Clockwork Knight 2

Clockwork Knight 2 is the sequel to Clockwork Knight on the Sega Saturn.

PLOT
The game picks up immedietly after the ending of Clockwork Knight.

Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III(or Pepper for short) has rescued the love of his life Chelsea, but she is unable to wake up from her slumber. Without her being able to sing her special song at midnight, the toys will cease to be able to come to life. Whilst Pepper and his rival Ginger(who is also in love with Chelsea) ponder about how best to wake her up, the unknown force that kidnapped Chelsea in the first game arrives and kidnaps her once more!

Pepper and Ginger decide to split up; Pepper will save Chelsea, whilst Ginger deals with the mysterious foe behind the kidnapping.

Gameplay
Gameplay remains largely the same from Clockwork Knight, with Pepper able to attack with his key sword or pick up and throw items to defeat enemies but with a few additions:


 * There is now a few sections where Pepper will ride on the back of his faithful steed, Barobaro. Rather than attacking with Pepper's key sword, these sections have you attack using Barobaro's springy head.
 * There are now racing segments against Ginger's Valet Le Bon, a bouncing ball. Beating Le Bon will net Pepper a golden key which gives Pepper an extra life. Fail and you'll get the lowest form of currency in the game.
 * Pepper can now collect playing cards from each level. There are four in every one and collecting them will net him additional lives.
 * A Boss Rush mode was added allowing players to play as not only Pepper, but also Ginger. The boss rush mode includes the bosses from the original Clockwork Knight title.

Ginger plays somewhat different from Pepper. As he is supposed to be the more competent knight he runs faster and has a double jump.

Trivia

 * Both Clockwork Knight titles were released together in a single game called Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau no Fukubukuro as a Japan exclusive.
 * The Boss Rush mode is exclusive to the American release of this game and is not present in either the European or Japanese releases.
 * Two months before the game's release SEGA ran a Clockwork Knight "Trap Idea" Contest in Japan's SEGA Saturn Magazine, urging readers to come up with traps, enemies and gimmicks for this game. Five winning entries had their ideas included last minute in Clockwork Knight 2.
 * Ginger can be played as through the entire game by entering Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left Right, L, R, L, R on the game-type selections screen, although the overworld and HUD images will still show Pepper's face.