Lion King II is an unlicensed platformer for the Sega Mega Drive. It is loosely based on the 1994 film The Lion King (as opposed to its 1998 sequel which shares the Lion King II title). It was developed by Gamtec at an unknown date, and uses sound effects from other unlicensed Mega Drive games. For example, the sound for Simba slashing enemies is the select sound from Rockman X3, and the sound when picking up an item is from Squirrel King. A sequel, Lion King 3, was developed later on, and is also loosely based on the first movie.
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The Lion King goes to China?
I unironically prefer to play this Taiwanese bootleg unlicensed sequel than the first game. Instead of defeating enemies with questionable hitboxes by jumping on them, child Simba can slash attack, which I'm pretty sure it's a whole new animation. Overall this is weirdly detailed for a pirated game. The Chinese influenced soundtrack is admittedly kind of catchy, and there's a cutscene in the beginning of the game where you see Mufasa and Simba running through the Wall of China(?). Don't ask because I don't know.
Talking about weird details though, here's the Chinese symbol for good luck in the game, which curiously enough is also the FC Bayern Munich shield from 1938 to 1945 🤔
Where the hell did my mother buy this game from anyway?
★★ – Bad, but playable ❌
I unironically prefer to play this Taiwanese bootleg unlicensed sequel than the first game. Instead of defeating enemies with questionable hitboxes by jumping on them, child Simba can slash attack, which I'm pretty sure it's a whole new animation. Overall this is weirdly detailed for a pirated game. The Chinese influenced soundtrack is admittedly kind of catchy, and there's a cutscene in the beginning of the game where you see Mufasa and Simba running through the Wall of China(?). Don't ask because I don't know.
Talking about weird details though, here's the Chinese symbol for good luck in the game, which curiously enough is also the FC Bayern Munich shield from 1938 to 1945 🤔
Where the hell did my mother buy this game from anyway?
★★ – Bad, but playable ❌