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Bubsy II

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Accolade

Developer: Accolade

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	1994-10-21	£39.9939.99^[2]^[3]	T-119136-50
AU	1994	$109.95109.95^[4]	FBUB03SMC
BR	1994		046610

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy Super NES

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!^[5]. 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