Delta Cross 2

Delta Cross 2 (デルタクロス2), stylized as ΔX2, is a 3D fighting game developed and published by Multisoft. The sequel to Delta Cross: Future Arena, it was released in 1999 for the arcades before being ported on the following year to the PlayStation 2 as one of the system's launch titles.

Gameplay
Delta Cross 2 improves the gameplay from its prequel with the inclusion of a renovated fighting engine. Because of this, stages are made more larger and characters have more freedom when it comes to movement. Taking inspiration from Dead or Alive 2, certain stages feature obstacles that reveal hidden areas.

New features introduced in the game are Flip Jumps, which can be done either to dodge an attack or to escape from being cornered, which can also be followed by a flip kick or dive punch, and Instinct Counters, a counter-attacking method that knocks the opponent back from afar, which can be activated by pressing the Punch and Kick buttons while holding the Block button.

The Combo Tree from the prequel was also given a renovation in the form of a "Central Combo Tree." Here, players can press the punch, kick, and block buttons during a Combo Tree to cancel their current combo and proceed with the "Central" Combo Tree, in which the attacks are more powerful.

Each character now has three selectable fighting styles, as well as the costumes that come with them.

Story
After successfully defeating Andromeda near the end of the first tournament, Koji Nagare proceeds to find the CEO of Spade Million, Midnight Shade, in an attempt to finish him off. But once he arrived in his office, nobody was inside. All he found, however, was a capsule of blue liquid labeled "Laplace."

After taking the capsule, Koji felt a gun on the back of his head. The owner of this gun is a woman named Fuyuko Tachibana, who took Koji's place after his disappearance. She places him under arrest for insubordination and abandoning his crew. He was then tried and sent to FAZE Federation Prison for seven years.

Two years later, however, Fuyuko and the rest of FAZE received a message from a crazed man named Hakam, who claims to work for Spade Million. He reveals that the capsule Koji stole from the desk was actually a prototype for Spade Million's next project: Laplace. After that announcement, one of the guards announced that Koji has escaped, said to have taken the vaccine that enabled him to escape from his prison. Fuyuko goes to find him, only to find him in a different form before he defeats her and escapes. Hakam states that the Laplace vaccine still needs some fine tuning before he starts fighting bystanders, so the scientists of Spade Million plan to hold him captive until the project is complete.

Two years after the incident, Spade Million announced the second Delta Cross tournament. Fuyuko, under the orders of the FAZE Federation, joins the tournament to find and save Koji.

Veterans

 * Koji Nagare (CV: Kappei Yamaguchi)
 * Albert Stuart (CV: Nobuo Tobita)
 * Yoritaka (CV: Akio Otsuka)
 * Phyllida Ingram (CV: Michie Tomizawa)
 * Judy Autumn (CV: Sakura Tange)
 * Goda Yagi (CV: Hisao Egawa)
 * Mr. FRX (CV: Joji Nakata)
 * Ricky Jay (CV: Ryo Horikawa)
 * Joey (CV: None)
 * Kim Smith (CV: Maaya Sakamoto)
 * Inkster (CV: Koji Tsujitani)
 * Benson Elve (CV: Nobuyuki Hiyama)
 * Magnos (CV: None)