Sep 2, 2023

Top 10 brands that could use a Beat-em up game!

 With the Upcoming GI Joe beat-em up game, my mind began racing:

Which brands could use a beat-em up game? I won't mention Marvel or DC because those are obvious. So, let's see:

10: Silverhawks:
This game can easily be a hybrid styled game with standard beat-em up levels and some R-Type styled shooter levels using the Maraj. For the storyline, well, how about, the Steel Twins aided Professor Power in designing a series of androids to give mainteneance to the Artificial Sun of Limbo. Mon*Star's Mob stole an Amsroid and reverse engineered it to create a Mob Armada that is wreaking chaos in Limbo. This forces the Silverhawks to move out and stop the Mob once and for all.

9: Thundercats:
The best of the Rankin Bass action cartoon trio lends itself perfectly for a beat-em up. Not to mention that it could have new characters in the generic enemies that a certain toy company could use. But back to the game. Each cat has various skills that could make the game more interesting.
Lion-O has the Claw Shield with the claw "harpoons" that could be used on a "get over here" styled attack.
Panthro has the fire and ice elemental attributes on his nunchaku.
Cheetara has her speed that could be used as a temporary boost for a flurry of attacks.
Tygra can become invisible and ignored by enemies for free hits.
The Thunderkittens have their capsules.
Waluigi has his hammer, guess that an attack up effect?
Lynx-O can deflect projectiles with his shield
Pumyra... she's  the healer.
Story, Mumm-Ra does Mumm-Ra shit and Thundercats have to stop him.

8: Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power:
But Nefty, those are two separate brands... yes, but they share the same universe if we go to the ONLY iteration of MOTU that matters to Mattel... Filmation. The reason I'm putting them together is because I would have She-Ra characters show up in the He-Man game as DLC and vice-versa. Also it would be a dick move to use two spots on He-Man and She-Ra.

7: Gatchaman:
I don't know if Japan has made one that never came to the US, but it makes sense to have one.

6: Street Sharks:
Mattel apparently owns the Street Sharks IP. Making a greaking Street Sharks beat-em up game would be the perfect!! Also, 7-inch scale Street Sharks compatible with MOTUC would be interesting to have... maybe let Super7 make them?

5: Netflix's One Piece:
This would be basically a "filler arc" between Seasons 1 and 2 of the adaptation. Game could start as a loose adaptation of season 1 and extended with "filler".

4: Hercules and Xena:
I know everyone hates Kevin Sorbo, but a Hercules and Xena... autocorrect keeps changing Lucy Lawless's character to Cena... game would be freaking sweet.
We have easily 6 playable characters:
Hercules
Iolaus
Gabrielle
Xena
Autolycus
And the best of them all:

3: Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos:

2: Central Organization of Police Specialists:
Or COPS for short, not to be confused with the Reality show that made Inner Circle popular.

1: Defenders of the Earth: 
This one is rather obvious, play as Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, Lothar, and The Phantom in order to stop Ming the Merciless from taking over Earth.

These are the top 10 beat-em ups I could think of. There's plenty more that could be made, but that's a rant for another day.

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