12 Great SNES Beat 'Em Up Games That (Almost) Everyone Forgot
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Publicado 2022-10-10
While it is true that it has experienced a small comeback with Rare's Battletoads revamp, the successful Streets of Rage 4 or the pixel art masterpiece called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge, it is a far cry from the golden age of the 16-bit. The consoles of the early 90s seemed to have an endless supply of such fun games. The SNES is particularly well represented in terms of great beat em ups, which makes for optimal choices when looking to "kick it" with a friend or sibling.
But the purpose of this video is not to cover the best beat em ups that appeared on the Super Nintendo, as you already know them all, but to honor those brawlers that even having an extraordinary quality went unnoticed by the big audiences.
In this video we choose true hidden gems of the genre, little known either by remaining as Japanese exclusives (Super Famicom), or simply overlapped by other better known titles such as Turtles in Time, Final Fight or Batman Returns.
Intro and Outro Music
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Games Featured
0:00 Intro
0:23 1992 Brawl Brothers
0:58 1993 The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin
1:52 1993 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
2:39 1993 Kamen Rider
3:22 1994 Ghost Chaser Densei
4:02 1994 The Ninja Warriors
5:01 1994 Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio Tachi no Banka
5:51 1994 Knights of the Round
6:23 1994 King of Dragons
7:01 1994 Sonic Blast Man II
8:04 1995 Undercover Cops
8:40 1995 Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou
9:15 1995 Iron Commando: Koutetsu no Senshi
9:53 Outro
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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I lied with the title of the video... there are not 12 games, but 13! Enjoy! 😉
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As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I recognize the game immediately. Ninja Warriors is an amazing game. I thought it is pretty popular but it surely is not mentioned as often as other popular series like Final Fight in casual conversation, so I agree with you on this one.
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Pirates of Dark Water was one of my favorites back in the day.
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Anyone who is a fan of Ninja Warriors will love Ninja Saviors (Ninja Warriors Once Again). It's brilliant and it goes far beyond what you would want in a remake.
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Super Double Dragon stands as my all-time favorite SNES beat 'em up. So good, with a moves list ahead of its time.
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Iron commando has got to be one of the greatest overlooked beat-em-ups on the console.
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Good to see Brawl Brothers up there, one of my favorite SNES Beat-Em-Ups alongside Super Double Dragon and Final Fight 3.
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Great video bits and beats showcasing these underrated beat'em up games especially brawl brothers since it is my favorite of the rushing beat trilogy.
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good video. love that you add info of the game. subscribed.
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This video deserves more likes. Good job Dude Greetings from Brasil
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Knights of the Round is based off the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The Round Table was where King Arthur's court met and everyone was treated as equals. Depending on the legend the number of seats varies. Sir Lancelot and Sir Percival were notable Knights with Sir Percival being the one to claim the Holy Grail.
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Shin Nekketsu got western “kinda” release this year as river city girls zero. Iron Commando got a cartridge release like 3 years ago in Japan for the super famicom. Also this game used some edits from The Punisher arcade game sprites. Legend is another overlooked gem on the snes, by the same developers from Iron Commando. There’s some stolen music in that one though… (yeah the devs liked to take some stuff from other games). Stone Protectors is a very colorful beat’em up. But it’s too long it gets boring mid play.
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Pretty solid list. Some of these are favorites of mine, some I've never even heard of. Time to try The Great Battle II...
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Love beat em ups, definitely be checking some of these out, cheers.
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Ninja Warriors was a constant rental for me in elementary school. Only gripe was no couch co-op but still fantastic.
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Thanks for the (almost) because I never forgot Sonic Blast nor Hagane and so many others not listed on here.
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Undercover Cops is INCREDIBLE !! Thanks for having this port even if we cant play 2 players. Its a pretty descent port and the only one in console.
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Pirates of Darkwater deserves a spot, it has some solid gameplay and great graphics, I just replayed it today, a real hidden gem.
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Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou and Iron Commando were rerelesed a couple of years ago along with King of Demons. I think who ever made Iron Commando also made Legend another good side scrolling beat em up that is like Golden Axe or Conan the Destroyer.
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Outstanding as always thanks 😎👍
