History VideoGame / BlasterMasterZeroII

''Blaster Master Zero II'' is the sequel to the 2017 reboot/remake of the ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' series, ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero'', for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Developed once again by Creator/IntiCreates, ''Zero II'' was revealed during a Nindies Direct episode of WebVideo/NintendoDirect on March 20th, 2019 and subsequently released the same day. A version for PC was released on November 29th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version was released on June 29, 2020. Versions for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS came out on July 15, 2021.

* WhipItGood: Gun Level 6 is the Whip. It's a short-range melee attack that's decently fast and does good damage. Hitting certain projectiles sends them back like the previous game's AttackReflector weapon and Shovel Knight's Shovel Blade. [[spoiler:It's also Leibniz's weakness.]]

* GagBoobs: Kanna. Lampshaded by the chest area of her suit being designed like watermelons.

** [[spoiler:Eve manifesting the ability to purify mutants in the final area is never explained.]]

* MeaningfulName: Jason's personally-developed SOPHIA is named "GAIA-SOPHIA", as it is the first Metal Attacker unit produced on Earth.

** The visuals are the same as the previous game.

* BodyHorror: The mutant infection [[TwoFaced transforming Eve's right side]]. Jason and Eve designed the armor on Eve's right arm to slow the infection, but she's tethered to G-SOPHIA. [[spoiler:Channeling her newfound purification powers into ANDREIA's Acceleration Blast cures her.]]

** Also applies to Eve to a certain degree due to FanservicePack, although the BodyHorror doesn't help much [[spoiler:until she's cured]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The HappyEndingOverride above means that NoOntologicalInertia [[AvertedTrope does not apply here]]. In the climax of ''Zero'', Eve was bound up and trapped within the Invem SOPHIA, with tendrils of the Mutant Core visibly digging into her body. Having your body invaded by an infectious, parasitic lifeform leads to becoming, well, infected.

* {{Wutai}}: Montoj, the second major planet, is basically rural Japan.

* DifficultySpike: Divido is when the game really stops playing around. The planet is divided in two sections and is full of dimensional rifts that will kill you if you so as much scratch it and enemies are always positioned in ways that will force you to watch your footing while fighting them. The top-down segments are not easier having some of the trickiest segments with said rifts also being a constant threat.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Beautifully averted for [[spoiler:Eve. If you attack on each distinct direction you'll see different angles from her. Granted, it would feel very weird to see her giant cat gauntlet and corrupted side not flipping...]]

''Blaster Master Zero II'' is the sequel to the 2017 reboot/remake of the ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' series, ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero'', for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Developed once again by Creator/IntiCreates, ''Zero II'' was revealed during a Nindies Direct episode of WebVideo/NintendoDirect on March 20th, 2019 and subsequently released the same day. A version for PC was released on November 29th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version was released on June 29, 2020. Versions fo the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS is set to come out on July 15, 2021.

* SuperMovePortraitAttack: [[spoiler: In between Eve charging ANDREIA's Acceleration Blast and unleashing it at Drolrevo we'd get a close up of Eve, accompanied with the three MA pilots in the background.]]

* TeamPet: Turns out, in addition to a Support Droid and Pilot gear, every dispatched MA comes with one of these. Beyond the established Fred, Gonbei is seen with a dragonfly, Kanna has her bunny Yacopu, and Stein has a stuffed bear. Beyond that, it seems each comes with their own special ability, such as whereas Fred can create wormholes, Yacopu can synthesize items with raw materials.

** Villianous example, the TrueFinalBoss has abilities from [[ColorCodedElements every Metal Attacker in the game]]. [[spoiler:[[ThisIsADrill ATOM's drill]], [[GreenThumb EIR's plant-growth powers]], [[BlowYouAway GARUDA's aerial attacks]], [[MakingASplash ANDREIA's water bubbles]], and [[HavingABlast pure energy like what runs G-SOPHIA]].]] The boss also has a SuperMode... but [[DePower shuts down]] after using it. Just like a Metal Attacker using all its SP.

* VillainousRROD: [[spoiler:After the FinalBoss uses his big combo attack, he'll lose color and stand still, completely vulnerable for a few seconds. Fun fact: if you managed to keep a primed FA-Burst though said big combo attack, it will OneHitKill him in this state.]]

* CounterAttack: ''Zero II'' features a new core mechanic for Jason called the Blast Counter, which takes the form of a BadassCape. By using it, Jason can retaliate against enemies with a variety of special actions. Blast Counter is limited by the CP Gauge, which refills over time but can be refilled faster by shooting enemies or using the Absorber to turn enemy projectiles into CP.
* {{Crossover}}: In one of the first worlds Jason goes to, he meets a seemingly feudal Japanese farmer named Gonbei who is leading a "farmer's rebellion" or "Ikki" against a feudal lord who is taxing too much. This is straight up from ''{{Creator/Sunsoft}}''[='=]s Arcade Game, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikki_(video_game) Ikki]]''. Except for the part where the feudal lord got possessed by a mutant and Ikki got his own Metal Attacker Tank and MysteriousWaif.

* SequelHook: In the GoldenEnding... [[spoiler:Jason and Eve reaches Planet Sophia, but there is no true confirmation whether Eve has been healed from her mutant corruption or how her new purification powers work. Also Earth comes under a second invasion of mutants while Leibniz intercepts the distress call and heads towards it to fight the mutants.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: There's an achievement for trampling more than 40% of Gonbei's crops.