The game introduces new characters, walls in arenas, and breakable armor.

[2][a] Zero Divide 2 was released in Japan and then in 1998 in PAL regions, and was followed by the Japan exclusive Zero Divide: The Final Conflict for Sega Saturn.

[7] British magazine Play criticised the game and asking why Sony would release it so soon after Tekken 3.

[8] German magazine MANiAC, in a retrospective review, called the polygon look and combat "unspectacular".

[9] In Japan, Famitsu gave the game a score of 31 out of 40.