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Earthworm Jim 2

1995 76 / 100 Platform Shooter

From Evil the Cat’s’Circus of the Scars’ to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy. Saving cows, thwarting lawyers and outsmarting Psy-Crow are all in a day’s work for Jim. Are you up to the challenge? Can you handle the awesome new weapons? Excellent! Then stop reading this. Try it now! Trust no one, play it yourself.. or EAT DIRT!

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused

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Earthworm Jim 2 follows the exploits of annelid superhero Jim and his new sidekick Snott as they try to rescue Jim's beloved Princess What's-Her-Name from a forced marriage to the nefarious Psy-Crow. While chasing Psy-Crow across the universe, Jim comes across the summer homes of a number of villains from the first game, including Major Mucus, Evil the Cat and Bob the Killer Goldfish. Like the original game, Earthworm Jim 2 contains a lot of irreverent, surrealist humor. It also features more diverse gameplay than the original, with each stage having a unique different style and mission, often with varied gameplay and objectives to complete from stage to stage, as well as various new weapons to obtain and use. There are extra weapons in addition to the Plasma Blaster, such as the Three-Finger Gun, the Electro-Gun, Homing Missiles, the extremely powerful Barn Blaster, and the rather use Show full description

Earthworm Jim 2 follows the exploits of annelid superhero Jim and his new sidekick Snott as they try to rescue Jim's beloved Princess What's-Her-Name from a forced marriage to the nefarious Psy-Crow. While chasing Psy-Crow across the universe, Jim comes across the summer homes of a number of villains from the first game, including Major Mucus, Evil the Cat and Bob the Killer Goldfish. Like the original game, Earthworm Jim 2 contains a lot of irreverent, surrealist humor. It also features more diverse gameplay than the original, with each stage having a unique different style and mission, often with varied gameplay and objectives to complete from stage to stage, as well as various new weapons to obtain and use. There are extra weapons in addition to the Plasma Blaster, such as the Three-Finger Gun, the Electro-Gun, Homing Missiles, the extremely powerful Barn Blaster, and the rather useless Bubble Gun. Snott returns from his cameos in the first game, and is now a permanent companion for Jim, hiding in the backpack of Jim's Super Suit. Snott can be used to stick and swing to other slimy green surfaces, or as a parachute, upon jumping.

GameplayCombat-focused GenrePlatform GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeScience fiction
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Earthworm Jim 2: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Shiny Entertainment
Publisher
Tec Toy, Takara, Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd., Interplay Entertainment, Playmates Interactive Entertainment
Franchise
Earthworm Jim
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view, Third person
Themes
Action, Comedy, Science fiction
03
Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Dec 22, 1995
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Nov 15, 1995
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Sep 01, 1996
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1995
  • Wii Dec 04, 2009
  • Wii Dec 14, 2009
  • Wii Sep 01, 2009

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