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A Virtual Console reissue of the Neo Geo version was released for the Wii in Japan on June 8, 2010, PAL territories on December 3, 2010, and in North America on December 27, 2010.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Karnov's Revenge on their April 15, 1994 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
GamePro rated it as a modest improvement over the first game, with faster-paced action but the same lack of likeable characters, but they said the new characters are better than the old ones, especially Yeong-mi and her unique trait of using only her legs to attack.
In the other review by Dave Frear, he said that attacks often do not flow together, sometimes making button mashing more effective than planned moves.
The game was originally released in Japanese arcades on March 7, 1994, while the Neo Geo home console version arrived on April 28.
GamePro rated it as a modest improvement over the first game, with faster-paced action but the same lack of likeable characters, but they said the new characters are better than the old ones, especially Yeong-mi and her unique trait of using only her legs to attack.
The author Corbie Dillard praised the weak point system and one-two attacks, but remarked they aren't enough to make the game any more notable than the other average fighting games.
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