Ok K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2

OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo is a 2022 Open World Action-Adventure game developed by CD Projekt and Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows and Amazon Luna. The game was released on June 15, 2022. It is the direct sequel to the 2007's video game OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes.

## Gameplay

The gameplay's elements was either updated, added or removed from the first game. The lives counter was removed and remained the health bar, due to the game is a open world action adventure game. The new gameplay also let's the player to change to a different character anytime, by checking the iPortable.

iPortable has a menu to save the game, check quests, change characters, Map, Purchasing In-game items and settings.

The game has both main and side quests, there are 150 side quests to complete while 15 Main quests to complete, total of 165 quests to complete.

### iPortable

The iPortable is a Pause Menu can be accesses at anytime, it can control the menu with some feature added in the game such as:

* Map App, It can track the marked pins, icons and campus on where the player is at.
* Quest log App, Players can check the quest log to track the Main Side quests, the icons can track if the quests was Started, In-progress, Completed or Failed.
* Character App, The app can summon any character that unlocked throughout the story, players can change different characters by selecting the summon button, the app also can giving the character description, current health bar depending on damaged by an enemy or obstacle and timer to cooldown the character if it was defeated.
* Setting App, the Setting app can use to adjust the volume, brightness. accessibility and Controls
* Save App, The save app can save your process in game and can quit the game at anytime.
* Shopping App: The Shopping App is a both in-game store that the player can use Coins to purchuse Lakewood Coins, Costumes and Upgrades.

## Plot

Sometimes after the Series Finale, couple of years later, Gars Bodega was now owned by the new owner, Nathen Jordan, while Mr Gar was retired, KO still wondered if could continues his adventure, then KO seen a small little girl was running, then he went after her.

When K.O. was discovered the little girl chase while hide from the cover, he discovered that Jenny The Stickgirl the Stickgirl has appeared from the bushes and finds out that it was Jenny The Stickgirl was appeared from the bushes and warns him that Lord Boxman has planned to takeover Lakewood Plaza Turbo with a biggest invention that he made, they started a quest to sneak to Boxmore Factory to find him.

K.O. and Jenny the Stickgirl got to Gar's Bodega, Enid and Rad are trying out their iPortable as a new key item, K.O. has talked to Enid to barrow the iPortable for temporary use.

The player control K.O. to choose to either start tutorial on iPortable or start the quest without process tutorial first.

K.O. went to Boxmore Factory to see the invention with Jenny The Stickgirl.

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## Controller Controls

There are controls that the player can be play during the game.

OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo Controls
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## Development

The game development begins on July 15, 2009 after the commercial Success of the first game, Warner Bros reports that untitled OK KO Let's Be Heroes sequel is set to release on May 26, 2012 and expected to be on Seventh Generation consoles (Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), PC and Nintendo 3DS.

On April 2, 2011, The game's development was placed on hold for make room for other projects from WB Games and resulting to be cancellation Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS, while the PC version and the upcoming Next-Gen systems, such as Xbox 720, Project Cafe and PlayStation 4 (Which Xbox 720 became Xbox One in 2013 and Project Cafe became Wii U at E3 2011) listed platforms, rumors that Untitled OK KO sequel would be a PC and Next-Gen game until at the Gamescom in 2014,

Warner Bros Games announces that after 3 years of held, the game was back in development with current generation consoles, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Microsoft Windows.

At The Game awards 2015, Warner Bros re-announced the game with the reveal date of the game "2016".

At E3 2016, Warner Bros. Games first time revealing the gameplay footage without the release date and only platforms to be expected to launch on Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC.

At the Game Awards 2017, Warner Bros. Games reveal the plot of the game with characters and reintroduced the game to celebrate 10th anniversary of the original game.

At E3 2018, Warner Bros Games announced that the Nintendo Switch version was in development for Nintendo and their new console and a second gameplay from the game with Nintendo Switch version footage running from it. Additionally, Warner Bros confirmed that the Wii U version was abandoned during development.

At Comic Con 2018, Cartoon Network reveals that Crossover Nexus, a episode from the main series would be include as part of the sequel witch take place after the events of the TV special episode.

On April 25, 2019, Cartoon Network announced that this game would not be receiving updates at E3 2019, due to development and save for a update at a later date.

At Gamescom 2019, After OK KO creator announced for series finale, Warner Bros. Games announced that untitled OK KO Let's Be Heroes sequel would take place after the events of Thank you for Watching the Show.

At The Game Awards 2019, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment announced that Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 were in development as a new generation game in the Cartoon Network History.

On March 29, 2020, due to the development issues amid the impact of the pandemic, Warner Bros. divided developers into two platforms, CD Projekt Games would developed the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC versions while Avalanche Software would developed Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions.

On September 3, 2020, after Cartoon Network Hotel was opened 8 months ago, Cartoon Network Hotel announced that from September 7 to September 17, at the Toon Room, guests at Cartoon Network Hotel were to try out untitled OK KO Let's Be Heroes sequel (a 65% development uncompleted) closed beta before release and guests were to Pre-Order the game at Cartoon Network Store when it releases.

On November 2020, Warner Bros announced that Google Stadia and Amazon Luna ports were in development by CD Projekt games as part of the divided development in March 2020.

On June 13, 2021, during E3 2021, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment revealed the title to be called "OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo" would be available for Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and set to be release in 2022.

On August 1, 2021, During OK K.O.!'s 4th anniversary, Cartoon Network reveal the short gameplay footage on Cartoon Network's official twitter of the boss against KO and his employees of Gar's Boneda with Hub on the screenshot, teasing a open world action adventure game.

On September 2021, Warner Bros games opens pre-orders for a digital version of the game.

On October 8, 2021, the image was posted 2 months ago was confirmed to be an Open World, Action-Adventure game, making a first Carton Network video game to be Open World since Fuisonfall in 2009.

On December 9, 2021, the game was showed at The Game Awards as a world premiere, showing 10 minutes of gameplay and a release date reveal "June 15, 2022".

On January 7, 2022, WB Games announced that Players who Pre-Ordered the ultimate version would receive access to a Spring Break Beta from March 11 until March 20, 2022, however, players would not be allowed to record, take photos or stream due to a game being strict under NDA, WB Games does not have any plans to make the beta to be public.

On January 20, 2022, WB Games announced that after the game launch, both Season Pass and Character Expansion Pass would be added to the game. Both Season Pass and Character Expansion Pass was available for purchase.

On February 11, 2022, Microsoft announces that OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo would be added to Xbox Game Pass as part of the Day One launch titles for June 2022.

On June 3, 2022, Warner Bros. announces that OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo has gone gold, meaning the game's development has completed after 13 years of development.

## Characters

Unlike the first game, there were 12 characters in the game, in the sequel, there were 4 new characters in the sequel, marking with 16 playable characters.

\*Available from start.

\*\*Requires to complete a quest before using a character.

### Original game

* K.O.\*
* Enid\*\* (Complete The missing pals quest)
* Rad\*\* (Complete The missing pals quest)
* T.K.O.\*\* (Complete K.O. Meets turbo, long time... quest, first character defeated)
* Turbo Enid\*\* (Complete K.O. Meets turbo, long time... quest, second Character defeated)
* Turbo Rad\*\* (Complete K.O. Meets turbo, long time... quest, third character defeated)
* Dendy\*\* (Complete The missing pals quest)
* Fink\*\* (Complete Boxmore Plaza Quest)
* Darrel\*\* (Complete Rebuild Boxmore quest)
* Shannon\*\* (Complete Rebuild Boxmore quest)
* Raymond\*\* (Complete Rebuild Boxmore quest)
* Professor Venomous\*\* (Defeat him to unlock him in quest 6)
* Lord Boxman\*\* (Complete the game to unlock him)
* Ok\*\* (Complete The Truth of being a Hero Quest)
* Emily\*\* (Complete The Truth of being a Hero Quest)
* Jenny The Stickgirl\*\* (Complete The Missing Pals quest)

### Character Expansion pass

* Strike (Originally from Crossover Nexus)
* Red Action (Originally from You're Everybody's Sidekick
* Ms. Watkins (Originally from You're Level 100)
* Mad Sam (Originally from You're Level 100)
* Ernesto (Originally from Let' be Friends)
* Wilhamena (Originally from Parents Day)
* Punching Judy (Originally from Let's Be Heroes)
* Jetheo (Originally from Jetheo All Yours)
* Co-Bruh (Originally from Let's Be Heroes)
* Billiam Milliam (Originally from Stop Attacking the Plaza)

### Characters from Season Pass

* K-0 (From Wave 2 DLC)
* Carol/Silver Spark (From Wave 11 DLC)
* Laser Blast (From Wave 11 DLC)
* Mr Gar/El-Bow (From wave 14 DLC)
* P.O.I.N.T. members (Foxtail, Elodie, Ms. Mummy and Gertie. From wave 15 DLC)

If combined with characters from both Season Pass and Character Expansion Pass, there are 34 characters to choose from.

## Quests

There are 15 main quests and 150 side quests to complete, making up to 165 quests in the game.

### Main Quest (Main Story)

1. The Unknown Hero: Chase a unknown hero
2. iPortable: Know more about iPortable (Complete instantly if the player skips the tutorial)
3. K.O. Impossible: Sneak to Boxman's factory
4. Long-Time enemy (Phase 1): Defeat Lord Boxman
5. The Missing Pals: Find K.O.'s friends (4 Remaining, changes numbers if the player founds the characters)
6. Mysterious Figure: Defeat Shadow Figure (Unlocked after defeating him)
7. Rebuild Boxmore: Find Lord Boxman's Bot-Minions (3 Remaining, changes numbers if the player founds the characters)
8. K.O. Meets turbo, long time...: Defeat three turbo versions of him, Enid and Rad (3 remaining, unlock a character after defeating mini-boss)
9. Lakewood Plaza memory: Capture 10 memories of Lakewood Plaza Turbo (10 Remaining, number changes after getting a memory)
10. Boxman's Duel Phase 2: Defeat Lord Boxman
11. The Truth of being a Hero: Find Emily and OK for the truth
12. Going back to Lakewood Plaza Turbo: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo to finish Lord Boxman
13. Boxmore Plaza: Sneak to Gar's Bodega with Fink
14. Reach to the skies of Lakewood Plaza Turbo: Get to the Lord Boxman's office at top of the plaza
15. The Final Ultimate Battle (Phase 3): Defeat Lord Boxman and restore Lakewood Plaza Turbo

## Release

The Game was previously first announced at E3 2010 and originally planned to be released on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, 3DS and PC until placed a 3 year hold from 2011-2014, resulting phased out on these consoles.

At Gamescom 2014, the game was back in development after 3 years of hold and moved development to the next-generation consoles (Xbox One and PlayStation 4).

Pre-Orders for the physical version was held at retails and online on September 2, 2021 and later ended on June 14, 2022 at Midnignt.

The game was added to Xbox Game Pass as part of the Day One launch titles.

### Digital version Bundles

There are 3 edition of the game are Standard, Deluxe and Ultimate with included bonuses for each edition.

Contains the edition of the digital version of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo
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 3 Cartoon Network Characters costume for KO
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 $59.99 (Xbox One, PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch)
$69.99 (Xbox Series X and PS5)
$89.99 (Xbox Series X and PS5)
109.99 (Xbox Series X and PS5)

## Difficulty levels

There are 10 difficulty levels in the game, depending on the levels of enemies, stage designs and the player.

OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo difficulty levels
\*Require Expansion pass
 Enemies received no regeneration health bars
 Anti-fall activated when fall off a hazards during a level.
 Zero damage receive when hit by an enemy
 Spiecial moves energy bar was infinite

## Downloadable Content (DLC)

### Season Pass

The season pass was released after the game launch, there are 20 waves in the game are planned to release until the end of 2025

### Character Expansion Pass

The Character Expansion Pass contains 10 characters from the OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes series

## Storage requirements/Performances

### Performance

The frames per second (FPS) has added to the game. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One only runs up to 60fps when not in combat, however, when player enters a combat, the FPS drops to 30-40fps.

The Nintendo Switch version runs up to 30fps on Handheld mode and Nintendo Switch Lite during both In-combat and exploring, however, the game targeted to 60fps when playing on TV Mode and Nintendo Switch OLED model.

On PC, depending on the computer system, player needs a graphic card to make the game run up to 60fps or perhaps, 120 fps.

The Stadia and Amazon Luna require to have a stable and stronger internet connection to run the game up to 60-120 FPS.

The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5's game boost and FPS boost were supported up to 90-120 FPS on Series X and S and the PlayStation 5 only runs up to 90 FPS when not in combat, but decrease to 60fps when player was on Combat.

### Storage requirements

The following storage and information that require to run the game.

OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes 2: Return to Lakewood Plaza Turbo storage requirements
 PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5
 Nintendo Switch
 Microsoft Windows

## Trivia

* This is the first Cartoon Network video game to received a larger storage to run the game
* This is the first Cartoon Network video game to have a longest playthrough with beating up to 100-250 hours with all quests.
* This is the Second Cartoon Network game to received Downloadable Content.
* This is the first Cartoon Network game to feature Tutorial mode as option, if the player was new to the series or forgot how to play the game.
* This is the only OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes game to have recycled and reused materials and resources from both OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes (2007) and OK K.O. Let's Play Heroes, such as Gameplay Hub, In-game currency, enemies, Stages and characters as either redesign or costumes.
* This is the only Cartoon Network video game to receive longest DLC from waves 1-20 (2022-2025)