About
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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Trivia
Mutation Nation was also released for the Neo Geo home console.
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.
Release Info
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK
Released
Mar '92Also 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
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava
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.
