Platform: Sony Playstation
Region: NTSC-J
Country: Japan
Developer(s): Koei
Publishers(s): Koei Co., Ltd.
ReleaseDate: 2000-02-24
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Angelique Special 2 [Koei the Best]
Angelique is a series of "neo-romance" games by Koei from Ruby Party with character designs by shoujo manga artist Yura Kairi and music by Kuzuu Chinatsu. The gimmick is that it the games are by women for women. To find out more about Angelique and Koei, click here. You play a teenage girl named Angelique who has been chosen by Queen Angelique (all the Queens seem to be named Angelique) and her aide Dia as one of two candidates from the Royal Smorny Girls Academy to become the next Queen. You are transported to the Flying City to begin your final examination. Each of you is given a land to populate. Whoever finishes populating their land first wins and becomes the next Queen. You do this with the help of nine Guardians who use their powers to make your people happy, or to devastate your rivals. Along the way, you become friends with the Guardians and can fall in love. If you choose love, you forfeit your chance to become Queen, but you live happily ever after. ANGELIQUE SPECIAL 2: Following the events of the first Angelique game, Angelique Limoges has become the queen of Cosmos, and her former rival Rosalie - her aid. Now a whole new Cosmos has appeared, and it's time to choose a new queen for it. The candidates this time are Angelique Collet (the protagonist of the game) and Rachel Hart. The gameplay system remains largely unchanged in this sequel. Once again, Angelique has to use diplomacy to make the Nine Guardians lend her their powers (making the inhabitants of her land happy), or develop stronger feelings for her. New in this sequel is the ability to work with three different instructors, developing mind, sense, or dignity of the heroine, which will influence the way she interacts with other characters and also affect the behavior of the Guardians. "Angelique Special 2" was originally released for the PC-FX and takes place after Angelique Limoges has become Queen and Rosalia, her aide. A new cosmos has sprung from the ashes of the one that collapsed in the first game and now they have to find a Queen for it. The candidates are Angelique Collet (brunette) and Rachel Hart. In this game, you choose between 3 different personality types (gentle, cheerful, strong-minded) and there are six new characters (three of which are your Instructors, Victor: mind, Sei-Lan: sense, Timka: dignity; Ernst replaces Pastha as head of the Royal Research Institute; Mel replaces Sara as the fortune-teller; Charlie is the mysterious merchant) besides the nine Guardians (which all sport new looks). Simultaneously with the ports to PS, SS, and Win95 there was a "Premium Box" version with a travel set theme and comes with a totebag, face towel, sewing kit, toothbrush set, and a special lunchbox-like container.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Adventure