About
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Mutation Nation is a mutant-themed postapocalyptic brawler from SNK. In addition to its grotesque and varied enemy designs, it's notable for its charged elemental magic attacks.
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Story
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Trivia
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Mutation Nation was also released for the Neo Geo home console.
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It's possible that Mutation Nation would have made its way into SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 2, although that compilation was cancelled and never released.
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Release Info
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK
Released
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Also on
Series
$series
Game
Players
2
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Casual
Gang size
Huge (9)
Variety
Bonus stages
Playtime
0:40
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump
Combos
Linear
Grabs
Contact
Dashing
No
Enemy H. Bars
No
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Stay
Weapons
N/A
Death-blow
Health, charge
Friendly Fire
Yes
Char Switch
No
Ground Hit
No
Revive
Invincibility
Restore
End of stage
Style
Art Style
Semi-realistic
Sprites
Huge
Setting
Post-apocalyptic
Focus
Hand-to-hand
Music
Rock
Tone
Serious
Numbers
Fighters
2
Stages
?
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
2
Continues
1
Extend
?
Arcade
Monitors
1 Raster CRT
Class
Neo Geo MVS
Sound
Amplified Stereo
Resolution
320 x 224
Combat
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Enemy
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Grafix
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Sound
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Flava
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Mutation Nation is a sad case of a game with excellent artistic merit dragged down by awful core gameplay. The combat basically boils down to a combo, a death-blow, and an aerial with stock-based magic attacks. It feels tired before the first stage is over, and enemies are all fought in basically the same way. However, its graphics are excellent.
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