Brawl Brothers
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Brawl Brothers, known in Japan
as , is a side-scrolling
beat 'em up
game made by Jaleco
in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
.
Brawl Brothers is the second game in the Rushing Beat
series (the first game was released in the U.S. as Rival Turf!
). It was followed by the release of The Peace Keepers in 1993.
, the player has to walk sideways and fight bad guys for several stages. Next to the general food-health supplies, the player can also pick up weapons like sticks, guns, grenades and such. A special "Angry Mode" gives injured fighters a burst of energy.
The new characters aiding them are:
In a one-player game, a "partner" will chosen for the player at random by the CPU. The remaining characters thereafter (or, rather, clones of them per the Japanese storyline) will be chosen as bosses for the first three levels. The remaining level ends with a battle against the final boss, Dieter/Iceman, a martial artist with an extendable and flexible staff.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as , is a side-scrolling
Side-scrolling video game
A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a video game in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right. These games make use of scrolling computer display technology...
beat 'em up
Beat 'em up
Beat 'em up is a video game genre featuring melee combat between the protagonist and a large number of underpowered antagonists. These games typically take place in urban settings and feature crime-fighting and revenge-based plots, though some games may employ historical or fantasy themes...
game made by Jaleco
Jaleco
is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name...
in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
.
Brawl Brothers is the second game in the Rushing Beat
Rushing Beat (series)
is a trilogy of beat 'em up video games released by Jaleco for the Super Famicom. Although all three games were released outside of Japan, localization resulted in various changes to the games' storylines and gameplay. While all three titles were released under the Rushing Beat name in Japan,...
series (the first game was released in the U.S. as Rival Turf!
Rival Turf!
Rival Turf!, released in Japan as , is a video game that was released by Jaleco in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and later on the Wii Virtual Console in the PAL region on October 8, 2010, in Japan on 7, December 2010 and in North America on May 2, 2011...
). It was followed by the release of The Peace Keepers in 1993.
Gameplay
As in Final FightFinal Fight
is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...
, the player has to walk sideways and fight bad guys for several stages. Next to the general food-health supplies, the player can also pick up weapons like sticks, guns, grenades and such. A special "Angry Mode" gives injured fighters a burst of energy.
Characters
The player can choose from one of five characters. These are the names of the characters for the American game, with the Japanese names right next to them:- Hack/Rick Norton, the street brawlerStreet fightingStreet fighting is a colloquial term used to denote unsanctioned, illegal in some countries, hand-to-hand fighting in public places, between individuals or groups of people....
. Compared to Rival Turf!, Norton is more imposing and one of his throws is a deadly German suplex. He now wears bandages around his pants' lower legs to protect his shins. His boss stage is a platform surrounded by a steel cage. - Slash/Douglas Bild, the police officer, who has gained more size as well and wears yellow boots that also go up to half his calf. He can no longer do a Frankensteiner, but his power bomb is much stronger. His alternate throw is an Atomic Drop from the back (in the Japanese version it is an Atomic Drop from the front, which is a direct shot to the groin; Nintendo of America censored the move for Western markets). His boss stage is a construction platform that is raised and lowered as the battle goes on.
The new characters aiding them are:
- Lord J, the judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
master, slow and lumbering but with powerful throws. His boss stage is a temple court; - Kazan, the ninjaNinjaA or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
, very quick and able to split himself in half to slash foes. His boss stage is a ninja dojo training room which can rotate and has spikes on the floors (which become walls as the room rotates); - Wendy Milan, the professional wrestlerProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, rather quick for the powerful moves she can execute. Her boss stage is a conventional wrestling ring whose ropes she can jump on to execute flying attacks (a player-controlled Wendy cannot do this, however).
In a one-player game, a "partner" will chosen for the player at random by the CPU. The remaining characters thereafter (or, rather, clones of them per the Japanese storyline) will be chosen as bosses for the first three levels. The remaining level ends with a battle against the final boss, Dieter/Iceman, a martial artist with an extendable and flexible staff.