Fighting Royale 2

Fighting Royale 2, branded as Gingo Fighting Royale 2 and known in Japan as 'Gingo All-Stars! Ikari no Tatakai Rowaiyaru XL (ギンゴオールスター！怒りの戦いロワイヤルXL, lit. "Gingo All-Stars! Battle Royale of Fury XL") and Gingo All Stars! Battle Evolution X' (깅고 올스타! 배틀 에볼루션 X, lit. "ging-go olseuta! baeteul ebollusyeon X") in Korea, is a crossover fighting video game developed by Gingo Interactive and Gingo Games San Diego (with Blitz Games assisting with development; With the PSP version developed by Virtuos and the DS version by Altron) for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. The second installment in the Fighting Royale series, the game was officially announced in May 2004 by Gingo/Universal Animation CEO Michael Wildshill. Geo G., creator and producer of the series, assumed the role of director at Wildshill's request. Game development began in September 2004, with delays due to development problems before being eventually released worldwide in 2008.

The number of playable characters in Fighting Royale 2 has grown from that in Gingo Fighting Royale, although some characters from the first game were cut in the sequel. Fighting Royale 2 is the first game in the series to have playable third-party characters, otherwise known as non-Gingo characters. Like its predecessor, Fighting Royale 2 is similar to the Super Smash Bros. series, in which the objective is to knock opponents off the screen. The game builds on the first game by adding new gameplay features and playable characters. It includes a more extensive single-player mode than its predecessor, known as Colliding Dimensions. This mode is a plot-driven, side-scrolling beat 'em up featuring traditionally animated cut scenes animated in-house by Gingo with an original storyline written by Universal/Gingo writers Jim Anderson, Terry Ward, J. Stewart Burns, and Gary Hall. Fighting Royale 2 supports multiplayer battles with up to four combatants, and is the first game of its franchise to feature online battles. Much akin to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Wii version can be played with four different controllers, including the Wii Remote, Wii Remote with Nunchuk, GameCube controller, and Classic Controller, simultaneously.

Fighting Royale 2 received positive reviews from critics, who praised its entertainment value, visuals, and writing, while others unfavorably compared it to Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it is considered by many to be an improvement over its predecessor. The game was nominated for Best Video Game Writing at the 2009 Writers Guild of America Awards. As of January 31, 2009, four million copies of the game have been sold worldwide. It was followed by Fighting Royale 3 in 2018.

Gameplay
Coming soon!

Characters
Fighting Royale 2 allows the player to select from 27 playable characters, 21 more than its predecessor; some are new, but others return from the first game. 17 are available initially, while the other 16 characters require completing specific tasks to become available.

Some previously represented series have had more characters added to Fighting Royale 2. Claire Jones from Gabriel Garza, Pip and Giggs from Niz Chicoloco, and Biri from Planetokio make their first appearance in the Fighting Royale series. Other newcomers are the first to represent their series. These include characters such as BJ and Wally, Johnny, Zak and Max from Critter Mockers, Zen and Nova Pandemonium from The Pandemoniums, and Zina, Zipper, and Tab from Zina and the Vivid Crew, as well as Ama from the 1997 Universal animated film Ama and the Mysterious Crystal.

Sinbad, Marina, and Eris, characters from the 2003 DreamWorks animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and its spin-off TV series Sinbad on Gingo, Two Sanrio characters (My Melody and Kuromi), and Amitie from Puyo Pop Fever are the first third-party characters to appear in a Fighting Royale game. Despite being a Sinbad character, Eris is given as a representative of the Niz Chicoloco universe due to her being a recurring character in that series since the 2004 crossover television special Niz Chicoloco vs. Eris and its video game tie-in.

Playable characters

 * Gabriel Garza
 * Claire Jones
 * Vio
 * BJ and Wally
 * Hatty Weasel
 * Tad Sumoray
 * Niz Chicoloco
 * Pip and Giggs
 * Chrysocolla Reed
 * Jenny Zoom
 * Iken
 * Fiox
 * Cookie & Cream
 * Critter Mockers (Johnny, Zak, and Max)
 * The Pandemoniums (Zen and Nova)
 * Sinbad
 * Zina and the Vivid Crew (Zipper and Tab)

Unlockable

 * Woody Woodpecker
 * Classic Gabriel
 * Leno Garza
 * Moobin
 * Metro Cone
 * Allo Frog
 * Kelly
 * Eris
 * Sam Reed
 * Ama
 * Biri
 * My Melody
 * Kuromi
 * Marina
 * Amitie
 * Rebel

Assist characters

 * Akiba
 * Baku
 * Bonk Bear
 * Boro
 * Cole Garza
 * Curious George
 * Dan Crosby
 * Deon Splatt
 * Dogman
 * Edwin
 * Fievel
 * Garbage Puyo
 * Gracie GaColor
 * Hubble
 * Lilliputians
 * Limo Dude
 * Littlefoot
 * Magina
 * Maisy
 * Maxio
 * Proteus
 * Rabbit Ear Mask
 * Sara Crosby
 * Shelly
 * Spike
 * Susie
 * Vera Marshall
 * Zoe Tarr

Bosses
More coming soon!
 * The Collector

Non-playable characters

 * Fighting Dummy Corbs

Stages

 * Battle Arena
 * Endpoint
 * Sinking Spring
 * Vio's Fortress
 * SpringBank Complex
 * Tootleville
 * Fozzville
 * Big Beach
 * Tad's Dojo
 * Klemos
 * Chicoloco Place
 * Tartarus
 * Nitropolis
 * SFA Base
 * Grand City
 * Rai Rai Ken
 * Ueno Island
 * Rabbit Village
 * Folotown
 * Pandemonium Towers
 * Syracuse
 * Pirate Ship
 * Voorus

Unlockable
More coming soon!
 * Downtown Sinking Spring
 * Fozzville (from Gingo Fighting Royale)
 * Crystopia
 * Paletton
 * Mary Land

Plot
Coming soon!

Voice cast
While Cream's voice actor reprises her role in this game. However, Cookie's voice actor was replaced. Matt Hill was busy on voicing other projects before the release of Fighting Royale 2. Fiox uses some of Terriermon's voice clips from Digimon: Rumble Arena; they both are voiced by the same person. Like Fiox, Baku uses some of Storm the Albatross's voice clips from Sonic Riders; for the same reason as Fiox.

English

 * Debi Derryberry as Gabriel Garza and Classic Gabriel
 * E.G. Daily as Claire Jones, Leno Garza
 * Jim Cummings as Vio, Allo Frog, The Collector
 * Rob Paulsen as Hatty Weasel
 * Kath Soucie as Tad Sumoray, Marina
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Niz Chicoloco
 * Grey DeLisle as Chrysocolla and Sam Reed
 * Ashley Johnson as Jenny Zoom
 * Jason Marsden as Iken
 * Mona Marshall as Fiox
 * Derek Stephen Prince as Cookie
 * Tara Strong as Cream, Nova Pandemonium, Kelly
 * Max Casella as Johnny
 * Jess Harnell as Zak
 * Billy West as Max, Woody Woodpecker, Metro Cone, BJ Wilson
 * Greg Cipes as Wally Wilson
 * Josh Keaton as Zen Pandemonium
 * Nolan North as Sinbad
 * Sarah Silverman as Zina Supermoon
 * Hank Azaria as Tab
 * Richard Kind as Zipper
 * Lauren Tom as Moobin
 * Kari Wahlgren as Eris
 * Mandy Moore as Ama
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Biri
 * Stephanie Sheh as My Melody
 * Carrie Keranen as Kuromi
 * Dan Green as Baku
 * Kathleen Delaney as Amitie
 * Christopher Lloyd as Rebel
 * Philece Sampler as Announcer

Japanese
More coming soon!
 * Megumi Hayashibara as Gabriel Garza and Classic Gabriel
 * Chie Nakamura as Leno Garza
 * Taeko Kawata as Claire Jones
 * Kōichi Yamadera as Hatty Weasel
 * Atsushi Kisaichi as Tad Sumoray
 * Mika Kanai as Chrysocolla Reed
 * Sanae Kobayashi as Sam Reed
 * Aoi Tada as Fiox
 * Kappei Yamaguchi as Chestnut
 * Rei Sakuma as Cream, My Melody
 * Jun Mizusawa as Jenny Zoom
 * Yū Sugimoto as Iken
 * Daisuke Kishio as Johnny
 * Makoto Tsumura as Zak
 * Kentarō Itō as Max
 * Kōki Miyata as BJ Wilson
 * Ai Uchikawa as Wally Wilson
 * Junko Takeuchi as Vio, Kuromi
 * Tomohisa Aso as Allo Frog
 * Etsuko Kozakura as Metro Cone
 * Noboru Maeda as Baku
 * Shiho Kikuchi as Amitie
 * Yoko Asada as The Collector

Development
In October 2002, Gingo CEO Michael Wildshill said that he and Gingo had ideas about a Fighting Royale sequel that would bring more new characters into fighting and give Super Smash Bros. "a run for its money".

More coming soon!

Reception
Coming soon!

Cover arts
Coming soon!

Logos
Coming soon!

Artwork
Coming soon!

Screenshots
Coming soon!

Wallpapers
Coming soon!

Trivia
Coming soon!