Bloody Roar II, is a brawler

Fighting game

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 arcade game

Arcade game

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 developed by Eighting/Raizing in 1999. (Also known as Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age in Japan

Japan

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/Europe

Europe

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 and Bloody Roar II: The New Breed in the United States

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Bloody Roar series differs from other fighting games as every character has a beast mode that can be used to use new attacks, recover some of lost health and generally to be faster and/or more powerful with their attacks.

Development

The Japanese voice cast features Hideo Ishikawa

Hideo Ishikawa

is a male Japanese voice actor born in Hyōgo, Japan. His nicknames are "Hide" and "Hide-chan" and he works for Aoni Production. He is married and has two children....

 as Yūgo, Mika Kanai

Mika Kanai

is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is currently attached to Ken Production. Her pet name is . She is best known for her roles in Idol Tenshi Yōkoso Yōko , Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka , Goldfish Warning! , Soreike! Anpanman , Yadamon , After War Gundam X , Tokyo...

 as Alice, Ryō Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

is a Japanese voice actor. He is married to fellow Japanese voice actress Hitomi Oikawa, whose birth name is also . His former stage name is also Ryo Horikawa, which has his given name, Makoto, pronounced as Ryo.-Career:...

 as Long, Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka

was a male voice actor from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. He was the younger brother of Ryouichi Tanaka and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. He was best known for his roles in Dragon Ball Z , Galaxy Cyclone Braiger and Zawazawamori no Ganko-chan...

 as Hajime Buzujima and Shiho Niiyama

Shiho Niiyama

was a Japanese voice actress who was affiliated with Aoni Production. Niiyama was most known for voicing Kō Seiya, otherwise known as Sailor Star Fighter, in Sailor Stars and Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War among other character roles . She was also involved in one voice actor group, Virgo, who...

as Kakeru Ōgami/Bakuryū.