Prerelease:Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen.

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Unlike Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho, very little is known about the development of Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen. The full extent of our knowledge is that at some point (probably very early) it was not much more than Kurohyou but with an additional map (Sotenbori).

Development Timeline

• 2011
  • Development presumably begins
  • Sep. 1st - Sega releases 1st trailer
  • Sep. 13th - Sega releases 2nd trailer
  • Sep. 20th - Sega releases 3rd trailer at TGS

• 2012
  • Mar. 22nd - Kurohyou 2 is released in Japan for the PSP

First Trailer

Nothing of note here.

Second Trailer

Nothing of note here either.

Third Trailer

This trailer sports a great number of differences to the final game. Depicted in it is the oldest known build of Kurohyou 2.

• Multiple UI elements are still as they are in Kurohyou.
• Despite the trailer showing off the new mechanics for Kurohyou 2, the actual movements are still identical to Kurohyou.
  • The bald thug is using Kurohyou's Wrestling.
  • Boxing, the style Tatsuya is using here, has a spammable downed kick (unlike in the final game).
  • Ryusho appears to be using Kudo, which is a Kurohyou style that was removed entirely from 2. Either that, or he is using a heavily altered version of his final moveset. (Kudo could be merely a placeholder anyway?)
  • Tatsuya uses the deathblow Burning Straight (which isn't in 2) at the end.
• The screen flashes gray when Ryusho has his guard broken. In the final game, it only flashes gray when your guard is broken, not a partner's.
• Tatsuya himself looks quite different, more like his 1 self.
• At 0:59 he can be seen shoving an enemy. While this is a thing in the final Kurohyou 2, the animation is different - here he shoves them by the collar, while in the final game he uses their head.

Unknown Trailer

This trailer contains a few differences to the final game.

• Tatsuya's combat voicelines are higher-pitched.
• His dialogue to Ryo before the final boss fight is completely different.