The revival of the Beat em’ Up genre is here

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Not a beat em' up, but I hope we get more shoot em' ups.

I need a remake of Sunset Riders.

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The beat me up never went anywhere to be honest

The heart of the retro revival is beatem ups

The only popular beat em ups i remember for the 7th gen was Scott pilgrim and castle crashers. I don’t remember anything from last gen
 

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The only popular beat em ups i remember for the 7th gen was Scott pilgrim and castle crashers. I don’t remember anything from last gen

Streets of Rage 4
River City Girls 1+2
Mother Russia Bleeds
Jitsu Squad

There are plenty more, but those are a few I thought of off the top of my head.
 

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Streets of Rage 4
River City Girls 1+2
Mother Russia Bleeds
Jitsu Squad

There are plenty more, but those are a few I thought of off the top of my head.

I know of the first two, mostly, and they came out pretty late in the gen.

jitsu squad said it came out in 2022 (same for River City Girls 2)
 

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never seen this game before
Old arcade game, you can play it on websites or emulators.

Another underrated old beat em up, though a little short on content, is Sengoku 3




Also let me drop this banger song from Sengoku 1 since i won't get a chance to ever again

 

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Feel like that crappy version we got a few years back killed the franchise again
Agreed, the timing of it was bad when you have so many better options. I think they can still do it because there are other franchises that bad iterations. Unsure how valuable that IP is, but I would see if somebody like DotEmu or Arcsystem wants to work on it.
 
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