The Legendary Axe II Turbografx 16 Longplay

In 1990, Victor Musical Industries decided that the next Legendary Axe title should be based around almost-naked barbarians instead of almost-naked cavemen. They also tossed away the charging system that made the first game so unique, and designed a game that didn’t even look remotely like its predecessor. In spite of this, The Legendary Axe II is still a pretty decent game in its own right, if mostly because it’s not nearly as frustrating. The American title is misleading due the game not featuring an axe as the main weapon (even though it’s got a couple of short-looking barbarians holding bigass axes on the cover). In fact, the Japanese title, “Ankoku Densetsu” roughly translates to “Dark Legend”. The different titles have led people to believe that the American branch of Turbo Technologies Inc simply picked up a random game and slapped The Legendary Axe license onto it, but it was also marketed as a sequel in Japan, despite the different game and completely different theme