per wing). Bubsy starts with a different number of extra lives depending on which floor the player selects: 10 for the first floor, 7 for the second floor, 5 for the third floor, and 3 for the Grand Tour.

West wing

First floor

	King of De-Nile

	Star Wreck

	Bach in Time

	The Hindenburger

	Hamalot

Second floor

	Mummy Dearest

	Cattlecar Piglattia

	Sax, Drums, and Rock and Roll

	Swine Flew

	Goat of Arms

Third floor

	I Sphinx, Therefore I Ham

	Plan Swine from Outer Space

	Suey Lewis and the Ewes

	A Fly in the Oinkment

	The Once and Future Bobcat

East Wing

First floor

	Dark Side of the Tomb

	Star Boars

	C Sharp or B Flat

	Fleece Academy

	My Penguin for a Horse

Second floor

	The Lion, the Switch, and the Hoardroom

	Mighty Morphin' Bobcat Dangers

	Forget Do and Re, What About Me?

	The Great Goatsby

	Richard the Swinehearted

Third floor

	A Tomb with a View

	Mars Needs Bobcats

	2 Live Shrew

	Wild Boar Yonder

	Surely You Joust

Bosses

	Aporklyps Now
	This boss fight is a gauntlet of enemies, played after completing all of the levels on the first floor.
	Pig Trouble in Little China
	This boss fight is a gauntlet of enemies, played after completing all of the levels on the second floor.
	Oinker P. Hamm
	The final fight against Oinker P. Hamm is played after completing all of the levels on the third floor.

Mini-games

Mini-games are accessed by entering special doorways in levels (or by diving into water with the Diving Suit, in the case of Liquid Lunacy). They can also be played by one or two players by selecting them from the options menu.

	Frogapult
	Stunt frogs move back and forth on a cart. Bubsy can hurl them into the air and towards a target in the water with , , or . Bubsy can move with and , and the frogs fly about as far as Bubsy is standing. The goal is to hit all of the targets with frogs before time runs out.
	Armadillo Drop
	Arnold Armadillo navigates the mechanical maze of a car engine using the D-Pad, collecting items along the way. The player receives bonus points for staying in the maze when time runs out. Arnold is run over by the car tires if he falls through the bottom of the maze.
	Liquid Lunacy
	Bubsy can collect Bubbles for bonus points and a Super Marble for 10 Trading Cards. The mini-game ends if Bubsy touches a whirlpool, if he collects all of the Bubbles, or if time runs out.

History

Legacy

The Super NES version of the game was re-released on Steam via emulation in 2015 as part of the Bubsy Two-Fur, a two-game compilation that also includes the Super NES version of Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind.

Production credits

Produced by: Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Executive Producer: John A.S. Skeel
Associate Producer: James Kucera
Designed by: Team Bubsy
Art Design: Beckett Gladney
Map Design: Cynthia Kirkpatrick, James Kucera, Arlin Robins, Gary Strawn
Bubsy Design and Animation: Ken Macklin
Programming: Paul Kwinn, Russell Shiffer
Art: Adrian Bourne, William Eakin, Beckett Gladney, Ken Macklin, Mike McLaughlin, Arlin Robins
Music: Chip Harris
Voice of Bubsy: Rob Paulson
Game Testers: Scott Barnes, Alex Cabal, Harry Chavez
Game Testers: Dexx, Steve Fallas, Richard Gangwish, Sandy Jackson, Chris Nash, Kevin Seiter, James Vitales