Tribes
There are a total of 12 tribes in the game: Classic, Circus, Cavelem, Shadow, Space, Outdoor, Beach, Sports, Egyptian, Highland, Polar and Medieval. While the twelve different tribes of Lemmings will generally have a set of skills that are more commonly associated with that tribe, there can be overlap between the available skill sets of each tribe. Each tribe will typically have its own style of traps (for example, space lemmings can be killed by an open airlock, while outdoor lemmings must avoid being eaten by a frog), and levels are designed in a way that complements the tribe. Apart from that, each tribe has its own skin and clothing colors, its own entrance, its own entry and exit method, its own music, and, except for Classic, its own style of dancing (for the attractor skill).
Keeping with Psygnosis's tradition of including references to their earlier games, some levels of the Space tribe include the Walker robot from Walker as a hazard.
Read more about this topic: Lemmings 2: The Tribes
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