and his reign of evil. This time there is no tournament or prize money, just a fight to the finish with the fate of the future hanging in the balance. Characters The game features a total roster of 11 characters. Black Orchid, Jago, Sabrewulf, Spinal and T.J. Combo return from the previous title. A new Fulgore Mark II prototype replaces the Fulgore Mark I from the first game while Glacius is replaced by another member of the same species, who assumes the former's name. Eyedol, Chief Thunder, Cinder, and Riptor were omitted from the roster; Gargos, Kim Wu, Maya, and Tusk were introduced in their place. Each character in the game has four or eight different endings. Which ending the player gets depends whether or not the player kills (by using a finishing move instead of simply depleting their health) one or more certain character(s) during the course of the game, as well as destroy certain objects on stages. For example, Jago's endings both involve Fulgore and B. Orchid (if Fulgore does not kill Jago and B. Orchid, they team up and destroy him), as well as Ultratech's destruction (on Fulgore's museum stage). Thus, killing or not killing them, as well as destroying or not destroying Ultratech, over the course of the game alters the outcomes of his endings: If he kills Fulgore, destroys Ultratech, and spares Orchid, his enjoyment of his enemy's demises is only sweetened by the discovery that Orchid is his older sister, and the two siblings return to the present without Ultratech. If he kills Fulgore, and spares Ultratech and Orchid, the two siblings return to the present to battle the rebuilt Ultratech. If he spares both their lives, but destroys Ultratech, Orchid saves him from Fulgore's attack and they return to the present without Ultratech. If he spares both their lives, as well as Ultratech's, he and Orchid return to the present to battle the rebuilt Ultratech right after destroying Fulgore. If he kills both of them, as well as destroys Ultratech, he relishes his victory over Fulgore, but feels an inexplicable emptiness in his heart which he must live with for the rest of his days. If he kills both of them, but spares Ultratech, he is forced to fight Ultratech alone. If he kills Orchid and destroys Ultratech, but doesn't destroy Fulgore, the cyborg will eventually kill him, but without Ultratech, Fulgore searches