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1992 · Port · Jaleco · Beat 'em up · Fighting

Rival Turf!

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Rival Turf is a cyber-punk comic-book style beat 'em up inspired by the likes of Streets of Rage and Final Fight.

Released
1992
Platforms
SNESWiiWii U
Genres
Beat 'em upFighting
Developers
Jaleco
Publishers
Jaleco
Series
Rushing Beat
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
CERO BESRB E10+PEGI 12
Languages
English

About

Rival Turf!, released in Japan as Rushing Beat (Japanese: ラッシング・ビート), is a 1992 beat'em up video game developed and published by Jaleco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was later rereleased on the Wii and Wii U's Virtual Console and the Nintendo Classics service. The game is the first installment in the Rushing Beat trilogy, which also includes Brawl Brothers and The Peace Keepers, although the games were localized as unrelated titles in North America.

Keywords

  • wii virtual console
  • wii u virtual console
  • fan translation - portuguese

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Jack Flak (Rick Norton in Japan) or "Oozie" Nelson (Douglas Bild in Japan) are selected in a one or two player mode, to defeat a plethora of enemies using punches, kicks and various weapons collected throughout the course of the game. Jack Flak is the hero who is out to rescue his girlfriend Heather, with the flying kick and the back drop as his specialty attacks. Oswald "Oozie" Nelson is a police officer who uses powerful professional wrestling moves.

There is an "angry" mode where the character becomes temporarily invincible and more powerful after taking a certain amount of damage. Moving the character is done using the four-direction controller and each move (attack, jump, special attack) is done using three of the four available buttons near the movement keys.

Story

Jack Flak's girlfriend Heather has been kidnapped by Big Al and his gang the Street Kings. He enlists the help of his friend, police officer Oswald "Oozie" Nelson to rescue his girlfriend and rid the city from the reign of the Street Kings once and for all. They start out by heading to the sports stadium to find out more information and locate Big Al's hideout.

One night, Rick Norton is walking down the streets of the city when he was surprised by a gun in the darkness. The mystery man behind the gun said that Norton's sister had an important video tape and was being held hostage. A new stimulant was being sold in epidemic amounts throughout the city and was only first manufactured a few years ago. Realizing that the organization's mystery was shrouded other than their sales of illegal stimulants, Norton has seen the city become slowly devastated over a period of time. He heads to the city stadium in an attempt to rescue his sister Maria with the help of his friend, Douglas Bild.

Reception

Rival Turf! received a 20.97/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by Super Famicom Magazine, ranking among Super Famicom titles at the number 137 spot. The game received mixed reception from critics, holding a rating of 48.25% based on six reviews according to review aggregator GameRankings.

In 2010, Damien McFerran of Nintendo Life reviewed the title negatively, calling it "desperately short on originality" with "truly uninspiring gameplay". He supposed that the publisher's main strategy was to capitalize on the lack of two-player functionality in Capcom's superior competing game Final Fight, while simultaneously plagiarizing it. He described the effort as "inferior ... in practically every single way imaginable" to that "infinitely more distinguished" game.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
SNES23 April 1992North America · Europe 31 December 1993
Wii8 October 2010Australia · Europe 8 October 2010 · North America 2 May 2011
Wii U28 May 2015North America

Editions and related releases

Included in
Jaleco Brawler's PackJaleco Collection 1Polymega Collection Vol.18: Rival Turf!
Part of
Rushing Beat
Port of
Rushing Beat

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