Malachi 2: The Rise of Evil (video game)

Malachi 2: The Rise of Evil is a platform game based on the movie of the same name. It was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by THQ, and was released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Mac OS X.

Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to Sonic the Hedgehog and the first movie's video game with the same characters and moves, although it has a few differences.

Plot
10 years after the events of Malachi: The Movie, Malachi and Purple Guy decide to go on the journey again when they saw Cabel kidnapped Kally on TV. They team up with Lotta and Red again. Malachi, Purple Guy, Lotta, and Red later meets Nataly, a 9-year-old girl, and Lioe, a 15-year-old boy who wants to join them.

Later, Cabel tells her red robot's minions to track down Malachi, Purple, Lotta, Red, Lioe, and Nataly, and she tells Barry to follow them to capture Nataly. Meanwhile, Malachi, Purple, Lotta, Red, Lioe, and Nataly find the place that looks like a kingdom and a village, they never know about this place. When they enter the castle, they meet Princess Eloise, who is the ruler of this kingdom, and her lady-in-waiting Genia. Malachi tells Eloise about Cabel, she is nothing more than a bad princess. Princess Eloise joins Malachi and his friends, as well as Eugenia. When the kingdom was attacked by Cabel's red robot minions, Malachi and his gang fight for it, including Barry and Cabel's giant robot. They then going on the adventure to stop Cabel, until they get some rest for tonight.

In Cabel's lair, she blames Barry and Cabel's red robot minions for failing to destroy Malachi, Purple, Lotta, Red, Lioe, Princess Eloise, and Genia, and captures Nataly. She also had plans to destroy Tyrusville and renamed it Cabeltopia (like in the first film).

Kally breaks free and escapes Cabel's lair with the help of a young boy named Nick. Meanwhile, Malachi and his gang went to a science laboratory called Lab-Lab Technologies, while searching for Cabel. They met Dr. Robert Anderson and Ernest. Malachi cons them into using their magic to send them all to Cabel's lair, the spell works. When they sneak into Cabel's lair, they have been caught by Cabel and learn that she plans to kill Malachi and his friends in her lair. Cabel's red robot minions had captured Nataly, Eloise, and Genia and sent them to prison.

Kally and Nick find a motel for the night, while they are escaping from Cabel's lair. Kally decides to call Malachi on her phone. Malachi and his friends are in danger, because Nataly, Eloise, and Genia were in jail. Kally and Nick need to save Malachi and his friends and team up with Daniel, Elijah, and Ryan. Meanwhile, in jail, a heartbroken Nataly, who becomes scared after she captured. Eloise and Genia cheer her up. When they saw Kally, Nick, Daniel, Elijah, and Ryan, Nataly happy to see her friend, Nick. Kally, Nick, Daniel, Elijah, and Ryan, and Nick are being heroes to save Malachi and his friends.

Back in Cabel's lair, she sets a bomb on Malachi, Purple, Lotta, and Red (minus Nataly, Eloise, and Genia) and Cabel tells them that the bomb is a timer and Cabel leaves the room. Then, Kally, Daniel, Elijah, Ryan, Eloise, Genia, Nataly, and Nick are here to save them, stop the timer and escape from Cabel's lair. When Cabel got in the room, he saw Malachi and his friends were gone and the timer is stopped. She tells her red robots minions to get them.

When Malachi and his pals escaped from Cabel's lair, Cabel, Barry, and her red robot minions surround and outnumber them. But, Malachi calls for backup, and the people of Tyrusville and the kingdom, including Dr. Robert Anderson and Ernest, arrive and interfere. Cabel pulls out a red robot that transforms into the biggest red robot. Malachi, along with Lotta, Lioe, and Red, turns into super from to defeat Cabel. After the fight, Cabel blasted off to her lair and it explodes. As Cabel's red robots minions retreat over Cabel's defeat.

Back outside Malachi's house, Malachi, Purple, Kally, Lotta, Red, Lioe, Elosie, Genia, Nataly, Nick, and their friends started a party that caused the entire world to celebrate. Then, Barry shows up, surprising them.

Development
THQ previewed the game at the E3 convention in June 2002.

Reception
Coming soon!