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arcade game that was released by

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in 1995; it runs on

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hardware and is the sequel to ''

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'', which was released in the previous year. The players must take control of up to seven new (and selectable) Numans: * Masala T. (Tikka) Masala (

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, born in 1801) - age 194; highest speed, but lowest power * Johnny Sanders (

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, born on 7 August 1969) - age 25; balanced speed and power * Makoto Kotobuki (Japan, born on 10 October 1975) - age 19; high speed, low power **In the Asia version, she is known as Li Shao-Yen (China). * Sophia Rayleigh (

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, born on 14 July 1970) - age 24; high speed, low power * Long Rui Huan ( Communist China, born on 1 January 1953) - age 41; low speed, high power * Michael Fletcher (

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, born on 25 September 1966) - age 28; low speed, high power * Karl Weisemann (

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, born on 9 May 1957) - age 37; lowest speed, but highest power All seven of these new Numans have different speed and power levels, and if less than four players are present, the CPU will randomly select up to three of the other Numans to compete against them (but they will be differently-colored); the competition takes place over five days, and on the second, third and fourth ones, there are three (four on the third day) different events that must be qualified for. If any player fails to qualify for an event on these days, they lose and will have to insert another coin and continuing in order to try again. Each of the Numans has their own unique ending sequence (much like the four lords from '' Exvania''), which means a player will have to finish the game with all seven of them to see them all. The starter lights on the "Hyper Glider" event also look like

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, and a picture of him also appears on the side of a passing airship (along with Prince Gilgamesh and Princess Ki from ''

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'', Momo Kanda from ''

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'', Valkyrie from ''

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'', Hiromi Tengenji from ''

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'', and Pitt and Patti from ''

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'') - while Miyuki Chan (from ''

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'') can get seen running a "Prince Paco" (from ''

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'') taco stand, and the ''

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'' characters can be seen in the "Ground Spike" event as the crack a Numan makes in the ground goes deeper.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2'' on their April 1, 1995 issue as being the ninth most-successful arcade game of the month.

References

External links

*{{KLOV game, 6735
''Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2''
at the Arcade History database 1995 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Japan-exclusive video games Namco arcade games Sports video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Nobuyoshi Sano