History VideoGame / YieArKungFu

''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' is an early FightingGame released in 1985 by {{Konami}}. It [[TropeMaker pioneered]] many aspects now familiar in fighting games including [[LifeMeter health bars]], opponents of various fighting styles, and [[ActionGirl female fighters]]. The game was ported to many video game consoles, with [[ReformulatedGame special porting, albeit with lesser, different and new set of characters]], being made for UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].

** Blues seems like an odd name for the final boss until you realize that Blues is pronounced "buruusu" in Japanese. Another name that is pronounced the same way is [[BruceLee Bruce]].

* VillainProtagonist: You can play as [[BraidsofAction Yen Pei]], [[PaperFanOfDoom Lan Fang]] or [[Gasshole Po Chin]] in the second game's two-player mode.

* KnifeNut: Mei Ling in the second game throws knives.

* VariableLengthChain: Chain

* VillainProtagonist: You can play as Yen Pei, [[DarkActionGirl Lan Fang]] or [[MadBomber Po Chin]] in the second game's two-player mode.

* BilingualBonus: A voice (Oolong?) says "xiè xiè" ("thank you" in Chinese) upon getting an extra life. Buchu says "nǐ hǎo" ("hello" in Chinese) when he recieves a [[GroinAttack groin attack]]. "Yie Ar" from the title is Chinese for "one two."

''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' is an early FightingGame released in 1985 by {{Konami}}. It [[TropeMaker pioneered]] many aspects now familiar in fighting games including [[LifeMeter health bars]], opponents of various fighting styles, and [[ActionGirl female fighters]]. The game was ported to many video game consoles, with special porting, albeit with lesser, different and new set of characters, being made for UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].

* PaperFanOfDoom: Fan

''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' is an early FightingGame released in 1985 by {{Konami}}. It [[TropeMaker pioneered]] many aspects now familiar in fighting games including [[LifeMeter health bars]], opponents of various fighting styles, and [[ActionGirl female fighters]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: Buchu
* ActionGirl: Star and Fan are [[TropeMaker the first]] in [[FightingGame fighting game]] history.

* BossWarningSiren: Played with. The [[BossSubtitles boss names]] are shown as you progress the stages fighting the mooks, but the bosses themselves don't show up till you reach the last part of the stages. If you reach that part, the music will change as you face the bosses.

* TheComputerShallTauntYou: Nuncha will randomly twirl his nunchucks and strike a pose, leaving him open to attack. To a lesser extent, Pole always twirls his staff above his head before going into an attack sequence, but he will move of the player tries to attack.

* NotQuiteFlight: Oolong and Buchu.

* SimpleStaff: Pole

* RevengeOfTheSequel: The second game in the Japanese version is called ''Emperor Yie-Gah's Counterattack: Yie Ar Kung Fu II''.

* [[MesACrowd Me's a Crowd]]: Feedle is actually a bunch of the same fighter attacking in succession.

* FollowTheLeader[=/=]TropeMaker: First [[FightingGame fighting game]] to feature [[LifeMeter health bars]], fighting to a KO, characters using different fighting styles, [[ActionGirl female fighters]], [[GroinAttack groin attacks]], changing music when health is low, and more than one win pose.

* VictoryPower: [[UrExample The first fighting game to feature more than one for certain characters]].

''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' is an early FightingGame released in 1985 by {{Konami}}. It [[FollowTheLeader pioneered]] many aspects now familiar in fighting games including [[LifeMeter health bars]], opponents of various fighting styles, and [[ActionGirl female fighters]].

* [[StealthPun Stealth]] [[PunnyName]]: Blues. See BilingualBonus.

* ActionGirl: Star and Fan are the first in [[FightingGame fighting game]] history.

* FollowTheLeader: First [[FightingGame fighting game]] to feature [[LifeMeter health bars]], fighting to a KO, characters using different fighting styles, [[ActionGirl female fighters]], [[GroinAttack groin attacks]], changing music when health is low, and more than one win pose.

* BreatherBoss: Feedle is (are?) ridiculously simple compared to the opponents before and after him (them?).

* OlderThanTheyThink

* ThatOneBoss: Club, who not only deals a lot of damage with his eponymous weapon, but he also carries a shield, allowing him to block attacks.