, stylized as ''N3II: Ninety-Nine Nights'', is a

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with

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game mechanics set in a

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game universe, where a demon army is rising with one million troops. It is a sequel to ''

Ninety-Nine Nights stylized as ''N3: Ninety-Nine Nights'', is a 2006 fantasy hack and slash video game developed for the Xbox 360 by Q Entertainment and Phantagram; video game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi served as producer for the game. The game features hundred ...

'' and was published by

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. The game was released between June and September 2010 in North America, Japan, and European regions.

Gameplay

Development

The game was unveiled at

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's TGS 2008 press conference, for Xbox 360. Developed by

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, the game's art style is noticeably darker than its predecessor. At the Konami

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press conference, the lead producer of the series, Tak Fujii noted that the sequel has been vastly improved technically, allowing hundreds of enemies to be present on screen in one shot. Some of the main changes the sequel introduces include an online co-op mode, leaderboards and brand new difficulty levels which make the game harder. After the press conference Tak Fujii was also interviewed by ''

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'' and ''

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Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the

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. Both ''

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'' and ''

'' criticized the gameplay and plot, as well as poor lip-syncing, noting an absence of challenge in core gameplay as well as frustrating

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. In Japan, however, ''

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'' gave it a score of two eights and two sevens, while ''Famitsu X360'' gave it a score of two nines and two eights. Steve Butts of '' The Escapist'' gave the game two stars out of five, saying that ''Ninety-Nine Nights II'' has the fast combat, a large amount of enemies to fight and fantasy setting that the players can expect from this genre, but said that the fighting is tedious and the enemies are unchallenging. David Wolinsky of ''

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'' gave it a D and was critical to its "monotonous" gameplay. Roger Hargreaves of ''

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'' gave it two out of ten, calling it a "tedious" ''

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'' clone.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ninety-Nine Nights Ii 2010 video games Crowd-combat fighting games Feelplus games Hack and slash games Konami games Multiplayer and single-player video games] Q Entertainment games Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan Xbox 360 games Xbox 360-only games