Anubis II

Timed PlayStation exclusive

A long time ago, an evil spirit known as Mumm'hotep sank the land of Egypt into eternal darkness. A deadly curse was spread across the once peaceful civilisation. The Gods had to send one man to deal with this threat, the warrior of the sand... Anubis.

Released: 14 July 2005
Platforms: PlayStation 2 Wii Windows
Genres: Action Platformer
Developers: Data Design Interactive
Publishers: Metro3D
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy
Engine: GODS
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Anubis II is a 2005 platform game by British developer Data Design Interactive. It was published by Conspiracy Entertainment in the United States for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows.

Anubis II received negative reviews from critics for being a copy of Ninjabread Man due to its identical music, gameplay, level layout and glitches.

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Gameplay

Set in ancient Egypt, the player controls Anubis, the guardian of the Underworld, in his quest to lift the curse of the pharaohs. The nunchuk controls Anubis while the Wii Remote swings the scepter of Ra and throws Canopic Bombs.

Reception

Anubis II received overwhelmingly negative reviews, and holds a rating of 19/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic. It received a 1.5/10 rating from GameSpot and a 2/10 rating from IGN. The Wii version of Anubis II was nominated for Flat-Out Worst Game of 2007 by GameSpot. Critics have called it a carbon copy of Ninjabread Man, due to the identical music, gameplay and level layout, the same basic attacks, and enemies (as well as having most of the same bugs and glitches).

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation 2	14 July 2005	Worldwide
Wii	21 September 2007	Europe · Worldwide 21 September 2007 · North America 25 September 2007
Windows	21 September 2007	Worldwide