New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fighter

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

I really wouldn't put Final Fight over TMNT (or X-Men), personally.

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I can understand liking it more than Final Fight although I still like Golden Axe most for 1989 beat 'em ups. Capcom did improve on Final Fight formula, though, in the years that followed. I thought games like The Punisher and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs were more refined in gameplay and better looking than the Turtles stuff (although Konami beat 'em ups usually had more simultaneous players which was cool). I liked X-Men but it didn't impress me as much as Revenge of Death Adder in 1992. Turtles in Time was one of the better home beat 'em ups that year although it wasn't long until Streets of Rage II came out.

I also think Konami's beat 'em ups kind of overshadowed their great arcade games in other genres. It's sad that few people remember Mystic Warriors which was like an awesome hybrid of Sunset Riders and Shinobi.

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs has some uuugh-leee design in it. More players generally = more fun in beat-em-ups, IMO, it's a poor genre for 'deep-ish single player romps'. Punisher is just "meh". The fighting is pretty poor, and I don't really like how the shooting is implimented. Shitty bosses, too.

Revenge of Death Adder is pretty amazing, but Golden Axe is still below the TMNT games. Again, it is a "fun" thing. The smart-bomb screen-clearing attacks aren't something I really like, even though they look cool the first few times.

Spider-Man (Sega) really doesn't get enough credit as a Beat-em-up. Best Venom ever. :)

i think it would've been sweet to see a MK vs TMNT in replace of DC, at least then the characters could be better balanced IMO

The Turtles were great in their day. Beat em up, sure. Old IP wasted on a fighter, no way.

You know, I'd think that beat em ups would really benefit from online. I'm kinda surprised that this genre has died.

I dunno, Castle Crashers did okay.

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Originally Posted by RoleTroll

The Turtles were great in their day.

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they still are great, you ass hole!

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Originally Posted by Bacon McShig

I dunno, Castle Crashers did okay.

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i think it would have done better if you could actually connect with people to play it, lol. it was really buggy

Sega arcade sidescrollers? Most are a bit lacking....D.D. Crew, Arabian Fight, Alien Storm.....Golden Axe is the only stand out. Death Adder and Spider-man really don't do much for me. Bare Knuckle II is the best they've done, arcade and console.

Wish we got that Streets of Rage game on the DC. God I hate Sega.

Konami's beatemups have fuck all for moves. They could never hold my attention for more than a level or two.

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I can understand liking it more than Final Fight although I still like Golden Axe most for 1989 beat 'em ups.

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I decided to take a genuine shot at arcade Golden Axe, lately. It's awesome, but now it seems really easy.

I'm already hitting the last stage after maybe a few hours, and I've never 1cc'd a beat 'em up before. And there's no scoring system in sight.