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Brandish 2: The Planet Buster

The Planet Buster is an action RPG focused on dungeon crawling and real-time combat, following the warrior Ares as he escapes a dangerous underground prison and searches for his stolen magical sword. The game…

11 August 1995

Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Falcom, released 11 August 1995 on Super Famicom.

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What Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is

Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Falcom and released in 1995. It was published by Koei. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Planet Buster continues the story that was told in the first Brandish game, and depicts the events that happened three years after the evil demonic king was defeated in his lost kingdom, sunken deep underground. You take control of a young warrior named Ares, who wields a magical weapon, a powerful sword called the Planet Buster. One day, while traveling through a desert, Ares is captured by a warlock named Karl, who is after the powers hidden within the magical sword. Suspecting Ares might have some valuable information, Karl doesn't execute him, but takes away the Planet Buster and throws Ares into his underground prison. Now your primary goal is to guide Ares out of the huge prison…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Brandish 2: The Planet Buster launched on 11 August 1995, within three weeks of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Castlevania: Dracula X, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest and MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

Released around the same time: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Castlevania: Dracula X, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

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When did Brandish 2: The Planet Buster come out?
Brandish 2: The Planet Buster was released on 11 August 1995 for Super Famicom.

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