Battle Rhythm 2: Electric Boogaloo

Battle Rhythm 2: Electric Boogaloo is a fighting game developed by Draconian Games and published by The Deviant Fighting Company, released on August 14, 2018, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows via Steam. It's the fifth game in the DraconianVerse and the second game in the Battle Rhythm series.

Gameplay
Battle Rhythm 2 retains every gameplay mechanic from the previous game, but this time, new mechanics are introduced such as the Plane Switch, which allows the fighter to change between the top and bottom planes, as well as sending their opponents back to said planes by attacking; Paralysis, which causes the opponent to stagger when you attack your opponent with a strong attack while the opponent is also attacking; Recaptures, which allows the players to link the combos to an aerial opponent; and Clash, the one-time mechanic inspired in the Injustice games that can be performed only when the player has lost an Act already and then countering your opponent's combo in a Risk and Reward mini-game where the attacker deals more damage, while the defender recovers lost health based on how you filled the Rhythm Indicator.

The Juggle Combos from the first game didn't return. To compensate for it, there are new character specific command attacks that serve to juggle your opponents without exceeding the damage cap.

Each character has now two Ultra Rhytmic Moves, which you can pick one of them before the battle. There's also an option to choose the two Ultra Rhythmic Moves at the same time with reduced damage for balance purposes.

Story
One year has passed since the Rhythm Battlers, alongside with Don Z and Captain Lyrus, stopped the machinations of Doctor Giga, who have used the 13th International Rhythmic Martial Arts tournament for the dictator's interdimensional conquest, and therefore, Earth has been safe... for now.

However, when it's supposed to be a peaceful period, it will become a living nightmare when a series of dark events are causing discord and ruin to the mankind. Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec God of War, discovers a prophecy which involves the existence of a mystical artifact from the Divine Dimension known as the Electric Boogaloo.

Those involved will sacrifice everything with the purpose of obtaining it, and innocent lives are in risk to be murdered at the hands of an even worse menace than Doctor Giga.

Characters
Battle Rhythm 2 started with 24 initial characters, plus 10 unlockable characters including the sub-boss Tezcatlipoca, the final boss Jeong Oui-Hwanghu and one pre-order character, Captain Lyrus, for a total of 35 characters. A season pass composed of 10 extra DLC characters are confirmed. Characters new to the series are marked in bold.

Stages

 * Anarchic Wasteland: Rabbiok's stage
 * Arabian Marketplace: Khalid's stage
 * Argus Reborn: Captain Lyrus' stage
 * Busan Station: Taeyang's stage
 * Chamber of Horrors: Romulus' stage
 * Chignahuapan: Carlos' stage
 * Chowmalla Palace: Kumari's stage
 * Colombian Plaza: Joaquín's stage
 * Court of Absolute Law: Morpheus' stage
 * Dark Forest
 * Haunted Library: Ambrosia's stage
 * Hojo Aikido Kai Dojo: Takeru's stage
 * Hospicio Cabañas: Rina's stage
 * Israelite Military Camp: Jacob's stage
 * Oslo's Winters: Marion's stage
 * Palenque de Mexicali: Adriana's stage
 * Puerto Rican Bar: Don Z's stage
 * Pyramid of Sun: Tezcatlipoca's stage
 * Red Theatre: Ziyi's stage
 * Seattle Street: George's stage
 * Texan Mansion: Clarissa's stage
 * Tower of Blood: Jeung-Oui Hwanghu's stage
 * Venezuelan Playgrounds: Ivan's stage
 * Wes-Kaap Mountains: Bour's stage
 * WWE SmackDown Live Arena: Damian's stage
 * WWE Raw Arena: Hiroto's stage
 * Yamanaka Residence: Sayaka's stage

English

 * Afshan Azad - Kumari Kilam
 * Laura Bailey - Natalie Volkova
 * Steve Blum - Amadeus Swietoslaw
 * Andrew Bowen - Joaquín Ortiz
 * Christine Marie Cabanos - Rina Yamanaka
 * Terrence C. Carlson - Viper G
 * Rod Clarke - Khalid Ahmar
 * Bryan Cranston - Tezcatlipoca
 * Penélope Cruz - Lucía Aragón
 * Eka Darville - Bour Maghiar
 * Tom Felton - Damian Williams
 * Erika Fong - Tao Ziyi
 * Sandy Fox - Sayaka Yamanaka
 * Lady Gaga - Jeong-Oui Hwanghu
 * Grey Griffin - Ambrosia
 * Kyle Hebert - Takeru Hojo
 * Amy Jo Johnson - Valerie Hickenbottom
 * Konnan - Morpheus
 * Phil LaMarr - Murdock Jameson
 * Reuben Langdon - Carlos Velásquez
 * Cherami Leigh - Adriana Salazar
 * Jared Leto - George Matthews
 * Idina Menzel - Marion Hansen
 * Danielle Nicolet - Shantel Jameson
 * Liam O'Brien - Rabbiok
 * Ron Perlman - Kazimerz Kosmatka
 * Tara Platt - Connie Markova
 * Patrick Seitz - Don Z
 * Keith Silverstein - Jacob Moses
 * Roger Craig Smith - Announcer
 * David Sobolov - Patrick Jones
 * Peter Sudarso - Jang Taeyang
 * Keifer Sutherland - Captain Lyrus
 * Taylor Swift - Clarissa Collins
 * James Arnold Taylor - Iván Díaz
 * Cristina Valenzuela - Paulina Guzman
 * Dave Wittenberg - Romulus
 * Johnny Yong Bosch - Hiroto Fujiwara

Japanese

 * Riria Baba - Paulina Guzmán
 * Shigeru Chiba - Amadeus Swietoslaw
 * Kenji Ebisawa - Bour Maghiar
 * Hisao Egawa - Don Z
 * Gackt - George Matthews
 * Banjo Ginga - Murdock Jameson
 * Junya Ikeda - Takeru Hojo
 * Narushi Ikeda - Tezcatlipoca
 * Kikuko Inoue - Shantel Jameson
 * Marina Inoue - Ambrosia
 * Akira Ishida - Rabbiok
 * Ayumi Kinoshita - Valerie Hickenbottom
 * Tetsuo Kurata - Captain Lyrus
 * Takeshi Kusao - Iván Díaz
 * Takao Matsu - Marion Hansen
 * Masaya Matsukaze - Romulus
 * Kotono Mitsuishi - Natalie Volkova
 * Mamoru Miyano - Joaquín Ortiz
 * M・A・O - Adriana Salazar
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa - Carlos Velásquez
 * Suzuka Morita - Tao Ziyi
 * Joji Nakata - Jacob Moses
 * Ryotaro Okiayu - Damian Williams
 * Hiroo Otaka - Morpheus
 * Akio Otsuka - Announcer
 * Shintaro Tanaka - Khalid Ahmar
 * Hidenori Tokuyama - Hiroto Fujiwara
 * Miyuki Sawashiro - Connie Markova
 * Jun Shison - Jang Taeyang
 * Aya Sugimoto - Jeong-Oui Hwanghu
 * Tomokazu Sugita - Kazimerz Kosmatka
 * Anna Tsuchiya - Clarissa Collins
 * Maaya Uchida - Rina Yamanaka
 * Koki Uchiyama - Viper G
 * Miki Yanagi - Kumari Kilam
 * Yuuka Yano - Sayaka Yamanaka

Sequel
After the release of Battle Rhythm 2, Draconian Games announced that the series is going to continue with another sequel, tentatively named Battle Rhythm 3, which will be part of the Phase Three of the DraconianVerse, whose story serves as an aftermath for Eternal Heroes: Darkness Rising.

Trivia

 * This game marks the final voice participation of Amy Jo Johnson as Valerie Hickenbottom due to her recent commitments as a director. Eiza González, Valerie's Mexican Spanish voice actress, is expected to take over the role in English for the future installments of the DraconianVerse. It's not yet confirmed whatever Eiza is going to voice Valerie in both languages from now on, as she's classified as a Startalent in the Mexican Spanish dubbing.