The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai

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The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Agetec (US), SNK (Japan), Playmore (Japan; SNK Best Buy)

Developer: SNK

Original system(s): Neo Geo

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)^[1]^[2], Action^[3]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2000-12-21^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[2]	T-3107M
JP (SNK Best Buy)	2002-05-23^[4]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800e^[4]	T-47301M
US	2001-08-07^[5]^[6]		T-44305N

Non-Sega versions
Arcade Neo Geo Neo Geo CD

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The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai, known as Bakumatsu Rouman Dai Ni Maku: Gekka no Kenshi Final Edition (幕末浪漫第二幕月華の剣士ファイナルエディション) in Japan, is a versus fighting game by SNK which was released for the Sega Dreamcast.

Story

Gameplay

Characters

Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.

S	Any slash button
LS	Light slash
HS	Hard slash

K

Kick

TAUNT	Taunt
REPEL	Repel

Playable

The game introduces three new characters: Hibiki Takane, Setsuna, and Kojiroh Sanada (who is in fact his sister Kaori in disguise).

	Kaede

	Moriya Minakata

	Yuki

	Setsuna

	Akari Ichijou

	Juzoh Kanzaki

	Hyo Amano

	Hibiki Takane

	Keiichiro Washizuka

	Kojiroh Sanada

	Genbu no Okina

	Mukuro

	Lee Rekka

	Zantetsu

	Shinnosuke Kagami

	Shigen Naoe

	Musashi Akatsuki

Bosses

Kouryu

Hidden

	Original Kaede

	Hagure Hitogata

	Kotetsu Naoe

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai	The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai
Japanese	幕末浪漫第二幕月華の剣士 Final edition	Bakumatsu Rouman Dai Ni Maku: Gekka no Kenshi Final Edition

Magazine articles

Main article: The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

40

^[7]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[8]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

39

^[9]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[10]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[12]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

82

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[14]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[15]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

67

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

71

^[17]

Neo Plus (PL)

70

^[18]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-J

50

^[19]

Play (PL)

80

^[20]

PSX Extreme (PL)

NTSC-U

73

^[21]

Power Unlimited (NL)

77

^[22]

	67
Based on 16 reviews

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, JP (SNK Best Buy)
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Technical information

Main article: The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (JP)

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (US)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, Dreamcast (SNK Best Buy)
Sega.com Asia webpage: Dreamcast
Sega.com Asia webpage (Chinese): Dreamcast
Agetec webpage: Dreamcast

References

↑ File:TLB2 DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/001213/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-05 19:24)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://sega.jp/dc/020503/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-06 09:25)
↑ http://www.gexpress.com/detailedspecs.cfm?returndept=DC&returnpage=1&number=093992057909 (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-18 22:27)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/-Ito88XAWt4/m/jCbD2GDBsh0J
↑ 576 Konzol, "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-41 extra (2000-12-29ex)" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 21
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 22" (UK; 2001-05-17), page 74
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Edge, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-30), page 102
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2001" (US; 2001-09-04), page 148
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 113
↑ Famitsu, "2000-12-29" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 33
↑ Game Informer, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Gamers' Republic, "March 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 81
↑ MAN!AC, "10/2001" (DE; 2001-09-05), page 55
↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Next Generation, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-17), page 86
↑ Play, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 17
↑ PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 10, Oktober 2001" (NL; 2001-xx-xx), page 62

The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai

Books: Bakumatsu Rouman Dai Ni Maku: Gekka no Kenshi Final Edition Koushiki Guide (2000)

[:File:TLB2_DC_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:TLB2 DC JP Box Back.jpg

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[7] 576 Konzol, "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:DCM_JP_20001229_2000-41ex.pdf_p21-8] Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-41 extra (2000-12-29ex)" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 21

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_22.pdf_p74-9] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 22" (UK; 2001-05-17), page 74

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-10] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Edge_UK_094.pdf_p102-11] Edge, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-30), page 102

[:File:EGM_US_147.pdf_p148-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2001" (US; 2001-09-04), page 148

[13] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 113

[14] Famitsu, "2000-12-29" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 33

[:File:GameInformer_US_101.pdf_p88-15] Game Informer, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_34.pdf_p81-16] Gamers' Republic, "March 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2001-10.pdf_p55-17] MAN!AC, "10/2001" (DE; 2001-09-05), page 55

[18] Neo Plus, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:NextGeneration_US_77.pdf_p86-19] Next Generation, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-17), page 86

[20] Play, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 17

[21] PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_094_200110.pdf_p62-22] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 10, Oktober 2001" (NL; 2001-xx-xx), page 62

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The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Characters

Playable

Bosses

Hidden

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References