<s>
Fighting	B-Application
Vipers	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
1995	O
's	O
Fighting	B-Application
Vipers	I-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	O
Model	O
3	O
arcade	O
system	O
in	O
1998	O
before	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
cast	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Fighting	B-Application
Vipers	I-Application
2	I-Application
introduced	O
Emi	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
geek	O
who	O
fights	O
with	O
a	O
self-developed	O
mecha	O
armor	O
,	O
and	O
Charlie	O
,	O
a	O
BMX	O
rider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
unlockable	O
characters	O
included	O
Del	O
Sol	O
(	O
a	O
Mexican	O
wrestler	O
with	O
a	O
Sun	O
mask	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Kuhn	O
(	O
a	O
copycat	O
character	O
with	O
various	O
movesets	O
from	O
all	O
the	O
other	O
original	O
characters	O
similar	O
to	O
Virtua	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
Dural	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AM2	O
's	O
Hiroshi	O
Kataoka	O
told	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
that	O
development	O
began	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
after	O
work	O
on	O
Fighters	B-Application
Megamix	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
had	O
concluded	O
,	O
and	O
lasted	O
for	O
ten	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
was	O
utilised	O
for	O
the	O
opening	O
sequences	O
and	O
winning	O
and	O
losing	O
poses	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
animation	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
perfect	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Model	O
3	O
Arcade	O
game	O
(	O
unlike	O
Virtua	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
3tb	I-Application
which	O
was	O
a	O
loose	O
port	O
)	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
developers	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
any	O
additional	O
extras	O
for	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
straight	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Fighting	B-Application
Vipers	I-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
1998	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most-successful	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Preston	O
reviewed	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
software	O
sales	O
were	O
always	O
sluggish	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
mediocre	O
titles	O
like	O
this	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
hard	O
to	O
see	O
why.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
scored	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
30	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
