They are then given simple tutorials in order to familiarize them with the game. Continuing the theme of its predecessor, players begin the game as an unarmed silhouette. On his travels to find a worthy opponent, he came across and opened the Gates of Shadows, releasing the demons and effectively reducing himself to a shadow. In this introduction, the narrator (who is the main character) reveals that he was a legendary combatant. This installment introduces the game's events with an animated prologue. The new version was made gradually available to a small number of Android users in order to avoid problems and issues, before it was finally available globally on April 7, 2019. On March 12, 2019, Nekki announced that the game has been completely rewritten with the Unity engine. The Switch version was the first to introduce real-time versus mode to Shadow Fight 2 via local player-vs-player battles. On September 13, 2018, it was released for Nintendo Switch as well. The first version of the game was soft launched on Octowhile the game was later released worldwide on on both Android and iOS platforms, and on January 27, 2015, it was released on Windows 8 and 8.1. Shadow Fight 2 is a role-playing fighting game published by Nekki and developed by Banzai.Games.