History VideoGame / RushingBeat

''Rushing Beat'' was a BeatEmUp trilogy game series that was developed and published by Creator/{{Jaleco}}, released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in the early [[TheNineties '90s]]. One of the more memorable features of the series was an "Ikari/Angry Mode", where you became invincible and did more damage. While the series itself has decent games, [[BadExportForYou the overseas versions of the series suffered from questionable localizations]].

All three games have been uploaded to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch's online service.

* ExcusePlot: There's a bad guy crime syndicate, go beat them up. The Japanese versions had slightly more plot, but in the original's case, barely that much more. ''Shura'' on the other hand [[{{SubvertedTrope}} subverts this]] with a noticeable increase in story to the point of multiple endings, something that was significantly dumbed down but still somewhat intact even in the ''Peace Keepers'' localization.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason of why Maria is kidnapped in ''Rushing Beat''. The backstory explains that Maria, seeking to be a [[IntrepidReporter first-class reporter]] has a videotape exposing the secret of "Jeecus", a [[FantasticDrug dangerous drug]] that's been spreading throughout the entire country and thus Joecal (the ones creating and distributing said drug) kidnaps her while telling her older brother Rick that they'll return Maria back to him in exchange for the tape.

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: ''Rushing Beat'''s final boss, Kintark (Big Al), is Rick and Maria's father.]]

* MarketBasedTitle: It's a mystery what Jaleco was trying to accomplish by distancing games in an established franchise from each other outside of Japan.

''Rushing Beat'' was a BeatEmUp trilogy game series that was developed and published by Creator/{{Jaleco}}, released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in the early [[TheNineties '90s]]. The first game in the series has two police officers, Rick Norton and Douglas Bild fighting against a dangerous street gang known as Joecal while attempting to help rescue Rick's young sister Maria who was kidnapped by said gang. The sequel would have Norton and Bild once again battle against a returning and vengeful Joecal, this time around with the duo being joined by three new friends in the form of Wendy Milan, Kazan, and Lord J. The third and final game in the series has the now-destroyed Joecal [[EvilPowerVacuum being replaced]] by an evil MegaCorp known as Douglas Motor, with its leader Kulmbach Lawrencium attempting [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] and it's up to a new group of protagonists (Dick, Elfin, Kythring, Jimmy, and M-Frame), alongside a returning Norton to help stop Douglas Motor and prevent the latter from succeeding with its evil plans. One of the more memorable features of the series was an "Angry Mode", where you became invincible and did more damage. While the series itself has decent games, [[BadExportForYou the overseas versions of the series suffered from questionable localizations]].

* ''Rushing Beat'' (Released outside Japan as ''Rival Turf''), 1992
* ''Rushing Beat Ran'' (Released outside Japan as ''Brawl Brothers''), 1993
* ''Rushing Beat Shura'' (Released outside Japan as ''The Peace Keepers''), 1994

* BerserkButton: Tread lightly if you're in the Japanese Castle in ''Rushing Beat Shura'' and you come across a golden-yellow Vase. You will get yourself destroyed by a VERY ANGRY karate master if you actually break that. He's still the level boss even if you pass it by, but he is far less dangerous due to not being permanently in Angry Mode - both figuratively and [[ThatOneBoss 99%]] [[TurnsRed literally!]]

* FlashOfPain: Player characters in ''The Peace Keepers'' blink red while in Angry Mode.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason of why Maria is kidnapped in ''Rushing Beat''. The backstory explains that Maria, seeking to be a [[IntrepidReporter first-class reporter]] has a videotape exposing the secret of "Jeecus", a [[FantasticDrug dangerous drug]] that's been spreading throughout the entire country and thus Joecal (the ones distrubing said drug) kidnaps her while telling her older brother Rick that they'll return Maria back to him in exchange for the tape.

* LimitBreak: Angry Mode, which makes you invincible and more powerful after you take enough damage from enemies. The other Limit Break appears to be the character-specific "Termination Skill" in ''Peace Keepers'', which deals about 60% of a full life bar to all on-screen enemies (far more than enough to kill all but three specific Blade/Axes in exactly one place), though a fair bit less to bosses. However, Norton's Termination Skill gives him an instant Angry Mode while Orbot doesn't have a Termination Skill at all. [[spoiler: Velk/Tybalt has a Termination Skill as well. Hope you were paying attention to the hint that you can block it.]]

** The final boss in ''Rushing Beat/Rival Turf'' turns red a few times throughout the battle as you damage him. He becomes more powerful and invincible too, so it's his version of Angry Mode.

''Rushing Beat'' was a BeatEmUp trilogy game series that was developed and published by Creator/{{Jaleco}}, released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in the early [[TheNineties '90s]]. One of the more memorable features of the series was an "Angry Mode", where you became invincible and did more damage. While the series itself has decent games, [[BadExportForYou the overseas versions of the series suffered from questionable localizations]].

* ''Rushing Beat Run'' (Released outside Japan as ''Brawl Brothers''), 1993

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Jaleco's earlier arcade-only beat-em-up ''VideoGame/SixtyFourthStreetADetectiveStory''.

''Rushing Beat'' was a BeatEmUp trilogy made by Creator/{{Jaleco}}. It was released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNES in the early 1990s. One of the more memorable features of the game was an "Angry Mode", where you became invincible and did more damage. While the series itself has decent games, [[BadExportForYou the overseas versions of the series suffered from questionable localizations]].

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: It becomes TheMaze in level 1 of ''Brawl Brothers''.

* AllThereInTheManual: The US versions of these games have this, save for ''Peace Keepers'', and even then, they're different from the original Japanese games.

* ElevatorActionSequence: Subverted in Rival Turf's third stage, where the boss encounters you in a RooftopConfrontation.

* {{Expy}}: Rick Norton is Cody, Douglas Bild is Haggar, the enemy types correspond to those from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', one enemy does the Hurricane Kick, one of the bosses is Vega, the final boss shoots out Hadoukens from his mouth, one of the characters from the later games fights like Guy, and on and on.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A muscleman named Arnold, a dreadlocked man named Bob [[Music/BobMarley Marley]], though only in the Japanese version unless you change it back from 'Reggie' with the 'rename everybody' code), and on and on.
* RaceLift: Douglas Bild becomes a black guy instead of a white one in the overseas versions of the series. In ''Peace Keepers'', it's Kythring.

* Shoryuken: Rick’s keepaway move in Rushing beat shura, which launches rick himself into the air via an uppercut surrounded with blue flames.

* TurnsRed: The final boss in ''Rushing Beat/Rival Turf'' turns red a few times throughout the battle as you damage him. He becomes more powerful and invincible too, so it's his version of Angry Mode.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Especially when in Angry Mode, where throws are more over the top and more powerful than ever.