1992-03-16
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.
Marquee
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.
Links
Beat'em Up Bingo 0/25
Go!
Sunset Ending
Health Meat
Sleeveless Jacket
Boss With Gun
Fire Bombs
2-Word Title
Throwing Knife
Subway Stage
Ex-Pro Wrestler
Steel Pipe
Kidnapped Female
Special Drains Health
Oil Drums
Clowns
Yellow / Red Health Bar
Dominatrix
Power, Speed, Balance
Elevator Scene
Mansion Stage
Mohawks
Building Site
Fat Charging Men
Sharp Suits
Graffiti
Release Info
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK
Country
Japan
Released
1992-03-16
Also on
Series
Game
Players
2
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Casual
Gang size
Huge (9)
Variety
Bonus stages
Playtime
0:40
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump
Combos
Static
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
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.
