Mr. Driller 2

Mr. Driller 2 is a puzzle video game and the direct sequel to Mr. Driller. The playing area consists of a large stack of colored blocks, which the player digs through as one of the Drillers (Susumu or Anna) in order to reach an end goal at a specified depth; in Endless Driller, the block field is infinite and has no set goal.

The player is given a limited number of lives and a limited supply of air to reach the goal. Throughout the playing area, the player can find air capsules to replenish 20% of their air supply. If the driller is either crushed by blocks or runs out of air, the player will lose a life.

Mr. Driller 2 was released by Namco for arcades in Japan in July 2000, and in North America in September. A home port for the Game Boy Advance was released in Japan as a system launch title on March 21, 2001 and was later released in Europe on January 30, 2004, with distribution through Infogrames. The North American release was delayed to April 12, 2005.

A Windows version of the game was developed by NEC Interchannel and released on March 29, 2002, allowing support for multiplayer via LAN. The Game Boy Advance port was digitally re-released for the Wii U Virtual Console in North America on July 17, 2014, and in PAL regions on May 15, 2015.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Mr. Driller 2 as the third most successful arcade game of September 2000.

The Game Boy Advance home port was met with a more divided response, holding a 62/100 score on review aggregator website Metacritic. IGN found the game to have very few additions compared to the original game, specifically with its gameplay for being nothing more than "repetitive buttonmashing" with small amounts of strategy involved. GameSpy felt that the game was much more barebones than other games in the series, unfavorably comparing to Mr. Driller Drill Spirits on the Nintendo DS, stating that the game was a pointless purchase compared to the latter.