Trap Adventure 2

{{Short description|2016 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Trap Adventure 2 | image = Trap Adventure 2.png | caption = App icon | developer = Hiroyoshi Oshiba | publisher = Hiroyoshi Oshiba | platforms = iOS | released = June 29, 2016 | genre = Platform, adventure, survival | modes = Single-player | engine = Clickteam Fusion 2.5 }}

'''''Trap Adventure 2''''' is a 2D platform game made by Hiroyoshi Oshiba. The game is known for its very hard levels, with endless traps similar to ''Cat Mario''.<ref name= "Kotaku Trap Adventure 2">{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/we-cant-stop-watching-this-cruel-mario-clone-1822377585 |title=We Can't Stop Watching This Cruel Mario Clone|website=Kotaku|date=24 January 2018 |accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/warned-trap-adventure-2-phone-game-ridiculously-hard-article-1.3778927 |title=Be warned: 'Trap Adventure 2' phone game is ridiculously difficult|website=New York Daily News |date=25 January 2018 |accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> It was originally released in 2016 for iOS and gained popularity in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gadgetmatch.com/trap-adventure-2-is-a-cruel-mobile-platformer/ |title=Trap Adventure 2: A cruel mobile platformer|website=Gadgetmatch|date=6 February 2018 |accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/25/brilliant-but-cruel-this-insanely-difficult-video-game-will-make-you-want-to-smash-your-phone/?noredirect=on|title='Brilliant, but cruel': This insanely difficult video game will make you want to smash your phone|last=Hawkins|first=Derek|date=January 25, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref><ref name="irish">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/technow/everything-you-should-know-about-trap-adventure-2-possibly-the-hardest-game-ever-824725.html |title=Everything you should know about Trap Adventure 2 – possibly the hardest game ever|website=Irish Examiner|access-date=2018-06-09 |archive-date=2019-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719214455/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/technow/everything-you-should-know-about-trap-adventure-2-possibly-the-hardest-game-ever-824725.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is a sequel to ''Trap Adventure'', a similarly difficult platform game released by the same developer in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oshiba |first1=Hiroyoshi |title=TrapAdventure |url=http://hirojaca.net/?p=apps_trap |website=hiro!!jaca |access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref>

== Gameplay == ''Trap Adventure 2'' is a nightmarish version of the original ''Super Mario Bros'', and has a similar gameplay to ''Shobon no Action''. It is mostly a flip-screen game, but one part uses vertical scrolling. The game offers two modes: normal mode and last chance mode. In last chance mode, the player only has one life. An optional normal mode is available via in-app purchase. When bought, the player will have multiple lives and when they level up, they will get more lives. As the player runs and jumps into everything, a never-ending series of spikes, flames and other booby traps appear out of nowhere to kill the player, and once all lives are gone, it forces the player to start the game over again at the beginning with no checkpoints. The number of lives of players will increase as the player passes more levels of the game. Players have stated that the game is impossible to beat,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2130698/trap-adventure-2-video-game-could-tempt-you-destroy-your |title=Trap Adventure 2 is a video game that could tempt you to destroy your phone|website=South China Morning Post|date=28 January 2018 |accessdate=January 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.nerdist.com/trap-adventure-2-mobile-game-super-mario-bros/|title=TRAP ADVENTURE 2 Is a Hilariously Difficult SUPER MARIO BROS. Clone|website=Nerdist|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030003/https://nerdist.com/trap-adventure-2-mobile-game-super-mario-bros/|url-status=live}}</ref> although it has been beaten.<ref>{{Citation|title=Trap Adventure 2 Speedrun 4:56.50|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUTzQ-A0-oA|language=en|access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref>

== Reception == Polygon describes it as a "masocore" game in the vein of ultra hard platformers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16928248/trap-adventure-2-download-twitter-platformer-hardest-retro-game-ios |title= How to play Trap Adventure 2, the cruel platformer blowing up on Twitter|website=Polygon |date=24 January 2018 |accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref> Kotaku says the reason for ''Trap Adventure 2''{{'}}s sudden popularity was a video that was posted on Twitter in January 2018 that illustrates just how cruel and hilarious the game can be.<ref name="Kotaku Trap Adventure 2"/> == Inspiration == This game was heavily inspired by the Super Mario Bros.

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== External links == * [http://hirojaca.net/ Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170920181418/http://hirojaca.net/ Official website (Wayback Machine)]

Category:2016 video games Category:Adventure games Category:Clickteam Fusion games Category:IOS games Category:Platformers Category:Single-player video games Category:Survival video games Category:Video games developed in Japan