Brawl Brothers

Not to be confused with Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Brawl Brothers
North American cover art
DeveloperJaleco
PublisherJaleco
DesignersHoshi Kazuaki
Ryoichi Kuramochi
ComposersAtsuyoshi Isemura
Hajime Uchida
SeriesRushing Beat
PlatformSuper Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: December 22, 1992
  • NA: March 11, 1993
  • PAL: 1993
GenreBeat 'em up
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Brawl Brothers, known in Japan as Rushing Beat Run (ラッシング・ビート乱　複製都市, Rasshingu Biito Ran: Fukusei Toshi; "Rushing Beat Chaos: The City of Clones"),[a] is a 1992 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Jaleco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second game in the Rushing Beat series, after Rival Turf!, and was followed by The Peace Keepers in 1993.

Gameplay

As in Final Fight, 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.

It is the only known SNES game that features its Japanese version on the same cartridge, accessible through use of a cheat code. The Japanese version of the game features different character names, no maze-like stages, an expanded ending sequence and the addition of a groin kick move for playable character Douglas Bild.

Characters

The player can choose from one of five characters, with American and Japanese version names:

  • Hack / Rick Norton, the street brawler. 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, which was censored by Nintendo of America. His boss stage is a construction platform that is raised and lowered as the battle goes on.

The new characters aiding them are these:

  • Lord J, the judo master, slow and lumbering but with powerful throws. His boss stage is a temple court;
  • Kazan, the ninja, very quick and able to split himself in half to slash foes. His boss stage is a ninja dojo training room and has spikes on the floors which become walls as the room rotates;
  • Wendy Milan, the professional wrestler, 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.

In a one-player game, a "partner" will chosen for the player at random by the CPU. The remaining characters thereafter (or 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.

Reception

Brawl Brothers received a 20.79/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by Super Famicom Magazine, ranking among Super Famicom titles at the number 145 spot.[14] The game received mixed reviews from critics.[15][16] Paul Davies and Edward Lawrence of Nintendo Magazine System called it an "outstanding beat' em up which suffers on a few minor accounts".[5] AllGame's Brett Alan Weiss praised the game's the graphics, music, and addition of more enemies and moves than Rival Turf!, but the lack of speed, precision, and polish compared to games like Streets of Rage and Double Dragon were criticized.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Although the kanji 乱 is pronounced ran, the background for the character select and stage map screens displays the romanized title as "RUSHING BEAT RUN", suggesting that this is the developer's preferred transliteration.

References

  1. ^ a b Weiss, Brett Alan (1998). "Brawl Brothers - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  2. ^ Keen, Steve; Sumpter, Garth (May 1993). "Review: Brawl Brothers". Computer and Video Games. No. 138. EMAP Images. pp. 54–56.
  3. ^ "New Games Cross Review: ラッシング・ビート乱　複製都市". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 211. ASCII Corporation. January 1, 1993. p. 38. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine).
  4. ^ Halverson, Dave; Off, Greg; Stratton, Tom; Cockburn, Andrew; Yoda (March 1993). "Viewpoint: Rival Turf 2; Planet SNES - Super NES Review: Rival Turf II". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 4. DieHard Gamers Club. pp. 10, 50–51.
  5. ^ a b Davies, Paul; Lawrence, Edward (April 1993). "Super NES Review: Brawl Brothers". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 7. EMAP. pp. 80–82.
  6. ^ Davies, Jonathan (March 1993). "Import Review: Rushing Beat Run". Super Play. No. 5. Future Publishing. pp. 32–33.
  7. ^ Buxton, Chris (September 1993). "SNES Round-Up: Rushing Beat Run". Total!. No. 21. Future Publishing. p. 41.
  8. ^ Simmons, Alex; West, Allie (May 1993). "Review Control: Rushing Beat Run". Control. No. 9. Maverick Magazines. pp. 46–48.
  9. ^ Roberts, Nick; Rice, Chirs (April 1993). "Force Rated: Rushing Beat Run". N-Force. No. 10. Impact Magazines. pp. 36–37.
  10. ^ Delaunay, Wilhelmina (June 1993). "SNES Review: Brawl Brothers". Nintendo Game Zone. No. 8. Dennis Publishing. pp. 60–61.
  11. ^ "Guide Directory Enquiries". SNES Force. No. 1. Impact Magazines. July 1993. pp. 92–97.
  12. ^ O'Connor, Frank; Kirrane, Simon (April 1993). "Super Review: Rushing Beat Run". Super Action. No. 7. Europress. pp. 24–27.
  13. ^ Westley, Dave (March 1993). "Import Review: Rushing Beat 2". Super Pro. No. 4. Paragon Publishing. pp. 30–31.
  14. ^ Super Famicom Magazine (August 1, 1993). "ゲーム通信簿". 90年11月から'93年6月21日発売までの323本を収録!! スーパーファミコンオールカタログ'93 (special supplement) (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. p. 28.
  15. ^ "Now Playing: Brawl Bros". Nintendo Power. Vol. 46. Nintendo of America. March 1993. pp. 103, 107.
  16. ^ Taylor, Matt (July 1993). "Super NES ProReview: Brawl Brothers". GamePro. No. 48. IDG. p. 102.
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