Bushido Blade 2[a] is a 1998 fighting video game developed by Lightweight and published by Square for the PlayStation.

The story mode is changed from one large connected level to a series of skirmishes, each set on a different map.

[4] Playable characters are chosen from groups which represent two opposing schools of assassins, the Shainto and Narukagami, and are armed with swords or polearms of varying types.

Levels involve a pattern of fighting several generic ninja followed by a boss, who is one of the playable characters from the opposing school.

Two characters in Bushido Blade 2 are exceptions to the typical opponent roster: the gun-wielding Tsubame and Katze.

In the 13th century, on the island of Konoshima (in the Seto Naikai, Inland Sea of Japan) there existed two feudal clans, the Kagami and the Sue, both aligned to the same Daimyō.

To redeem their honor, they move to recover the Sacred Sword Yugiri and wipe out the last descendant of the Kagami family.

Most of the playable characters from the first game have returned, including Red Shadow, Mikado, Kannuki, Tatsumi, Utsusemi, and Black Lotus (now known as Highwayman).

While Kannuki, Mikado, and Tatsumi are in the starting roster and featured in the opening FMV along with Kaun, Gengoro, and Jo of the Shainto, Red Shadow, Utsusemi, and Highwayman are not and need to be unlocked.

Additionally, a gunman or gunwoman (Katze and Tsubame from Bushido Blade) and a secret "clown character" for each clan are unlockable by satisfying certain requirements.