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2
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Mega Drive

  • US 20th Dec 1992
  • EU Jan 1993
  • JP 14th Jan 1993

Wii (Wii Shop)

  • US 21st May 2007, 800 points
  • EU 1st Jun 2007, 800 points
  • JP 15th May 2007, 600 points
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  • Review Streets of Rage 2 (Virtual Console / Sega Mega Drive)

    The best one

    For many of our readers this game will need no introduction. If you haven't yet played Streets of Rage 2 then you are in for a treat. Simply put this is probably the best scrolling beat-em-up available on any console. Yes it is that good! Sega didn't do just a lazy update of the original - this sequel got the full treatment. So what's...

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Streets of Rage 2 Guides

  • Guide Funky Video Game Music - Groovy Playlist

    Turn up the bass, baby

    As part of our season of celebrating video game music that we're inventively calling the Nintendo Life VGM Fest, we're making a few lists of ~moods~, because that's pretty much how we organise our Spotify playlists these days. Everyone knows that video game soundtracks are full of epic orchestrations, relaxing melodies, and...

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About The Game

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of their defeating the Syndicate, Blaze, Adam and Axel met up for drinks. The morning after, Axel receives a frantic phone call from Eddie 'Skate' Hunter, Adam's younger brother, who lives with him on the edge of the city. Blaze and Axel then find Adam and Skate's house wrecked, and a picture of Adam chained to a wall at the feet of Mr. X.

The city has once again returned to its former nightmarish state, with the city streets, roads and parks swarming with criminals. Unable to contact their old friend in artillery, Axel and Blaze team up with Skate and Max Thunder, an old friend of Axel's, to free the city and rescue Adam from the Syndicate's private island. It is up to you to take down Mr. X once and for all!