Clay Fighter II – Judgment Clay is a one-on-one fighting video game released exclusively for the Super NES in 1995. It is Interplay‘s sequel to their 1993 game ClayFighter. The game’s name and cover art are a parody of the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Story
ClayFighter 2 revolves around the town of Mudville, where the clay meteor crashed in ClayFighter. Learning of the spectacle that took place in “Clayland”, the evil Dr. Generic Kiln (who is only mentioned in the booklet and does not make a visual appearance until ClayFighter 63⅓ in 1997) flies in on his aircraft containing the residue he collected from the meteor and spreads it to the rest of Mudville in order to create more fighters. He declares himself grand master of Mudville after the fall of N. Boss, the end boss of the original ClayFighter. He holds the C-2 tournament to see who can become next grandmaster of Mudville.
Reception
GamePro commented that the game’s combo system is improved from the original ClayFighter, but that there are much fewer amusing sound bytes, and the graphics “are less cartoony and more 3D, which should be a plus but isn’t. Lots of jagged edged and poorly illustrated backgrounds (especially the boxing ring) combine to make a very dull graphical showing.” They concluded the game to be worthwhile for fans of the first game and fighting game enthusiasts, but not for the average gamer.[9]
