Beat ‘Em Up Month may be over but that doesn’t mean we can’t
still have a little beat ‘em up related fun. It’s been awhile since my last
Monday List so why not make one about beat ‘em ups? Or rather, properties that
should be beat ‘em ups.
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It seemed common back in the days of the arcade that every
franchise worth it’s salt had a beat ‘em up tie-in. Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, X-Men, Batman, Sailor Moon, frickin’ Stone Protectors. Beat ‘Em Ups
were the go-to quarter eating arcade game. Still, there’s quite a few
franchises that never had a beat ‘em up tie-in or were simply released either
before or after the beat ‘em up genre was prominent. So, I’m going to be
looking at the ten franchises I think would make awesome beat ‘em ups.
To set a few guidelines here, the franchise can be anything
from film, tv, comics, books, video games, anything. And when I say a beat ‘em
up, I of course mean a 2D Sidescrolling beat ‘em up. Nothing against 3D beat
‘em ups but 2D is where it’s at. Some of these franchises may have had a 3D
beat ‘em up before or at least something with beat ‘em up qualities but I don’t
care, I’m including it anyway! Also, I’m leaving out Adamant Ditto because that
would be the obvious number one.
