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Rise of the Kasai [PS2] – Beta

25-06-2025

Rise of the Kasai is the sequel to the Mark of Kri originally developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony in 2002. The sequel kept the fundamentals of the original and introduced a cast of new characters, villains and new goons for you to hack and slash through. Before Rise of the Kasai released in the market, there were a few beta changes that you can observe below. Oh, and an online Co-Op system was implemented early in the development of the game, but Sony cut that feature from the final release.

Videos:

Beta changes:

Different Tati voice
Different Bottle Rocket Entertainment intro (no animation with the brush)
Lack of Tati’s battle cry when picking healing items
Light blood splatter for enemies
Loud sneezing (enemies)
The Ngari level uses the Mt Bausuku theme

The reason for this video footage is that the presenter mentions the game has an online Co-Op mode that, unfortunately, got cut in the final release. Not only this, but if you check the press kit of Rise of the Kasai and the official trailer, they insist that Rise of the Kasai was going to ship with online features. The reason why online co-op got axed was that Sony was unable to solve some of the technical issues relating to online play. In the end, the decision was made to cut that from the game.