Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen
| Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen | |
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| Developer(s) | Now Production |
| Publisher(s) | Irem |
| Platform(s) | Family Computer |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen (スペランカーII 勇者への挑戦; lit. 'Spelunker II: A Challenge for the Brave') is a Japan-exclusive action platformer video game released for the Family Computer in 1987.
Despite being titled as a sequel to Spelunker, Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen features vastly different gameplay. There was a separate arcade sequel, titled Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi, which features similar gameplay to the first Spelunker game as well. The two Spelunker II games are separate entries in the series and are not related.
There is confusion about the game title, where the word "yūja" is often replaced by "yūsha". The word 勇者 (lit. 'hero' or 'brave one') in the original title is almost always read as "ゆうしゃ" (yūsha) in Japanese, not "ゆうじゃ" (yūja). However the package of the game indeed reads it as "ゆうじゃ" (yūja). Many sites cite the game by the normal reading "yūsha".