Overview
- Number of Players
- 2
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii (Wii Shop)
30th Nov 2009, 800 points
Reviews
Review The Combatribes (Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)
A beat 'em up that packs very little punch
There was a time when Technos ruled the beat-'em-up genre of fighting games during the 8-bit era with their Double Dragon and River City Ransom titles, but sadly the 16-bit generation wasn't as kind to the company. Once Capcom's Final Fight hit the scene, there was little room left for any other...
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About The Game
A 2D side-scrolling brawler, The Combatribes puts you and a friend in the shoes of combat cyborgs Berzeker, Bullova and Blitz as they attempt to defeat the evil crime ring "Ground Zero", led by the cybernetically enhanced Martha Splatterhead and her minions.
The game is set around simple stages in which wave after wave of baddies attack you from all directions. Once you defeat enough of them with your basic attacks and special moves a boss character appears which you'll need to defeat before moving on to the next stage.
Besides the arcade mode, a Vs one-on-one mode is available with the inclusion of all boss characters as selectable fighters.
Comments 16
I loved playing this in the arcade. Lets hope for a VCA version since it will allow for 3 players.
Oh.My.God. This is OUTSTANDING news for me. Do you know how long I've been searching for this game? Around a decade and a half. I saw this game in an old EGM magazine in the early 90s and I've wanted it every since
I never played the game before but if Adroitone wants it I know it will be a good game
Meh, I'm not feeling the gameplay at all.
I read RVGFanatic's review of it, and he praised it quite well. Good review btw, but probably won't be as equally received here at NL. Maybe I'll pick this up someday. I always fancy an obscure title.
O_O
Well, at least it has four enemies on screen, unlike SNES Final Fight, and like Turtles in Time SNES.
At least it's more colorful than the mediocre and tedious Neo Geo beat'em up Burning Fight.
At least it's got a password system, unlike any other beat'em up ever made. :
Still, looks interesting.
This looks like one of the most boring Beat 'em ups I've ever seen. I mean: What's up with those short levels only consisting of a single small arena? And the graphics are downright ugly.
Yeah, one of the two non-double dragon/non-kunio kun beat-'em-ups by technos. it's supposed to be tons more fun than it looks... it's supposedly a regades meets what super double dragon was supposed to be. let's wait and see. most of the decent snes beat 'em ups were by capcom and they took place in the middle ages. i wouldn't mind playin some of those as well. honestly though, sometime in the later part of the snes life cycle, the beat-'em-up was a genre that just simply dropped off the face of the store shelves in lieu of the fighting game (which i personally never understood myself but that's just me). a few good ones were released here and there though after this drop off (x-men: mutant apocalypse and turtles in time for example). this is supposedly part of that lot as well i guess? i'm glad that technos tried to stick it out a little, though turning double dragon into a fighting game, to me at least, is almost unforgivable, despite how bad superdd supposedly is...
i meant renegades meets what super double dragon was supposed to be
I expect to see this one before the years end.
Out of total irrelevance, and being questionable about a game I've yet to experience: have you noticed the character Bullova's profile with lipstick on? That's so random. I know it's not supposed to be lipstick, but by the time you see something like that and realize the true intent, it's too late. That's what it seems to.
Is Aksys planning to release every Technos fighter and Kunio game under the sun?
there are some issues with copyright for the second and third double dragon games i think but everything else is probably fair game. sadly though, the better kunio games are in japanese and prob have no hopes of being translated for vc...
The ESRB has rated this game E10+ so we'll see it soon on the Virtual Console in the North America region.
I just played this game, it's fun. I just wish they'd release Super Double Dragon, but this is good for now.
How much like Rival Turf is this?
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