Power Blade sequel with improvements on every aspect. More varied, more difficult, even more impressive. Rare and sought-after. One of the best late-NES action-platformers.
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Action1 player7+
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Power Blade sequel featuring a new agent and enriched enemies. Published by Taito, released in the USA in 1992. New agent with the Power Blade and upgrades and enriched bosses. Second Power Blade on NES.
Power Blade 2 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The sequel refines the first instalment's rendering: cleaner outlines, multi-plane backgrounds, boomerang animations broken into more frames. The adaptable armours entirely change the hero's silhouette, and the eight sectors each adopt a complete palette and an architecture recognisable from the first screen.
The writing keeps the first instalment's density, mobile bass and continuous countermelody, but widens the harmonic palette with richer progressions. The themes stay long and structured in sections, which makes them slower to memorise but markedly more tenacious once settled in the ear.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Taito sequel from 1992, a boomerang action-platformer published at the very end of the North American NES cycle, pushing the first game's technique and level design further. Its late release gave it a short print run, which makes it today a markedly rarer and higher-valued title than its predecessor. Its desirability rests on this end-of-generation shortage and on its reputation as a polished 8-bit action game, sought by fans of late Taito.
An underrated gem
This sequel fleshes out the formula with armors granting varied powers and more detailed backdrops, while keeping the boomerang and free exploration of the original. Slipped out quietly in the States, it stayed in the shadows. Richer and more generous, it'll satisfy action-platformer fans who loved the first.
Is Power Blade 2 still worth playing in 2026?
Power Blade 2 is a sequel to Taito's action game, in which a new agent armed with the Power Blade, a devastating boomerang, crosses non-linear levels packed with enemies and secrets, with special armors to unlock. The snappy action, the exploratory level design and the polished presentation make it a particularly accomplished action-platformer, superior to the first installment. The responsive handling holds up admirably. For fans of Mega Man-style retro 2D action and overlooked NES gems, it is a genuine success worth discovering.
