![]() ![]() ![]() Bayonetta, a spiritual successor to Devil May Cry.Battle Circuit, Capcom's last traditional 2D brawler.Battle Beavers, a 2D Flash beat 'em up with some RPG elements.BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century, a fanservice-laden parody indie brawler." Are YOU a bad enough dude to save the the president?" Asura's Wrath, something of an odd example, as it also presents itself as an interactive anime to an extent.Astral Chain, a Cyberpunk love-child of Xenoblade Chronicles X and NieR: Automata.Armored Warriors, Capcom's mecha brawler the predecessor of Cyberbots.Anarchy Reigns, the spiritual successor to Mad World.Altered Beast, one of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive's launch titles.The Adventures of Bayou Billy, which also contains driving and light-gun sections.Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action!, a side-scrolling platform beat 'em up which is based around High Altitude Battles with frequent Megaton Punches.Abyss Odyssey, a side scrolling Beat 'Em Up generated Roguelike style.Abalaburn: An RPG, but its fights play out in this format.Also see Hack and Slash, which is more or less the exact same genre but with weapons therefore, expect to see several overlapping examples. Known as Beat 'em All in France (in English) and Russia, due to the various occurrences in side-/belt-scrolling games where the game won't scroll any further until all enemies are down.Ī large number of " urban" themed beat 'em ups have the same basic plot - a female friend/lover/relative of one of the playable characters is kidnapped by a member of a criminal gang for some reason and the protagonist(s) have to travel through a number of areas of the city, beating the crap out of gang members and fighting a boss at the end of each area before kicking the ass of the gang leader and rescuing the girl.ģD Beat 'em Up games are better known as Stylish Action or Character Action Games. Games like Kung-Fu Master (which is completely side-scrolling) or Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance (which is in 3D) are not considered belt-scroll games. In Japan, Beat 'em Ups of the Double Dragon or Final Fight 2D variety are known as "belt-scroll" action games (ベルトスクロールアクションゲーム) due to their semi-isometric perspective and the fact that the characters are always facing left or right despite being able to move up and down as well. Many Beat 'em Ups include weapons and magical powers. These games eschew one-on-one duels for the protagonist (and a friend or two) rampaging across the map, handing out unmerciful beatdowns to every group of gangsters, mutants, robots and ninjas they meet, acquiring weapons from their environment and finding cooked chickens inexplicably hidden inside arcade cabinets. ![]() The Co-Op Multiplayer in these games used to be a highly popular feature. Most games that fall under this genre have very little in the way of story, and lots in the way of bash-the-other-guys'-heads-in-with-your-fists action. The "Beat 'em Up" genre is a cousin to the Fighting Game genre popular since the eighties, with their Trope Codifiers Double Dragon and Golden Axe. ![]()
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