Against normal enemies, the butt-pound will cause dizziness and build your combo meter. This seemingly useless attack is actually the most powerful move in the game, but only if used effectively. That’s what’s so smart about the game’s design. Worse still, the butt-pound does no damage. Players will be initially tempted to stay away from that butt-pound, as it forces you risk getting close to enemies. Prinny has two basic attacks: a sword swipe (which can be done on the ground for a melee attack, or in mid-air for a projectile) and a flying butt-pound. The game’s combat system centers around encouraging risky behavior. It all depends on how well you utilize the tools you’ve been given.Īlso like Super Meat Boy/ Mega Man/ Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Prinny 2 works to excite you by constantly forcing you into risky situations. Levels that at once seemed impossible can be cleared without much of a scratch. However, with a little practice and skill building, your character can become a total badass. You’re given a character who, on the surface, appears to have a fairly weak tool set to work with, and an unfair level of challenges set before it. These and many other weaknesses cause Prinny 2 to fall into the the Super Meat Boy/ Mega Man/ Ghosts ‘n Goblins school of game design. The closest they get to useful items is food: sweets that build their combo meter, and yams that make them fart to the point that they become airborne. They can dash, but only after spinning in place for nearly a second (and if they spin for too long, they fall down). Like Arthur in Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Simon Belmont in the original Castlevania, Prinnies can’t change direction mid-jump. If a Prinny dies, he never comes back, so you better not die more than 1,000 times, or it’s a permanent game over.Īs I mentioned earlier, the Prinnies are one of the weaker enemies in the Disgaea universe. All these Prinnies work under the rule of a tyrannical and mean-spirited demon woman named Etna. It’s much more charming than it probably sounds. The Prinnies were once living beings, but due to their misdeeds in life, they are cursed to continue on as a weak and vulnerable form of a Prinny in the afterlife. You play as a horde of 1,000 Prinnies (one at a time) who all reside in the underworld. Like the rest of the game, the premise of Prinny 2 is very Japanese and very silly. Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! (PlayStation Portable)
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For some, it’s sure to be a new classic, while others will either hate it (like they hated the first game), or worse, forget it.Ĭheck out the full review to see which camp you’ll fall into.
Sadly, along with that charm comes a mixed bag of a game. That’s one thing I can say for sure about Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!: it’s really charming.
It just goes to show how charming and marketable Prinnies are. Most of gaming’s most well-known peons (like Bowser’s goombas) never get their own game, and if they ever do (like the Servbots in The Misadventures of Tron Bonne), they never get a sequel. They work as the game’s pawns: the weakest, most mass-murdered characters in the game. These little penguin demons hail from the relatively niche Disgaea series. It’s even more incredible when you consider Prinny’s origins.
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It’s pretty rare to see a new 2D platformer series featuring a cute animal mascot, but with two games now under his belt, Prinny has officially achieved that status.