During the boss battle the same kind of button mashing that was featured in the first game to win grapples returns.

After the final boss is defeated the player(s) must destroy his small remnants within a time limit.

[3] The boss monsters had different names in the Japanese and American/European ports of the game: The game was released for the Neo Geo AES on June 1, 1992 and was ported to the Neo Geo CD (in Japan only) on September 9, 1994 (as a launch title).

The game was ported to the SNES[4] on December 22, 1993, and Sega Genesis exclusively in North America on 1994 by Takara.

All characters (excluding Famardy) are playable and have all been given special attacks executed using standard fighting game motions.

In Japan, Game Machine listed King of the Monsters 2 on their July 1, 1992 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

In 2018, the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch Shop by Hamster as part of their Arcade Archives line.