The characters, enemies, and themes of the game were meant to reflect the mascots and theme of the festival. 2 was based on Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, a Family Computer Disk System game meant to tie-in with Fuji Television's media technology expo, called Yume Kōjō (lit. It has been remade or re-released for several video game consoles. The game was first released in North America in October 1988, and in the PAL region the following year. 2 is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System.