The Karate Kid: Street Rumble

[mwynn]

The Karate Kid: Street Rumble - Official Reveal Trailer - YouTube

[heyadol]

Is the blonde supposed to be Ali (Elizabeth Shue) or Julie (Hilary Swank)?

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by heyadol

Is the blonde supposed to be Ali (Elizabeth Shue) or Julie (Hilary Swank)?

Definitely Ali in her cheerleader practice sweats.

[RocShemp]

Looks like a lot of fun.

[heyadol]

Ok, I'm just thinking how some older arcade games had mini games between rounds, like attacking the car in SF2 or breaking boards in Art of Fighting. This game definitely needs stuff like that where you practice Miyagi's teachings (paint the fense, etc.) or chop through blocks of ice, could be a fun throwback to some classic arcade experiences.

[travisbickle]

Terry Silver at 20 seconds in.

[Zivouhr]

I like the sprite cartoon art style, and I'm sure the game will be a quality brawler beat 'em up, but I think we're starting to see a bit much of this cartoony cute sprite art style for fighting games recently.

How so?

TMNT Shredder's Revenge 2023 brawler game
Double Dragon Rise of the Dragons 2023 brawler game
GI Joe Wrath of Cobra 2024 brawler (Switch and PC)
Karate Kid Street Rumble brawler 2025

I rather have less sprite cute cartoon style, and more variety of styles. Streets of Rage 4 for example changed things up nicely. Stop with the cute cartoon sprites and offer more realistically proportioned characters IMO.

At this point, I almost feel like there is some kind of cute cartoon sprite style template that these studios are using to create their brawlers.

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

[Show spoiler]I like the sprite cartoon art style, and I'm sure the game will be a quality brawler beat 'em up, but I think we're starting to see a bit much of this cartoony cute sprite art style for fighting games recently.

How so?

TMNT Shredder's Revenge 2023 brawler game
Double Dragon Rise of the Dragons 2023 brawler game
GI Joe Wrath of Cobra 2024 brawler (Switch and PC)
Karate Kid Street Rumble brawler 2025

[Show spoiler]I rather have less sprite cute cartoon style, and more variety of styles. Streets of Rage 4 for example changed things up nicely. Stop with the cute cartoon sprites and offer more realistically proportioned characters IMO.

At this point, I almost feel like there is some kind of cute cartoon sprite style template that these studios are using to create their brawlers.

Don't forget Toxic Crusaders!

[jzbadblood]

I love that beat-em-ups are coming back, but yeah this art style is getting tiring. At least it's not anime.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by heyadol

Don't forget Toxic Crusaders!

Thanks! That game actually looks really good for the art style. Not overly cute, a bit more proportioned, not too exaggerated. Will check it out and probably buy that one soon, thanks. But yes, it does have a pixel sprite style to it. And they are cartoons.

I wouldn't mind if there were No sprite-pixels as an option for all these games. Shut off the pixelized style.

Toxic Crusaders - Official Trailer | Guerrilla Collective 2023 Showcase - YouTube

EDIT: Okay, played Toxic Crusaders on Steam (free demo on Steam but not on PS5 yet (at all?), full game not yet released) and it's basically a good beat 'em up, with 4+ selectable characters, but there is not much variety and by time I got done with the demo, felt that unless they add a ton more fight moves to use against enemies, it's an average fighting game.

And I wish the clean non-pixelated cutscenes were the same for the main gameplay that is pixelated. The game looks good and I like the art style, but give players an option to shut off the pixel art style. Not a big fan of it anymore. If it's an 8 bit game, that's fine. Just give a screen filter option.

Fight moves are very basic.
Punch/kick combo button
Jump kick/knee
Run sweep attack
Special Power drain attack
Throw button/pick up items

That's about it. Just not enough depth compared to the incredible Streets of Rage series. The demo is extremely generous, and it took me 30 minutes to complete level 1. The final boss was tough and I beat the demo on my 3rd life.


On topic, I hope this Karate Kid game has a ton of moves to vary things up with.

Originally Posted by jzbadblood

I love that beat-em-ups are coming back, but yeah this art style is getting tiring. At least it's not anime.

That's true. Hopefully the Golden Axe Reboot game delivers something fresh visually in 2025 from Sega.

[emailking]

Originally Posted by heyadol

This game definitely needs stuff like that where you practice Miyagi's teachings (paint the fense, etc.) or chop through blocks of ice,

The NES game has an ice block mini game actually. Also a chopsticks fly catching one lol.

[ps3bd_owner]

Oh nice, it'll be on PS4.

[Zivouhr]

Paint on, paint off, paint on, paint off. I think that's what Daniel's teacher taught him with painting the fence to help him learn blocking skills.

[VictoryAtNight]

Game looks soooooo cute.