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{{Infobox video game
| title = Power Stone 2
| image = Power Stone 2 J Cover.jpg
| caption = Japanese Dreamcast cover art
| developer = [[Capcom]]<br />Klein Computer Entertainment (PSP)
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP/NA|Capcom|EU|[[Square Enix Europe|Eidos Interactive]]}}
| designer = 
| director = [[Hideaki Itsuno]]
| producer = Yoshihiro Sudo
| artist = [[Akira Yasuda]]<br>Hideki Ishikawa
| composer = [[Tetsuya Shibata]]
| engine = 
| released = '''Arcade'''<br />{{vgrelease|WW|April 2000}}'''Dreamcast'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP|April 27, 2000|NA|August 23, 2000|EU|August 24, 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/dreamcast-dcast/00003681-power-stone-2.htm |title=Power Stone 2 sur Dreamcast |language=fr |website=[[Jeuxvideo.com]] |publisher=[[Webedia]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422182454/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/dreamcast-dcast/00003681-power-stone-2.htm |archivedate=April 22, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>|UK|September 15, 2000<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=September 15, 2000 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-29200 |title=UK releases |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121143031/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_29200 |archivedate=January 21, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>}}'''PlayStation Portable'''<br />{{Video game release|EU|October 20, 2006|AU|October 25, 2006|NA|October 31, 2006|JP|November 30, 2006}}
| genre = [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation Portable]] (''Power Stone Collection'')
| arcade system = Sega NAOMI
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Power Stone 2'''''|パワーストーン 2|Pawā Sutōn 2}} is a multiplayer [[fighting game]] developed and published by [[Capcom]]. It was released for the [[Sega NAOMI]] arcade system in April 2000, with a home port for the [[Dreamcast]] releasing later that year. It is the sequel to ''[[Power Stone (video game)|Power Stone]]'' (1999), and built on the innovative<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=September 8, 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/09/09/power-stone |title=Power Stone (DC) |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923160408/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/09/09/power-stone |archivedate=September 23, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=A Severed Head |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/85327.shtml |title=Review: Power Stone Collection |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |issue=219 |date=December 2006 |page=122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204182949/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/85327.shtml |archive-date=February 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> gameplay introduced by its predecessor.  ''Power Stone 2'' allows up to four players to choose from multiple characters and utilize items such as tables, chairs, and rocks in battle. The game introduced changes from the original, including new character voices, the removal of the existing combo system and a new, horizontal status bar. 

The game was ported to the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of the ''Power Stone Collection'' in 2006. The arcade version was re-released in 2025 as part of ''[[Capcom Fighting Collection 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Romano | first=Sal | title=Capcom Fighting Collection 2 announced for PS4, Switch, and PC | website=Gematsu | date=August 27, 2024 | url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/capcom-fighting-collection-2-announced-for-ps4-switch-and-pc | access-date=August 27, 2024 | archive-date=August 27, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827183227/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/capcom-fighting-collection-2-announced-for-ps4-switch-and-pc | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Gameplay==
There are four different modes available for the game:
*'''1-on-1''': Much like the original ''Power Stone'', a two-character storyline game.
*'''Arcade''': A four-character storyline game, with two characters advancing each round.
*'''Original''': Multiplayer mode, with free choice of characters and stages.
*'''Adventure''': An unpredictable storyline game, where players can collect items, cards and money.

''Power Stone 2'' offers five interactive 3-D stages to begin with, plus the two boss stages which players can also access in Original mode. All but the Original mode is played out like a storyline, where two battles are fought on the regular stages, followed by the Pharaoh Walker boss, then another battle, and ending with the Dr. Erode boss stage. Three extra stages may be unlocked for Original mode by meeting certain requirements in Arcade mode, as well as a desert area stage, which is essentially the Pharaoh Walker boss stage, but without the boss. Though each player has their own set of default ground and air attacks, the character can execute more powerful fusion attacks after collecting three Power Stones and transforming. Players cannot directly block incoming attacks, but can dodge by tapping on the control pad just before an enemy attacks.

Most of the stages are dynamic and will change as the battle progresses. For example, the airplane stage starts out on a warplane. After a set amount of time, the plane will fall apart, forcing all the players to battle while skydiving toward the ground. Shortly after, the players will fall onto a floating platform, where the remainder of the battle will be held. This, in essence, creates three sub-stages within a single one.

Each stage is also littered with item boxes, which hold a random item that a player has acquired and unlocked in Adventure mode or created in the Item Shop. They may also contain Power Stones. Items are extremely diverse. Damaging items range from guns, flamethrowers, gigantic hammers, a wide assortment of swords, to bear traps, [[roller blades]], and even a magazine that can be thrown. Non-damaging items include [[food]] that will replenish health, [[Health (gaming)|shields]] for defense, [[elixirs]] for [[invisibility]], adhesive sprays to slow your opponents, and wings for extra jumps. Cards that can be used to mix items can also be found in Adventure mode. Furthermore, most stages also have their own collection of unique items and fixtures that the player can use. For example, the submarine level comes with [[Gun turret|turrets]], small airplanes to drop bombs, and icebergs to throw at opponents. Each level is also highly interactive, as players can use many of the stage elements themselves. All players can also gain extra height by jumping off a wall.

===Item Shop===
New to ''Power Stone 2'' is the "Adventure" mode. This mode is functionally identical to the "1-on-1" and "Arcade" modes; however, there is an additional inventory filled with items and money that the player has collected. These may then be taken to the game's "Item Shop", run by secret character Mel. The overall goal of the Item Shop is to allow players to gain access to new items; either by purchasing them, or by combining existing items in a 'mixing' process. This gives the game considerable additional longevity, as many of the best or most entertaining items are available only from the Item Shop. 
''Power Stone 2'' includes a [[VMU]] application called the Mini-Book. This can be used to inspect the player's item inventory, or trade items with another player. Additionally, a player may register up to five items in their inventory as "Handy Items". These may then appear to the player in Original mode, offering a tactical advantage.

==Characters==
All main playables characters from the first game returns, in additions to introducing Edward Falcon's father, Pride as a hidden playable character alongside Mel.

In exchange Valgas and Kraken's inclusions in the ''Power Stone Collections'' version of the second game, the new characters within the second game's base roster, Accel, Julia, Pete and Gourmand are added to the ''Collections'' version of the first game, but lacks of actual respective endings.

*{{nihongo|'''Accel'''|アクセル|Akuseru}}: A vagrant calm and cool collected masked outlaw. His Power Change, Vagabond Gunman is based on a [[Transformers (franchise)|Transformers]] character with a motorcycle motif, and [[Kamen Rider (franchise)|Kamen Riders]].
*{{nihongo|'''Julia Whitepearl'''|ジュリア•ホワイトパール|Juria Howaitopāru}}: An elegant girl with a split radical personality. Her Power Change, Serene Grace is based on Circus Carnival performer with a bird and a dominatrix motifs.
*{{nihongo|'''Pete'''|ピート|Pīto}}: A sentient wooden doll boy and a genius inventor who is a homage of [[Pinocchio]]. He becomes sentient by a Power Stone inside his body. His Power Change, Inventor Boy is based on a robot toy.
*{{nihongo|'''Gourmand'''|グルマン|Guruman}}: A  chef who works for a luxurious airship Royal Heaven who happens to be secretly evil and ravenous to get his dirty hands on rare delicacies. His Power Change, Evil Chef is a fire breathing Tyrannosaurus Rex.
*{{nihongo|'''Pride Falcon'''|プライド•フォッカー|Puraido Fokkā|Pride Fokker}}: Edward Falcon's father who previously debuted as a non-playable character in the first game. His Power Change is Black Whirlwind, which in turn resembles Edward's Red Whirlwind.
*{{nihongo|'''Mel'''|メル|Meru}}: The Item Shop keeper for the second game. She shares a same moveset as Julia. Unlike other Power Changes, Mel only gains pairs of Angel Wings.
*{{nihongo|'''Pharaoh Walker'''|ファラオウォーカー|Farao Wōkā}}: A giant sphinx-like robot, controlled by numerous masked men which serves a non-playable mini-boss.
*{{nihongo|Dr. Erode|Dr. エロ土|Dokutā Erodo}}: The main antagonist and the non-playable final boss of the second game. He is a monstrous giant owner of the flying castle and wields a Power Stone resembles Valgas' Dark Power Stone. He aims to steal the fighters' souls to increase his Power Stone.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 87/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/power-stone-2/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Power Stone 2 for Dreamcast Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420190118/https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/power-stone-2 |archivedate=April 20, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Frankle |first=Gavin |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24261&tab=review |title=Power Stone 2 - Review |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116001906/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24261&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref>
| CNG = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ham |first=Tom |date=September 13, 2000 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Powerstone2/ |title=Power Stone 2 |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017191106/http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Powerstone2/ |archivedate=October 17, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| Edge = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0f/Edge_UK_085.pdf |title=Power Stone 2 [JP Import] |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |issue=85 |date=June 2000 |pages=76–77 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720210524/https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0f/Edge_UK_085.pdf |archivedate=July 20, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| EGM = 8.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mielke |first1=James "Milkman" |last2=Pfister |first2=Andrew |last3=Sewart |first3=Greg |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fd/EGM_US_134.pdf |title=Power Stone 2 |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=134 |date=September 2000 |page=155 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514084816/https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fd/EGM_US_134.pdf |archivedate=May 14, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|In ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''{{'}}s review of the Dreamcast version, one critic gave it 9/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 8.5/10.}}
| EuroG = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Ewan |date=October 28, 2000 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-powerstone2-dc |title=Power Stone 2 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208040100/http://eurogamer.net/content/r_powerstone2_dc |archivedate=December 8, 2000 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| Fam = 31/40<ref name=Fam>{{cite magazine |title=ドリームキャスト - パワーストーン2 |language=ja |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |volume=915 |date=June 30, 2006 |page=51}}</ref>
| GI = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Power Stone 2 [JP Import] |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[FuncoLand]] |issue=87 |date=July 2000}}</ref>
| GameFan = 86%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weitzner |first=Jason "Fury" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_07/page/n67/mode/2up |title=Power Stone 2 [JP Import] |magazine=[[GameFan]] |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=8 |issue=7 |date=July 1999 |pages=64–65 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web |author=G-Wok |date=September 2000 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/340259-power-stone-2-review-2 |title=Power Stone 2 Review |website=[[GameRevolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208041426/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/power-stone-2 |archivedate=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=May 2, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/power-stone-2-review/1900-2565316/ |title=Power Stone 2 Review [JP Import] |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031123007/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/power-stone-2-review/1900-2565316/ |archivedate=October 31, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| GSpy = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Mad Carl |date=September 28, 2000 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/powerstone2/ |title=Power Stone 2 |website=[[GameSpy|PlanetDreamcast]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126090548/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/powerstone2/ |archive-date=January 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunham |first=Jeremy |date=August 24, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/25/power-stone-2 |title=Power Stone 2 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328013158/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/25/power-stone-2 |archivedate=March 28, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |last=Sammons |first=Matt |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen67Jul2000/page/n85/mode/2up |title=Power Stone 2 [JP Import] |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |issue=67 |date=July 2000 |pages=84–85 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
}}

The Dreamcast version received "favorable" reviews according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC /> Matt Sammons of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' said of the game's Japanese import, "An innovative and beautiful fighting game, ''Power Stone 2'' will keep you entertained for hours. Just make sure to bring along a few friends."<ref name=NGen/> In Japan, ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave it a score of 31 out of 40.<ref name=Fam />

Also in Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed the arcade version in their June 15, 2000 issue as the seventeenth most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software) |language=ja |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |issue=612 |date=June 15, 2000 |page=17}}</ref>

Mike "Major Mike" Weigand of ''[[GamePro]]'' said of the Dreamcast version in one review, "Fans of the first ''Power Stone'' game should definitely check out this sequel. While it's basically the "more-of-the-same" ''Power Stone'' engine of the first game, the extra characters, weapons, and play modes make ''Power Stone 2'' a top offering in the Dreamcast action/fighting genre."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weigand |first=Mike |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e4/GamePro_US_144.pdf |title=Power Stone 2 (DC) |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=144 |date=September 2000 |page=102 |accessdate=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711185909/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e4/GamePro_US_144.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Dreamcast version three 4.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, and control, and a perfect 5 for fun factor in one review.}} In another review, The Freshman said, "''Power Stone 2'' is everything you've hoped for since the original, with madcap action and four-player mayhem, but a little more depth and less confusion would have rounded this title out nicely. As it is, ''PS2'' is a great multiplayer title that should bring smiles to the faces of ''Power Stone'' junkies across the country."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=The Freshman |date=September 6, 2000 |url=http://gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/6642.shtml |title=Power Stone 2 Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121090707/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/6642.shtml |archivedate=November 21, 2004 |url-status=dead |accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Dreamcast version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and fun factor, and two 4/5 scores for sound and control in another review.}}

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