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Fantasy Zone 2 Master System

Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (ファンタジーゾーンII オパオパの涙, Fantajī Zōn tsū: Opa-Opa no Namida) is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Master System published by Sega in 1987. It was ported to the arcade, Famicom, and MSX2, and was remade for the System 16 hardware on a PlayStation 2 compilation in 2008. It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in North America on June 29, 2009. Like the first Fantasy Zone, the player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-opa who fights surreal invader enemies. Like its predecessor, Fantasy Zone II departs from scrolling shooter themes with its bright colours and whimsical designs. For this reason, it is occasionally dubbed a “cute ’em up”

Fantasy Zone 2 Master System

In the past, the courageous hero Opa-Opa saved the Fantasy Zone from the invading Menon forces, but his victory came at a price as he was forced to fight his own father who led the invasion. It is now Space Year 1432, 10 years after that battle, and the Nenon forces are spreading chaos through the Fantasy Zone. Opa-Opa must once again fly into the Fantasy Zone to rout the invasion.

Fantasy Zone 2 Master System

At the end of the game, Opa-Opa comes face-to-face with the invasion’s mastermind: an identical copy of himself. After a tense battle, Opa-Opa’s father appears to confront them, and the sight of him brings Opa-Opa to tears which causes the second Opa-Opa to vanish. It is later revealed that this twin is a physical manifestation of Opa-Opa’s dark impulses and desires, spawned from a war that took place during his childhood, and seeking to drive the Fantasy Zone into ruin. Reunited with his father, Opa-Opa is able to purge this darkness from himself and swears that such a disaster will never occur again.