The title screen.
Bro-Squad II is an online RPG game based on The Amazing World of Gumball. It was produced by Cartoon Network Games and is the sequel to Bro-Squad.
Synopsis
The Bro-Squad are back! Tobias is once again threatening to destroy Elmore and only the Bro-Squad can stop him! Duke it out in fast paced turn based battles as the Bro-Squad before transforming into a giant mech robot for epic boss battles! Plus you can even carry over your save from Bro-Squad 1 and carry on with your super team. Bro-Squad, ACTIVATE!
Plot
The game starts with a recap of the previous games ending, with Tobias challenging Gumball to a battle and saying "Gumball! You don't have the power to stop me!" and Gumball replies with "Tobias! You will be defeated!".
Before Gumball and Tobias can initiate the battle, Richard interrupts saying "Wait, son! I have to show you how to fight first. Follow me!" this initiates a tutorial battle.
Richard begins to give the player a small tutorial "Select to perform an attack. Some moves consume power!". The player must then attack Tobias using a power attack. Tobias then has his turn. "Select to perform a defence move and recover some power!" Richard says, and then the player must then defend using regular defence. Tobias then has another turn. "Alright! Now you know all you need to be a true hero!" Richard finishes. The player may then use any action to complete the battle.
After a battle results screen, Tobias says "This is not over" and transforms into Mecha-Tobias. "You can't defeat my new form! Hahahah!" he says, and the player is sent to the world map. The player must then engage in battle with Tobias in order to progress.
Once defeated Tobias runs away, daring the Squad to fight him at the end of the road "if they dare.". In order to do so they must fight through many enemies blocking the way. After defeating the two Construction Men and Anton, Ocho appears in a giant form. Once defeated he can either be recruited to the Squad or finished off. Soon after Alan appears and can similarly be recruited or defeated.
Finally, after beating Masami and her Anton minions, the Squad reaches Tobias in his giant mecha form and the final showdown commences. Finally, once he is struck down once and for all, Gumball celebrates the Squad's victory and expresses relief at the town now being safe, as Tobias wallows in his defeat.
Gameplay
Like the first game, Bro Squad 2 is in the style of an RPG, where the player starts off controlling Gumball, Darwin and Anais fighting various enemies in a turn based battle in an attempt to defeat Tobias once and for all. Across the way they will encouter various boss fights and enemies.
New to this game, however, is Bro Squad Mecha battles. Upon defeating a group of enemies one of them will have a chance to transform and grow in size, and thus Gumball, Darwin and Anais are forced to form the Mecha to fight them. Boss fights skip immediately to this phase. Upon reaching 1HP the "Final Blow" screen will appear, asking they player if they wish to forgive the boss and recruit them, or finish them off.
The Mecha has it's own unique abilities compared to the individual fighters, as well as unlockable abilities that have Gumball and Darwin's friends help them, if they are spared and recruited in their respective boss fights.
Fighters
The playable charcters of the game are Gumball, Darwin, Anais and the Bro Squad Mecha. Each have their own unique abilities, with the player selecting one for each to peform on the selected enemy every turn. As the three level up their attack power, defense power and maximum energy will increase, and new abilities will be unlocked. Regardless of the players' choices in Bro Squad 1, Anais and Darwin use their Healing and Attack variants for the entire game, with the other two variants not accessible:
Gumball (Red Ranger)
Attacks
- Basic Attack - A weak punch
- Power Attack (Requires 10 energy)- Powerful energy blasts
- Hit All (Level 3, Requires 15 energy)- A stronger punch that hits all enemies at once
- Super Attack (Level 7, Requires 30 energy)- A powerful flurry of punches
Defenses
- Regular Defense- Gumball covers his face with his arms, repleneshing a portion of his energy and reducing damage taken on the enemy's next turn
- Super Defense (Requires 10 energy)- A stronger version of Regular Defense. Temporairly increases Gumball's defense stat, but does not grant any energy
Anais (Pink Ranger)
Attacks
- Basic Attack - A weak punch
- Heal (Requires 15 energy)- Partially heals the selected fighter
- Heal All (Level 5, Requires 20 energy)- A stronger Heal that heals all 3 fighters at once
- Super Attack (Level 7, Requires 30 energy)-A powerful flurry of punches
Defenses
- Regular Defense- Anais covers her face with her arms, repleneshing a portion of her energy and reducing damage taken on the enemy's next turn
- Super Defense (Requires 10 energy)- A stronger version of Regular Defense. Temporarily increases Anais's defense stat, but does not grant any energy
Darwin (Yellow Ranger)
Attacks
- Basic Attack - A weak punch
- Streangth Up (Requires 15 energy)- Temporariy increases the selected fighters attack stat
- Strength Up All (Level 5, Requires 20 energy)- A stronger Strength Up that increases all 3 fighters' strength at once
- Super Attack (Level 7, Requires 30 energy)- A powerful flurry of punches
Defenses
- Regular Defense- Darwin covers his face with his arms, repleneshing a portion of his energy and reducing damage taken on the enemy's next turn
- Super Defense (Requires 10 energy)- A stronger version of Regular Defense. Temporarily increases Darwin's defense stat, but does not grant any energy.
Bro-Squad Mecha
Attacks
- Basic Attack- A flurry of weak punches
- Strength Up (Requires 50 energy)- Temporairly increases the Mecha's attack stat
- Heal (Requiires 60 energy)- Partially heals the Mecha
- Super Attack (Requires 90 energy)- The Mecha summons and swings it's sword, dealing massive damage
- Ocho (Unlocked if Ocho is forgiven, Requires 60 energy)- The mecha summons giant Ocho, who lands a powerful flurry of blows on the enemy
- Alan (Unlocked if Alan is forgiven, Requires 75 energy)- The mecha summons giant Alan, who screams at the enemy and deals massive damage
Defenses
- Regular Defense- The mecha covers its face with its arms, repleneshing a portion of its energy and reducing damage taken on the enemy's next turn
- Super Defense (Requires 50 energy)- A stronger version of Regular Defense. Temporarily increases the Mecha's defense stat, but does not grant any energy.
Non-Playable Characters
Enemies
Along the way the player will encounter various groups of enemies on their way to defeat Tobias. They are in groups of three and can be re-fought infinitely in order to grind exp to level up the three main fighters:
Bosses
These are stronger, much more challenging enemies that act as boss fights at various points through the game. Once Alan and Ocho are defeated the player has the choice to finish them off, or spare them and have them join the team. If the latter is chosen the Bro Squad Mecha will unlock new attacks where said characters help the Squad in their fight:
- Tobias (Introduction Boss)
- Ocho
- Alan
- Masami (with Anton minions)
- Tobias (Final Boss)
Non-playable
Richard serves as the tutorial giver, explaining the games' mechanics. The others appear as background characters during fights
Locations
The story sees Gumball, Darwin and Anais fighting in multiple different locations throughout Elmore. They are as follows:
- Outside the Wilsons' House
- Outside the (damaged) Robinsons' House
- Outside the destroyed Elmore Junior High
Gallery
Trivia
- Like its predecessor, this game is based on a scene from "The Guy," where Gumball and Darwin form the "Bro-Squad" to help Anais.
- Throughout his boss fight, Alan has his dictator face from "The Vision," and occasionally makes his noble and screaming faces from "The Saint."
- If the player has already played Bro Squad 1. all three character's levels will carry over into the second game.
Cultural references
- The entire game is a direct parody of the Super Sentai/Power Rangers series.
- Gumball, Darwin and Anais' costumes themselves are a mash-up of the helmets from Choudenshi Bioman and the suits from Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan.
- The Bro-Squad Mecha is a parody of the series' Megazord.
- The Mecha's sword and the way it summons it is a reference to the Power Sword commonly summoned and used in battle by the Megazord.
- The design is likely based on the Dino Megazord from the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers series
- The game includes Red, Yellow, and Pink "rangers", three of the main colors most Power Rangers teams follow in their respective series. Green and Blue Rangers also appeared in the first game as alternate variants of Anais and Darwin, but did not return in the sequel. One of the most common ranger colors, Black, never appears in either game.
- Gumball, the leader of the squad, is the Red Ranger. This is a tradition seen throughout every Power Rangers series.
- The enemies transformations into giant versions of themselves is a parody of one of the Power Rangers series' staples. Usually, after an enemy is defeated or close to being defeated they will transform and grow significantly in size, requiring a Megazord to be fought, exactly as shown in the game.
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