Beat'em up games

[Saejima Kouga]

Can't right now. :/ Maybe in a half hour or so.

[Shado Kabuto]

ok let me know i got oodles of beat-em ups waiting for ya

[That Guy]

A beat 'em up game is something like Street Fighter, where you're squared off against one opponent and you have to defeat them to move on. Think arcade fighting games.

BZZZZZZZT! WRONG!

Beat 'em Ups are games like Final Fight, Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle, Golden Axe, Sailor Moon (Gens), Sailor Moon [R included] SNES, Power Rangers (SNES), Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers the Movie (Gens & SNES), etc etc.

I stand corrected, I know none of those games.

[RiderLeangle]

On most modes its a 2D Fighting game. Brawl's Subspace Emissary mode however IS a Beat 'em up. Get the game before making accusations.

SSE is an adventure game, akin to SMB or something like that. I may not have the game yet, but I've seen more than enough videos of SSE in action to know how it works. A beat 'em up game is something like Street Fighter, where you're squared off against one opponent and you have to defeat them to move on. Think arcade fighting games.

Then explain the Subspace Emissary parts where you have to do exactly that, You're moving through, then you can't move on, you're on a platform or something and have to take out the enemies, then move on, I don't know what videos you've seen but when you actually get it, try and and I'll guarentie (Spelling?) there will be many levels akin to Beat 'em ups.

[That Guy]

You want me to explain those? Piece of cake! Boss fights. Maybe you've heard of them, most games have them. Not the same as a beat 'em up. See the post I quoted above yours for examples. I've seen a guy playing through the entire first half of SSE, don't try and tell me what it is and isn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_%27em_up

[RiderLeangle]

I'll tell you something about boss fights, during Boss Fights, Theres only one of them thats different from the enemies in the level, Different from swarms of the same kinds of enemies you've been facing through the whole level.

[That Guy]

*Sigh* Why do you refuse to believe that SSE is an Adventure Game (hence it's the "Adventure Mode") and not a beat 'em up?

[Saejima Kouga]

What does it matter? There's no sense in continuing this argument another page. @_@
Just agree to disagree and be done with it already.

[That Guy]

Gladly.

So, from what I'm observing, the vast majority of these games are on older systems. Does that mean they're a lost/dying art?

[Saejima Kouga]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_'em_up
It even says "Super Smash Bros. Brawl's "Subspace Emmisary" mode is an example of a modern beat 'em up." =P

[That Guy]

Shit. That's what I get for just reading the basics and making assumptions. I surrender...this time .

[RiderLeangle]

*Tries not to "I told ya' so"*

But yeah, Subspace Emmisary is deffinitly Beat 'Em Up, Try it and you'll find out what I mean really fast.

[Kogashi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_'em_up
It even says "Super Smash Bros. Brawl's "Subspace Emmisary" mode is an example of a modern beat 'em up." =P

Wiki can bite me, it's an adventure game that has aspects of beat 'em ups. Course, that's the 'problem' (some say) with games nowadays, it's no longer good enough to be just one genre. Everything has to have some kind of mix. FPS RPGs, Fighting Adventure games, Fighting game with RPG elements. It's just gotten more difficult to tell exactly what some games are anymore, for better or worse(how would that be worse?)

Oh lay off would ya? (Make me) Why I outta (Bring it) *Starts fighting himself*

[KRendBlade]

And here I was going to throw Draglade into the mix. I think that I'd better just step away slowly.

[AmienZero]

Dynasty Warriors and Devil May Cry are beat'em up games? i always thought they were just hack n' slash games.