Return to Mysterious Island 2 begins with the crash of the
helicopter that came to rescue Mina. She survived but is once again
trapped on the island. All of a sudden, under her very eyes, an unknown
disease afflicts the plants first, then the animal life. Mina explores
the island to locate the infection source. She searches Captain Nemo's
base in vain, then the ruins of an unknown civilization, and finally
understands that it is outside pollution that threatens the island. The
only way to save this natural wonder is to turn the shield back on. But
if Mina makes this decision, she gives up -as Captain Nemo did before
her- the idea of returning to civilization…
Two-character play: in the first installment, the player
embodied Mina, a young and carefree navigator taking part in the Jules
Verne competition, and used Jep, a cute, little monkey, as a simple
tool. In Return to Mysterious Island 2 Jep becomes a character in his
own right. The player switches from one character to another and
maximizes the use of each other’s talents depending on the circumstances:
only Mina can use complex tools, combine objects and, of course, read
the documents found in the course of the game; whereas Jep can climb
places inaccessible to Mina, communicate with other monkeys and find
numerous objects thanks to his sense of smell.